In the city, they go “pit pit pit”: Digital media’s affordances and imagined (dis)connections in a rural Japanese community

2020 ◽  
pp. 146144482092117
Author(s):  
Fabienne Darling-Wolf
Keyword(s):  
Digital Media ◽  
Digital Technology ◽  
Sense Of Self ◽  
Lower Class ◽  
Digital Culture ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Digital World ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
The City

This project explores how lower class individuals living in a small rural Japanese community employ digital media in their daily lives and how this use of technology shapes their sense of self. Drawing from ethnographic research, it considers the locally specific ways in which individuals have embraced digital technology and how the technology’s “imagined affordances” intersect with their cultural, regional, and class identities, both locally and in relationship to national and global contexts. It argues that despite community members’ active use of digital technology, numerous barriers (both imagined and actual) continue to limit their ability to fully engage in digital culture and discusses how these barriers lead to a sense of simultaneous connection and disconnection from both urban contexts and an imagined global community. It concludes that more carefully situated local accounts of digital praxis are a necessary step toward developing a deeper understanding of the digital world.

Urban Communication

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan J. Drucker ◽  
Gary Gumpert
Keyword(s):  
Digital Media ◽  
Urban Landscape ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Physical World ◽  
Place And Space ◽  
Media Technologies ◽  
Urban Communication ◽  
Digital World ◽  
Interdisciplinary Field ◽  
The City

Cities themselves function as media of communication. They are places where messages are created, carried, and exchanged by structures, infrastructures, and people. Urbanity is an age-old phenomenon undergoing radical transformation as developing means of communication redefine traditional notions of place and space. Urban communication meshes population density, technology and social interaction. Urban communication, like urban studies, is an interdisciplinary field that provides a fresh perspective from which to view the city and its transformation. The communication lens offers valuable perspectives and methodologies for the examination of urban and suburban life. It conceptualizes the city as a complex environment of interpersonal interaction, a landscape of spaces and places that shape human behavior, and an intricate technological environment. The development of urban communication research and activities is traceable from the early works a diverse group of urbanists to more current research programs conducted by communication scholars. Urban communication foregrounds communication in the study of the urban landscape. The unique patterns and needs of urban dwellers and communities are examined in an age where cities are layered with media technologies. An increasing number of technologies enable information from the digital world to be layered onto the physical world through augmented realities, thereby altering the person–environment relationship by creating spaces in which users interact with their physical surroundings through digital media. The future of cities is increasingly influenced by media technology. Cities are global, connected, inclusive, livable, green, sustainable, mega, and smart. Cities have been identified as communicative cities. There are many ways of looking at communication and cities and the history and broad parameters of the growing area of urban communication.

Digital World of Excess – Pedagogical Reflections on Students and Education Immersed in New Technologies

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 2-10
Author(s):  
Katarzyna Borawska-Kalbarczyk
Keyword(s):  
Digital Media ◽  
Information Acquisition ◽  
Intellectual Development ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
The Body ◽  
Virtual Space ◽  
Digital Culture ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Digital World

The article presents selected aspects of the process of cognitive functioning of the users of contemporary technologies and the Internet, with special consideration of the negative effects of being immersed in the digital culture. The introduction synthetically characterizes the digital world, focusing on the most active users of the virtual space. In the body of the text, the author analyzes the negative effects of an individual’s functioning in the Internet space, especially those related to the change in the way of information acquisition and processing. The conclusions refer to implementing educational postulates connected with helping students develop the culture of behavior in the virtual space, involving as major elements the ability to distance oneself from digital media, to engage in deep reflection, and to organize and sort the acquired information. These skills are treated as crucial, ensuring the rational use of digital technologies. Focusing educational activities on the formation of youths’ media competence offers them an opportunity of fuller intellectual development, the sense of security in the context of expansion of the media, and active participation in the information society by structuring the available information and the knowledge constructed on its basis.

Sculpting Image and Sound

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cornelia Lund
Keyword(s):  
Digital Media ◽  
Digital Technology ◽  
Sound Art ◽  
Artistic Production ◽  
Visual Elements ◽  
Visual Music ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
The Status ◽  
Media Formats

Digital technology increasingly has offered new possibilities of combining audio and visual elements, be it in live performances, installations, or videos. The Canadian artist and musician Herman Kolgen plays the different genres like a virtuoso, exploring overarching themes in audiovisual performances as well as audiovisual installations. This chapter offers a case study that takes Kolgen’s work as an example of artistic production that pushes its investigation of audiovisual combinations in different directions by its flexible use of analog and digital media formats. The chapter first discusses the status of Kolgen’s work in terms of categories of audiovisual production such asvisual music, live cinema, andsound art. It then focuses on an analysis of his work under three aspects: exploration of media formats, use of technology, and relation to performance and performativity. At the same time, the chapter situates Kolgen’s work in the wider context of audiovisual art.

scholarly journals The imperative of images: construction of affinities through the cuse of digital media

Cadernos Pagu ◽  
2015 ◽  
pp. 91-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iara Beleli
Keyword(s):  
Middle Class ◽  
Cultural Capital ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Sexual Relationships ◽  
Ethnographic Research ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Social And Cultural Capital ◽  
Heterosexual Women ◽  
The City ◽  
Selection Of

Based upon ethnographic research conducted in relationship sites and applications used by people seeking affective/sexual relationships, the present article analyzes how digital media has been incorporated into the daily lives of heterosexual women aged 35-48, understood to be "independent" and "middle class" and residing in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. Autonomy, liberty and affinity are recurrent terms in the narratives of these women, leading us to questions regarding what is involved in their choice of partners whose affinities are described in terms of their similarities with the women's levels of social and cultural capital. These affinities are initially perceived through the digital circulation of photos, which are read not only according to the physical appearance of their subjects, but also according to their surroundings - objects and landscapes - which provoke the imagination with regards to the subjects' "lifestyles". Looking at the play of these new dynamics, I seek to understand how differences (in terms of class, generation, race/color, localization, etc.) operate in women's selection of partners.

scholarly journals The Role of Digital Technology in English Language Teaching in Azerbaijan

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 364 ◽  
Author(s):  
Milana Abbasova ◽  
Narmin Mammadova
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Second Language Acquisition ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Digital Technology ◽  
Qualitative Methodology ◽  
English Language ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Use Of Technology

The current study uses qualitative methodology to explore the role that digital technology plays in both second language acquisition and teaching. In-depth interviews were conducted with 6 teachers aged between 23 and 55 who are currently employed by Khazar University, Azerbaijan. Teachers indicate that the use of technology has an important impact on student’s second language learning. Although some of the teachers displayed negative effects of modern technologies on getting students’ attention, positive feedback is more available. Teachers demonstrated how the use of technology in teaching and learning supports students’ engagement in education. Overall, this study provides a reader with a general understanding of both students and teachers’ involvement in digital media as well as the effectiveness of second language teaching with technologies at higher educational institutions of Azerbaijan. Future research in the same area of study is needed to compare both teachers’ and students’ perceptions separately in broader sample and identify the key factors that affect teacher’s decision to choose rather traditional methods.

scholarly journals Digital Literacy: Text Credibility on Critical Reading Material

JET ADI BUANA ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (01) ◽  
pp. 43-51
Author(s):  
Ayunita Leliana ◽  
Laily Maulida Septiana Harti ◽  
Fauris Zuhri ◽  
Dwi Cahyani Sri Kusumaningtyas
Keyword(s):  
Digital Technology ◽  
Digital Literacy ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
The Public ◽  
Reading Material ◽  
Digital Era ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Scientific Papers

With the onset of the digital era, the classroom's teaching and learning process has also shifted. The use of technology makes it easy for lecturers and students to access various information and references on the internet. However, not all of the information and concerns come from reliable and credible sources, so it is necessary to select and sort out the references used. This research's background determines students' ability to find and utilize and evaluate the credibility of information to be used in their writing. Although most students can use digital technology in their daily lives, they have difficulty determining whether the articles or texts from the internet come from credible sources or just subjective opinions that are not strong enough to be used as references in the 2018 class. Students' skills have an impact on the search for reference sources when they write scientific papers. The preliminary observations on students of 2018 and 2019 have shown that some students stated that they were very familiar with information technology and accessed the internet skillfully. Some had difficulty finding the required references. The output of this research is a guide for checking the credibility of references and articles published in journals so that the public can refine the findings of this study by providing contributive input. If the results are positive, it means that they can be applied to other courses in other classes as well.

scholarly journals Young people confronting the challenge of reading and interpreting a digital world

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. e905
Author(s):  
Jordi Castellví Mata ◽  
Breogán Tosar Bacarizo ◽  
Antoni Santisteban Fernández
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Citizenship Education ◽  
Digital Literacy ◽  
Cognitive Skills ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Literacy Programs ◽  
School Students ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Digital World

Critical citizenship education must consider the global and digital context in which we live. Digital media and global processes have a decisive influence on people’s daily lives. However, digital literacy programs rarely go beyond teaching technological skills. Similarly, critical thinking approaches to education focus on developing cognitive skills, omitting the weight of values and emotions in decision making. This research analyses Spanish secondary school students’ narratives and reflections about two publications on Twitter that present biased information to encourage undemocratic attitudes. The results show that most students are far from being critical of the information they read on the internet, and they easily fall into the trap of defending undemocratic discourses.

scholarly journals KØBENHAVN

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sally Anderson
Keyword(s):  
National Culture ◽  
Ethnic Diversity ◽  
Lower Class ◽  
Voluntary Organizations ◽  
Social Difference ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
The People ◽  
Rapid Industrialization ◽  
The City ◽  
The Ideal

Copenhagen is the capital of Denmark and the Kingdom’s only metropolis. The city embraces institutions of royalty, state and national culture as well as all the ‘people’ of Denmark. Whereas national institutions are by and large located within the walls of the fortress city, the ‘people’ are generally located in neighborhoods constructed during rapid industrialization. The article explores the idea of Copenhagen as a folkelig city, a city that accrues both legitimacy and authenticity by invoking the ‘people’ in all their social, regional and ethnic diversity in certain areas of the city. Although a down-to-earth, non-elite, folkelig community is commonly thought to derive from the daily lives of ‘common people’ in lower class neighborhoods, the article illustrates how the idea of folkelig community is intentionally evoked in efforts to revitalize such very neighborhoods deemed lacking a proper sense of community. The article discusses how two voluntary organizations run by middle class reformers invoke different aesthetics of diversity and authentic commonality in attempts to infuse a working class neighborhood undergoing urban renewal with a new sense of folkelig community. With each their own facility for voluntary sport and culture, both aspire to create venues promoting a common sociality that cross cuts social difference. While the locally based organization invokes a plural community of locals, the nationally based organization invokes a plural community of citizens. The article concludes that the aesthetic of common diversity and the performance of folkelig community are vital to the ideal of the good city upheld by Copenhagen’s mentors, organizers and authorities.  

scholarly journals Impact of digital media on emotional, social and moral development of children

2018 ◽  
Vol XVI (3) ◽  
pp. 560-560 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roman Globokar
Keyword(s):  
Moral Development ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Digital Technology ◽  
Emotional Development ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Thought Processes ◽  
Digital World ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Creativity And Innovation

Digital media is radically changing the way people communicate and influencing the thought processes and experiences of children and adults. New technologies pose a challenge to the educational process. The paper presents the results of the latest research on the impact of digital technology on the emotional, social, and moral development of children. School should respond to the challenges of the digital world by promoting self-respect among children, emotional development, community affiliation, creativity, and innovation. Furthermore, the key to the success of the educational process is the creative passion of the teacher.

scholarly journals Utilização das TIC’s em sala de aula: uma análise comparativa de duas escolas, uma pública e uma privada

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (18) ◽  
pp. 113
Author(s):  
Priscilla Aparecida Santana Bittencourt ◽  
João Pedro Albino
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Private School ◽  
Digital Technology ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Learning Technologies ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Media And Technology ◽  
The City ◽  
Technology In Schools

O presente trabalho analisou os dados sobre a utilização das novas tecnologias na educação de escolas bauruenses. Com a evolução das tecnologias ao longo dos anos, os jovens possuem maior acesso às tecnologias e, então, faz-se necessário que o processo de ensino-aprendizagem se adeque a essa realidade do mundo atual. Portanto, este estudo apresenta uma parte dos resultados de pesquisa realizada no programa de pós-graduação em mídia e tecnologia da FAAC Unesp de Bauru/SP. Foi realizada uma análise comparativa de como se dá a utilização da tecnologia dentro das salas de aulas de duas escolas de nível médio da cidade de Bauru/SP, uma pública e outra particular. O principal objetivo deste trabalho foi de demonstrar dados comparativos sobre a utilização da tecnologia nas escolas de Bauru/SP e verificar como são os hábitos de uso da tecnologia digital dentro destas duas escolas e no processo de ensino-aprendizagem.Palavras-chave: Educação. Ensino-aprendizagem. Tecnologias. Use of technologies in a classroom: a comparative analysis of two schools, a public and a privateThe present work analyzed the data on the use of new technologies in the education of Bauru schools. With the evolution of technologies over the years young people have greater access to technologies and it’s necessary for the teaching-learning process to adapt to this reality of the world today. Therefore this study presents a part of the results of research conducted in the postgraduate program in media and technology of FAAC Unesp of Bauru / SP. A comparative analysis was made of how technology is used within the classrooms of these schools in the city of Bauru / SP, a public school and another private school. The main objective of this work was to demonstrate comparative data on the use of technology in schools in Bauru / SP and to verify how digital technology is used in these two schools and in the teaching-learning process.Keywords: Education. Teaching-learning. Technologies.

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