scholarly journals Chronemic urgency in everyday digital communication

2021 ◽  
pp. 0961463X2098772
Author(s):  
Yoram M Kalman ◽  
Dawna I Ballard ◽  
Ana M Aguilar
Keyword(s):  
Digital Media ◽  
Digital Communication ◽  
Communication Media ◽  
Expectancy Violations ◽  
Weekly Basis ◽  
The Us ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Everyday Communication ◽  
Reliable Methods

The experience of a lack of time due to an increasing burden of urgent tasks is one of the more common challenges created by digital communication media in the network society. This study develops the concept of chronemic urgency to explore urgent messaging using digital media. Chronemic urgency is the urgency users assign to messages received via a specific communication medium. Consistent with a communication perspective, the urgency is a function of both the relationship and the media. This study uses social entrainment theory and expectancy violations theory to conceptualize the chronemic urgency construct. This construct is then examined in a pilot study of the chronemic urgency 773 US-based participants assign to the communication media they use at least on a weekly basis. High chronemic urgency is assigned to messages received through media that (1) are used for urgent communication, (2) are checked more often, (3) are likely to be used by others who wish to contact the user urgently, and (4) are likely to lead to a quicker response. Despite the increasing centrality of urgency in everyday communication in the digital age, researchers and practitioners lack reliable methods to measure chronemic urgency in populations. The findings provide initial indications of levels of chronemic urgency in the US population’s everyday digital communication and create a foundation to better understand contemporary temporal phenomena.

One Foot on the Streets, One Foot on the Web

2018 ◽  
pp. 443-453
Author(s):  
Paolo Gerbaudo
Keyword(s):  
Social Movements ◽  
Collective Action ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Qualitative Methodology ◽  
Digital Communication ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Digital Era ◽  
Digital Politics ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Web

Digital communication technologies are modifying how social movements communicate internally and externally and the way participants are organized and mobilized. This transformation calls for a rethinking of how we conceive of and analyze them. Scholars cannot be content with studying the digital and the physical or the online and the offline separately, but must explore the imbrication between these aspects by studying how the elements of social movements combine in a political “ensemble,” an ecosystem, or an action texture, defining the possibilities and limits of collective action. This chapter proposes a qualitative methodology combining analysis of digital media with observations of events and interviews with participants to develop a holistic account of collective action. This methodology is best positioned to capture the changing nature and meaning of protest action in a digital era, producing a “thick account” of the relationship between digital politics and everyday life.

Mediascape and Movement

2019 ◽  
pp. 100-122
Author(s):  
Francis L. F. Lee
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Political Communication ◽  
Protest Movements ◽  
The Public ◽  
Mainstream Media ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

This chapter reviews the relationship between the media and the Umbrella Movement. The mainstream media, aided by digital media outlets and platforms, play the important role of the public monitor in times of major social conflicts, even though the Hong Kong media do so in an environment where partial censorship exists. The impact of digital media in largescale protest movements is similarly multifaceted and contradictory. Digital media empower social protests by promoting oppositional discourses, facilitating mobilization, and contributing to the emergence of connective action. However, they also introduce and exacerbate forces of decentralization that present challenges to movement leaders. Meanwhile, during and after the Umbrella Movement, one can also see how the state has become more proactive in online political communication, thus trying to undermine the oppositional character of the Internet in Hong Kong.

scholarly journals The Digital Heritage of Covid-19 's Governance: How to Upgrade and Use the "Health Code" in the Post-Epidemic Era

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 235-241
Author(s):  
Wu Siqi ◽  
Wu Yi
Keyword(s):  
Digital Media ◽  
The Body ◽  
Ethical Problems ◽  
Digital Heritage ◽  
Full State ◽  
The Media ◽  
Digital Projection ◽  
And Control ◽  
The Relationship

The outbreak of Covid-19 accelerated the practice of digital survival, and the "health code" launched based on the needs of epidemic prevention and control has become the representative of digital survival media, which is jointly built by science and technology enterprises and government departments. it has realized the full-state use in China, and accumulated long-term digital survival experience for the country, enterprises and individuals. At the same time, there are some media ethical problems in the use of Health Code, such as distinguishing users, leaking information, imprisoning the body and leading to the lack of subjects. In order to resolve the risk, we should re-examine the relationship between people and the media from the perspective of the subject, treat "health code" as a digital projection of personal health, and regain the service principle of digital technology. Humanize the "health code" and other digital media.

scholarly journals Transformation of the Latino image in Western culture (based on the analysis of American mass media)

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 28-42
Author(s):  
E. S. Golousova
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Real Life ◽  
New York Times ◽  
Political Life ◽  
Active Involvement ◽  
The Us ◽  
The Usa ◽  
The Media

With rapid development of Latino communities and their members’s active involvement in the US social and political life the attitudes toward Latinos (Hispanics) have changed, both from the outside and the inside. The Latino people themselves came to realize their self-identification and, consecutively, the portrayal of Latinos in the media has been altered. In this paper the author argues, that the range of Latino stereotypes has become wider today and that the model that used to work decades ago in picturing Latino migrants is no longer relevant. Thus, the main goal of the study is to mark out and describe the changes that have occurred in the US media regarding the images of ‘Latinos’ (/Latinas). Comparative analysis is the key method in addition to the content analysis of media publications. The empirical basis consists of 80 publications, including digital media footage, published in 2016-2020 (both in English and Spanish languages) – such as the New York Times, The Time, The Washington Post, El Opinion, etc. These newspapers and magazines are considered to be highly influential as they set the agenda, shape the opinion and affect public consciousness. The material of the study also comprises 20 TV episodes related to the coverage of Hispanic issues in the USA. Having analyzed the media content related to the Latino issue (mainstream media, online sources, TV footage), the author comes to a conclusion that the number of roles that are attributed to the Latinos/Latinas has increased significantly and the today’s narrative to a larger degree is aligned with the changes occurring in real life of the Latino community.

Media and public policy

2018 ◽  
pp. 351-368
Author(s):  
Andrea Lawlor
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Media Effects ◽  
Policy Process ◽  
Critical Evaluation ◽  
Media Environment ◽  
Scholarly Literature ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Many ◽  
The Relationship

Mass media has taken on an increasingly influential role with respect to the design, implementation and critical evaluation of public policy. This chapter explores the many ways in which media “matters” to the policy process, by highlighting media’s traditionally limited role in the scholarly literature on public policy, then moving on to a wider discussion of the direct and indirect capacity of media to influence the policy process. Media effects on policy such as framing and agenda setting are reviewed, as are concepts such as the institutional factors that guide political media production and the relationship between policymakers, public opinion and the media. The chapter concludes with a reflection on some of the contemporary challenges for the media-policy relationship in a rapidly evolving digital media environment.

scholarly journals Does the 'old' media's coverage of religion matter in times of 'digital' religion?

2013 ◽  
Vol 25 ◽  
pp. 204-221 ◽  
Author(s):  
Teemu Taira
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
New Media ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Media Convergence ◽  
Mainstream Media ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Relationship

The study of digital religion and religion in the ‘new’ media, especially in tracing the transformation of communities, ideas, practices and forms of interaction which people tend to classify as religious, has already proved fruitful. What is not well-justified is the assumption that the ‘old’ media does not really matter anymore. This is something to be examined, although the structures and business models of the mainstream media are changing because of the ‘new’, digital media. Furthermore, we need to explore the interactions between ‘old’ and ‘new’ media, what emerges from their convergence, and start theorising about its implications in the context of religion. Some of the things that will be dealt with apply to the media in general. Only some are religion-specific. However, the intention is not to repeat what media scholars have already said about intermediality, media convergence and the relationship between ‘old’ and ‘new’ media. The reflections shared here are rather based on empirical research of religion in the media, especially in the ‘old’ mainstream mass media in Britain and Finland.

scholarly journals Social participation in the media: The dialogue of digital journalists with audiences

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-28
Author(s):  
Simón Peña-Fernández ◽  
◽  
Jesús Ángel Pérez-Dasilva ◽  
Koldobika Meso-Ayerdi ◽  
Ainara Larrondo-Ureta ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Social Participation ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Media ◽  
Ambivalent Attitude ◽  
A Priority ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
The Relationship

The emergence of social media altered the relation between journalism and the public in digital media and bequeathed the relationship a more active and collaborative role. As such, the general objective of this research is to characterise the dialogue between digital journalists and their audiences through social media and to describe how they perceive the consequences of this relationship. To this end, a survey was conducted with 73 digital journalists. The results display an ambivalent attitude on the part of the professionals regarding the use of social media as a tool for dialogue with their audiences. On one hand, they believe that using them is a priority need to maintain a fluid relationship with readers, although they mainly lean toward a majority one-way and limited use of them and believe that media managers have mainly perceived participation as a channel to garner audience loyalty and increase audiences.

scholarly journals Una visión crítica sobre la relación entre Internet y la desaparición de la prensa de papel: amenazas y oportunidades de las nuevas tecnologías para los medios de comunicación / A Critical View on the Relationship between Internet and the Disappearance of Paper Press: Threats and Opportunities of new Technologies for the Media

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rubén Ramos
Keyword(s):  
Digital Media ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Distant Future ◽  
Printed Books ◽  
Alternative Vision ◽  
Nuevas Tecnologías ◽  
The Media ◽  
First Time ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Medios De Comunicacion

ABSTRACTIn  recent  years,  experts  fromaround  the  world  have  warned  that  printed  newspapers  may  disappear  in  the  medium term. In some cases, even specific dates were given. The proliferation of digital media and the paradigma shift in our society are usually mentioned among the causes of this disappearance, especially when it comes to the media. Focusing particularly on the Spanish case, this paper offers an alternative vision, providing evidence that it’s not the first time a possible disappearance of printed newspapers is being discussed, that the Internet isn’t the main reason for the crisis hitting the sector, and that newspa-pers aren’t facing the worst crisis in thirty years. Although both printed newspapers and printed books could disappear in a still distant future, no concluding evidencepoints in that direction and this kind of statements are not to be recommended.RESUMENExpertos de todo el mundo han alertado en los últimos años sobre la posibilidad de que los periódicos impresos puedan desaparecer a medio plazo. Incluso en algunos casos se han llegado a dar fechas concretas. Entre las causas de esta desaparición se suele señalar la proliferación de los medios digitales y el cambio de paradigma al que nuestra sociedad se está enfrentando, sobre todo en lo relacionado a los medios de comunicación. En esta comunicación se ofrece una visión alternativa del problema, con datos que demuestran que, ni se trata de la primera vez que se habla de la posible desapari-ción de los periódicos impresos, ni Internet es el principal culpable de la crisis que atraviesa el sector, ni los periódicos se encuentran en su mayor crisis de los últimos treinta años, centrándonos especialmente en el caso español. Independiente-mente de que los periódicos impresos, como los libros impresos, puedan desaparecer en un futuro todavía lejano, no existen pruebas concluyentes que apunten en esa dirección ni que aconsejen a que se realicen este tipo de afirmaciones.

scholarly journals From Online Buddha Halls to Robot-Monks

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 120-148
Author(s):  
Stefania Travagnin
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Mainland China ◽  
Religious Practice ◽  
Public Image ◽  
Current Debate ◽  
Chinese Society ◽  
The Media ◽  
China Today ◽  
The Relationship

The interaction between religion and the new media has affected the perception that society has of religion, changed cardinal structures in the relationship between religious practice and religious authorities, and also transformed features and functions of the media. If we look at mainland China today, religious individuals and groups have their own WeChat and Weibo accounts, and internet websites; some believers operate solely in cyberspace and perform rituals online; and commercials often adopt religious symbols to brand nonreligious products. In other words, we find religious people or organizations that use (and even own) different media platforms as channels of communication; we also see that religious imageries are more and more put to use in the secular domain for nonreligious purposes. This article will analyze how and why Buddhists have resorted to social and digital media and even robotics to preach the Dharma and attract potential new followers, but also to redefine their public image in the wider Chinese society. This study also will ask whether the state has directed or merely engaged with this new Dharma media-enterprise, and in what way. In addressing these questions, one section of this article will explore the creation of the robot-monk Xian’er (at the Longquan Monastery, Beijing). Xian’er’s creation will be considered in relation to similar androids, placed in dialogue with the current debate on the use of robotics in religion, and viewed from posthumanist perspectives.

scholarly journals The “Innocence of Muslims” in the US Media: An Analysis of the Media Discourses on Islam and Muslims

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (101) ◽  
pp. 107-135
Author(s):  
Zafar Iqbal ◽  
Fazal Rahim Khan ◽  
Haseeb ur Rehman
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
Social Construction ◽  
Hate Speech ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Social Construction Of Reality ◽  
Muslim Countries ◽  
The Us ◽  
The Media ◽  
Media Discourses ◽  
The Relationship

The release of trailer of ‘Innocence of Muslims’ generated a huge debate on free speech, hate speech and the representation of the Muslims and Islam in the Western media. This paper investigates these issues in detail by taking instances from the mainstream US print media. Some other interesting debates in the mass media like the identification of the filmmaker and denigration of the Muslims and Islam in historical context have also been undertaken in the paper. Discourse theory and social construction of reality by Schutz (1976) and Berger and Luckmann (1991) have been applied as theoretical framework to evaluate the relationship between mass media and social construction of reality, and to see as how the US mass media constructed the reality about the movie (trailer). Three major aspects were selected for analysis; viz., filmmaker(s) and their associates, issues concerning freedom of speech and expression, and the representation of the Muslims’ protesting against the YouTube clip and the ensuing violence in some Muslim countries.

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