Violence in the Society of Symbolic Consumption

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (4-1) ◽  
pp. 214-229
Author(s):  
Yuliya Bodrova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Mass Culture ◽  
Information Society ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Philosophical Analysis ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Ethical Standards ◽  
Symbolic Form ◽  
Symbolic Consumption ◽  
Film And Television ◽  
The Impact

The article considers violence in its symbolic form as a product of modern consumption and one of the attributes of mass culture. Despite the extreme urgency of the problem of violence in film and television, researchers in the field of psychology, sociology and pedagogy analyze this phenomenon by the impact of scenes of violence on various categories of the population, highlighting the possible relationship between violence on the screen and in life. This study focuses on the socio-philosophical analysis of violence consumption by modern people. The article considers various approaches to the study of consumption, as well as analyzes the symbolic essence of this phenomenon. How is the society of consumption associated with violence? What is the peculiarity of violence as a consumer product? Consideration of screen violence allows us to identify the main reasons underlying the demonstration of scenes of cruelty in films and on television. According to the famous American director Quentin Tarantino, violence is one of the cinematic techniques. If demand creates supply, what is the reason for the audience’s interest in acts of aggression on the screen? Forming of the information society is associated with the emergence of new technologies of violence included in the system of “producer-consumer” relations, through advertising. Violence is being democratized: it is now available not only to corporations and states. Each person can create their own reality according to their needs and ethical standards. In-depth consideration of these issues will allow us to look at violence as an element included in the system of symbolic consumption of the modern world.

DETERMINANTS OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT. ABOUT THE POWER OF EXPANSION OF (NEW) TECHNOLOGIES

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 117-126
Author(s):  
Sylwia Gwoździewicz ◽  
Magdalena Cieślikowska
Keyword(s):  
Complex System ◽  
Social Development ◽  
Information Society ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Technological Progress ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Main Determinants ◽  
The Impact

The article deals with contemporary problems resulting from technological progress. The authors outline the main determinants of social development, outlining the begin-nings of shaping the information society. The important issue of the impact of technol-ogy on the dimension and changes in social life was also raised. All the considerations entail an attempt to outline the direction of transformations carried out with new technologies, both in the global and individual dimensions. The article presents the issues of contemporary societies that bring together participants in a complex system, more and more interconnected and dependent on new technologies.

scholarly journals Rola przemysłu w procesie kształtowania społeczeństwa informacyjnego

2009 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
pp. 11-20
Author(s):  
Zbigniew Zioło
Keyword(s):  
Information Society ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Service Industry ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Knowledge Based Economy ◽  
Complex Process ◽  
New Ideas ◽  
Valuable Product ◽  
High Level ◽  
The Impact

Modern processes of civilizational development, directed towards the formation of an information society, make knowledge an increasingly important and the most valuable product, and access to information is the basic condition for the development of all sectors of economy. In this article, I make an attempt to determine the impact of industry on the complex process of shaping of an information society. The aim was to determine the relations between the industry and the information society, and their surroundings. An important element in the formation of an information society and the development of knowledge-based economy is a high level of education at all stages, and the competences: to be able to apply the acquired knowledge, to formulate new ideas and to introduce them in the production and service industry. New technologies trigger modernization and encourage new products, which in turn contributes to quality changes in the society, and to raising the society’s culture.

scholarly journals Sociedade da informação e linguagem: as novas tecnologias e o caminho para a construção de palavras e sentidos

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 89-101
Author(s):  
Vinícius Oliveira Braz Deprá
Keyword(s):  
Information Society ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
George Orwell ◽  
Industrial Society ◽  
Global Integration ◽  
New Words ◽  
Deductive Method ◽  
Development Of Language ◽  
Post Industrial ◽  
The Impact

RESUMO: A partir da sociedade pós-industrial, houve o delineamento de um novo paradigma social advindo da Sociedade da Informação, identificado especialmente pelas novas tecnologias e pelo impacto que a informação suscitou nos mais variados meios sociais. Nesse passo, quais seriam as relações existentes entre a Sociedade da Informação e o desenvolvimento da linguagem? Esse problema conduz a pesquisa, que buscará inicialmente contextualizar a sociedade da informação, para, em seguida, associá-la com os elementos da linguagem. Posteriormente, será analisado o relativismo linguístico e a ideia trabalhada por George Orwell em seu livro “1984”. Em seguida, fala-se sobre a Sociedade da Informação, novas tecnologias e o advento de novas palavras e sentidos. Para tanto, utiliza-se o método de abordagem dedutivo. O método de procedimento será o monográfico. Quanto à técnica, utiliza-se a documentação indireta (pesquisa bibliográfica). Ao final, o estudo permitiu indicar que existe uma relação direta e indissociável entre a Sociedade da Informação e o desenvolvimento da linguagem, especialmente pelas integrações globais das novas tecnologias. Além disso, a adoção de novos símbolos linguísticos é necessária para acompanhar a velocidade da tecnologia e da informação, diante da expansão de novas palavras e novos sentidos. Com isso, constatou-se que a Sociedade da Informação se constitui em um vasto campo para o desenvolvimento, marcado pela mobilidade linguística e pelos novos horizontes de palavras e sentidos.   PALAVRAS-CHAVE: sociedade da informação; linguagem; novas tecnologias; construção de palavras e sentidos.   ABSTRACT: After the post-industrial society, there was the design of a new social paradigm arising from the Society of Information, especially identified by new technologies and the impact that the information raised in various social media. In this step, which would be the relationship between the information society and the development of language? This problem leads to research that will initially seek to contextualize the society of information, to then associate it with the language elements. After, the linguistic relativism will be analyzed, as the idea worked by George Orwell in his book "1984". Then, it talks about the Society of Information, new technologies and the advent of new words and meanings. For this, it uses the deductive method of approach. The method of procedure will be the monographic one. As for the technique, the indirect documentation (literature) will be used. Finally, the study concluded that there is a direct and inseparable link between the Information Society and the development of language, especially the global integration of new technologies. Moreover, the adoption of new linguistic symbols is necessary to monitor the speed of technology and information, given the expansion of new words and new meanings. In addition, it was found that the Information Society constitutes a vast field for the development, marked by the linguistic mobility and new horizons of words and meanings.   KEYWORDS: society of Information; language; new technologies; construction of words and meanings.

2. Mass culture and mass politics, 1800–1860

2018 ◽  
pp. 24-45
Author(s):  
Eric Avila
Keyword(s):  
Mass Culture ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
The United States ◽  
Market Revolution ◽  
Theater Arts ◽  
Southern Culture ◽  
Mass Politics ◽  
Economic Forces ◽  
Antebellum Period ◽  
The Impact

In the aftermath of the American Revolution, the framers of the Constitution confronted the task of forging a new national identity. “Mass culture and mass politics, 1800–1860” describes a surging phase of modernization in the United States between the Revolution and the Civil War, fueled by new technologies of communication and transportation. It outlines the burgeoning working class and a new middle class born of a market revolution and abstract economic forces. The impact of the developing theater arts, the influence of African Americans on the regionally distinct Southern culture, and the discovery of western lands and peoples that inspired new forms of cultural expression during the antebellum period are also described.

scholarly journals Information security of children and adolescents in the modern world: psychological aspects of the problem

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
S.V. Budykin
Keyword(s):  
Information Security ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Personal Information ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Psychological Aspects ◽  
Modern World ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Behavioral Strategies ◽  
The Impact

The authors focus on identifying the psychological aspects of the problem of information security of children and adolescents in the modern world. It is noted that new technologies are penetrating deeper into our lives, become cultural means of socialization and human development, contribute to the formation of new social practices in everyday life, require a certain style of life. Draws attention to the fact that the impact of these technologies varies in age groups, the most vulnerable are children and adolescents. After Western researchers of problems of information security of children and adolescents, identifies the category of risk associated with Internet communication: 1) risk associated with the content of the materials provided on the Internet; 2) the risk due to contacts with others; 3) the risk arising in connection with the illegal downloading of materials. 4) risks resulting from the use of personal data, children and adolescents often provide personal information. Demonstrates the necessity of analyzing how users of new technologies to diagnose risk associated with the use of technology such as the Internet, and what behavioral strategies they adapt. Stresses the importance and the need to examine how the immediate environment of children and adolescents interpreterpath information security and suggests how to counter the threat, coupled with the use of the Internet.

scholarly journals MODERN INFORMATION MOBILE TOOLS OF TRAINING IN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS

2019 ◽  
pp. 48-51
Author(s):  
O. Poliak
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Information Society ◽  
Linear Models ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Information Tools ◽  
Patterns Of Behavior ◽  
Modern Information ◽  
The Impact

The article is devoted to modern information tools of training as a way to optimize the process of training future specialists. Emphasis is placed on the importance of technological innovation and the theory of learning in the application of a variety of technologies to teaching and teaching. It is determined that the patterns of behavior of modern students are changing with respect to their rapidly expanding digital environment. Modern digital students think and process information differently from their predecessors – thinking in parallel and linear models and reading visual images that could be used to read text. It is emphasized that new technologies, such as those described in the article, can give students of the information society and the interaction society the opportunity to receive increased and continuous participation in learning. Active students interact with their environment and manipulate objects in that environment, observe the impact of their interventions, and build their own interpretations of the phenomena and results of manipulations, share these interpretations with others. These descriptions offer connections to previously identified features of the Information Society and the Society for Interaction and New Technologies. Different approaches of providing modern active education in higher education institutions are analyzed. In summary, mobile learning devices can provide individuality through unique profiles, this category of technology can be a proper choice of learning environment aimed at enhancing individual learning orientation. Mobile devices need to be in tune with how events are happening around the world and the web, even if those devices have been used for personal purposes only. It is emphasized that a critical aspect of such a strategy is that the mobile device is not simply integrated into the educational and higher education institutions or fell into the hands of its user, as has been done, for example, with recent initiatives on computers and laptops. On the contrary, individual profiles must be intentionally designed into the device and involved in the educational process in educational institutions in general and in higher education institutions in particular.

scholarly journals Counteraction to methods of social engineering as one of the areas of information protection of organizations with varying degrees of state participation

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (38) ◽  
pp. 123-129
Author(s):  
Elena A. Ostanina
Keyword(s):  
New Technologies ◽  
Employee Training ◽  
Social Engineering ◽  
Document Management ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Electronic Document Management ◽  
Means Of Transmission ◽  
Processing And Storage ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Security Incidents

The relevance of this topic is due to the constant improvement of technical means of transmission and processing of information, as well as the creation of new technologies for its processing and storage. At the same time, the growth in the value of information as a resource in the modern world and the transition to electronic document management in the activities of organizations is accompanied by the emergence of new methods of illegal access. The purpose of this study is to analyze the most relevant methods of influence and create a training program for staff that would minimize the risks associated with illegal access to information of organizations. The paper presents and analyzes data characterizing the share of the impact of social engineering methods on individuals and legal entities. The study has confirmed that the most effective way to protect against social engineering is to train workers. It is advisable to organize the process periodically in a distance format, adapting the program to the position occupied by the employee. Training, in addition to theoretical lessons on the study of methods of protection, should contain active methods, discussions on the analysis of current information security incidents and solution of case studies.

Is technological change a devourer of jobs?

2017 ◽  
pp. 111-140 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Kapeliushnikov
Keyword(s):  
Technological Change ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Employment Growth ◽  
Foreseeable Future ◽  
Employment Effects ◽  
Technological Unemployment ◽  
Micro Level ◽  
Task Sets ◽  
The Impact

The paper provides a critical analysis of the idea of technological unemployment. The overview of the existing literature on the employment effects of technological change shows that on the micro-level there exists strong and positive relationship between innovations and employment growth in firms; on the sectoral level this correlation becomes ambiguous; on the macro-level the impact of new technologies seems to be positive or neutral. This implies that fears of explosive growth of technological unemployment in the foreseeable future are exaggerated. Our analysis further suggests that new technologies affect mostly the structure of employment rather than its level. Additionally we argue that automation and digitalisation would change mostly task sets within particular occupations rather than distribution of workers by occupations.

Secular stagnation in the modern world

2018 ◽  
pp. 125-141 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. M. Drobyshevsky ◽  
P. V. Trunin ◽  
A. V. Bozhechkova
Keyword(s):  
Public Debt ◽  
Capital Accumulation ◽  
Technological Development ◽  
Japanese Economy ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Destruction Process ◽  
Secular Stagnation ◽  
The Impact

The paper studies the factors of secular stagnation. Key factors of long-term slowdown in economic growth include the slowdown of technological development, aging population, human capital accumulation limits, high public debt, creative destruction process violation etc. The authors analyze key theoretical aspects of long-term stagnation and study the impact of these factors on Japanies economy. The authors conclude that most of the factors have significant influence on the Japanese economy for recent decades, but they cannot explain all dynamics. For Russia, on the contrary, we do not see any grounds for considering the decline in the economy since 2013 as an episode of secular stagnation.

ТЕЛЕВІЗІЙНА КОМУНІКАЦІЯ В КОНТЕКСТІ РОЗВИТКУ СУСПІЛЬСТВА

2020 ◽  
pp. 68
Author(s):  
O. Yatchuk ◽  
N. Kodatska
Keyword(s):  
Public Opinion ◽  
Mobile Communications ◽  
Mass Communication ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Digital Television ◽  
Broadband Internet ◽  
Television Content ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Traditional Technologies

<div><p><em>The article presents the dynamics of the main factors for the development of modern television, the transition from traditional technologies of television broadcasting to the latest technologies. The process of developing digital television and broadband has been technically determined to address the challenge of integrating new technologies into traditional TV content. Ways of expanding the possibilities of interaction between the viewer and the television producer in the context of overcoming the crisis of traditional technologies are analyzed. It is determined that integration, development of mobile communications and Internet technologies are a hallmark of the modern world media space and have a significant influence on the formation of public opinion. The analysis of actual media researches concerning problems of the theory of mass communication is carried out. The phenomenon of «social television», which combines watching TV with simultaneous communication in social networks, is considered. The author draws attention to the disclosure of the determining factors of media communication, the study of the process of feedback from viewers on television. It is stated that the development of modern technologies, namely digital broadcasting and introduction of broadband Internet access to create a multimedia platform that combines Internet communication services and television content, contributes to improving the mechanism of interaction between the TV and the viewer. The theory of the conceptualization of journalism based on identity construction is examined: journalists understand their audience and, as members of that audience, connect with their communities. An analysis of integrated journalistic activity is conducted, which consists of three stages: gathering, editing and disseminating information. It is determined that the influence of the Internet allows the consumer to play his or her role at each stage, thus helping the journalist determine the degree of relevance of the story to himself and to the potential audience. The common features of modern telecontent were singled out and a comparative analysis of the trend of development of interactive TV programs of the USA, UK and Ukraine was made.</em></p></div><p><strong><em>Key words:</em></strong><em> public opinion, two-vector communication, feedback, communication methods, television audience, country telephony.</em></p>

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