Unfaithful narratives: methodological and affective notes about experiences of masculinity in a dating website for married people

Ethical Challenges ◽

Married People ◽

Emotional Dimension ◽

Ashley Madison ◽

Internet Sex

Internet, sex and secret are a triad that launches many methodological and ethical challenges for those who conduct researches in the digital media field requiring reinvention of already consolidated techniques. On Ashley Madison website, which is oriented to promote dates between married people, I became immersed in the dynamics of these relations in which the tension among new communication technologies, masculinities, conjugalities and affections market led me to discuss the researcher's place and role as interlocutor and confident; being aware of the emotional dimension of media proved to be a crucial factor on the production of discourse and of the evident textualization of oneself.

From audiences to data points: The role of media agencies in the platformization of the news media industry

Media Culture & Society ◽

10.1177/01634437211029861 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 016344372110298

Author(s):

Ida Willig

Keyword(s):

Digital Media ◽

News Media ◽

Media Industry ◽

Ethical Challenges ◽

Media Audiences ◽

Data Points ◽

The Public Sphere ◽

The Many ◽

Marketing Budgets

Media agencies have become one of the key actors in the contemporary media industry: by channelling marketing budgets to some media and some platforms and not to others, media agencies play an important role in creating the digital media infrastructure and laying the tracks of the public sphere. Yet we know very little about these commercial middlemen between advertisers and audiences, what they do, and how we should understand their role in the digital media ecology. This article discusses the role of media agencies in relation to platformization with a focus on the news media sector. Based on interviews, publicly available material and trade journals, the article depicts an industry deeply engaged in digitizing, tracking and commodifying media audiences, while at the same time aware of ethical challenges of the digital media infrastructure. This leads to a call for more political attention and critical research on the democratic implications of the new value chains between platforms, advertisers, audiences, media agencies and news media as well as the many tech companies providing derived digital services and products.

e-Diplomacy as Instrument for Establishment of Interethnic Relations

SHS Web of Conferences ◽

10.1051/shsconf/20185001144 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 50 ◽

pp. 01144

Author(s):

Liudmila Reshetnikova

Keyword(s):

Social Networks ◽

Foreign Policy ◽

Digital Media ◽

Public Diplomacy ◽

Interethnic Relations ◽

Information And Communication ◽

Definition Of ◽

Digital Diplomacy

The article is devoted to e-diplomacy (also known as digital diplomacy) which is a component of public diplomacy. Digital diplomacy is a one of the new tools of foreign policy that is aimed to solve the problems of international and interethnic relations. The article examines the concept and definition of digital diplomacy that concentrates on the use of social networks and digital media in the field of foreign policy. Some risks and threats of e-diplomacy are also considered. The use of opportunities of information and communication technologies for solving the problems of foreign policy and influence on mass consciousness by means of the Internet, social networks is analyzed.

SCIENTIFIC BASES AND TECHNOLOGIES OF SECURITY HYGIENIC SAFETY OF CHILDREN IN THE «DIGITAL SCHOOL»

Hygiene and Sanitation ◽

10.18821/0016-9900-2019-98-12-1385-1391 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 98 (12) ◽

pp. 1385-1391 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Vladislav R. Kuchma ◽

L. M. Sukhareva ◽

M. I. Stepanova ◽

P. I. Chramtsov ◽

I. E. Aleksandrova ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Children And Adolescents ◽

Digital Media ◽

Preschool Education ◽

Well Being ◽

Integrated System ◽

Learning Tools ◽

Randomized Controlled Studies ◽

Information And Communication

Introduction. Modern education of children is one of the most rapidly changing systems, actively using modern capabilities of information and communication technologies and e-learning tools. Information and communication technologies increase the load on the visual, auditory analyzers, the nervous system and contribute to the development of overwork in children. The use of digital media is becoming increasingly widespread, not only in school, before and in preschool education. To substantiate the concept and integrated system of the hygienic safety of electronic educational content and children’s life in conditions of hyper-informatization, physiological and hygienic studies are required. Materials and methods. In order to develop the scientific foundations and technologies for ensuring the hygienic safety of children in the “Digital School”, an expert-analytical study was carried out based on the results of representative hygienic observations and non-randomized controlled studies with Contribution of volunteers. Results. Studies of childhood hygiene allowed justifying the modern system of hygiene and health care of children and adolescents in a hyper-informational society, including criteria of the hygienic safety, including in the editorial, intended for children and adolescents; sanitary rules and norms of ensuring the hygienic safety of the new generation; federal recommendations of medical support of students in the conditions of using information and communication technologies; federal guidelines for students ’mental health and well-being; recommendations to the family in the field of ensuring the safety of children’s life in a digital environment; recommendations to producers and distributors of content in the field of ensuring the medical, psychological and pedagogical safety of children’s life, including the age marking of information products; gaming educational and educational programs on the rules for the safe use of children on the Internet; a system for monitoring the effectiveness of hygienic safety policies and protecting children from negative information in a hyper-information society. Conclusion. The developed system and technologies for ensuring the hygienic safety of the “Digital School” are significant for the medical and preventive basis of the health saving of students in the Decade of Childhood in Russia (2018-2027).

One Foot on the Streets, One Foot on the Web

The Oxford Handbook of Networked Communication ◽

10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190460518.013.32 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 443-453

Author(s):

Paolo Gerbaudo

Keyword(s):

Social Movements ◽

Collective Action ◽

Digital Media ◽

Qualitative Methodology ◽

Digital Communication ◽

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.

Analysing a Rural Community's Reception of ICT in Ghana

Information Communication Technologies ◽

10.4018/978-1-59904-949-6.ch068 ◽

2008 ◽

pp. 1029-1035

Author(s):

John Pryor

Keyword(s):

Digital Media ◽

Rural Community ◽

Web Site ◽

Cultural Exchange ◽

Participatory Methods ◽

Development Education ◽

Information And Communication ◽

The Impact

The Fiankoma Project was a development awareness (DA) initiative run by the Video Educational Trust aiming to link the small rural community of Fiankoma (Ghana) with people and institutions in Brighton UK through Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). People in both settings produced accounts of their lives using digital media that were turned into a Web site for cultural exchange and development education. A parallel research project Understandings of education in an African village: The impact of information and communication technologies1 studied the effects of the intervention on the Ghanaian community, seeking to gain the perspective of rural Africans on ICT and development and particularly education. Ethnographic and participatory methods enabled the research to achieve an unusual perspective on these issues (Thomas & Ahmed, 2004; Chambers, 2003).

Encyclopedia of Information Communication Technologies and Adult Education Integration ◽

Personal Learning Networks

10.4018/978-1-61692-906-0.ch014 ◽

2010 ◽

pp. 226-240

Author(s):

Teresa J. Carter ◽

Jeffrey S. Nugent

Keyword(s):

Digital Media ◽

Virtual Communities ◽

Learning Goals ◽

Learning Networks ◽

Self Directed Learning ◽

Personal Learning Networks ◽

Personal Learning ◽

Directed Learning ◽

Virtual Communities Of Practice

Twenty-first century information communication technologies are enabling learners to create personal learning networks (PLNs) tailored to individual learning goals, needs, and interests, with implications for self-directed learning in the digital age. New, readily available digital media tools, open courseware, and other Web 2.0 technologies are changing how learners interact online, creating a participatory culture of knowledge sharing and content creation that is very different from early uses of the Web for accessing content. As learners participate in the multiple virtual communities of practice that comprise a PLN, they require new skills that merit reconsideration of the role of the educator in helping learners to become self-directed in both formal and informal learning contexts.

From Citizens to Decision-Makers

International Journal of E-Planning Research ◽

10.4018/ijepr.2018040102 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 7 (2) ◽

pp. 20-34

Author(s):

Eya Boukchina ◽

Sehl Mellouli ◽

Emna Menif

Keyword(s):

Digital Media ◽

Language Processing ◽

Semantic Analysis ◽

Decision Makers ◽

Decision Making Process ◽

Social Media Platforms ◽

Information And Communication ◽

Processing Techniques

Citizens' participation is a form of democracy in which citizens are part of the decision-making process with regard to the development of their society. In today's emergence of Information and Communication Technologies, citizens can participate in these processes by submitting inputs through digital media such as social media platforms or dedicated websites. From these different means, a high quantity of data, of different forms (text, image, video), can be generated. This data needs to be processed in order to extract valuable data that can be used by a city's decision-makers. This paper presents natural language processing techniques to extract valuable information from comments posted by citizens. It applies the Latent Semantic Analysis on a corpus of citizens' comments to automatically identify the subjects that were raised by citizens.

Watching Battlestar Galactica in Australia and the Tyranny of Digital Distance

Media International Australia ◽

10.1177/1329878x0812600115 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 126 (1) ◽

pp. 145-154 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Tama Leaver

Keyword(s):

Digital Media ◽

Rapid Rise ◽

Speed Of Light ◽

Distribution Models ◽

Battlestar Galactica ◽

Economic Decisions ◽

Technical Potential ◽

Media Corporations

In an era where communication technologies can move digital media at close to the speed of light, this paper explores the rupture between this technical potential and the actual model by which international television screening dates are determined in Australia. As the delays between overseas and Australian airdates can be as long two years, and average over six months, the rapid rise in both official and fan-produced online material and interaction relating to television series has given rise to a massive but largely unfulfilled demand for simultaneous access to episodes across the globe. Using the case study of the critically acclaimed fan favourite Battlestar Galactica, this paper outlines some of the strategies by which producers build global fan loyalty — from official websites, blogs, commentary podcasts and online deleted scenes to exclusive webisodes and official participation in fan forums. The paper argues that these trends, combined with the time delay between release dates, are the largest factors contributing to the unlawful downloading of television via peer-to-peer file-sharing platforms such as BitTorrent. In attempting to maintain distribution models that began as geographic necessities, but have become exclusively political and economic decisions in an era of digital communication technologies, this paper argues that media corporations are perpetuating a ‘tyranny of digital distance’ and alienating their own audiences.

Digital detox: Media resistance and the promise of authenticity

Convergence The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies ◽

10.1177/1354856519847325 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 26 (5-6) ◽

pp. 1269-1283 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Trine Syvertsen ◽

Gunn Enli

Keyword(s):

Digital Media ◽

Personal Responsibility ◽

Self Regulation ◽

Real Life ◽

Contemporary Culture ◽

Corporate Websites ◽

Self Help ◽

Loss Of Contact ◽

Digital Detox

A fascination for the authentic is pervasive in contemporary culture. This article discusses texts recommending digital detox and how these accentuate dilemmas of what it means to be authentically human in the age of constant connectivity. Digital detox can be defined as a periodic disconnection from social or online media, or strategies to reduce digital media involvement. Digital detox stands in a long tradition of media resistance and resistance to new communication technologies, and non-use of media, but advocates balance and awareness more than permanent disconnection. Drawing on the analysis of 20 texts promoting digital detox: self-help literature, memoirs and corporate websites, the article discusses how problems with digital media are defined and recommended strategies to handle them. The analysis is structured around three dominant themes emerging in the material: descriptions of temporal overload and 24/7 connectivity, experiences of spatial intrusion and loss of contact with ‘real life’ and descriptions of damage to body and mind. A second research topic concerns how arguments for digital detox can be understood within a wider cultural and political context. Here, we argue that digital detox texts illuminate the rise of a self-regulation society, where individuals are expected to take personal responsibility for balancing risks and pressures, as well as representing a form of commodification of authenticity and nostalgia.

Iraqi media entrepreneurs across social media: Factors and challenges

Journal of Digital Media & Policy ◽

10.1386/jdmp_00024_1 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Ahmed Omar Bali ◽

Sherko Jabar ◽

Hazhar Jalal ◽

Mahdi Sofi-Karim

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

New Media ◽

Digital Media ◽

Low Cost ◽

International Media ◽

New Era ◽

The Media ◽

Media Firms ◽

Media Market

Influenced by digital technologies, the cost of media production has considerably decreased, and the traditional media is faced with new agile, flexible and low-cost media entrepreneurs. This article examines the dynamics of the Iraqi media market transformation with an emphasis on factors that help to merge media entrepreneurs and digital media firms that target an audience on social media. A qualitative method was adopted in this study using open, in-depth interviews with nineteen media entrepreneurs and three managers of media firms. The study revealed that relative freedom and advanced communication technologies have encouraged media entrepreneurs to drive the new media on producing short videos and broadcast them on social media, which has become popular among media consumers. This new era in Iraqi media entrepreneurship has created an abstract space in which media entrepreneurs get involved in the media market, collaborate with international media and deliver values through the use of user-generated content and flexible journalism. This opportunity is shaped by three key interrelated factors: first, the relative freedom of journalism that resulted from the political environment, current regulations and advanced communication technologies that provide more space of freedom; second, the development of communication technologies that allow journalists and media entrepreneurs to employ the media market effectively; third, the emergence of media entrepreneurs themselves who are convinced to seize the opportunities presented by the two previous factors.