scholarly journals Ireland, broadcasting and the spectrum wars

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth Murphy
Keyword(s):  
Digital Media ◽  
Communication Services ◽  
Institutional Dynamics ◽  
Television Broadcasting ◽  
The Future ◽  
Media Ecosystem ◽  
Political Economic ◽  
Media And Communication ◽  
Recent Policy

This article offers an overview and evaluation of Ireland’s changing media landscape through the prism of the recent policy contestation surrounding the future use of the UHF spectrum and its implications for the medium of television broadcasting. The article brings into focus current policy and governance developments and their interplay with market and technological change and how they are shaping a small open European state’s adaptation to the increasingly complex national/global hybrid media ecosystem. It examines the contexts surrounding the competition for spectrum resources and its implications for the role of free-to-air broadcasting and mobile broadband technologies in the future delivery of media and communication services. It takes a political economy and institutionalist perspective to evaluate the extent to which the evolution of the Irish institutional framework regarding broadcasting and broadband development and the allocation of spectrum frequencies is shaped by broader political economic and political/institutional dynamics and what this means for the remediation of broadcasting within the evolving digital media ecology.

scholarly journals Independence for Kanaky: A media and political stalemate or a ‘three strikes’ Frexit challenge?

2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (1&2) ◽  
pp. 81-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Robie
Keyword(s):  
Digital Media ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
National Liberation ◽  
Penal Colony ◽  
National Liberation Front ◽  
The Future ◽  
Three Strikes ◽  
Bear Witness

The French-ruled territory of New Caledonia, or Kanaky, as Indigenous pro-independence campaigners call their cigar-shaped islands, voted on their political future on 4 November 2018 amid controversy and tension. This was an historic vote on independence in a ‘three-strikes’ scenario in the territory ruled by France since 1853, originally as a penal colony for convicts and political dissidents. In the end, the vote was remarkably close, reflecting the success of the pro-independence Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front (FLNKS) in mobilising voters, particularly the youth. The referendum choice was simple and stark. Voters simply had to respond ‘yes’ or ‘no’ to the question: ‘Do you want New Caledonia to attain full sovereignty and become independent?’ In spite of prophecies of an overwhelming negative vote, the ‘no’ response slipped to a 56.4 percent vote while the ‘yes’ vote wrested a credible 43.6 percent share with a record turnout of almost 81 percent. New Caledonia is expected to face two further votes on the independence question in 2020 and 2022. The author of this article reported as a journalist on an uprising against French rule in the 1980s, known by the euphemism ‘les Évènements’ (‘the Events’). He returned there three decades later as an academic to bear witness to the vote and examine the role of digital media and youth. This article reflects on his impressions of the result, democracy and the future.

Questions of Digital Power and the Re-animation of Critical Theory: An Interview with David Berry

2014 ◽  
Vol 31 (7-8) ◽  
pp. 323-328
Author(s):  
David Beer
Keyword(s):  
Critical Theory ◽  
New Media ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Potential Role ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The Future ◽  
Contemporary Work ◽  
Contemporary Media

Questions of power can sometimes be sidelined in contemporary work on new media forms. David Berry’s book Critical Theory and the Digital, which tackles such questions as power and capitalism, has recently been published by Bloomsbury. The following interview uses the book as a starting point for exploring questions of power in the context of digital media. It explores the potential role of critical theory for understanding contemporary media developments. The exchange explores some of the key themes and ideas from Berry’s book whilst also focusing on how this project might develop in the future. As such, this is an interview that is concerned with questions of digital power and the possibility of re-animating critical theory.

From the barbecue to the sauna: A comparative account of the folding of media reception into the everyday life

2021 ◽  
pp. 146144482110003
Author(s):  
Pablo J Boczkowski ◽  
Facundo Suenzo ◽  
Eugenia Mitchelstein ◽  
Neta Kligler-Vilenchik ◽  
Keren Tenenboim-Weinblatt ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Everyday Life ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
The United States ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Media Communication ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
Media Ecosystem ◽  
Media Reception ◽  
Social Media Communication

How and why do people still get print newspapers in an era dominated by mobile and social media communication? In this article, we answer this question about the permanence of traditional media in a digital media ecosystem by analyzing 488 semi-structured interviews conducted in Argentina, Finland, Israel, Japan, and the United States. We focus on three mechanisms of media reception: access, sociality, and ritualization. Our findings show that these mechanisms are decisively shaped by patterns of everyday life that are not captured by the scholarly foci on either content- or technology-influences on media use. Thus, we argue that a non-media centric approach improves descriptive fit and adds heuristic power by bringing a wider lens into crucial mechanisms of media reception in ways that expand the conceptual toolkit that scholars can utilize to analyze the role of media in everyday life.

Teacher Education

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (5) ◽  
pp. 12
Author(s):  
Netala Hepsiba ◽  
Burugapudi EG ◽  
Y.F.W. Prasada Rao
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Young People ◽  
Crucial Role ◽  
Information Revolution ◽  
School Life ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Future ◽  
Role Of Teachers ◽  
Political Economic

The young today are facing a world in which communication and information revolution has led to changes in all spheres: scientific, technological, political, economic, social and cultural. To be able to prepare our young people face the future with confidence purpose and responsibility, the crucial role of teachers cannot be overemphasized. Given these multidimensional demands, Role of teachers also have to change. In the past, teachers used to be a major source of knowledge, the leader and educator of their students school life. The changes that took place in education have initiated to change the role of teachers. In this article we will examine how the role of teachers in the present society has to change. 

Media, Participation, and Public Opinion toward the Movement

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francis L. F Lee ◽  
Joseph M Chan
Keyword(s):  
Public Opinion ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
The Public ◽  
Mainstream Media ◽  
Media System ◽  
Tear Gas ◽  
The Media ◽  
Political Economic ◽  
The Impact

This chapter discusses the role of the media in the formation and mobilization of the protest campaign under the concept of the partially censored public monitor. Embedded in the dominant political economic structure, the mainstream media were on the whole negative toward the Umbrella Movement. However, (self)-censorship was only partial, and the media system continued to play the role of the public monitor. The media played an important role in generating mediated instant grievances among the public when the police fired tear gas into the protesting crowd at the beginning of the occupation. They also helped monitor police violence throughout the protest campaign. Digital media strengthened the public monitor function of the media system as a whole by facilitating wider flows of media materials. As a result, the impact of the media on public opinion toward the Umbrella Movement was mixed and contradictory.

scholarly journals High-impact hate speech by persons of authority: A lower threshold needed?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judit Bayer
Keyword(s):  
Digital Media ◽  
Hate Speech ◽  
High Impact ◽  
International Human Rights ◽  
Public Figures ◽  
Global Trend ◽  
Media Ecosystem ◽  
International Human ◽  
Academic Argument

AbstractThis paper discusses a global trend in the approach to hate speech. It describes how the international human rights organisations are recently addressing the dynamics of hate speech and how academic thinking is stretching the framework of the justification of hate speech regulations. This work analyses the aspect of cause and effect in the light of the role of the speaker; examining the academic argument that content expressed by public figures of authority have a higher impact, in particular in the context of the digital media ecosystem, with a social media dominance.

scholarly journals Political Interconnection in the Operation of Digital Terrestrial Free-to- Air Television Broadcasting

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rahayu Rahayu
Keyword(s):  
Policy Implementation ◽  
Research Result ◽  
Implementation Process ◽  
Television Broadcasting ◽  
Broadcasting Policy ◽  
Data Collection Technique ◽  
Political Economic ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Personal Interests

Agent(s) role in the implementation of policies is frequently considered as the determining factor for the success of policy implementation. This is reflected quite clearly in the “principle- agent” theory that describes how self-interested agent influences the implementation process. However, is self-interested agent still relevant in explaining Indonesia’s broadcasting policy implementation? What if policy implementation involved many actors with their respective personal interests? How will agents position themselves amidst numerous personal interest- bearing actors? By using the political economy approach, this research aims to reveal the role of agents in the constellation of actors’ relation to Indonesia’s broadcasting policy implementation. The operation of digital terrestrial free-to-air television broadcasting case is used to provide a reflection of agents’ position and political behavior in responding to the interest among actors. This research was conducted using the qualitative approach by implementing the data collection technique through in-depth interviews and document analysis. The research result shows that broadcasting policy implementation is not merely influenced by a self-interested agent but is also influenced by political interconnection and multiple-principles’ political-economic interest.

scholarly journals Insights on the future of science journalism

2012 ◽  
Vol 11 (01) ◽  
pp. C01
Author(s):  
Alessandro Delfanti
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Science Communication ◽  
Media Ecology ◽  
Science Writing ◽  
Science Journalism ◽  
Unpaid Labor ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Web

With this commentary JCOM continues its analysis of the transformations of science journalism in the new media ecology. The purpose of the papers we present here is enriching the discussion raised in past issues and giving the Science communication community new insights on the role of digital media in shaping the way science is communicated, distributed and discussed by new actors and with new publics. What is the future of science journalism in the new ecosystem? In “Has blogging changed science writing?” Alice Bell discusses blogs' impact on science journalism, arguing that in some areas the changes related to the emergence of the web are overstated. Rather than crystal ball gazing into the future, we should realize it is up for debate. In “Web 2.0: netizen empowerment vs. unpaid labor” Carlo Formenti goes further, casting doubts on the utopian fantasies of knowledge democratization and urging us to focus on the new forms of power concentration and exploitation that are emerging within the system of science communication. Finally, in “The future of science journalism in Ghana” Bernard Appiah and colleagues argue in favour of the potential of the web as a tool to increase the quality and quantity of African science journalism. Yet they warn us: issues of access to both information and resources are still in place and threaten the promises of digital media.

Role of Science Communication in beliefs, perceptions and knowledge of science and technology issues among European citizens

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Rubin ◽  
Giuseppe Pellegrini ◽  
Lubomir Šottník
Keyword(s):  
Digital Media ◽  
Science Communication ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Scientific Information ◽  
Public Understanding ◽  
Public Consultation ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Media Ecosystem ◽  
Understanding Of Science

<p>The last decade had seen an emergence of a new more dynamic and inconsistent media ecosystem. Digital media (i.e. social media) are accused by many independent researchers and influential observers, to have played a significant role in spread of science misinformation. Wide-ranging discussions about so-called ‘post-truth’ or ‘fake news’ phenomena have significantly involved science-related topics such as vaccines, GMO’s, climate change or homeopathy.</p><p>The issue of credibility and reliability of information is therefore central for science communication and public understanding of science.</p><p>CONCISE (“Communication role on perception and beliefs of EU Citizens about Science”), an EU research project intends to understand the role of science communication in beliefs, perceptions and knowledge of science and technology issues among European citizens from five countries: Spain, Italy, Portugal, Poland and Slovakia.</p><p>This paper presents preliminary quantitative results from Italian public consultation analysis regarding preferred citizen´s information channels and sources of scientific information. We will explore data to understand how trust in science is built, how citizens form opinions about the science, which sources of information they use and how they think can science communication could be more effective.</p>

scholarly journals The Future of Instruction Media in Indonesian Education: Systematic Review

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 1302-1311
Author(s):  
Sudarmo Sudarmo ◽  
Ardian Arifin ◽  
Petrus Jacob Pattiasina ◽  
Vani Wirawan ◽  
Aslan Aslan
Keyword(s):  
Digital Media ◽  
Print Media ◽  
Educational Facilities ◽  
Media In Education ◽  
Digital Devices ◽  
Digital Era ◽  
Coding Systems ◽  
The Future ◽  
Education Today

This study aimed to answer whether digital devices replace print media in education in Indonesia's digital era. Systematic studies and experts' findings can get a basic understanding of print media that can be replaced by digital media in education today and in the future. For this reason, the researchers have attempted to collect literature and publications related to this theme. Then it analyzes critically to prove whether our hypothesis is accepted or rejected. For example, the way we research seeks to understand the question's theme and matches the findings of several publications that we target from 2010 to 2020. Data sources come from Google Scholar, ERIC publications, and other search engines. This analytical process involves coding systems, content evaluation, in-depth interpretation, and concluding to obtain findings characterized by validity and trustworthiness. The results reveal that slowly the role of electronic media has begun to take over paper media. However, with the condition of Indonesian education in general, the role of print media continues to dominate the world of Indonesian education today, especially in remote areas of the country where modern educational facilities are not yet supported. Therefore, this finding is useful for policymakers and further study in a similar field.

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