Mass Communication and New Media
"Resumen: En este trabajo se justifica la centralidad de pensar la relación que guardan las transformaciones identitarias de sujetos que migran con relación a sus hábitos de consumo mediático, con el objetivo de interpretar las... more
"Resumen: En este trabajo se justifica la centralidad de pensar la relación que guardan las transformaciones identitarias de sujetos que migran con relación a sus hábitos de consumo mediático, con el objetivo de interpretar las estrategias de asentamiento en el lugar de instalación de los migrantes, al tiempo que sostienen relaciones transnacionales con los lugares de proveniencia que ejercen los inmigrados miembros de diásporas con identidades culturales desterritorializadas.
Palabras clave: identidad cultural diaspórica, audiencia diaspórica, consumo de medios, etnografía de los media, migración, transnacionalismo.
Resumo: Neste trabalho justifica-se a centralidade de pensar a relação que guardam as transformações identitárias de sujeitos que migram com relação a seus hábitos de consumo mediático, isto para poder interpretar as estratégias de assentamento no lugar de acolhida, paralelamente ao sustento de relações transnacionais com os lugares de proveniência que exercem os imigrados membros de diásporas com identidades culturais desterritorializadas.
Palavras chave: identidade cultural diaspórica, audiência diaspórica, consumo de mídia, etnografia de mídia, migração, transnacionalismo.
Abstract: The main argument of this paper refers to the central importance of thinking about the relationship between the transformations of cultural identity of individuals who migrate with respect to their habits of consuming media. It intends to interpret these strategies in the context of arrival to their new home, along with the maintenance of transnational relations with people and territories of origin. It also analyses the deterritorialized cultural identities that subscribe or imagine these migrants.
Keywords: diasporic cultural identity, diasporic audience, habits of consuming media, media ethnography, migration, transnationalism."
Palabras clave: identidad cultural diaspórica, audiencia diaspórica, consumo de medios, etnografía de los media, migración, transnacionalismo.
Resumo: Neste trabalho justifica-se a centralidade de pensar a relação que guardam as transformações identitárias de sujeitos que migram com relação a seus hábitos de consumo mediático, isto para poder interpretar as estratégias de assentamento no lugar de acolhida, paralelamente ao sustento de relações transnacionais com os lugares de proveniência que exercem os imigrados membros de diásporas com identidades culturais desterritorializadas.
Palavras chave: identidade cultural diaspórica, audiência diaspórica, consumo de mídia, etnografia de mídia, migração, transnacionalismo.
Abstract: The main argument of this paper refers to the central importance of thinking about the relationship between the transformations of cultural identity of individuals who migrate with respect to their habits of consuming media. It intends to interpret these strategies in the context of arrival to their new home, along with the maintenance of transnational relations with people and territories of origin. It also analyses the deterritorialized cultural identities that subscribe or imagine these migrants.
Keywords: diasporic cultural identity, diasporic audience, habits of consuming media, media ethnography, migration, transnationalism."
Research Interests:
History, Humanities, Digital Humanities, Social Sciences, Digital History, and 13 moreICT in Education, New Communication Technologies, Digital Archives, Teaching History, Social study of ICT, Mass media, Historia, Mass Communication and New Media, Ciencias Sociales, Histoire, Enseñanza de la historia, Humanidades, and Humanidades Digitalesedit
"CALL FOR BOOK CHAPTERS: "MAPPING THE ALTERNATIVE MEDIA IN TURKEY" Editors: Barış Çoban & Bora Ataman Extended Deadline for abstracts: January 1st 2013 http://alternativemediamap.net/ We aim to map the alternative media in... more
"CALL FOR BOOK CHAPTERS: "MAPPING THE ALTERNATIVE MEDIA IN TURKEY"
Editors: Barış Çoban & Bora Ataman
Extended Deadline for abstracts:
January 1st 2013
http://alternativemediamap.net/
We aim to map the alternative media in Turkey, which is varied in form, structure and working styles such as “cracks”, “rhizomes” and “fronts”. Similarly to what has occurred with the mainstream media, both large and small examples of the alternative media, alongside their widespread prevalence inside the country, have also already transcended the national borders. We argue that mapping the alternative media, embracing newspapers, radio and television channels, cinemas, blogs, forums and platforms, essentially the full range of conventional and new media organs and vehicles, is one of the most useful research approaches to comprehending the nature of alternative politics in Turkey.
The alternative media works as a source of memory and an archive helping to understand the historical and current structure of alternative politics in Turkey. IT also gives voice to alternative ideologies and politics and makes their political activities visible. In addition, the alternative media, which mainly represents the “otherised”, oppressed and marginalised groups, forms the vanguard of struggle against the hegemony and barbarism of the oppressive, globalized neo-liberal society.
Alternative media, as an umbrella term, applies to those media organs which are typically bottom up organisations. In principle, their organizational structures and decision making processes are democratic, participatory, polyphonic and dialogic. Their opposition to the mainstream media finds its roots, in its form and content, in social and political struggles and is based in radical ideologies such as anarchism, radical democracy and Marxism. The existence of alternative media indicates the struggle to construct a truly democratic and free sphere of communication from a number of broad perspectives, varying from the idea of simply being independent from either the state or capital, to being completely opposed to them. In this context, it is also possible to claim that every organ of the alternative media, as a centre of subaltern resistance, is part of a greater alternative communication network.
This so-called alternative network (or networks) is/are the voice of different political or social groups, communities, minorities or even individuals at the grassroots level. Thus, they open the way for these groups to actively participate in political and social life, as either real “agents” or as “spectacles” in the field of symbolic struggle. Therefore, individuals or groups can find opportunities to get involved in both real and symbolic struggles for hegemony, not only as consumers, but also as producers; as active agents.
Therefore, alternative media institutions either on the micro- or macro-scale cannot be considered as combatants solely at the informational level. In addition to their struggle to gather, record and spread news and ideas concerning local, national and transnational problems, they also provide a response to the establishment through real political actions. It is not unusual to see their active participation in protests, or even note that they hold the leadership positions in the organisation of some of these dissident political actions. Therefore, their active struggle with the hegemonic powers can also be considered as an effort to create alternative political forms. More commonly however, alternative media operate as the symbolic production centre of alternative politics and as an incubation ground for the intellectual and ideological constructs of social movements.
Alternative media, along with other dissident institutions, are seen as paving the way for a brighter and more just future by being the voice of the voiceless and contributing to the imagining of a different world. Threatening so-called representative democracy by supporting participatory social, cultural and political activities is also deemed useful to this end. By engaging in such activities, they may be able to cause the transformation of political culture in general. More importantly, however, the ways in which subordinate constituents of the society interpret politics and their own means of participation could change in a positive manner. Moreover, such efforts may also lead to the construction of efficient counter-public spheres alongside the more common examples of alternative spaces.
Diverse anti-systemic, reformist and revolutionary ideological orientations, varied political discourses and different modes of action constituting the alternative media landscape mostly open up an opportunity for the “oppressed” to actively participate in these alternative political spaces that are, to a certain extent, diverse, colourful, vivid and, most importantly, innately dialogic.
In this context, we argue that the “duty” of academia should be to understand these alternatives without stigmatizing them as the source of conflicts within the prevailing social system. After all, we as editors, would like to study these initiatives since the imagining of an alternative world may only be possible by embracing the oppressed and their voice, even though the world around us is not particularly welcoming.
Abstracts of papers are sought on topics such as:
• Radical- militant media (affiliated with revolutionary organizations)
• Radical media (Struggling within legal parameters to push the limits of the existing system
• Identity and rights-based media (Human rights, labour and trade-union rights, gender, environment, ethnicity, struggles based on faith or denomination
• Transnational and diaspora-based alternative media
• Independent, objective, opposition media
• Dissident voices, “cracks” in the mainstream media
However, it should be noted that the categories above do not refer to independent categories with clear differences. It is possible to say that; most examples of the alternative media operating in Turkey can be included under more than one of the rubrics mentioned above. Nevertheless, the alternative media organs in Turkey, despite a degree of permeability in the boundaries that separate them, may be seen as belonging more to one or another of the above-mentioned classifications, therefore, these categories will constitute the book’s chapters.
Furthermore, we are mainly interested in the case studies (comparative if possible) and empirical research possessing theoretical and methodological clarity, and focusing on at least one of three basic dimensions of media studies; such as “Production”, “Text”, or “Audience”, without missing the multi-layered and intertwined relationships between these dimensions.
Abstracts of a maximum of 250 words in Turkish and English outlining the topic, theoretical and methodological approach as well as the research question, should be submitted to either Barış Çoban (bcoban@dogus.edu.tr) or Bora Ataman (bataman@dogus.edu.tr) until January1st 2013.
Announcement of the abstracts selected will be made by February 1 2013.
The deadline for full paper submissions is August 1, 2013
The editors are planning to publish book in Turkish and English and have made an agreement with Yordam, to publish in January 2014.
After the evaluation of the abstracts, negotiations with foreign publishing houses will begin for the English version.
Barış Çoban & Bora Ataman (Eds.)
Extended Deadline for Research Proposals: January 1st, 2013"
Editors: Barış Çoban & Bora Ataman
Extended Deadline for abstracts:
January 1st 2013
http://alternativemediamap.net/
We aim to map the alternative media in Turkey, which is varied in form, structure and working styles such as “cracks”, “rhizomes” and “fronts”. Similarly to what has occurred with the mainstream media, both large and small examples of the alternative media, alongside their widespread prevalence inside the country, have also already transcended the national borders. We argue that mapping the alternative media, embracing newspapers, radio and television channels, cinemas, blogs, forums and platforms, essentially the full range of conventional and new media organs and vehicles, is one of the most useful research approaches to comprehending the nature of alternative politics in Turkey.
The alternative media works as a source of memory and an archive helping to understand the historical and current structure of alternative politics in Turkey. IT also gives voice to alternative ideologies and politics and makes their political activities visible. In addition, the alternative media, which mainly represents the “otherised”, oppressed and marginalised groups, forms the vanguard of struggle against the hegemony and barbarism of the oppressive, globalized neo-liberal society.
Alternative media, as an umbrella term, applies to those media organs which are typically bottom up organisations. In principle, their organizational structures and decision making processes are democratic, participatory, polyphonic and dialogic. Their opposition to the mainstream media finds its roots, in its form and content, in social and political struggles and is based in radical ideologies such as anarchism, radical democracy and Marxism. The existence of alternative media indicates the struggle to construct a truly democratic and free sphere of communication from a number of broad perspectives, varying from the idea of simply being independent from either the state or capital, to being completely opposed to them. In this context, it is also possible to claim that every organ of the alternative media, as a centre of subaltern resistance, is part of a greater alternative communication network.
This so-called alternative network (or networks) is/are the voice of different political or social groups, communities, minorities or even individuals at the grassroots level. Thus, they open the way for these groups to actively participate in political and social life, as either real “agents” or as “spectacles” in the field of symbolic struggle. Therefore, individuals or groups can find opportunities to get involved in both real and symbolic struggles for hegemony, not only as consumers, but also as producers; as active agents.
Therefore, alternative media institutions either on the micro- or macro-scale cannot be considered as combatants solely at the informational level. In addition to their struggle to gather, record and spread news and ideas concerning local, national and transnational problems, they also provide a response to the establishment through real political actions. It is not unusual to see their active participation in protests, or even note that they hold the leadership positions in the organisation of some of these dissident political actions. Therefore, their active struggle with the hegemonic powers can also be considered as an effort to create alternative political forms. More commonly however, alternative media operate as the symbolic production centre of alternative politics and as an incubation ground for the intellectual and ideological constructs of social movements.
Alternative media, along with other dissident institutions, are seen as paving the way for a brighter and more just future by being the voice of the voiceless and contributing to the imagining of a different world. Threatening so-called representative democracy by supporting participatory social, cultural and political activities is also deemed useful to this end. By engaging in such activities, they may be able to cause the transformation of political culture in general. More importantly, however, the ways in which subordinate constituents of the society interpret politics and their own means of participation could change in a positive manner. Moreover, such efforts may also lead to the construction of efficient counter-public spheres alongside the more common examples of alternative spaces.
Diverse anti-systemic, reformist and revolutionary ideological orientations, varied political discourses and different modes of action constituting the alternative media landscape mostly open up an opportunity for the “oppressed” to actively participate in these alternative political spaces that are, to a certain extent, diverse, colourful, vivid and, most importantly, innately dialogic.
In this context, we argue that the “duty” of academia should be to understand these alternatives without stigmatizing them as the source of conflicts within the prevailing social system. After all, we as editors, would like to study these initiatives since the imagining of an alternative world may only be possible by embracing the oppressed and their voice, even though the world around us is not particularly welcoming.
Abstracts of papers are sought on topics such as:
• Radical- militant media (affiliated with revolutionary organizations)
• Radical media (Struggling within legal parameters to push the limits of the existing system
• Identity and rights-based media (Human rights, labour and trade-union rights, gender, environment, ethnicity, struggles based on faith or denomination
• Transnational and diaspora-based alternative media
• Independent, objective, opposition media
• Dissident voices, “cracks” in the mainstream media
However, it should be noted that the categories above do not refer to independent categories with clear differences. It is possible to say that; most examples of the alternative media operating in Turkey can be included under more than one of the rubrics mentioned above. Nevertheless, the alternative media organs in Turkey, despite a degree of permeability in the boundaries that separate them, may be seen as belonging more to one or another of the above-mentioned classifications, therefore, these categories will constitute the book’s chapters.
Furthermore, we are mainly interested in the case studies (comparative if possible) and empirical research possessing theoretical and methodological clarity, and focusing on at least one of three basic dimensions of media studies; such as “Production”, “Text”, or “Audience”, without missing the multi-layered and intertwined relationships between these dimensions.
Abstracts of a maximum of 250 words in Turkish and English outlining the topic, theoretical and methodological approach as well as the research question, should be submitted to either Barış Çoban (bcoban@dogus.edu.tr) or Bora Ataman (bataman@dogus.edu.tr) until January1st 2013.
Announcement of the abstracts selected will be made by February 1 2013.
The deadline for full paper submissions is August 1, 2013
The editors are planning to publish book in Turkish and English and have made an agreement with Yordam, to publish in January 2014.
After the evaluation of the abstracts, negotiations with foreign publishing houses will begin for the English version.
Barış Çoban & Bora Ataman (Eds.)
Extended Deadline for Research Proposals: January 1st, 2013"
Research Interests:
Creative Writing, Screenwriting, Critical Theory, Critical Theory, Critical Theory, and 418 moreHistory, Intellectual History, Cultural History, Sociology, Cultural Studies, Feminist Sociology, Media Sociology, Political Sociology, Social Change, Social Movements, Social Theory, Social Theory, Sociology of Culture, Psychology, Social Psychology, Law, Music, Music History, Music History, Music Theory, Gender Studies, Anthropology, Comparative Politics, International Relations, Public Policy, Political Economy, Philosophy, Political Philosophy, Ethics, Philosophy of Technology, Communication, Print Culture, Art History, Education, Media Studies, New Media, New Media, Media and Cultural Studies, Critical Discourse Studies, Social Work, Social Policy, Theatre Studies, Social Anthropology, Self and Identity, Sex and Gender, Web 2.0, Journalism, Avant-Garde Cinema, Popular Music Studies, Political Behavior, Political Participation, Women's Studies, Feminist Theory, Feminist Theory, Feminist Theory, Digital Humanities, Social Research Methods and Methodology, Social Research Methods and Methodology, Social Networks, Sociology of Work, Art, Social Sciences, Alternative Education, Theatre History, Art Theory, Globalization, Film Theory and Practice, Film Studies, Dance Studies, Research Methods and Methodology, Film Theory, Television Studies, Television Studies, Participatory Research, Participatory Action Research, Social Revolution Studies, Political Theory, Marxism, Armenian Studies, Action Research, Internet Studies, Middle East Studies, Research Methodology, Research Methodology, Antennas & Radio Wave Propagation, Social Identity, Information Society, Participatory Media, Gender History, Performance Studies, Wireless Communications, Literature, Urban Politics, Social Philosophy, Material Culture Studies, Social Networking, Human Rights, Corporate Communication, Popular Culture, Digital Media, Media History, Movement Ecology, Queer Theory, Literature and cinema, 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Holocaust, Reporting, Equality and Non Discrimination, Cyborgs, Colonial Studies, Cultural Industry, // HISTORY AND POLITICS // Tarih ve Siyaset// Türk Dış Politikası,Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Tarihi, Afriavrasya Stratejileri, Ortak Barış ve Ortak Güvenlik Siyaseti., Scripts, Game Spaces, Media Impact and Effects and Usages, Sixties, Digital Story Telling, Iphones, Irish Nationalism, Public Administration and Policy, Political Economy and History, Ethnicity and National Identity, Media theory and Research, Media theory and Research, Theories of Socialism, Ethnic politics, Community participation and engagement, Media and Culture, Consumption Culture, Ottoman Turkish historical writing, Sociology of Journalism, Magazine, Spatial Story Telling, Paywalls, Virtual Revolution, News Analysis, News ethics, Alternate Media, Pubblic Communication. Political Communication, Postcolonial feminisms, Pirate Radio, Comparative/Transnational History, Philosophy and Sociology of Human/animal Relations, Life Histories Methodology, Employment Equity Policies, Ethnicity and Identity Politics, National and Social Movements, Inter ethnic Relations, Antiglobalization Social Movements, Socio Political Philosophy, Cognitive Autonomy and Social Orientation, Cyprus; Political History, Political Currents, Cooperative Studies, Human Rights and Social Justice, The Rights of Persons With Disabilities, Alternative Economic Arrangements, Labour Movements In Argentina, Alternative Media Discourses, Eg the Underground Press, The Free Festival Movement, Ethnic and National Movement, Student Protest, The Ideology of National Socialism and the Circulation of National Socialist Ideas In Europe, Adorno/Horkheimer, Transition in Central and Eastern Europe, European political cultures, Resistance Formation, Latin American feminisms, and Histories of Feminismsedit
The researches in the past about Lady Gaga phenomenon usually based on marketing, sociology and popularity culture. This paper studies the causes and significance of this phenomenon from youth subculture and semiotics uses questionnaire... more
The researches in the past about Lady Gaga phenomenon usually based on marketing, sociology and popularity culture. This paper studies the causes and significance of this phenomenon from youth subculture and semiotics uses questionnaire survey and content text analysis, in the meantime analysis the characteristics between internal and external media reports results from the survey, therefore gives suggestions to causes of formation obtain in the research.
"Communication tools have been used for awareness for ages. The use and implication of the tools does have a chronological interconnection with respect of a technological change/shift. Indian environment, is rich with diversity is in... more
"Communication tools have been used for awareness for ages. The use and implication of the tools does have a chronological interconnection with respect of a technological change/shift. Indian environment, is rich with diversity is in danger in the post colonial period and its policies. There are measures taken by governmental and other bodies to make aware against the exploitation of the environment. The main purposes of these campaigns are to develop of understanding the issues and a step (action) to take forward. There are also events and competitions conducted in high profile as part of campaigning. As a result a large amount of media text (mainly posters) is being shared and circulated over new media platforms, hence its effect on environment protection is yet to understand.
This paper aims to understand the trends and scope of such environmental awareness posters which are created and shared with digital media. The effect of an awareness program is successful only with the mass reach ability and new digital media stands for the same.
The posters for study are created for environmental day celebrations and related events. The study mainly focuses on the trends and the scope of such awareness measures. The proposed study will help in understanding the psychology of the content creators. The selection of design methodology and scope of these posters combines to make an expected outcome of this study.
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This paper aims to understand the trends and scope of such environmental awareness posters which are created and shared with digital media. The effect of an awareness program is successful only with the mass reach ability and new digital media stands for the same.
The posters for study are created for environmental day celebrations and related events. The study mainly focuses on the trends and the scope of such awareness measures. The proposed study will help in understanding the psychology of the content creators. The selection of design methodology and scope of these posters combines to make an expected outcome of this study.
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This paper discusses an ambivalent position of new media, particularly the Internet, in media studies, introducing key moments in a development of the world wide web that determined its global adaptation. However, apart from high... more
This paper discusses an ambivalent position of new media, particularly the Internet, in media studies, introducing key moments in a development of the world wide web that determined its global adaptation. However, apart from high penetration rate, the Internet cannot be defined as a mass nor interpersonal medium due to complex nature of its functions. Thus the call for a masspersonal communication model, incorporating two dimensions – message personalization and message access exclusivity – explicitly linking mass communication and interpersonal communication.
The article suggests dialectical formulas based on the binary notation as the development formulas: formula with dominant and the non-dominant elements; universal formula; formula with symbolic weight of elements; tautological formula.... more
The article suggests dialectical formulas based on the binary notation as the development formulas: formula with dominant and the non-dominant elements; universal formula; formula with symbolic weight of elements; tautological formula. For example, it suggests an opportunity to use the dialectical formulas for modeling and artificial intelligence creation, etc.
Research Interests:
Critical Theory, Information Systems, Discourse Analysis, Semiotics, History, and 282 moreIntellectual History, Bioinformatics, Evolutionary Biology, Sociology, Cultural Studies, Media Sociology, Political Sociology, Social Change, Sociology of Culture, Sociology of Conflict, Social Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Evolutionary Psychology, Mathematics, Algebra, Logic And Foundations Of Mathematics, Intuitionistic Logic, Russian Studies, Computer Science, Algorithms, Formal Methods (Formal Verification), Artificial Intelligence, Human Computer Interaction, Law, Comparative Literature, Space Sciences, Development Economics, Anthropology, Human Evolution, Comparative Politics, International Relations, Public Policy, Political Economy, Philosophy, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy Of Language, Analytic Philosophy, Political Philosophy, Philosophy Of Science, Complex Systems Science, Philosophy of Technology, Communication, Experimental philosophy, Teaching and Learning, Cosmology (Physics), Education, Logic, Media Studies, Intercultural Communication, Critical Discourse Studies, Humanities, Development Studies, Journalism, Comparative Philosophy, Developmental Biology, Education Innovation and Ventures, International Relations Theory, Human Resource Development, Peace and Conflict Studies, Social Research Methods and Methodology, Social Sciences, Knowledge Management, Organizational Change, Natural Language Processing, Globalization, Information Management, Soviet History, Teacher Education, Social Revolution Studies, Cognitive Modeling, Political Theory, Marxism, Evolutionary algorithms, Mobile Learning, Models of Innovation, International Studies, Academic Development, Machine Learning, Data Mining, Computational Logic, Plato, Research Methodology, Social Identity, Signal Processing, Abstract Interpretation, Project Management, Literature, Social Philosophy, Lifelong Learning, Philosophy Of Mathematics, Logic Programming, Argumentation Systems (Computer Science), Social Networking, Philosophy of Education, Interdisciplinarity, International Development, Innovation, Dialectic Innovation--opposings of innovations that spawn new innovations, Methodology, Sociology of Knowledge, Training and Development, Computer-Based Learning, Qualitative methodology, Educational Research, Lean Thinking, Learning and Teaching, Community Development, Virtual Communities, Evolutionary Computation, Poetry, Temporal and Modal Logic, Comparative History, Network Security, History of Science, Change Leadership, Word and Image Studies, Cultural Semiotics, Development communication, Cultural Theory, Cooperation (Evolutionary Psychology), Social Movement, Critical Thinking, Political Science, Revolutions, Innovation Policy, Sustainable Development, Global Social Change, Systems Thinking, Autonomous Robotics, Theory of mind, Computational Modelling, Public Relations, Strategic Management, Comparative & International Education, Discursive Social Psychology, 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Representation and Reasoning, Syntactic and Semantic Knowledge, Dynamic Systems and Control, Dialectical Formulas based on the Binary Notation, Public Administration and Policy, Political Economy and History, Media theory and Research, Information Technology and System Integration, Mobile and Location-Based Media, Alternate Media, Optimization Technology, History of Philosophy, System Modeling and Simulation, and Integration Technology of Automation Systemsedit
La relazione analizza il rapporto tra corpo, media e immaginario nella trilogia del Drive In dello scrittore texano Joe R. Lansdale, utilizzando una metodologia analitica che fonde sociosemiotica e teoria dei media. Il saggio è stato... more
La relazione analizza il rapporto tra corpo, media e immaginario nella trilogia del Drive In dello scrittore texano Joe R. Lansdale, utilizzando una metodologia analitica che fonde sociosemiotica e teoria dei media. Il saggio è stato presentato il 9 settembre 2010 all'Università degli Studi di Salerno in Fisciano (Italia), nell'ambito del Terzo Convegno Interdisciplinare, dal titolo “Corpi destrutturati”, organizzato dal Centro Studi delle Rappresentazioni Linguistiche dell'Ateneo di Salerno in collaborazione con Dipartimento di Scienze della Comunicazione, Università degli Studi di Salerno e Universitat de Barcelona
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New media have markedly enhanced individuals’ capacity to produce and disseminate original knowledge; however, the literature has not extensively examined the broad effects of such decentralized production processes. The current study... more
New media have markedly enhanced individuals’ capacity to produce and disseminate original knowledge; however, the literature has not extensively examined the broad effects of such decentralized production processes. The current study thus focuses on a unique context—the stock market—in which it is possible to test the aggregate impact of blog-based information production. Using data on 150 top financial bloggers and stock returns from the S&P 500, this study supports the hypothesis that financial blogging activity diminishes harmful information asymmetries between key market investors. This study thus adds to the “media effects” literature, highlights the societal relevance of bloggers, and shows how economic concepts and financial market settings can be employed for powerfully testing communication theories.
"Increasing growth and diffusion of the Internet is testimony to the fact that more people are getting on-line and, once on-line, staying there. Some researchers such as Dr. Kimberley Young of the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford have... more
"Increasing growth and diffusion of the Internet is testimony to the fact that more people are getting on-line and, once on-line, staying there. Some researchers such as Dr. Kimberley Young of the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford have suggested that this is indicative of a psychological problem not unlike the predilection certain individuals may have toward substance abuse.
Any screening for possible Internet addiction as substance abuse should include evaluation of the user’s Internet connectivity habits. This evaluation may reveal a number of habitual patterns similar to persons who are addicted to substances such as alcohol, narcotics or gambling. One of the expected findings may be an individual’s inability to disconnect from the Internet, even though harm may be evidently occurring as a result of steady connectivity. Such harm may be evidenced as a physical ailment, a missed appointment, a missed meal or even a missed mortgage payment because instead of paying the rent the individual is paying an on-line service to stay frequently connected. Other findings may indicate that users feel let down when disconnected, or feel a constant urge to reconnect. Still other findings may reveal patterns or instances of previous addiction in a user’s genealogy.
Some scholars have labeled this condition Internet Addiction Disorder (Goldberg, 1995). However, research has systematically attempted to build a typology of Internet-related disorders. Therefore words like “addiction” and “dependency” are not as distinctive in this realm as they are in the realm of more tangible substance abuses such as alcohol, gambling or narcotics. This study makes a preliminary attempt to determine usage patterns among self-classified addicts and dependents, and attempts for the first time, a classification scheme (reclassification) based on usage frequencies and perceived consequences."
Any screening for possible Internet addiction as substance abuse should include evaluation of the user’s Internet connectivity habits. This evaluation may reveal a number of habitual patterns similar to persons who are addicted to substances such as alcohol, narcotics or gambling. One of the expected findings may be an individual’s inability to disconnect from the Internet, even though harm may be evidently occurring as a result of steady connectivity. Such harm may be evidenced as a physical ailment, a missed appointment, a missed meal or even a missed mortgage payment because instead of paying the rent the individual is paying an on-line service to stay frequently connected. Other findings may indicate that users feel let down when disconnected, or feel a constant urge to reconnect. Still other findings may reveal patterns or instances of previous addiction in a user’s genealogy.
Some scholars have labeled this condition Internet Addiction Disorder (Goldberg, 1995). However, research has systematically attempted to build a typology of Internet-related disorders. Therefore words like “addiction” and “dependency” are not as distinctive in this realm as they are in the realm of more tangible substance abuses such as alcohol, gambling or narcotics. This study makes a preliminary attempt to determine usage patterns among self-classified addicts and dependents, and attempts for the first time, a classification scheme (reclassification) based on usage frequencies and perceived consequences."
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This essay considers adolescent sexting from a media ecology standpoint, suggesting that in addition to the technologizing of sexuality one must also begin to consider the sexualizing of technological systems.
Blogs rest at the cross‐section of politics, media, and discourse. This relatively new medium has injected itself into the spectacle that is campaigns; competing narratives seek to define candidates, lure voters, and wage a war over the... more
Blogs rest at the cross‐section of politics, media, and discourse. This relatively new medium has injected itself into the spectacle that is campaigns; competing narratives seek to define candidates, lure voters, and wage a war over the ownership of symbols and meaning‐making. Blogs influence the formation of narratives within the political spectacle of campaigns. This article seeks to describe local/regional blogs as social and discursive phenomena that participate in, and provide part of, the discourse of political spectacle. The article looks at this political subculture and attempts to express through an analysis of form, function, and meaning this new, palpable discursive force — a counter to the existing hegemony. The case studies utilized are the local/regional blogospheres that have developed in the states of Connecticut and Virginia. In Connecticut, we analyze the metonymic chains built in the Ned Lamont versus Joe Lieberman senatorial race and, in Virginia, Jim Webb against former lobbyist Harris Miller in the primary and Senator George Allen in the general election.
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Cultural Studies, Globalization, Film Studies, Cinema, The Sublime, and 16 moreMarshall McLuhan, Film, Mass media, Mass Communication and New Media, Cinema Studies, Cultural Globalization, Landscape Cinema, Film Studies, Landscape in Cinema, Narratology in Cinema, Technocracy, Laura Mulvey, PHILIP GLASS, Male Gaze, Non Narrative film, Godfrey Reggio, Koyaanisqatsi, and Landscape and Filmedit
"This course tracks the maturation of the Internet into a mass medium. As broadband adoption grows and advertisers shift budgets online, web companies are growing richer, more popular and more powerful. This course explores the... more
"This course tracks the maturation of the Internet into a mass medium.
As broadband adoption grows and advertisers shift budgets online, web companies are growing richer, more popular and more powerful. This course explores the changing marketplace for online entertainment, focusing on video companies like YouTube angling to supplant television but incorporating the broader literature on the politics of production and distribution for companies like Facebook and Google. Readings will include studies of amateur/user production, corporate efforts to monetize web entertainment, independents creating innovative content — ranging from the early days of the Internet to the present."
As broadband adoption grows and advertisers shift budgets online, web companies are growing richer, more popular and more powerful. This course explores the changing marketplace for online entertainment, focusing on video companies like YouTube angling to supplant television but incorporating the broader literature on the politics of production and distribution for companies like Facebook and Google. Readings will include studies of amateur/user production, corporate efforts to monetize web entertainment, independents creating innovative content — ranging from the early days of the Internet to the present."