scholarly journals Big Brother is watching you! Ser ou não ser online... Ou a tela como a nossa morada tecnológica

2014 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 162-173
Author(s):  
Vanda Maria Sousa
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
New Media ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Big Brother ◽  
Reality Show ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The World ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Subject

Resumo: O presente artigo pretende responder à questão: de que forma as telas se interpõem entre o sujeito e a realidade, no contexto das Novas Tecnologias da Informação e da Comunicação, em particular no caso das telas da televisão (no formato do Reality Show) e das telas de computador (na profusão das Redes Sociais)? Utilizando a metodologia interpretativista, é nosso objetivo tomar como ponto de partida a etimologia de técnica e tecnologia para estabelecer o caráter tecnológico do relacionamento do homem com a realidade. Demonstrada essa premissa, convocaremos os conceitos heideggerianos (dasein e ge-stell) para interpretar o modo como a tecnologia da tela responde a uma necessidade social de felicidade, que provém das mídias num mundo que se re-descobre icônico. Cada um de nós é convocado, na vida do dia a dia, para um importante encontro, especial e urgente, com a representação do seu próprio eu face a uma tela, a qual será o seu próprio espaço de felicidade. Pretendemos aferir se, hoje, são hipervalorizadas as ideologias que traduzem a realidade em concepções binárias do mundo, projetando o dasein na demanda pela unidade (1), opondo-o ao insucesso (0), de cada vez que se usa uma tela mais como um espelho ou uma janela, esquecendo a sua função de ge-stell e fazendo disso a promoção, não da forma de descoberta do dasein, mas, em vez disso, da abertura para o próprio lugar dos simulacros.Palavras-chave: novas mídias; tecnologia; telas, público/privado. Abstract: This article seeks to answer the question: how the screens are interposed between the subject and reality, in contexts of the New Technologies of Information and Communication, particularly in the case of television screens (in the reality show format) and computer screens (by the profusion of social networks)? Using the interpretative methodology, our goal is to take as a starting point the etymology of technic and technology to establish the technological nature of man’s relationship with reality. Once this premise is demonstrated, we will convene the Heideggerian concepts (dasein and ge-stell) to interpret how the technology of the screen meets a social need for happiness that comes from the media in a world that re-discovers itself as iconic. Each of us is called upon, in our day-to-day life, to an important, special and urgent meeting with the representation of our own selves, against a screen, where will be its own place of happiness. We intend to assess whether ideologies are hiper-evaluated today, especially when translating reality into binary conceptions of the world, projecting dasein on the demand for unity (1), opposing it to failure (0), each time using the screen more like a mirror or a window, and forgetting its function as a ge-stell by making it a promotion, and not doing it as a way to discover dasein, but, instead, as the opening of the simulacra itself.Keywords: new media; tecnhology; screen; public/private.

scholarly journals Motives for participation in the sharing economy – evidence from Lithuania

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 7-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Virginija Grybaitė ◽  
Jelena Stankevičienė
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Sharing Economy ◽  
The World ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Definition Of

Abstract Information and communication technologies enable the emergence of a new phenomenon called the “sharing economy”. An increasing number of articles in the media as well as debates about the positive and negative aspects of the sharing economy show a growing interest in the subject. The paper aims to review the different approaches to the definition of the sharing economy and to present the authors’ views on the concept. The reviewed literature reveals the main drivers for participating in the sharing economy. A survey was conducted to learn more about the motives of Lithuanian people participating in this concept. The survey reveals the following leading factors of using the sharing economy platforms: an easy way to make extra money; supporting individuals and/or small/independent companies; meeting new people and having an interesting experience/doing something most people haven’t tried yet. The survey also reveals that most of the respondents prefer to own things rather than share them. Despite the widespread popularity of the sharing economy platforms in the world, this phenomenon is in its infancy in Lithuania.

Evaluation of Women's Perspectives in the East Societies on New Media News

2021 ◽  
pp. 778-798
Author(s):  
Hicabi Arslan ◽  
Aslihan Topal
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Cultural Economic ◽  
Representation Of Women ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
Eastern Cultures ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Good Wife ◽  
Political Economic

Turkey is located frequently in women's media. The representation of women in the media, which should be evaluated in many aspects such as sociological, psychological, political, economic, and legal, has been frequently the subject of academic studies. In the country and in the world, women can generally find their place in the media within the social roles assigned to them. The view of countries towards women is also shaped by the effect of cultural, economic, political, and social structures. In Eastern cultures, the woman is usually burdened with roles in need of protection, such as the woman of her home, the mother of her child, a good wife, a self-sacrificing woman who lives at home.

scholarly journals The Possibility of Critique in an Era ruled by the Media

In medias res ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (16) ◽  
pp. 2489-2498
Author(s):  
Divna Vuksanović ◽  
Dragan Ćalović
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
The Road ◽  
New Media Art ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Critical Action ◽  
The Media ◽  
The One ◽  
Media Practices

Taking the philosophy of media as a starting point, this text examines the possibilities, forms and status of critique in our times which are dominated, at least in the West, by what is known as media culture. On the one hand, the text avoids reducing systemic and strategic critique of capitalism to merely a critical point of view, while on the other it problematizes and examines the critique of modern media practices. The authors implicitly conclude that merely asking these questions paves the road to comprehensive critical action, within the existing systems of this media universe, as well as beyond it, i.e. in the particular socio-economic system of thought and action. This text also examines the possibility of achieving critical practices through art, and in the context of emerging new technologies. Possibilities for critique within the framework of new media art are explored in particular, as this might revolutionize not only media practices, but also the social, historical and economical practices of capitalism as such.

scholarly journals The extent to which Saudi E-newspapers adhere to professional media standards: مدى التزام الصحف السعودية الإلكترونية بالمعايير المهنية الإعلامية

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kholoud Abdullah Mohammed Meliani
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Practical Experience ◽  
Professional Standards ◽  
The Press ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Impact

The emergence of the press on the Internet is a new media phenomenon linked to the revolution of information and communication technology. The media landscape has become closer to everyone. The role of the individual is free from the production controls and the policies of the media establishment. Which created a great problem related to the profession and its conditions so that it became easy for the citizen to be a journalist without professional qualification and practical experience in the basic rules of work. The increasing number of electronic media and the impact on Saudi Arabia are an important stage in its media activity. It has been able to reflect a significant role in the world of journalism, to accelerate the use of these new technologies, and to impose itself on the media arena as a strong competitor for paper journalism. However, the multiplicity of electronic platforms, accompanied by many negative repercussions in this aspect, including the absence of professionalism and professionalism and the decline in journalism standards, especially in the climate of freedom enjoyed by the new media and the absence of scissors censor. The aim of this study was to identify the methods and means of communicators in the electronic press to achieve professional standards such as accuracy, credibility, objectivity and neutrality in the dissemination of news and reports through the use of descriptive and analytical approach through the field survey on a sample of the study community. The study relied on the questionnaire as a tool for collecting data from a sample of 120 Saudi journalists in electronic newspapers and then analyzing and interpreting them. The study reached several results, the most important of which is that there is weakness in the adoption of the Saudi electronic press to the professional standards of objectivity, accuracy, credibility, and impartiality in the dissemination of news and reports. The study also concluded that e-newspapers do not always adhere to the rules of journalistic editing, and sometimes publish what is considered a violation of personal freedom.

scholarly journals Implementation of media practices in the work of libraries for children and youth

Obraz ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-50
Author(s):  
Tetiana Polishchuk ◽  
Oleksandra Kravchuk
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Young People ◽  
New Media ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Children And Youth ◽  
Media Content ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The Media ◽  
New Forms Of Work ◽  
Media Practices

The relevance of the study is due to the expansion of the media space of Ukrainian libraries for children and youth and the use of media practices on their pages in social networks. The aim is to study and compare the applied media practices by domestic libraries for children and youth, to consider new forms of work with the use of media content by libraries for young people and to illustrate their attractiveness to the user. To solve the tasks, the method of analysis of library content in new media, methods of comparison, generalization and sociocommunication were used. The presence of libraries in new media attracts the attention of young people, and information and communication technologies become intermediaries between the book collection and the user. An important component of the attractiveness of the library’s page in social networks is not only the expansion of new channels of communication, but also the creation of the author’s media content.

scholarly journals Media Literacy in the Lifeworlds of Malaysian Children

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 72-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shanthi Balraj Baboo
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Media Literacy ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
User Experiences ◽  
Childhood Experiences ◽  
Media Technologies ◽  
School Settings ◽  
The World ◽  
The Media ◽  
Home And School

Many children grow up in contemporary Malaysia with an array of new media. These include television, video games, mobile phones, computers, Internet, tablets, iPads and iPods. In using these new media technologies, children are able to produce texts and images that shape their childhood experiences and their views of the world. This article presents some selected findings and snapshots of the media lifeworlds of children aged 10 in Malaysia. This article is concerned with media literacy and puts a focus on the use, forms of engagement and ways that children are able to make sense of media technologies in their lives. The study reveals that children participate in many different media activities in their homes. However, the multimodal competencies, user experiences and meaning-making actions that the children construct are not engaged with in productive ways in their schooling literacies. It is argued that media literacy should be more widely acknowledged within home and school settings.

Leviathan on a Leash

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sean Fleming
Keyword(s):  
International Relations ◽  
Political Thought ◽  
Sovereign Debt ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Thomas Hobbes ◽  
The State ◽  
State Responsibility ◽  
Modern Politics ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The World

States are commonly blamed for wars, called on to apologize, held liable for debts and reparations, bound by treaties, and punished with sanctions. But what does it mean to hold a state responsible as opposed to a government, a nation, or an individual leader? Under what circumstances should we assign responsibility to states rather than individuals? This book demystifies the phenomenon of state responsibility and explains why it is a challenging yet indispensable part of modern politics. Taking Thomas Hobbes' theory of the state as a starting point, the book presents a theory of state responsibility that sheds new light on sovereign debt, historical reparations, treaty obligations, and economic sanctions. Along the way, it overturns longstanding interpretations of Hobbes' political thought, explores how new technologies will alter the practice of state responsibility as we know it, and develops new accounts of political authority, representation, and legitimacy. The book argues that Hobbes' idea of the state offers a far richer and more realistic conception of state responsibility than the theories prevalent today and demonstrates that Hobbes' Leviathan is much more than an anthropomorphic “artificial man.” The book is essential reading for political theorists, scholars of international relations, international lawyers, and philosophers. It recovers a forgotten understanding of state personality in Hobbes' thought and shows how to apply it to the world of imperfect states in which we live.

scholarly journals Universidad: NTIC, interacción y aprendizaje

2006 ◽  
pp. a061 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerardo Meneses Benítez
Keyword(s):  
New Technologies ◽  
Teaching Tools ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
Nuevas Tecnologías ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact

El trabajo que se presenta tiene como punto de partida la percepción o valoración que todos hemos realizado al finalizar un curso o programa educativo de que se ha producido, o no,  un aprendizaje a lo largo del mismo - independientemente de su carácter presencial o virtual -. Se aborda esta situación mediante el estudio de la influencia de las nuevas tecnologías de la información y de la comunicación en la enseñanza en la universidad y de forma más específica por medio de una investigación que persigue la identificación y caracterización de la interacción como elemento clave en el aprendizaje.AbstractThis paper has, as a starting point, the appreciation and assessment we all have done at the end of a course or educative program we have assesst, whether or not, there’s been a learning throughout the whole program – apart from its virtual or presencial character-. The situation has been undertaken by means of the study of the influence the new technologies of information and communication, have in the university teachings and, more precisely, through the investigation that aims at the interactivity identification as a key factor in the learnings in teaching: tools contributions, things that might changes, the nature of the interactivity accomplishment, the impact, the insertion of the different elements...

scholarly journals Transformation of democracy in the information age: the role of new media and civic communication

2021 ◽  
pp. 90-105
Author(s):  
Serhiy Danylenko ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
New Media ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Representative Democracy ◽  
Political Life ◽  
Modern Democracy ◽  
Corporate Influence ◽  
Form Of Government ◽  
Protection Of Human Rights ◽  
The Media

The article aims to outline the transformation in the functioning of modern democracy as a form of government, to explore the influence of modern media on the mechanisms of its implementation. The issue is raised about the preservation of its fundamental principles during the information revolution (primarily in the media sphere) and changes in the forms and methods of communication of people during political interaction. The model of „monitoring democracy” was chosen as the theoretical and conceptual basis for considering these processes, which is based on the „idea of a monitoring citizen” and which is caused by rapid growth of various extra-parliamentary (non-representative) mechanisms of government. Among them, the most important for us is the rapid development of media instruments, namely social networks. The imperative of elections, political parties and parliamentary life, typical for representative democracy over the last two centuries of the history of civilization, is now far behind the capacity of other actors of public life to influence the political decisions of citizens. The author also points to the fact that technology companies, which have concentrated both information − microtargeting supply of information based on psychological profiling, and business activities, demonstrate a new phenomenon, which is assessed by citizens as the most competent and ethical center of gravity and trust. At the same time, governments, independent public institutions and traditional media are perceived as less effective and ethical. Such a concentration of information and corporate influence in one actor (a small group of technology companies) is a new challenge for democracy. Respectively, basic principles that ensure its functioning as the most successful form of government, namely − election and control of power, protection of human rights, participation of citizens in political life and governance, rule of law and accountability of government agencies, prevention of usurpation of power – nowadays experience theoretical rethinking, and are embodied in new political practices. In addition, they (foundations of democracy) are torpedoed by negative phenomena of the period of transformation and political turbulence, among which populism in all its manifestations is the most threatening. Key words: representative democracy, monitoring democracy, mediacracy, constructive journalism, civil communication, social networks.

scholarly journals The Big Brother Naija TV Reality Show as Coordinate of Media Functions and Dysfunctions

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 ◽  
pp. 61-72
Author(s):  
Bolu John Folayan ◽  
Olubunmi Ajibade ◽  
Olubunmi Dipo Adedoyin ◽  
Toyin Segun Onayinka ◽  
Toluwani Titilola Folayan
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
Media Content ◽  
Big Brother ◽  
Reality Show ◽  
South West ◽  
The Media ◽  
Basic Functions ◽  
The Mass Media

The mass media play at least five basic functions which include news dissemination, surveillance of the environment, correlation of the components of the society, entertainment and transmission of social heritage.  Sometimes, disruptions and impairments do occur in the performance of these roles and some of these basic functions become dysfunctions, which turn the media into purveyor of negative values. The present study investigates how popular the Nigerian TV reality show, Big Brother Naija (BBN), is perceived by its viewers. Three hundred heavy viewers of the programme were surveyed from Lagos and Ede, South-West Nigeria, and their opinions and attitudes were sought regarding; why they like or dislike the programme; the gratifications that those who like the programme derive and whether the BBN, as media content, is generally functional or dysfunctional to the society. Sixty-six per cent 66 (33.7%) of respondents like the programme because it entertains. Half of the respondents, 99(50.5%) dislike ‘immoral aspects’ of the programme. The viewers affirm that the eviction part of the programme was their highest form of gratification.  Most respondents, despite public outcry against the programme, consider the programme to be “functional”. Findings reinforce the postulation that TV viewers are not passive consumers of media contents.

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