Between authoritarianism and democracy: Examining news media usage for political re-socialization and information acquisition in diasporic contexts

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-33
Author(s):  
Rana Khaled Arafat
Keyword(s):  
Digital Media ◽  
News Media ◽  
Information Acquisition ◽  
Forced Migration ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Political Learning ◽  
Political Opportunities ◽  
Democratic Regimes ◽  
Democratic Norms ◽  
The Impact

While political scholars study news media as agents of political learning, the processes of political re-socialization of a conflict-generated diaspora moving from authoritarian to democratic regimes pose significant theoretical challenges that remain insufficiently researched. To this end, this study investigates the importance of traditional and digital media sources from the homeland and host country in fostering refugees’ understanding of the democratic norms and values, and political opportunities offered by the receiving country. Furthermore, it investigates the role of online diaspora communities as agents for political re-socialization and tools for information acquisition about Arabic, Swiss and international politics. Sixty semi-structured interviews with Arabs from refugee origins in Switzerland were analysed. Findings show the influence of the early-life political socialization, received prior to forced migration, on the purposive consumption of media from various sources. As Facebook started to lose its value as a source of political information, participants shift to producing and consuming news distributed by strong ties on private WhatsApp groups as a counter-strategy to acquire trustworthy information. Further insights on the impact of perceived media credibility and individual trust in news on the consumption behaviour and political learning are discussed.

Critique and the video production classroom: providing students the skills to navigate new media literacies

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessie Nixon
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
New Media ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Media Literacy ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Video Production ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Content Type ◽  
New Media Literacy ◽  
The Impact

Purpose This paper aims to demonstrate how teaching the discourse of critique, an integral part of the video production process, can be used to eliminate barriers for young people in gaining new media literacy skills helping more young people become producers rather than consumers of digital media. Design/methodology/approach This paper describes an instrumental qualitative case study (Stake, 2000) in two elective high school video production classrooms in the Midwestern region of the USA. The author conducted observations, video and audio recorded critique sessions, conducted semi-structured interviews and collected artifacts throughout production including storyboards, brainstorms and rough and final cuts of videos. Findings Throughout critique, young video producers used argumentation strategies to cocreate meaning, multiple methods of inquiry and questioning, critically evaluated feedback and synthesized their ideas and those of their peers to achieve their intended artistic vision. Young video producers used feedback in the following ways: incorporated feedback directly into their work, rejected and ignored feedback, or incorporated some element of the feedback in a way not originally intended. Originality/value This paper demonstrates how teaching the discourse of critique can be used to eliminate barriers for young people in gaining new media literacy skills. Educators can teach argumentation and inquiry strategies through using thinking guides that encourage active processing and through engaging near peer mentors. Classroom educators can integrate the arts-based practice of the pitch critique session to maximize the impact of peer-to-peer learning.

scholarly journals The Impact of Utilising Mobile Assisted Language Learning (MALL) on Vocabulary Acquisition among Migrant Women English Learners

10.28945/3703 ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
pp. 037-057
Author(s):  
Kham Sila Ahmad ◽  
Jocelyn Armarego ◽  
Fay Sudweeks
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
English Learners ◽  
Vocabulary Acquisition ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Forced Migration ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Migrant Women ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Mobile Assisted Language Learning ◽  
The Impact

Aim/Purpose: To develop a framework for utilizing Mobile Assisted Language Learning (MALL) to assist non-native English migrant women to acquire English vocabulary in a non-formal learning setting. Background: The women in this study migrated to Australia with varied backgrounds including voluntary or forced migration, very low to high levels of their first language (L1), low proficiency in English, and isolated fulltime stay-at-home mothers. Methodology: A case study method using semi-structured interviews and observations was used. Six migrant women learners attended a minimum of five non-MALL sessions and three participants continued on and attended a minimum of five MALL sessions. Participants were interviewed pre- and post-sessions. Data were analysed thematically. Contribution: The MALL framework is capable of enriching migrant women’s learning experience and vocabulary acquisition. Findings: Vocabulary acquisition occurred in women from both non-MALL and MALL environment; however, the MALL environment provided significantly enriched vocabulary learning experience. Future Research: A standardised approach to measure the effectiveness of MALL for vocabulary acquisition among migrant women in non-formal setting

3. The first casualty: journalists at war

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ian Hargreaves
Keyword(s):  
Digital Media ◽  
News Media ◽  
Al Jazeera ◽  
Television Channel ◽  
Digital Era ◽  
Balkan Wars ◽  
The Military ◽  
The Impact ◽  
War Reporting

It was in the ‘Balkan wars’ of the 1990s that the news media and the military started to understand the extent to which digital media were reshaping the craft of war reporting. Journalists were now able to report from behind enemy lines. War has always delivered the most severe test to journalistic independence. What are the challenges to journalists reporting news in a war situation? How objective can they be? ‘The first casualty: journalists at war’ charts the impact of the digital era on war reporting in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the rise of the Arabic television channel Al Jazeera.

scholarly journals Community-Driven Sports Events as a Vehicle for Cultural Sustainability within the Context of Forced Migration: Lessons from the Amsterdam Futsal Tournament

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 1020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ramón Spaaij ◽  
Hebe Schaillée
Keyword(s):  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Forced Migration ◽  
Community Sustainability ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Cultural Sustainability ◽  
Somali Diaspora ◽  
Sports Events ◽  
Sustainability Practices ◽  
The Impact

Participation in sport can act as a means or context for enhancing the social inclusion of migrants and refugees. Research has examined if and how mainstream sport organizations’ practices of engaging newly arrived migrants and refugees are effective in supporting participation in sustainable and culturally appropriate ways. Little is known, however, about the impact of community-driven sports events on sustainable participation by migrants and refugees. This paper examines this question with an analytical focus on community sustainability and the role of culture in sport event sustainability practices. The authors draw on ethnographic fieldwork with the Amsterdam Futsal Tournament (AFT), a sports event organized by Somali diaspora community members, to consider how event organizers and participants seek to promote cultural sustainability in a diaspora sport context. The fieldwork comprised 49 semi-structured interviews, participant observation before, during and after the event, and digital ethnography of event-related social media. The findings show the importance of cultural sustainability as a driver of community-driven sport sustainability practices, but also indicate how this driver is closely linked to addressing organizational and individual sustainability. The analysis demonstrates how the AFT can serve as a catalyst for the expansion of sport and community events among Somali diaspora communities.

scholarly journals Creating solutions through design thinking.

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (suppl) ◽  
pp. 20-20
Author(s):  
Giovanni M. Bariani ◽  
Rafael Lopes Ribeiro ◽  
Leonardo de Morais Soares ◽  
Artur Katz
Keyword(s):  
Digital Media ◽  
Information Acquisition ◽  
Design Thinking ◽  
Hospital Personnel ◽  
Current Scenario ◽  
Major Transformation ◽  
Impact Of Technology ◽  
Waiting Periods ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Oncology Center

20 Background: In recent years the impact of technology has marked a major transformation in the way society produces and generates services. Several initiatives have been developed in the health area to face this new reality. A major oncology center in Brazil carried out a project based on Design Thinking with the objective of understanding the current scenario and promoting innovative solutions for the care of cancer patients. Methods: Design Thinking is the set of ideas and insights to address problems related to information acquisition, knowledge analysis and proposal of solutions. This process took place in four stages designated as empathise (approach to the context of the problem and data collection), define (synthesis of collected information, and organization of insights in order to standardize and better understand the problem), ideate (stimulation of creativity and generation of solutions) and prototype (validation of the ideas). Results: A total of 130 interviews were carried out with hospital personnel and 46 with patients and caregivers, as well as workshops to develop the project activities. Twenty-six projects were generated, and the priorities differed according to personnel and patients. Among the projects are financial consultancy; predictability of the total cost of treatment; diversification of payment methods; customization of the food menu offered to patients; promotion of entertainment activities during waiting periods in the practice; increase interactivity of chemotherapy rooms; improvement of services offered to international patients; and development of digital tools that provide reliable information about cancer, promotes patient autonomy and strengthens patient’s relationship with the hospital personnel. Conclusions: There is a growing need to modernize oncology practices creating new products and services. The opinion of hospital personnel and patients diverged about priorities. The former have chosen projects to improve facilities and design new roles for the team while the latter have given their best evaluations to new systems and services. For patients using digital media is not only welcome but also necessary attributes to provide more information and increase their autonomy.

scholarly journals Five Questions for Digital Migration Studies: Learning From Digital Connectivity and Forced Migration In(to) Europe

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 205630511876442 ◽  
Author(s):  
Koen Leurs ◽  
Kevin Smets
Keyword(s):  
Digital Media ◽  
Common Ground ◽  
Forced Migration ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
The Political ◽  
Refugee Crisis ◽  
Ethical Challenges ◽  
Migration Studies ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The Impact

This Special Collection “Forced migration and digital connectivity in(to) Europe” historicizes, contextualizes, empirically grounds, and conceptually reflects on the impact of digital technologies on forced migration. In this introductory essay, we elaborate digital migration as a developing field of research. Taking the exceptional attention for digital mediation within the recent so-called “European refugee crisis” as a starting point, we reflect on the main conceptual, methodological and ethical challenges for this emerging field and how it is taking shape through interdisciplinary dialogues and in interaction with policy and public debate. Our discussion is organized around five central questions: (1) Why Europe? (2) Where are the field and focus of digital migration studies? (3) Where is the human in digital migration? (4) Where is the political in digital migration? and (5) How can we de-center Europe in digital migration studies? Alongside establishing common ground between various communities of scholarship, we plea for non-digital-media-centric-ness and foreground a commitment toward social change, equity and social justice.

The impact of new technologies to the field o media in Poland: adaptation of European experience

2017 ◽  
pp. 161-169
Author(s):  
Mykola Prokhorov
Keyword(s):  
Public Sphere ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
News Media ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Effective Management ◽  
The Public ◽  
European Model ◽  
European Experience ◽  
The Public Sphere ◽  
The Impact

The article deals with important aspects of the impact of new technologies on mediasphere in Poland in terms of adaptation of modern European experience. Underlined European influence on Poland implementation media projects in the public sphere and in the sphere of business and within local government. Also highlights the fact that for modern mediasphere of Poland, there is only one way - is to follow the European model of media openness and transparency, setting them to play effective and independent civil government positions. In the new environment of electronic media they become sometimes quite unexpected dimensions and social emphasis. Also emphasized that at the beginning of XXI century the Internet has become an important source of daily information to citizens and often replaces traditional news media - radio and TV. Because it focuses on promoting digital media projects to maintain effective management and proper civic activity. Keywords: Newmedia, civilsociety, theinformationsociety, e-government, Poland

scholarly journals The Impact of Utilising Mobile Assisted Language Learning (MALL) on Vocabulary Acquisition among Migrant Women English Learners

10.28945/3774 ◽  
2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kham Sila Ahmad ◽  
Jocelyn Armarego ◽  
Fay Sudweeks
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
English Learners ◽  
Vocabulary Acquisition ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Forced Migration ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Migrant Women ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Mobile Assisted Language Learning ◽  
The Impact

[This Proceedings paper was revised and published in the Interdisciplinary Journal of E-Skills and Lifelong Learning (IJELL)] Aim/Purpose : To develop a framework for utilizing Mobile Assisted Language Learning (MALL) to assist non-native English migrant women to acquire English vocabulary in a non-formal learning setting. Background: The women in this study migrated to Australia with varied backgrounds including voluntary or forced migration, very low to high levels of their first language (L1), low proficiency in English, and isolated fulltime stay-at-home mothers. Methodology : A case study method using semi-structured interviews and observations was used. Six migrant women learners attended a minimum of five non-MALL sessions and three participants continued on and attended a minimum of five MALL sessions. Participants were interviewed pre- and post-sessions. Data were analysed thematically. Contribution: The MALL framework is capable of enriching migrant women’s learning experience and vocabulary acquisition. Findings: Vocabulary acquisition occurred in women from both non-MALL and MALL environment; however, the MALL environment provided significantly enriched vocabulary learning experience. Impact on Society: MALL offers an enriched and interactive medium of learning, and positive, enriched learning experience Future Research: A standardised approach to measure the effectiveness of MALL for vocabulary acquisition among migrant women in non-formal setting.

Feeling (Dis)Connected

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 35-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander Dhoest
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Sexual Orientation ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Online Media ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Transnational Connections ◽  
Forced Migrants ◽  
Material Conditions ◽  
Cultural Connections ◽  
The Impact

While most research on the e-diaspora focuses on connections within heterosexual families and communities, this paper explores the transnational connections and digital media uses of LGBTQ migrants. Based on semi-structured interviews with 23 LGBTQs living in Belgium, two groups are distinguished: voluntary migrants, who chose to move, and forced migrants, who (felt they) had to leave their country because of their sexual orientation. Comparing their familial and ethno-cultural connections, it becomes clear that both groups – for varying reasons and to varying degrees – feel disconnected from their countries of origin, families, and ethno-cultural communities in Belgium. For all participants, digital media are a key tool to maintain some connections, but particularly for the forced migrants ‘context collapse' on social media leads to a sense of insecurity. Overall, this research illustrates the importance of intersecting variables in research on the e-diaspora, as well as the impact of ‘offline' legal and material conditions on online media uses.

scholarly journals Dampak Terpaan Informasi Media Digital terhadap Perkembangan Pariwisata dan Perilaku Masyarakat Bali

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 177
Author(s):  
I N. Laba ◽  
I M.T. Semara ◽  
K.R. Tunjungsari
Keyword(s):  
Digital Media ◽  
News Media ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Online News ◽  
Control Information ◽  
Information Exposure ◽  
Secondary Data Sources ◽  
And Control ◽  
The Impact

In this millennial era many tourism industries use digital media as a means of promotion. The digital media has greatly influenced tourism development and community life. Media exposure has a positive and negative impact on its users. Media information exposure can affect the socio-cultural community. It is necessary to master and control information technology to give us benefits. The aim of this study is to determine the impact of media information exposure to the development of tourism and the behavior of Balinese people. The type of data used in this study is quantitative and qualitative deriving from secondary data sources. Data collection techniques use documentation study sourced from government reports and online news media. The results show that exposure of digital media information has a positive and negative impact on the development of tourism and the behavior of Balinese people.

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