scholarly journals From Panic to Confusion to Negotiation: Reflection from Early Response to Covid-19 in Indonesia

Humaniora ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Setiadi Setiadi ◽  
Elan Lazuardi
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
National Level ◽  
Early Response ◽  
Community Response ◽  
Second Phase ◽  
Digital Platforms ◽  
Grassroots Initiatives ◽  
Anthropological Fieldwork

This research reflected on the response to the pandemic that emerged as it happened. It drew attention to the viral aspect of a pandemic, namely how people understood and responded to pandemics using various digital platforms. It questioned the context and reasons for what it called an immeasurable but organized community response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Digital-based research was applied through observing three mainstream digital media (Kompas TV, The Jakarta Post, and Detik.com) and social media (i.e., WhatsApp Messenger and Twitter). Data were analyzed thematically by categorizing the ways people responded to COVID-19 via social media into three thematic phases. In the first phase, digital media was used to voice frustration and disappointment with the government’s response. This had sparked public distrust of the government’s ability to deal with the pandemic at the national level. The second phase was the confusion phase. The rise of public discussion about the pandemic showed that the public was concerned about the development of the COVID-19 news in the country. The last phase was the negotiation phase. While COVID-19 was rapidly becoming a source of panic and confusion, grassroots initiatives emerged using social media. These initiatives aimed to help reduce panic and reduce socio-economic impacts. This research shows how anthropologists can still pay attention to social relations forged through social media in times of crisis where traditional anthropological fieldwork is nearly impossible. Methodologically, digital anthropology or social media ethnography is gaining momentum to be developed, considering that fieldwork cannot be done in the pandemic era.

Digital Activism

2014 ◽  
Vol 38 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 213-231
Author(s):  
Viktorija Car
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
New Media ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
National Level ◽  
Digital Tool ◽  
School Students ◽  
Digital Activism ◽  
Digital Platforms ◽  
High Expectations ◽  
Media Technologies

At the beginning of the twenty-first century, technological innovations and the development of digital media have brought about new possibilities for media content providers and, because of their interactivity, for the users as well. The advent of the internet age, Web 2.0 technology, and the ubiquity of cell phones have imparted high expectations that new media technologies will systematically enhance civic engagement and further develop national and global political cultures. This paper focuses on how citizens in Croatia are taking the opportunities offered by new media for civil and political activism. Digital platforms are used more and more frequently for activism in Croatian civil society, especially Facebook – the number one digital tool activists use to spread information or invite members to events. It happened first in late April 2008, when third-year high school students, unified on a national level via Facebook, organized protests against the ‘national school-leaving examination’ that they had to take the year after. The protest was successful, and the Minister of Science and Education postponed the examination for another year. Since then, a number of different digital activities of civil engagement have been organized in Croatia, but the success of the first one has yet to be repeated. The conclusion of this paper is that digital activism in Croatia is not well developed yet. There are only a small number of activists who use digital media regularly and strategically for their actions, and they are usually found amongst the smaller, urban minority, as these opportunities for digital mobilization have not yet reached mainstream society. Usually, it is the same few groups that support different types of action, and use digital media for a variety of social and political goals.

scholarly journals No future for care without new digital media? Making time(s) for mediated informal care practices in later life

2021 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 637-654
Author(s):  
Daniel López-Gómez ◽  
Roser Beneito-Montagut ◽  
Andrea García-Santesmases
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Informal Care ◽  
Urban Infrastructure ◽  
Later Life ◽  
Digital Platforms ◽  
Ethnographic Interviews ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
Care Practices

There is a growing interest in using social media and digital platforms as allies to strengthen social support among the aged. Drawing on ethnographic interviews and observations of 21 people in their 80s, the article foregrounds the multiple and intersecting temporalities of informal mediated care practices in later life through an exploration of the wide range of infrastructures on which they rely, from social media platforms to housing and urban infrastructure. We identify four temporalities of mediated informal care to assert the need to problematize the future-oriented temporalities of new caring media. The article paves the way to consider infrastructures of informal care as making time in multiple forms, irrespective of their newness or oldness, or the futures that every new piece of technology and service may potentially bring to our present.

scholarly journals How do Higher Education Students manage their Digital Footprints before Finding a Job?

2013 ◽  
Vol 4 (12) ◽  
pp. 354-360
Author(s):  
Katalin Fehér
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Social Roles ◽  
Digital Identity ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Digital Platforms ◽  
Online Strategies ◽  
Digital Footprints ◽  
Personal Strategy

We have identities and we can communicate online on the internet and in social networks. The question is how we can define and manage social roles/online representations on digital platforms and in social media? “Digital identity” is in the focus in this exploratory phase of our research the aim of which has been to map how identity refers to a driver in a digital setting with digital footprints, visibility or nonvisibility, professionalism and privacy in online publicity. Our empirical research has been trying to explore this phenomenon of the digital media for online personal strategy with segmentation. The first exploratory phase focused on the students’ segment prior to initial employment. We were wondering which points of decision were relevant in digital identity strategy for them and how they would replace their strategy consciously prior to employment. We had a qualitative research with semi-structured interviews. Our results show that digital identity phenomena define social roles/online strategies and representations on digital platforms and in social media. Members of the research segment have some strategies to manage their digital footprints. They would like to change their profile from “student” to that of a “professional” assuming less activity in digital context.

scholarly journals Manusia Dan Teknologi: Perilaku Interaksi Interpersonal Sebelum dan Sesudah Media Digtal

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 524-532
Author(s):  
Ferdinand Eskol Tiar Sirait
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Interpersonal Communication ◽  
Interpersonal Relationships ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Social Institutions ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Behavior Patterns ◽  
Social Changes ◽  
Literature Study

This article aims to examine the behavior of interpersonal interactions before and after digital media. The method of scientific articles uses descriptive qualitative methods through literature study, namely research based on literature studies and analysis of the development of problems in society. This study concludes that with interpersonal communication a person is more interested, so that creative ideas will grow for self-development. The presence of social media not only has an impact on interpersonal communication but also has an impact on interpersonal relationships. Social media has changed the attitude and style of a person, people who are initially friendly will experience changes to be ignorant of their surroundings because their attention has been diverted to social media. Changes in social relationships or changes as a balance (equilibrium) of social relations and all forms of changes in social institutions within a society, which affect the social system, including values, attitudes and behavior patterns among groups in society. Positive social changes such as obtaining information, obtaining social and economic benefits. Meanwhile, social changes that tend to be negative include social groups acting on behalf of religion, ethnicity and certain behavior patterns that sometimes deviate from existing norms.

scholarly journals Social Media, Digital Scholarship, and Academic Promotion in US Medical Schools

2021 ◽  
Vol 53 (3) ◽  
pp. 215-219
Author(s):  
Stephanie Y. Johng ◽  
Ranit Mishori ◽  
Valeriy R. Korostyshevskiy
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Medical Schools ◽  
The United States ◽  
Academic Promotion ◽  
Digital Platforms ◽  
Promotion Policies ◽  
Digital Scholarship ◽  
Medical Institutions ◽  
Academic Medical

Background and Objectives: Academic promotion is critical in academic medicine. Traditionally, peer-reviewed journal articles have been at the core of advancement deliberations. With the increasing prominence digital content and social media, an increasing number of academics have begun linking their scholarly value with their online activities. It is unclear whether and how US academic medical institutions have updated their promotion criteria to reflect the changing environment and digital practices of faculty members. Methods: We reviewed publicly available advancement and promotion policies and faculty handbooks of 148 allopathic medical schools in the United States (April 2018 through September 2018), to see if social media was explicitly included in their scholarship criteria. Results: Of the 148 allopathic institutions only 12 (8.1%) stated that digital and social media products would be factored into the scholarship and/or other domains of the promotion application. There were no associations between acceptability of social media in the tenure process and schools’ characteristics. Conclusions: Digital media use has the potential to distribute scholarship widely. Including digital scholarship in promotion would help destigmatize the use of digital platforms and promote science dissemination to the public. Medical institutions should embrace new models of digital scholarship and lead the way in defining and ensuring quality.

scholarly journals Social relations in virtual world and social media aggression

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 140-149
Author(s):  
Levent Eraslan ◽  
Ahmet Kukuoğlu
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Virtual Environments ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Social Communication ◽  
Virtual World ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Virtual Communication ◽  
Digital Platforms ◽  
The Social

Living in the age of constant technology developments shifted social communication patterns and shifted social relations to virtual environments. The socialisation process that takes place in digital platforms also transferred many negative elements experienced in social life to the virtual environment. That is, the aggression behaviours concerning these negative processes have also been transferred to the virtual communication. The current study examines the effects of social media aggression (SMA) regarding digital platforms on the social relations in human life in the context of various variables. Results of the study revealed that the counter-comments towards participants’ values have a significant effect on participants’ demonstration of aggressive tendencies. In other notable finding participants reported that they aware of their rights f=75 (33%) against negative SMA, while f=150 (67%) of participants do not know them.  Keywords: Virtual communication, social media, aggression.

scholarly journals Mass Media, Social Media and Technological Evolution Today: A Theoretical Approach

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (3 (41)) ◽  
pp. 95-105
Author(s):  
Lucian-Vasile SZABO ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Mass Media ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Theoretical Approach ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Human Society ◽  
Technological Evolution ◽  
Digital Platforms ◽  
Rapid Communication ◽  
Professional Codes

This study aims to make a synthetic theoretical presentation of the main challenges currently noticeable in the evolution of the mass media and social media in the context of the accelerated development of new technologies. It is a slow, but decided, visible change, one that profoundly affects human society. In this context we put forward the use of the post-media concept, which defines the transition from classical to new (digital) media, assimilating both the facilities of rapid communication and linking, as well as the tensions arising as a result of the dangers generated and the pressures exerted by various changes. The analysis covers the main types of convergence in communication, the integration of new technologies and equipment, the generalization of interconnection, the extension and diversification of handling arrangements, and the need to rewrite ethical and professional codes for the use of those working on digital platforms.

Developing a Millennial Sports Media Brand

2021 ◽  
pp. 35-56
Author(s):  
Jennifer McClearen
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Millennial Generation ◽  
Organizational Context ◽  
Female Athletes ◽  
Marketing Strategies ◽  
Digital Platforms ◽  
Sports Media ◽  
The World ◽  
Audience Demographics

Chapter one establishes the organizational context that facilitated the integration of diverse female athletes into the UFC brand. A “millennial sports media brand,” such as the UFC, deploys branding and marketing strategies characteristic of the millennial generation while simultaneously courting fans from this same demographic. In fact, the UFC might have faded into obscurity in the mid-2000s had the brand not begun experimenting with digital platforms and social media. The UFC enthusiastically embraced digital media, began actively seeking global audience demographics by representing fighters from around the world, and integrated a “we are all fighters” brand maxim, an ethos that understands diversity as something every fighter and fan possesses. Each of these approaches combine to create a millennial sports media brand ready to promote and exploit diverse female athletes.

scholarly journals Ways of exposing the sexuality of university students in digital media

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (Supplement_5) ◽  
Author(s):  
M A Sousa ◽  
M D O Lima ◽  
P A Oliveira
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Media ◽  
University Students ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Research Subjects ◽  
Digital Medium ◽  
Belo Horizonte ◽  
Source Of Information

Abstract Background Due to social and technological developments, experiences related to relationships between people express changes, which can be observed in social media, especially in social networks and dating and sexual apps. The use of social networks is growing among people of all age groups, which facilitates the maintenance of interpersonal contact and allows some people to get to know each other digitally, in addition to assisting in the search for information about sexuality and making it possible to meet with women. loving or sexual purpose. Objective to understand the means that university students express their sexuality in digital media. Methods This is a research with a qualitative approach, based on the Theory of Social Representations. University students from Belo Horizonte participated in the study. Data collection took place through a structured questionnaire with open and closed questions made available via the internet. The data were interpreted based on the Structural Analysis of the Narration, proposed by Demazière; Dubar. Results Two theoretical categories were listed. Use of digital media for sexual and amorous encounters - university students reveal the use of apps for casual encounters, where they use photos considered sensual to get a date outside the digital medium. Use of digital media as a source of information - the research subjects say they use the internet as a source of information about sexuality, as they still consider this issue difficult to approach with parents. These students also share the acquired information and personal experiences with friends. Conclusions In the digital environment, social relations are based on a hypervisibility of personal life on social networks, where intimate, private and especially sexual and body issues are exposed. Key messages Understanding how university students express their sexuality in digital media is an important step towards promoting the health of this population group. Social media can be of great value, but it can also present risks. Thus, university students are susceptible to these two factors, especially when it comes to topics such as sexuality.

scholarly journals Discourses of Hindi film fandom and the confluence of the popular, the public, and the political

2020 ◽  
Vol 34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sreya Mitra
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Public Space ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Participatory Culture ◽  
Digital Platforms ◽  
The Public ◽  
New Type ◽  
Perceived Access ◽  
The Relationship

Indian fandom reconstituted as a more participatory culture with the emergence of online cyber communities in the late 1990s to early 2000s, a move accompanied by shifts in the Indian mediascape. With increasing synergy among film, television, and digital media, Bollywood stars were consequently remade as transmedia celebrities. Bollywood stars use digital media such as Twitter and Instagram for promotion and publicity, but such use has created a new type of Bollywood fan: the internet troll. As film personalities now actively engage with social media, incessantly tweeting and sharing pictures, the line has blurred between the reel and the real, the public and the private. Fans having perceived access to the private, off-screen personas of their film idols has further complicated both discourses of contemporary Bollywood stardom and fandom. Stars' and fan's engagement and interaction on social media reveals the so-called disrespectful troll to be not merely a more active participant but a fundamental reworking of the relationship between star and fan, which had been founded primarily on admiration and veneration. This reworking has provided a space for political mobilization in the Indian (online) public space offered by digital platforms and social networking sites.

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