Operationalising Digital Capital

2020 ◽  
pp. 39-65
Author(s):  
Massimo Ragnedda
Keyword(s):  
Digital Capital

Gabber: Raising hell in technoculture1

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 399-421 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hillegonda C. Rietveld ◽  
Alexei Monroe
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Safety Valve ◽  
Electronic Noise ◽  
Dance Music ◽  
Electronic Dance Music ◽  
Music Genre ◽  
House Music ◽  
Digital Capital

Gabber is a hardcore electronic dance music genre, typified by extreme speed and overdrive, which developed in the Netherlands, with Rotterdam as its epicentre, during the early 1990s, when house music-inspired dance events dominated. The use of distorted noise and references to popular body horror, such as Hellraiser, dominated its scene, and soon gabber was commented on as ‘the metal of house music’, a statement that this article aims to investigate. Applying a genealogical discographic approach, the research found that the electronic noise music aesthetic of industrial music was crucial for the formation of the sound of gabber. The hardcore electronic dance music that developed from this is at once ironically nihilistic, a contrary critique, and a populist safety valve. The digital machine noise of hardcore seems to offer an immersive means to process the experience of (emasculating) fluidity within post-human accelerated technoculture, itself propelled by rapid digital capital and information technologies.

scholarly journals A “Social Bitcoin” Could Sustain a Democratic Digital World

2021 ◽  
pp. 39-51
Author(s):  
Kaj-Kolja Kleineberg ◽  
Dirk Helbing
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Online Social Networks ◽  
Large Fraction ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Bottom Up ◽  
Digital World ◽  
New Business ◽  
Future Version ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Digital Capital

AbstractA multidimensional financial system could provide benefits for individuals, companies, and states. Instead of top-down control, which is destined to eventually fail in a hyperconnected world, a bottom-up creation of value can unleash creative potential and drive innovations. Multiple currency dimensions can represent different externalities and thus enable the design of incentives and feedback mechanisms that foster the ability of complex dynamical systems to self-organize and lead to a more resilient society and sustainable economy. Modern information and communication technologies play a crucial role in this process, as Web 2.0 and online social networks promote cooperation and collaboration on unprecedented scales. Within this contribution, we discuss how one dimension of a multidimensional currency system could represent socio-digital capital (Social Bitcoins) that can be generated in a bottom-up way by individuals who perform search and navigation tasks in a future version of the digital world. The incentive to mine Social Bitcoins could sustain digital diversity, which mitigates the risk of totalitarian control by powerful monopolies of information and can create new business opportunities needed in times where a large fraction of current jobs is estimated to disappear due to computerization.

scholarly journals Sociological analysis of Montenegrin teachers’ digital capital

2020 ◽  
Vol 37 ◽  
pp. 169-184 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ida Cortoni ◽  
Jelena Perovic
Keyword(s):  
Formal Education ◽  
Daily Practice ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Children's Media ◽  
Social Perspectives ◽  
Material Resources ◽  
Digital Pedagogy ◽  
Digital Competencies ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
Digital Capital

Starting with the concept of digital capital in social sciences, this article presents the key findings of the “Global Kids Online” nationally representative survey of primary and high school teachers’ digital skills and practices that was conducted in Montenegro with Unicef’s support in 2018. Digital capital, as any other form of capital within Bourdieu’s perspective, has a sociological validity only in correlation with other forms of capital – such as economic, cultural and social – in a limited context and according to a multi-dimensional approach which goes from a macro- to a micro-social perspective (Pandolfini, 2016). This article identifies and discusses three perspectives of digital capital – macro, meso-social and micro – and their material (technologies, digital services and school experiments with devices) and non-material resources (digital competencies). Analysis of data from the Montenegrin research relating to this perspective shows that the daily practice of using digital technology in classrooms seems to be marginal, even though most teachers have access to the internet in their schools. Currently the majority of teachers are using the internet at school mostly just for checking information online. Their digital competencies are not generally advanced: on average, social and operational skills are the most developed, while their creative skills are least developed. Therefore, to support the development of children’s media literacy through formal education, further investments towards the strengthening of teachers’ digital competencies need to be made and the research shows that the demand for digital pedagogy courses already exists among most teachers. In other words, the Montenegrin research points to the need to invest more in education and experimentation related to the meso- and micro-social perspectives of digital capital.

scholarly journals Innovative Tools for Investment Management in the Digital Economy: a Guide for Post-Socialist Countries

2020 ◽  
pp. 181-190
Author(s):  
Gulsum Mirdamad Mammadova
Keyword(s):  
Banking Sector ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Capital Formation ◽  
Bank Loans ◽  
Portfolio Investment ◽  
Investment Management ◽  
Capital Management ◽  
Investment Activity ◽  
Investment Financing ◽  
Digital Capital

This paper summarizes the arguments and counterarguments within the scientific discussion on the issue of establishing the main factors that determine the parameters and dynamics of investment activity in the country based on sources of investment financing. The main purpose of the research is to study the formed in post-socialist countries features of investment management and to develop proposals for the introduction of innovative approaches to investment management considering the experience of developed countries and current trends in digitalization of the economy. Investigation of the topic of investment management in post-socialist countries in terms of resources of investment financing is carried out in the paper in the following logical sequence. First, the literature review and theoretical analysis of the issue allowed identifying the main sources of investment financing such as own funds of enterprises, household savings, banking sector loans, capital market financing, budget funds, foreign direct and portfolio investment, funds of international organizations. The second stage of the study held a comparative analysis of the role of each of the factors on the parameters and dynamics of investment activity in post-socialist countries. Methodological tools of the research methods are correlation and regression analysis. The statistical base of the study is the World Bank data on gross capital formation, gross savings, foreign direct and portfolio investment, long-term commercial bank loans, taxes on income, profit, and capital gains. The third component of the research is the study of the experience of developed countries in the use of innovative investment financing tools, analysis of the dynamics of digital capital management tools such as WealthTech. Based on the study findings, the authors proposed recommendations for improving the efficiency of investment management in post-socialist countries and options for adapting digital tools to attract investment and manage them. Keywords: digital capital management, financial innovation, gross capital formation, investment financing, WealthTech.

Virtual Communities as Tools to Support Teaching Practicum

2011 ◽  
pp. 233-247 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca English ◽  
Jennifer Howell
Keyword(s):  
Web 2.0 ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Virtual Communities ◽  
Virtual Community ◽  
Student Cohorts ◽  
Educational Applications ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Social Networking Tools ◽  
Digital Capital

The impact of Web 2.0 and social networking tools such as virtual communities, on education has been much commented on. The challenge for teachers is to embrace these new social networking tools and apply them to new educational contexts. The increasingly digitally-abled student cohorts and the need for educational applications of Web 2.0 are challenges that overwhelm many educators. This chapter will make three important contributions. Firstly it will explore the characteristics and behaviours of digitally-abled students enrolled in higher education. An innovation of this chapter will be the application of Bourdieu’s notions of capital, particularly social, cultural and digital capital to understand these characteristics. Secondly, it will present a possible use of a commonly used virtual community, Facebook©. Finally it will offer some advice for educators who are interested in using popular social networking communities, similar to Facebook©, in their teaching and learning.

scholarly journals COLLABORATIVE ACTION IN THE AGE OF SOCIAL MEDIA: DIGITAL CAPITAL, PUBLIC DISCOURSE AND POWER NETWORKS

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1(3)) ◽  
Author(s):  
Frol Revin
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Collective Action ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Public Discourse ◽  
Critical Mass ◽  
Modern Technology ◽  
Digital Networks ◽  
Bona Fide ◽  
Digital Capital

The article explores potential consequences of utilizing digital networks viewed as a consolidating resource for generating trust and shared values necessary to establish credible commitments though e-driven cooperative pursuits. By taking advantage of research on web-facilitated collaborative algorithms I survey their importance for stimulating user civic engagement as well as highlight the resultant digital capital creation within the informational platforms in which they are embedded. Acknowledging the relevance of communication power in contemporary network societies (Castells) it becomes especially poignant to further analyze the fragmentation of authority brought about by ICT exposure rarely evident within the more conventional concentrated hubs of socio-political discourse. Specifically, I conjecture that compared to more traditional forms of public goods creation digital capital as a pioneering form of web-based interaction breads equally novel challenges for collective gains through the use of a virtually wholly decentralized architecture. With the development of ever more elaborate ways of communicating and connecting digital media allows us to make transparent and democratize the emergence of trend-generating communities that facilitate cooperation, discourage group bias while engendering trustworthiness across all levels of the social strata. Current research, thus, pursues the goal of scrutinizing if and how modern digital networks can be considered as effective, durable tools for accumulating social capital able to accrue critical mass necessary to give momentum to and spur its users towards solving collective action problems. While certain prominent theorists (Habermas, Bourdieu) can be interpreted to suggest that modern technology has had a detrimental effect on communal cohesion leading to slanted, overly manipulative depletion of networks through which it can take root and flow, the author has a more charitable outlook on the utility of digitally produced social capital. In particular, I contend that novel communication channels based on high speed broadband connection coupled with portable, on the go mobile communication have the capacity to create a broad societal nexus of trust by maintaining and multiplying bona fide social bonds. Keywords: cooperation, collective action, virtual networks, ICT, social capital, digital capital, communication power, public sphere, fields of influence

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