Cultural Studies as Performative Research in a Digital Age

2014 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 309-320
Author(s):  
Caroline Stockman ◽  
Fred Truyen
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Studies ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Digital Age ◽  
Digital Culture ◽  
General Domain ◽  
Qualitative Approaches ◽  
Research Domain

This paper aims to explore the nature of digital culture research, and the fitting methodology. Although it is still felt to be a novelty, it is not so different from the more general domain of Cultural Studies. The aim of research for both domains is meaning, or the challenge to understand the dynamics of the encoding and decoding process. Both domains endorse a wide variety of subjects, although typically the concrete methodology of Cultural Studies still remains restricted to qualitative approaches. The question of quantitative data and their analysis is highlighted in digital culture, and we should consider both its opportunities and limitations for the research at hand. In our reflection, Cultural Studies research emerges as a performative enterprise, and this is one of its unique distinctions as a research domain.

Youth Identity in the Digital Age

2021 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 58-82
Author(s):  
Vo Huong Nam
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Personal Identity ◽  
Digital Age ◽  
Digital Culture ◽  
Youth Identity ◽  
Profound Influence ◽  
Critical Task ◽  
Networked Society ◽  
Adolescent Period

AbstractThe digital culture has a profound influence on the formation of personal identity among the youth of Gens Y and Z. The networked society has strongly affected the process of forming an “inner identity,” a critical task in the adolescent period. The design of digital social media and apps can enslave youth in the “hive” and take away the solitude and resources needed for them to cultivate their “inner identity.” Therefore, there is a need for institutions such as school, family, and church to reinvent better ways to accommodate youth and engage them with digital media with responsibility and discernment.

Delphi Method in a Digital Age

2018 ◽  
pp. 132-151
Author(s):  
Christine A. Haynes ◽  
Kaye Shelton
Keyword(s):  
Statistical Analysis ◽  
Delphi Method ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Research Collaboration ◽  
Communication Strategies ◽  
Digital Age ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Delphi Studies

With the rapid advancement of online survey tools, research collaboration tools, communication platforms, and statistical analysis tools, the Delphi method is an increasingly popular research approach to gain insight from experts into complex problems or when future-oriented planning is required. This chapter focuses on practical considerations and implications for practice when conducting studies online using the Delphi method. Practical logistics for the management of online Delphi studies explored in this chapter include preparing for a successful study, designing communication strategies, addressing technological considerations, and handling of qualitative and quantitative data.

A New Perspective for School Management in the Digital Age

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Eren Kesim
Keyword(s):  
School Principals ◽  
Rapid Change ◽  
Digital Age ◽  
School Management ◽  
Transformation Process ◽  
First Century ◽  
Digital Culture ◽  
Educational Organizations ◽  
Restructuring Process ◽  
New Perspective

All nations throughout the world have been influenced by rapid developments and transformations in the twenty first century. Throughout this process of rapid change, in which newly developed technologies and globalization gained momentum, all social establishments are being restructured. The restructuring process may only be realized with the involvement of individuals raised and trained in accordance with the age we live in, thus the strategic importance of educational organizations has risen. For educational organizations to fulfill the expectations of the responsibilities assigned to them, they must be managed in accordance with the requirements of this era. School principals are laden with important responsibilities throughout this process. One of the foremost variables of the transformation process enabled by digital technologies in the digital age is the concept of digital culture. This concept must be analyzed regarding its repercussions in educational organizations. This study analyzes the digital culture which has emerged in the digital age regarding its repercussion in schools and school management from a conceptual perspective.

scholarly journals Towards a Theological Anthropology of the Digital Age

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Gemma Serrano ◽  
Alessandro De Cesaris
Keyword(s):  
Theological Anthropology ◽  
Digital Age ◽  
Digital Culture ◽  
Christian Tradition ◽  
Inner Life ◽  
Technological Transformation ◽  
Do So ◽  
Human Finitude

Abstract The paper aims at providing some introductory insights in the project of a theological anthropology of the digital age. The objective is to show that theological anthropology can help us gain an original and valid perspective on the technological transformation we have been experiencing during the last few decades. In order to do so, it is not enough to underline the analogy between some sources of the Judeo-Christian tradition and some aspects of the so-called digital culture. Instead, the objective is to show that theology can offer some theoretical instruments able to offer a deeper insight in our condition. The paper starts from the notion of finitude, interpreted as a blessing and not as a “limit” of our nature. Through the distinction between Promethean and Epimethan approaches to technology, the text focuses on three core aspects of human finitude: corporeality, inner life and otherness.

scholarly journals Living in a digital culture: The need for theological reflection

2015 ◽  
Vol 71 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anita L. Cloete
Keyword(s):  
Everyday Life ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Digital Age ◽  
Theological Reflection ◽  
Digital Culture ◽  
Making Meaning ◽  
The Church ◽  
Proactive Role

Today our lives are filled with technology through which we communicate, work, play and even engage with for making meaning. This implies the pervasive presence of digital media as an integral part of our everyday life. Although studies on media are mostly done by sociology and communication students, living in a digital age has significant implications for theological reflections. Despite this being the case there is gap in terms of a religious response to technology. In response to this, the aim of this article is to stimulate theological reflections with regard to living in a digital culture. This is achieved by raising theological questions in the hope that theology could take a proactive role in these discussions. The implications of living in a digital culture are quite vast; therefore, the focus will be limited to how a community is formed and sustained, and the possible implications for the church as community.

Literary Translation and Digital Culture: The Transmedial Breakthrough of Poland’s The Witcher

2020 ◽  
pp. 205-226
Author(s):  
Paulina Drewniak
Keyword(s):  
Intercultural Communication ◽  
Short Story ◽  
Cultural Diplomacy ◽  
Digital Age ◽  
Translation Studies ◽  
Literary Translation ◽  
Digital Culture ◽  
Fan Fiction ◽  
High Literature ◽  
Digital Cultures

This chapter explores the international transmedial phenomenon, The Witcher, which began life as a 1986 Polish short story, ‘Wiedźmin’ (The Witcher) by Andrzej Sapowski, but has become a paradigm of the intercultural communication facilitated by the digital age, including not only translated fiction, but also fan fiction and fan translations, a videogame trilogy and a film. The chapter highlights the new opportunities that digital cultures offer translated literatures, regardless of national origin, and the challenges they present to existing translation studies theory, dominated by the circulation of high literature in book form. It also notes, however, how even internationally co-owned genre franchises, old considerations of national cultural diplomacy, narrative and identity remain.

The digital age as a challenge of history

2020 ◽  
pp. 23-28
Author(s):  
Ekaterina Nikolaevna Shapinskaya
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Studies ◽  
Public Relations ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Digital Age ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Modern Culture ◽  
Historical Images ◽  
Historical Turn ◽  
Historical Representations

The article examines the "historical turn" in modern culture and its connection with digital technologies. There is a link between (post)historical representations and mythological and fantasy images. Special attention is paid to the analysis of the entertainment element in the development and presentation of historical images in the digital age. The content of the article is of interest from the point of view of its scientific and methodological specifics in the fields of "Cultural Studies" and "Advertising and Public Relations".

scholarly journals The pixelated text: Reading the Bible within digital culture

Theology ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 121 (6) ◽  
pp. 403-412 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Phillips
Keyword(s):  
Digital Humanities ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Digital Age ◽  
Digital Culture ◽  
Reading Process ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Text Reading

This article looks at Bible engagement in a digital age, focusing both on multimedia engagement with the Bible through the ages and on the changes that new technologies bring to the reading process, and asking some questions about our use of different technologies for different tasks. The article opens up the new possibilities afforded to scholars through the digitization of manuscripts and libraries, but also looks at the limitations of digital Bibles in their current forms. What new areas of research do the digital humanities open up for us?

scholarly journals Culture and Society in the Digital Age

Information ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 68
Author(s):  
Ilya Levin ◽  
Dan Mamlok
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Studies ◽  
General Model ◽  
Digital Age ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Cultural Changes ◽  
Digital Revolution ◽  
Digital Society ◽  
Surrounding Environment ◽  
New Phenomena

This paper aims to examine a theoretical framework of digital society and the ramifications of the digital revolution. The paper proposes that more attention has to be paid to cultural studies as a means for the understanding of digital society. The approach is based on the idea that the digital revolution’s essence is fully manifested in the cultural changes that take place in society. Cultural changes are discussed in connection with the digital society’s transformations, such as blurring the distinction between reality and virtuality and among people, nature, and artifacts, and the reversal from informational scarcity to abundance. The presented study develops a general model of culture. This model describes the spiritual, social, and technological facets of culture. Such new phenomena as individualization, transparisation, and so-called cognification (intellectualization of the surrounding environment) are suggested as the prominent trends characterizing the above cultural facets.

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