scholarly journals Media Ecology – (Un)necessary Research Perspective in Communication and Media Studies

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 53
Author(s):  
Małgorzata Laskowska ◽  
Krzysztof Marcyński
Keyword(s):  
Media Studies ◽  
Media Ecology ◽  
Communication Research ◽  
Research Perspective ◽  
Research Perspectives ◽  
Research Goal ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Media And Communication

<p>The aim of this review and theoretical study is to determine the importance of media ecology theory for communication and media studies. Bearing in mind this research goal, the following research questions were asked: What is the media ecology theory? What approach to media and communication research does it represent? What research perspectives are proposed in the field of media ecology? What new can media ecology bring to communication and media studies? An additional objective of the article, and, at the same, time the intention of the authors, is to raise the interest of Polish researchers in the subject of media ecology and its various aspects, enriching research in the field of communication and media studies.</p>

scholarly journals O romance de Ricardo Lísias: janelas escancaradas para o sujeito hipermoderno

2016 ◽  
Vol 51 (4) ◽  
pp. 491
Author(s):  
Ana Cláudia Munari ◽  
Taíssi Alessandra Cardoso da Silva
Keyword(s):  
Media Studies ◽  
Contemporary Literature ◽  
The Self ◽  
Police Chief ◽  
The Novel ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Media Narratives ◽  
Self Reference ◽  
Critical Production

A partir da análise dos romances de Ricardo Lísias e da sua produção autocrítica, este trabalho busca entender algumas relações entre a literatura de autoficção e a publicização do sujeito autor imerso no universo midiático. Partindo de uma revisão bibliográfica que conceitua os objetos aqui circunscritos e de uma apreciação anterior sobre a produção literária de jovens escritores brasileiros selecionados pela revista Granta em 2012, estreitamos nossa focalização no movimento do romancista em direção à escrita de si e à autorreferência. Nesse sentido, analisamos e contextualizamos a modalidade de escritura denominada autoficção, especialmente no que tange às aproximações entre as instâncias do narrador e do autor e entre biografemas e ficção (FIGUEIREDO, 2013; KLINGER, 2012), e evocamos estudos da Sociologia e da Comunicação de modo a caracterizar a sociedade da qual emerge o corpus deste estudo (LIPOVESTKY, 2004; SANTAELLA, 2012). A partir desse contexto, investigamos as obras literárias – O céu dos suicidas (2012), Divórcio (2013) e Delegado Tobias (2014) – e as narrativas midiáticas de Ricardo Lísias e identificamos nelas estratégias da publicidade.********************************************************************The novel by Ricardo Lísias: wide open windows to the subject hypermodernAbstract: Through the analysis of the novels of Ricardo Lísias and its self-critical production, this work intends to understand some relationships between the self-fiction literature and the popularization of the subject author immersed in the media universe. Starting from a literature review that conceptualizes the objects herein bounded and an earlier assessment of the literary production of young Brazilian writers selected by Granta magazine in 2012, we strengthened  ur focus on the novelist's movement toward the writing itself  nd self-reference. Pursuing this aim, we analyzed and contextualized the form of writing named autofiction, especially with regard to the similarities between instances of the narrator and the author and between biographema and fiction (FIGUEIREDO, 2013; KLINGER, 2012). We also evoked Sociology and Media Studies to characterize the society of which emerges the corpus of this study (LIPOVESTKY, 2004; SANTAELLA, 2012). From these premises, we investigated the literary works – Céu dos suicidas (Heaven suicide, 2012), Divórcio (Divorce, 2013) and Delegado Tobias (Tobias, the police chief, 2014) – and the media narratives of Ricardo Lísias and finally we identified his advertising strategies.Keywords: Self-ficction; Contemporary literature; Hypermodernity; Ricardo Lísias

scholarly journals A View from the Inside: The Dawning Of De-Westernization of CEE Media and Communication Research?

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Epp Lauk
Keyword(s):  
Critical Mass ◽  
Eastern European ◽  
Communication Research ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Media ◽  
Collapse Of Communism ◽  
East And West ◽  
Media And Communication

The Editorial outlines some characteristics of the development of the Central and Eastern European (CEE) media and communication scholarship during the past 25 years. In the majority of CEE countries, the media and communication research was re-established after the collapse of communism. Since then, a critical mass of active scholars has appeared who form an integral part of the larger European academia. A gradual integration of East and West perspectives in media and communication research is taking place along with moving away from the barely West-centred approach, and utilizing the research done by CEE scholars. Certain ‘de-westernization’ and internationalization of the research in terms of theoretical and methodological frameworks is depicted.

Afterword

2019 ◽  
pp. 229-238
Author(s):  
Carole M. Cusack ◽  
Massimo Leone ◽  
Jeffrey Sconce
Keyword(s):  
Popular Culture ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Media Studies ◽  
Media Communication ◽  
Film And Media Studies ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Media And Communication ◽  
The Relationship

In this afterword, three leading scholars, whose work explores the intersections of media, communication, and religion from different viewpoints, enter in dialog on the subject. Carole Cusack is a historian of religion and the author of groundbreaking works about the relationship between religion, imagination, and popular culture. Massimo Leone is a semiologist whose work has stretched the boundaries between the study of religion and the study of signs, both linguistic and nonlinguistic. Jeffrey Sconce is a scholar in film and media studies whose pioneering monograph, Haunted Media (2000), placed the theme of the supernatural at the forefront of studies in media and communication. Their responses provide a map of potential trajectories to further explore the connections between digital media and the supernatural.

scholarly journals From Wasteland to Flower Bed: Ritual in the Website Communication of Urban Activist Gardeners

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 451-471 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heike Graf
Keyword(s):  
Media Studies ◽  
Theoretical Approach ◽  
Communication Research ◽  
Urban Garden ◽  
Communication Processes ◽  
Patterns Of Communication ◽  
And Function ◽  
Media And Communication ◽  
Empirical Material

The goal of this article is to explore the website communication of urban activist gardeners by focusing on the concept of ritual as a heuristic category. In contrast to the majority of those doing research on ritual, I use a systems-theoretical approach in applying the concept of ritual to communication processes. I explore the role played by ritual in communication in order to answer questions such as, “What is specifically unique about the ritual mode of communicating?” and, following from this, “What function do these rituals serve in communication?” My subject, urban garden activism, is thus addressed from the perspective of media- and communication research. First, I briefly describe urban activist gardening and how communication is usually structured on their websites. Second, I present an outline of some theories and concepts of communication and ritual within media studies, and give a brief account of the systems-theoretical approach that I use. Third, I define some areas of ritual – that is, ritualized patterns of communication found in the urban activist gardeners’ empirical material – so as to provide answers regarding the means and function of ritual in communication.

Reading Text

Doing Text ◽  
2017 ◽  
pp. 17-36
Author(s):  
Steph Hendry
Keyword(s):  
Media Studies ◽  
Literary Texts ◽  
Institutional Changes ◽  
Analytical Skills ◽  
Institutional Structures ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Reading Text ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Subject

This chapter discusses the act of reading text. In a valid and logical response to the cultural and institutional changes taking place, Media Studies started to look at the rise of e-media and its impact on the construction and consumption of media products. Always looking to be a contemporary subject, this refocus allowed teachers and students an opportunity to engage with the new institutional structures and audience behaviours. The subject changed its terminology and no longer focused on 'texts' but on 'media products'. This shift in the discourse identified that the act of 'reading' the-media had become a secondary consideration. This move away from what was seen as an 'old fashioned' textual focus has meant that students are often having to deal with complex ideas about how the-media works without first developing a confident analytical skills-base. The chapter then looks at the act of reading television, literary texts, 'high art' on TV, and games and beyond. Providing different reading experiences for students is the first step to helping them develop an appreciation for the complex art of reading.

scholarly journals Overview of Nordic Media Research on Immigration and Ethnic Relations

2008 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 275-293 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karina Horsti
Keyword(s):  
Text Analysis ◽  
Comparative Research ◽  
Recent Literature ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Ethnic Relations ◽  
Communication Research ◽  
Research Focus ◽  
The Media ◽  
Media Research ◽  
Media And Communication

Abstract Nordic media and communication research had reacted to the ethnically/racially and culturally changing societies since the 1980s, and the multidisciplinary field of migration, ethnic relations and the media has been shaped. This overview draws upon existing body of research, particularly on recent literature since the early 2000s, and aims to sketch out the rough lines of Nordic media research by mapping and comparing developments in this area. In addition, it points out some major outcomes and, finally, suggests future developments. The longest line of research is based on text analysis, mostly quantitative and qualitative content analysis and discourse analysis of majority media’s texts on immigration and ethnic minorities. Later on, the research focus has widened to cover various dimensions of media output as well as production and reception. Although the field is intensively developing, comparative research among the Nordic countries, and between other European countries, is scarce.

scholarly journals Volksdeutsche w dystrykcie lubelskim w ramach interpretacyjnych "Krakauer Zeitung "w latach 1939-1944

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (XXII) ◽  
pp. 17-28
Author(s):  
Katarzyna Wójcik
Keyword(s):  
Political Science ◽  
Media Studies ◽  
Media Control ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Vital Element

The framing process based on highlighting selected aspects of reality, and on attributing them with significance when disseminating particular ideologies, ideas, and values as a vital element in the media control over released content, is the subject of research at the intersection of media studies and political science. This article attempts to analyse framing with respect to articles published in “Krakauer Zeitung” between 1939 and 1944 and concerning Volksdeutsche in the Lublin District, i.e., to reconstruct the structure of portraying this group of people, aiming at presenting specified propa-ganda contents, and a unified interpretation and assessment of reality.

scholarly journals The Data loop of media and audience

2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (69) ◽  
pp. 116-138
Author(s):  
David Mathieu ◽  
Pille Pruulmann Vengerfeldt
Keyword(s):  
Media Studies ◽  
Current Understanding ◽  
Mutual Dependence ◽  
The Media ◽  
Media And Communication ◽  
Digital Footprints ◽  
Media Audience

As our digital footprints are collected and analysed by the media and fed backat us as new experiences, providing more data to collect, data circulates in a loopfrom audiences to media and back. This data loop is for media studies an occasionto revisit the media–audience nexus in an age of datafication. We argue that anaudience perspective is needed in order to break with the structure–agency linearityin current understanding of datafication. In this article, we develop a modelof the data loop that first presents the fundamentals of data circulation betweensocial actors and digital interfaces, then the moments of agency between actorsin a relation of mutual dependence. The article closes with a discussion of previousmodels within media and communication that have addressed similar ideas, suchas audience feedback, mutuality and circularity.

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