The politics of naming and ranking new media events in China

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 81-96
Author(s):  
Shiwen Wu ◽  
Stephanie Na Liu
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Collective Memory ◽  
Public Space ◽  
Empirical Analysis ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Media Events ◽  
Government Propaganda ◽  
Internet History ◽  
Social Management ◽  
Institutional Order

Rankings of new media events function as an important way to define and interpret these events in public space. By analyzing 40 rankings of 413 new media events between 2007 and 2016, we first provide an empirical analysis of the widely discussed decline and substantial shifts of new media events around 2014, namely, the decrease of contentious events and the increase of consensus events. Second, we find that some of the actors construct the rankings based on their long-standing values and philosophies, such as commercial media’s emphasis on progressivism and liberalism, and government propaganda departments’ focus on social management and institutional order. The divergent constructions over the naming and ranking of new media events demonstrate that new media events have become sites of contestation over the dominance of the Internet space and the collective memory of the Internet history in China.

scholarly journals The Influence of Political Messages in New Media to Political Awareness and Its Impact on the Political Participation of Millennial Generation

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 128-139
Author(s):  
Nur Kholisoh ◽  
Elly Yuliawati ◽  
Nurfa Rachma Suci ◽  
Tri Suharman
Keyword(s):  
Political Parties ◽  
New Media ◽  
Political Participation ◽  
Public Space ◽  
Millennial Generation ◽  
Communication Theory ◽  
The Political ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Political Awareness ◽  
Political Messages

Today many political parties use new media, the internet, as their political communication channel.  For young people, the internet serves as a dominant public space. Since young voters as millennial generation have great potential to increase votes, many political parties convey their political messages through new media used by millennial generation. This research is intended to see and study the influence of political messages in new media on political awareness and its impact on political participants of millennial generation. This research uses Stimulus Organism Response (S-O-R) theory as main theory, McQuail’s mass communication theory, and theory or concept of political awareness, political participation and new media as well as millennial generation. This research uses quantitative approaches with a survey and questionnaire method as a means of collecting data. The millennial generation referred to in this research is younger generation aged between 17 and 37 years and lives in the Special Capital Province of Jakarta (DKI Jakarta). Based on the recapitulation of final voter lists for the 2018 general election, the number of voters aged between 17 and 37 years reaches about 2,885,000. The technique of determining the sample size uses Slovin’s formula, with the margin of error reaching 5% so that the number of samples is 400. Meanwhile, the technique of sampling uses proportional sampling and data analysis technique uses path analysis. The results of the research show that political messages in new media have direct and indirect influences on the political participation of millennial generation.  

scholarly journals Pilietinės aplinkosaugos iniciatyvos ir judėjimai pasitelkus naująsias medijas

2012 ◽  
Vol 62 ◽  
pp. 18-32
Author(s):  
Indrė Petrauskaitė
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
New Media ◽  
Public Space ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Environmental Movements ◽  
Environmental Initiatives ◽  
Active Involvement ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Citizen’S Participation

Pilietinis dalyvavimas ir aktyvus piliečių įsitraukimas į valstybės politinį gyvenimą įvairiomis pilietinio dalyvavimo formomis yra neatskiriama tvaraus valdymo ir darnaus vystymosi dalis. Valstybėse vykdomi regionų plėtros projektai vis dažniau grindžiami darnaus vystymosi principais, ir vienas iš pagrindinių veiksnių – piliečių dalyvavimo skatinimas ir dalyvavimo formų priemonių užtikrinimas. Todėl vis daugiau dėmesio skiriama internetui ir naujosioms medijoms, kurios leidžia piliečiams lengviau bendradarbiauti, savo nuomonę svarbiais visuomeniniais klausimais pasakyti iniciatyvų internetinėje erdvėje būdu. Išpopuliarėjus socialinių tinklų svetainėms, medijoms tapus lengviau prieinamoms kiekvienam piliečiui, pasaulyje ėmė daugėti pilietinių iniciatyvų, kurios kartais peraugdavo į pilietinius judėjimus ar net revoliucijas. Straipsnyje remiantis socialinių tinklų, viešosios erdvės teorijomis siekiama nustatyti, kokią įtaką internetas ir naujosios medijos daro aplinkosaugos problemų sprendimui pilietiniu lygmeniu.Reikšminiai žodžiai: aplinkosauga, pilietinės iniciatyvos, naujosios medijos, socialiniai tinklai, viešoji erdvė, internetas, socialinių tinklų svetainės.Environmental Initiatives and Movements in the Context of new Media’s PossibilitiesIndrė Petrauskaitė SummaryCivic engagement and active involvement in the po­litical life of the various forms of participation is an integral part of sustainable government and sustain­able development. Nowadays, the state should en­courage ensuring the principles of sustainable devel­opment. One means to do it is promoting Citizen’s participation and its forms. A growing attention given to the Internet and new media through which the citizens can cooperate, their views on impor­tant issues and initiatives can take the online space for discussions and movements. Social networking websites, new media getting more and more popular every day hold a prominent place in the lives of a large number of people. That is why citizen in the world began to increase overall civic initiatives, which sometimes degenerate into civil movements or even revolutions. This paper examines the con­cept of civic participation and the impact of new media and the Internet on environmental initiatives and movements. The article is dedicated showing how the new media and the Internet influence civil participation in environmental issues. It discusses few important components of civil participations: the level of civil society, social capital, social net­works, public space, and defines changes of each level which are determined by the new media and the Internet. Also, the article explores changes of issues of environmental initiatives and movements and defines the fundamental changes that influence the growth of environmental movements nowadays. The research and conclusions on the impact of the new media and the Internet on environmental initia­tives are strengthen by academic observations and examples of environmental movements. Keywords: environmental initiatives and move­ments, civil initiatives, new media, social networks, public space, the Internet, sites of social networks.

scholarly journals The Kardashian Moment: Hashtag, Selfie and the Broken Internet

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 53-61
Author(s):  
Mariusz Pisarski
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Free Speech ◽  
Historical Perspective ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Development Phase ◽  
Social Phenomena ◽  
Central Argument ◽  
Internet History ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
The One

Abstract The article focuses on a hashtags as a tool of networked culture and networked social movements, and – at the same time – on self-expression phenomenon of a selfie. Although today hashtags, in particular, can been seen as a frequently used weapon in information wars and a tool of propaganda 2.0, seen from historical perspective, this very tool aligns itself first and foremost with emancipatory forces in the Internet history. These forces, expressed in A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace and in participatory ideals of Web 2.0 are now in withdrawal. As the Internet is now in a peculiar development phase, ruled by the logic of surveillance capitalism, those early ideals of free speech and exchange of ideas are now overshadowed by a “darkening of the digital dream (Shoshana Zuboff). The central argument suggests that the “Kardashian moment” on the one hand, and Occupy Wallstreet, on the other hand, constituted a point in time where new media affordances and social phenomena were aligned. At the same time, both hashtag and selfie can be viewed as a response to the betrayalof individualization processes started in the 1960s, then carried on and amplified by the early Internet, and in the end commodified by the growing Internet giants and established structures of power.

Making the Most of the Internet for Failure Analysis

1998 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dan J. Bodoh
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Failure Analysis ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Optimization Theory ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Digital Medium ◽  
Production Distribution ◽  
Digital Production ◽  
Computer Monitors ◽  
And Storage

Abstract The growth of the Internet over the past four years provides the failure analyst with a new media for communicating his results. The new digital media offers significant advantages over analog publication of results. Digital production, distribution and storage of failure analysis results reduces copying costs and paper storage, and enhances the ability to search through old analyses. When published digitally, results reach the customer within minutes of finishing the report. Furthermore, images on the computer screen can be of significantly higher quality than images reproduced on paper. The advantages of the digital medium come at a price, however. Research has shown that employees can become less productive when replacing their analog methodologies with digital methodologies. Today's feature-filled software encourages "futzing," one cause of the productivity reduction. In addition, the quality of the images and ability to search the text can be compromised if the software or the analyst does not understand this digital medium. This paper describes a system that offers complete digital production, distribution and storage of failure analysis reports on the Internet. By design, this system reduces the futzing factor, enhances the ability to search the reports, and optimizes images for display on computer monitors. Because photographic images are so important to failure analysis, some digital image optimization theory is reviewed.

Jerusalem’s Alternative Collective Memory Agents

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Menachem Klein
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Collective Memory ◽  
Memory Studies ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Early Twentieth Century ◽  
Physical Limitations ◽  
East And West ◽  
Use Of The Internet

Jerusalem played an important role in the establishment of collective memory studies by Maurice Halbwachs in the early twentieth century. Recent studies in this field draw attention to the contribution of a variety of agents to building, maintaining, and challenging collective memory realms. Following suit, this article deals with the methods that agents of an alternative collective memory for Jerusalem use to challenge the Israeli hegemonic narrative. Before reviewing their activities in East and West Jerusalem and their resources and impact, I summarize the hegemonic narrative as presented in four memory realms. Special attention is given to both sides’ use of the Internet as a means of overcoming the physical limitations of memory realms.

scholarly journals Epistemological Equation for Analysing Uncontrollable States in Complex Systems: Quantifying Cyber Risks from the Internet of Things

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Petar Radanliev ◽  
David De Roure ◽  
Pete Burnap ◽  
Omar Santos
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Empirical Analysis ◽  
Quantitative Risk Assessment ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Target State ◽  
Epistemological Analysis ◽  
Cyber Risk ◽  
The Internet Of Things

AbstractThe Internet-of-Things (IoT) triggers data protection questions and new types of cyber risks. Cyber risk regulations for the IoT, however, are still in their infancy. This is concerning, because companies integrating IoT devices and services need to perform a self-assessment of its IoT cyber security posture. At present, there are no self-assessment methods for quantifying IoT cyber risk posture. It is considered that IoT represent a complex system with too many uncontrollable risk states for quantitative risk assessment. To enable quantitative risk assessment of uncontrollable risk states in complex and coupled IoT systems, a new epistemological equation is designed and tested though comparative and empirical analysis. The comparative analysis is conducted on national digital strategies, followed by an empirical analysis of cyber risk assessment approaches. The results from the analysis present the current and a target state for IoT systems, followed by a transformation roadmap, describing how IoT systems can achieve the target state with a new epistemological analysis model. The new epistemological analysis approach enables the assessment of uncontrollable risk states in complex IoT systems—which begin to resemble artificial intelligence—and can be used for a quantitative self-assessment of IoT cyber risk posture.

Affordances, remediation, and digital mourning: A comparative case study of two AIDS memorials

2020 ◽  
pp. 175069801989468
Author(s):  
Spencer P Cherasia
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Collective Memory ◽  
Comparative Case Study ◽  
Digital Repository ◽  
Collaborative Project ◽  
Digital Platforms ◽  
Cultural Importance ◽  
Aids Memorial Quilt ◽  
Names Project

The NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt is a collaborative project that memorializes individuals who have died of AIDS-related causes. Since its inception, it has become the world’s largest public folk art project. Scholars have noted the Quilt’s materiality, scope, and cultural importance to collective memory processes related to HIV/AIDS. More recently, discussions of collective memory in the digital public sphere have attracted attention from new media theorists and memory scholars alike. @theAIDSmemorial (TAM) is an Instagram account that serves as a digital repository for a new form of connective memory. By assessing two AIDS memorials as comparative cases, this research argues that TAM’s digital affordances of interactivity and reach are evident, although in assessing the digital remediation of the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt, the materiality, metaphoric origins, and scope of the Quilt cannot be rendered on digital platforms, representing a loss in affective engagement.

scholarly journals Internet Control and Auto-regulation in Singapore

2002 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Terence Lee
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Contested Space ◽  
Media Technologies ◽  
Liberal Democratic ◽  
Internet Control ◽  
The World ◽  
City State ◽  
The City ◽  
Economic Development Strategies

This paper sets out to consider the use of new media technologies in the city-state of Singapore, widely acknowledged as one of the most technologically-advanced and networked societies in the world. Singapore is well-known as a politically censorious and highly-regulated society, which has been subjected to frequent and fierce insults and criticisms by those hailing from liberal democratic traditions. Indeed, much has been said about how the Singapore polity resonates with a climate of fear, which gives rise to the prevalent practice of self-censorship. This paper examines how certain groups in Singapore attempt to employ the Internet to find their voice and seek their desired social, cultural and political ends, and how the regulatory devices adopted by the highly pervasive People Action's Party (PAP) government respond to and set limits to these online ventures whilst concomitantly pursuing national technological cum economic development strategies. It concludes that the Internet in Singapore is a highly contested space where the art of governmentality, in the forms of information controls and 'automatic' modes of regulation, is tried, tested, and subsequently perfected.

scholarly journals Using the New Media by Companies From the Sme Sector in Podkarpackie Province

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 85-95 ◽  
Author(s):  
Justyna Masłyk
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Media ◽  
New Media ◽  
Entire Population ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Media Development ◽  
Preliminary Results ◽  
Online Presence ◽  
Use Of Social Media

Abstract The main purpose of this article is to present the results of research concerning the use of social media by companies from the SME sector in Podkarpackie Province. The article includes data obtained in the first stage of the study, which is a part of a research project on the use of social media in the area of creating the image of an organization / company as an employer.The survey covered the entire population of companies from the SME sector, which are registered in Podkarpackie Province (REGON database). The research phase, the results of which are presented in this article, mainly involved the analysis of data on companies from the SME sector in Podkarpackie Province in terms of their presence on the Internet (having an individual website, having company profiles on selected social networks). The results of the first stage of the study confirm that the companies see the potential of the online presence / functioning in social media (more and more companies have their own website, Facebook profiles). The dynamics of changes in this area is definitely not adequate to the pace of new media development. On the basis of preliminary results of further stages of the research, it can also be concluded that in the vast majority of cases, however, these are non-strategic and non-systematic activities.

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