The Tsunami and the Internet: The Role of New Media Technologies in Disaster Awareness and Relief

2006 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 53-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kris P. Kodrich ◽  
Melinda Laituri
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Media Technologies ◽  
New Media Technologies

Roma rights on the world wide web

2009 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 205-218
Author(s):  
Neda Atanasoski
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
New Media ◽  
Eastern Bloc ◽  
Test Case ◽  
Minority Ethnic Group ◽  
Media Technologies ◽  
Material Discrimination ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
New Media Technologies

This article addresses contemporary Roma rights issues in Central and Eastern Europe by exploring the relationship between internet technologies and the discourses surrounding human rights and the post-socialist transition. Because the Roma are a transnational European minority ethnic group, they have been used as a 'test case' by western human rights groups to evaluate minority rights in post-socialist nations. The article highlights the role of new media technologies in redirecting concerns about the lack of human rights in Europe as a whole to the former Eastern bloc countries. It draws attention to the limits of western liberal discourses and new media technologies to redress racial and material discrimination against the Roma.

scholarly journals “Media Micro-Generations”

2018 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 95-110
Author(s):  
Stina Bengtsson ◽  
Bengt Johansson
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Large Span ◽  
Media Technologies ◽  
Generational Identity ◽  
Formative Years ◽  
New Media Technologies

Abstract This article proposes and explores the notion of “media micro-generations”. Based on a survey of values and norms in relation to media-related behaviour in Sweden, we identify statistically significant media micro-generations. Through an analysis of the technologies that were introduced during the formative years of different media micro-generations, we propose that media micro-generations are formed with the introduction of new media technologies. Thus, the existence of media micro-generations illustrates how rapid transformations of media technologies can shape the moral notions of narrow age groups. It also explains why many earlier studies have detected a rather large span of years (1970–1985, in between the TV generation and the internet generation) during which no generational identity seems to have been formed.

scholarly journals Death and the virtual: memorialization on social networking websites

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Curtis
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
Online Communication ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Media Technologies ◽  
Social Networking Websites ◽  
Memorial Sites ◽  
New Media Technologies

"The shift towards online communication has impacted many aspects of our lives, in that we increasingly use the internet in ways that have a lasting impact on our lived experience. One of the ways this impact occurs is through the virtual manifestation of phenomena related to death. Customs related to death - such as funerals and memorials - are being remediated on the internet in ways that are varied and complex. Remediation, a term introduced by Jay Bolter and Richard Grusin, involves the reinvention of previous forms of media using new media technologies.1 In this way, every form of media is understood to be a new version of a form of media that already existed. Looking at sites of memorialization of all kinds through the framework of remediation illuminates the ways that the manifestation of issues related to death and memorialization on the internet has and will continue to both complicate and enhance the ways these sites are experienced and conceptualized by those that visit them. While traditional physical memorial sites have always existed - and will continue to exist - sites of remembrance that appear on the internet are emerging as a complementary medium of memorialization"--From the Introduction.

scholarly journals Death and the virtual: memorialization on social networking websites

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Curtis
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
Online Communication ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Media Technologies ◽  
Social Networking Websites ◽  
Memorial Sites ◽  
New Media Technologies

"The shift towards online communication has impacted many aspects of our lives, in that we increasingly use the internet in ways that have a lasting impact on our lived experience. One of the ways this impact occurs is through the virtual manifestation of phenomena related to death. Customs related to death - such as funerals and memorials - are being remediated on the internet in ways that are varied and complex. Remediation, a term introduced by Jay Bolter and Richard Grusin, involves the reinvention of previous forms of media using new media technologies.1 In this way, every form of media is understood to be a new version of a form of media that already existed. Looking at sites of memorialization of all kinds through the framework of remediation illuminates the ways that the manifestation of issues related to death and memorialization on the internet has and will continue to both complicate and enhance the ways these sites are experienced and conceptualized by those that visit them. While traditional physical memorial sites have always existed - and will continue to exist - sites of remembrance that appear on the internet are emerging as a complementary medium of memorialization"--From the Introduction.

Connecting Tourism and Terrorism

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Debbie Lisle
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Tourist Attractions ◽  
Media Technologies ◽  
New Media Technologies

As new media technologies give occupying soldiers more scope to record their overseas adventures and disseminate them through the internet, modes of militarized global encounter have re-ordered familiar understandings of distance and difference. One consequence of the normalization of war after 9/11 has been a securitization of the tourism industry, bringing the serious questions of global violence more directly into leisured spaces like hotels, airports and tourist attractions.

The Role of New Media in Contemporary Entertainment Culture

2017 ◽  
pp. 1222-1238
Author(s):  
Ozgur Akgun
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Popular Literature ◽  
Online Retail ◽  
Media Technologies ◽  
Everyday Lives ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Entertainment Culture ◽  
New Media Technologies

New media technologies have become an important part of our everyday lives and are predominantly shaping our perceptions. Increased usage of Internet has changed every aspect of our everyday lives. Other new media technologies make the impact of this change even more intense. This chapter provides a review of the academic and popular literature on the relationship between new media and contemporary entertainment practices. It investigates the new tools and ways (such as social networking sites, online retail environments, and online video streaming options) utilized to communicate and entertain. These environments are dynamic, intercultural, and allow for instant information sharing. This chapter focuses on how these environments are alternative to traditional communication contexts and how the new media shapes the entertainment culture.

The Role of New Media in Contemporary Entertainment Culture

2014 ◽  
pp. 542-557
Author(s):  
Ozgur Akgun
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Popular Literature ◽  
Online Retail ◽  
Media Technologies ◽  
Everyday Lives ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Entertainment Culture ◽  
New Media Technologies

New media technologies have become an important part of our everyday lives and are predominantly shaping our perceptions. Increased usage of Internet has changed every aspect of our everyday lives. Other new media technologies make the impact of this change even more intense. This chapter provides a review of the academic and popular literature on the relationship between new media and contemporary entertainment practices. It investigates the new tools and ways (such as social networking sites, online retail environments, and online video streaming options) utilized to communicate and entertain. These environments are dynamic, intercultural, and allow for instant information sharing. This chapter focuses on how these environments are alternative to traditional communication contexts and how the new media shapes the entertainment culture.

From Igloos to iPods

2011 ◽  
pp. 80-105 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cynthia J. Alexander
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Development Project ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Media Technologies ◽  
Digital Era ◽  
The World ◽  
Ways Of Being ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
New Media Technologies

Inuit in the Eastern Arctic of Canada reclaimed their homeland on 1 April 1999 when the newest territory in Canada, Nunavut, was created. Inuit are using new media technologies to preserve and promote their language, traditional knowledge, and ways of being. In this chapter, the reader is offered an exploration of the challenges northerners face in the digital era, including affordable, reliable access to the Internet. However, the author shows how the resilience that characterizes Inuit culture extends to their innovative adoption of new media technologies. The author offers insight into one web development project, a partnered initiative with Inuit, which enables Inuit youth to learn from their Elders, and for users around the world to learn from Inuit via an interactive online adventure. The case study of The Nanisiniq Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit, or IQ Adventure, provides an interesting example of how harnessing the power of new media can support Indigenous peoples’ decolonization efforts.

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