If...Then

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Taina Bucher
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social World ◽  
Field Observations ◽  
Ranking Data ◽  
Relational Agency ◽  
Multiple Realities ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
Per Se ◽  
Definition Of

IF … THEN provides an account of power and politics in the algorithmic media landscape that pays attention to the multiple realities of algorithms, and how these relate and coexist. The argument is made that algorithms do not merely have power and politics; they help to produce certain forms of acting and knowing in the world. In processing, classifying, sorting, and ranking data, algorithms are political in that they help to make the world appear in certain ways rather than others. Analyzing Facebook’s news feed, social media user’s everyday encounters with algorithmic systems, and the discourses and work practices of news professionals, the book makes a case for going beyond the narrow, technical definition of algorithms as step-by-step procedures for solving a problem in a finite number of steps. Drawing on a process-relational theoretical framework and empirical data from field observations and fifty-five interviews, the author demonstrates how algorithms exist in multiple ways beyond code. The analysis is concerned with the world-making capacities of algorithms, questioning how algorithmic systems shape encounters and orientations of different kinds, and how these systems are endowed with diffused personhood and relational agency. IF … THEN argues that algorithmic power and politics is neither about algorithms determining how the social world is fabricated nor about what algorithms do per se. Rather it is about how and when different aspects of algorithms and the algorithmic become available to specific actors, under what circumstance, and who or what gets to be part of how algorithms are defined.

scholarly journals A Revista Dabiq e a construção do inimigo: uma análise das classificações utilizadas pelo DAESH para nomear os seus opositores | The Dabiq Magazine and the construction of the enemy: an analysis of the classifications used by the DAESH to nominate its opponents

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. e42711
Author(s):  
Leandro Loureiro Costa
Keyword(s):  
Social World ◽  
The Other ◽  
Islamic State ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
Terrorist Organization ◽  
Radical Substitution ◽  
Political Security ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Islamic Extremism

A organização terrorista Estado Islâmico tem sido obstáculo para a segurança política em diversas regiões do mundo. Esta incerteza ocorre tanto pela promoção de atentados, mas também pela capacidade do grupo em recrutar indivíduos para que lutem pelos seus interesses. Para tal objetivo, desenvolveu-se uma máquina de propaganda com poder de construir representações demonizadas do inimigo e criar fortes identificações para os que partilham das ideias da organização. Esta pesquisa se baseou na Revista Dabiq para analisar como o mundo social do grupo foi construído. A partir dos seus textos e imagens foi possível compreender quais são os elementos que o compõem, dando subsídios para estudos mais específicos sobre a problemática do extremismo islâmico. Estes padrões lexicais caracterizam os chamados “inimigos” do Estado Islâmico, além da própria identificação do “eu” do grupo estar diretamente ligada a definição do “outro”, são parte de uma visão de mundo que busca responder às crises da modernidade, propondo uma substituição radical baseada na violência.Palavras-chave: Estado Islâmico; Revista Dabiq; Extremismo Islâmico. ABSTRACTThe terrorist organization Islamic State has been an obstacle to political security in various regions of the world. This uncertainty occurs both for the promotion of attacks, but also for being able to recruit young people around the world to fight in accordance with the interests of the group. To this end, a propaganda machine was developed with the power to construct demonized representations of the enemy and to create strong identifications for those who share the ideas of the organization. This research was based on Dabiq Magazine to analyze how the social world of the group was constructed. From its texts and images it was possible to understand which are the elements that make up the same, giving subsidies for more specific studies on the problematic of Islamic extremism. These lexical patterns characterize the so-called "enemies" of the Islamic State, and the very identification of the group's "I" is directly linked to this definition of the "other." These are part of a worldview that seeks to respond to the crises of modernity by proposing a radical substitution based on violence.Keywords: Islamic State; Dabiq Magazine; Islamic Extremism. Recebido em 14 mai.2019 | Aceito em 19 ago.2019.

scholarly journals ڕەهەندە دەروونییەكانی ڤایرۆسی كۆرۆنا لە شیعری كوردیدا

Twejer ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 379-418
Author(s):  
FARHAD QADIR KARIM ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Psychological Phenomena ◽  
Corona Virus ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
Poetic Texts ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Psychological Dimensions

The word Corona (Covid 19) has been used by the population over the world and studied by the health sections widely. It has stopped the movements of people in their daily life which caused the psychological tension of human beings. This non stable situation adapted the Kurdish poets with tens of poetic texts at the aim of showing the influence of this virus and under (Psychological Dimensions of Corona Virus in Kurdish Poetry) title, this research has been written. In it, first the definition of Corona virus is presented, then the connection between it and (Literature and Psychology) and it with (Literature and Illness) are shown. After that, under the title (The Psychological Phenomena of Corona Virus in Kurdish Poetry), both the influence and the reflection of scaring and shock are clarified depending on the poetic samples of the poets which most of them have been posted on the social media. Fearing of getting this virus and losing lovers are two poetic images in a section of the texts. In another section, the shock of the poets which goes back to the new fact of this pandemic is presented. Finally, insisting on following the healthy guidelines is another prominent subject in the research. The mentioned are some of the points which the researcher has achieved.

scholarly journals Revisitando o contexto de produção do Apocalipse de João

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (14) ◽  
pp. 389
Author(s):  
Valtair A. Miranda
Keyword(s):  
New Testament ◽  
Social World ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
Definition Of

Este artigo se propõe a revisitar as principais questões em torno do contexto de produção do Apocalipse de João, a última obra do Novo Testamento cristão. A busca pela definição de quem escreveu uma obra, a data de escrita, o público imediato da fonte e o motivo de produção precisa de uma atenção especial de quem se interessa pela leitura e interpretação de fontes antigas. No caso específico do Apocalipse, estas questões nem sempre conseguem ser plenamente respondidas, o que não necessariamente diminui a importância de cada uma delas. Em linhas gerais, o que se persegue é a tentativa de reconstruir o mundo social por trás do Apocalipse, a fim de iluminar o mundo construído dentro do Apocalipse.This article proposes to revisit the key issues surrounding the production context of the Revelation of John, the last book of the Christian New Testament. The search for the definition of who wrote a work, the date written, the immediate public of the source and the purpose of writing needs special attention of anyone interested in reading and interpreting ancient sources. In the specific case of Revelation, these issues cannot always be fully answered, which does not necessarily diminish the importance of all of them. Generally speaking, what is pursued is the attempt to reconstruct the social world behind the Apocalypse in order to enlighten the world built in the Apocalypse. 

Emotive Trending And Tracking of Tweets

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (11) ◽  
pp. 25
Author(s):  
Sanjay Chhataru Gupta
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Social Network ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
Complex Events

Popularity of the social media and the amount of importance given by an individual to social media has significantly increased in last few years. As more and more people become part of the social networks like Twitter, Facebook, information which flows through the social network, can potentially give us good understanding about what is happening around in our locality, state, nation or even in the world. The conceptual motive behind the project is to develop a system which analyses about a topic searched on Twitter. It is designed to assist Information Analysts in understanding and exploring complex events as they unfold in the world. The system tracks changes in emotions over events, signalling possible flashpoints or abatement. For each trending topic, the system also shows a sentiment graph showing how positive and negative sentiments are trending as the topic is getting trended.

Europa 51: The Face of the Star in Neorealisms Urban Landscape

Film Studies ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-57
Author(s):  
Ora Gelley
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Difference ◽  
Urban Landscape ◽  
Social World ◽  
Female Characters ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
Roberto Rossellini ◽  
The Face ◽  
Classical Style

Although Europa 51 (1952) was the most commercially successful of the films Roberto Rossellini made with the Hollywood star, Ingrid Bergman, the reception by the Italian press was largely negative. Many critics focussed on what they saw to be the ‘unreal’ or abstract quality of the films portrayal of the postwar urban milieu and on the Bergman character‘s isolation from the social world. This article looks at how certain structures of seeing that are associated in the classical style with the woman as star or spectacle - e.g., the repetitious return to her fixed image, the resistance to pulling back from the figure of the woman in order to situate her within a determinate location and set of relationships between characters and objects - are no longer restricted to her image but in fact bleed into or “contaminate” the depiction of the world she inhabits. In other words, whereas the compulsive return to the fixed image of the woman tends to be contained or neutralised by the narrative economy and editing patterns (ordered by sexual difference) of the classical style, in Rossellini‘s work this ‘insistent’ even aberrant framing in relation to the woman becomes a part of the (female) characters and the cameras vision of the ‘pathology’ of the urban landscape in the aftermath of the war.

SOCIOLOGICAL PROBLEMS OF RITUAL: SOME REFLECTIONS

2021 ◽  
Vol 74 (2) ◽  
pp. 67-71
Author(s):  
Zh.K. Madalieva ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Action ◽  
Real World ◽  
Symbolic Meaning ◽  
Traditional Society ◽  
Social Functions ◽  
Individual Life ◽  
Human Community ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
Definition Of

The article discusses in detail the essence and meaning of ritual as a social action. The study of the nature of this phenomenon involves, first of all, the study of various approaches to the definition of the concept of "ritual" and related phenomena. Analyzing the existing definitions, the author comes to the conclusion that "ritual" is a certain set of actions that have symbolic meaning. The symbolism of the ritual is manifested in its connecting role with the world of the sacred, sacred. The article emphasizes that in the consciousness of a person in a traditional society, the sacred world is present in the real world through ritual. As an archaic form of culture, ritual was also a way of regulating and maintaining collective life. The ritual served as a means of integrating and maintaining the integrity of the human community, giving it stability. Therefore, the article focuses on the social functions of the ritual in both public and individual life.

INCLUSION, SOCIALISATION AND INTEGRATION OF THE CHILD WITH SPECIAL NEEDS IN A KINDERGARTEN GROUP

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 382-384
Author(s):  
Rumyana Pantaleeva ◽  
Keyword(s):  
General Education ◽  
Special Needs ◽  
Social World ◽  
Educational Needs ◽  
Special Educational Needs ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
The Right

The process of socialisation and integration represents unity, and at the same time – a continuous controversy between two aspects: socialisation and individuality. Due to this, the process is a single upside stream – the entry of a child into the world of adults, in the social world. Every child is a unique personality with its individual qualities, interests, abilities and educational needs. Every child with special educational needs has the right to be taught on an individual schedule with content, matching its own necessities and capacity. The general education kindergarten, in which the authors work and teach pupils with special educational needs has established a tolerant community and guarantees schooling, tutoring and mentorship for everybody.

scholarly journals Habib Husein Jafar Al-Hadar’s Da’wa Content Commodification on Youtube

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Akhmad Roja Badrus Zaman ◽  
Mahin Muqaddam Assarwani
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Young Person ◽  
Social Media Platform ◽  
Virtual Ethnography ◽  
The Social ◽  
People’S Perception ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
Media Platform ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Selection Of

Advances in technology and information provide new opportunities for preachers to be able to take part in spreading Islamic teachings through various social media platforms. One of the preachers who took the role to preach through social media was Habib Husein Jafar al-Hadar. This article examines Habib Husein Jafar’s missionary activities on the social media platform he uses, Youtube. The researcher analyzes the data by observing virtually and visually (virtual ethnography) on the da’wa content displayed by Habib Husein Jafar through Youtube. The study shows that: 1) the attention to the spiritual enlightenment efforts of the younger generation is the basis of the selection of the social media platform Youtube - because based on previous research, the users of this social media platform are 18-29 years of age; 2) starting from the da’wa consumers who are primarily young people, the content they present is suitable to their needs and lifestyle and 3) by using the concept of the circuit of culture analysis, Habib Husein Jafar in various ranges can reconstruct people’s perception of one’s definition of holiness. It is not limited based on normative appearance - cloaked and sacrificed, for example - but more on the substantive side, namely by behaving and having knowledgeable skills. With the variety of content, he could visualize himself as a pious young man by not abandoning his social status as a young person.

scholarly journals A Taxonomy for the Social Agents of Scientific Change

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 55-62
Author(s):  
Nicholas Overgaard
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Community ◽  
Epistemic Community ◽  
Epistemic Communities ◽  
Scientific Change ◽  
Collective Intentionality ◽  
Social Agents ◽  
Social Agent ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
Definition Of

Although we accept that a scientific mosaic is a set of theories and methods accepted and employed by a scientific community, scientific community currently lacks a proper definition in scientonomy. In this paper, I will outline a basic taxonomy for the bearers of a mosaic, i.e. the social agents of scientific change. I begin by differentiating between accidental group and community through the respective absence and presence of a collective intentionality. I then identify two subtypes of community: the epistemic community that has a collective intentionality to know the world, and the non-epistemic community that does not have such a collective intentionality. I note that both epistemic and non-epistemic communities might bear mosaics, but that epistemic communities are the intended social agents of scientific change because their main collective intentionality is to know the world and, in effect, to change their mosaics. I conclude my paper by arguing we are not currently in a position to properly define scientific community per se because of the risk of confusing pseudoscientific communities with scientific communities. However, I propose that we can for now rely on the definition of epistemic community as the proper social agent of scientific change.Suggested Modifications[Sciento-2017-0012]: Accept the following taxonomy of group, accidental group, and community:Group ≡ two or more people who share any characteristic.Accidental group ≡ a group that does not have a collective intentionality.Community ≡ a group that has a collective intentionality. [Sciento-2017-0013]: Provided that the preceding modification [Sciento-2017-0012] is accepted, accept that communities can consist of other communities.[Sciento-2017-0014]: Provided that modification [Sciento-2017-0012] is accepted, accept the following definitions of epistemic community and non-epistemic community as subtypes of community:Epistemic community ≡ a community that has a collective intentionality to know the world.Non-epistemic community ≡ a community that does not have a collective intentionality to know the world.[Sciento-2017-0015]: Provideed that modification [Sciento-2017-0013] and [Sciento-2017-0014] are accepted, accept that a non-epistemic community can consist of epistemic communities.

scholarly journals Engaging for Puerto Rico: #RickyRenuncia (and #RickySeQueda) during El Verano del 19 and digital identities

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Danilo T Perez-Rivera ◽  
Christopher Torres Lugo ◽  
Alexis R Santos-Lozada
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Puerto Rico ◽  
Social Activism ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Political ◽  
Digital Revolution ◽  
The People ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
Puerto Rican Diaspora

Between July 13-24, 2019 the people of Puerto Rico took the streets after a series of corruption scandals shocked the political establishment. The social uprising resulted in the ousting of the Governor of Puerto Rico (Dr. Ricardo Rosselló, Ricky), the resignation of the majority of his staff something unprecedented in the history of Puerto Rico; this period has been called El Verano del 19 (Summer of 19). Social media played a crucial role in both the organization and dissemination of the protests, marches, and other activities that occurred within this period. Puerto Ricans in the island and around the world engaged in this social movement through the digital revolution mainly under the hashtag #RickyRenuncia (Ricky Resign), with a small counter movement under the hashtag #RickySeQueda (Ricky will stay). The purpose of this study is to illustrate the magnitude and grass roots nature of the political movement’s social media presence, as well as their characteristics of the population of both movements and their structures. We found that #RickyRenuncia was used approximately one million times in the period of analysis while #RickySeQueda barely reached 6,000 tweets. Particularly, the pervasiveness of cliques in the #RickySeQueda show concentrations of authority dedicated to its propagation, whilst the #RickyRenuncia propagation was much more distributed and decentralized with little to no interaction between significant nodes of authority. Noteworthy was the role of the Puerto Rican diaspora in the United States of America and around the world, contributing close to 40% of all geo-located tweets. Finally, we found that the Twitter followers of the former governor had indicators of being composed of two distinct populations: 1) those active in social media and 2) those who follow the account but who are not active participants of the social network. We discuss the implications of these findings on the interpretation of emergence, structure and dissemination of social activism and countermovement to these activities in the context of Puerto Rico.

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