scholarly journals Comparative analysis of the technocratic governance cases and deliberative-democratic self-rule in the internet-sphere

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-60
Author(s):  
A. N. Linde
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Personal Meanings ◽  
Social Credit ◽  
Cybernetic System ◽  
The Government ◽  
Self Rule ◽  
The Individual

Introduction. The paper compares two approaches to the formation of the internet-sphere. The technocratic approach strengthens itself in the cybernetic-system methodology, it is based on the technocratic governance of society and implies the total governance of the internet-sphere in the interests of the government, the suppression of the individual personality by “programming” its consciousness. This approach is evidenced by “the system of social credit” in China.The deliberative-democratic approach emerges from phenomenology and substantiates an egalitarian model of democracy which implies a universal discussion and importance of the meanings sent by each person in the internet-sphere. The case of online-deliberative forums is analyzed. These forums serve to reveal the opinions of the citizens themselves and to define the genuine public opinion. The advantages of the second approach are identified.Materials and methods. This article uses logical methods of analysis: analysis, synthesis, comparative analysis.The results of the study. This study shows how the cybernetic-systemic methodology holistically analyzing society and assuming its programming “from top to bottom” leads to technocratic governance of society and the Internet. It also shows how the phenomenological approach aimed at perceiving the personal meanings of each citizen becomes the basis of deliberative democracy and online deliberative discussions.Discussion and conclusions. The paper arrives at the following conclusions. Serious risks produced by the use of the cybernetic-systemic principles in governing the Internet sphere are shown: programming the personality consciousness, emasculating the senses experienced by it, and regulating the entire social life. In contrast with the cybernetic approach, the advantages of the phenomenological approach are analytically shown, because it perceives the personal meanings of each individual and leads to their revealing in the Internet sphere, which creates the foundation for maintaining a democratic regime.

scholarly journals Freedom of expression and protection of personal data on the Internet: The perspective of Internet users in Serbia

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (47) ◽  
pp. 5-34
Author(s):  
Marta Mitrović
Keyword(s):  
Freedom Of Expression ◽  
Personal Data ◽  
Individual Responsibility ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Snowball Sampling ◽  
Internet Users ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Right

The paper examines the views of Internet users concerning the protection of their rights on the Internet. The Web survey, conducted by the snowball sampling, included 783 Internet users who expressed their views regarding the ways the state (Serbia) and private agents (Facebook and Google) relate to the right of freedom of expression and privacy on the Internet. Also, the survey was used to examine the individual responsibility of users when it comes to the use of Internet services. Several hypotheses suggested that Internet users in Serbia do not have confidence in the country and private actors on the issue of protecting their rights. However, users also do not demonstrate a satisfactory level of individual responsibility. The most important findings indicate that: 1) only one-sixth of the respondents consider that the Government of the Republic of Serbia does not violate the privacy of Internet users; 2) almost half of the respondents do not feel free to express their views criticizing the government; 3) almost 90% of users are not satisfied how Facebook protects their privacy, while it is 1% lower in the case of Google; 4) a third of respondents answered positively to the question whether they had read terms of use of the analyzed companies, but half of them did not give a correct answer to the main questions; 5) only 8.9% of respondents who claimed to have read terms of use are aware of the fact that Facebook shares their data with third parties.

scholarly journals Research on Mining and Application of Group Events Based on Network Public Opinion Big Data

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Weimin Gao ◽  
Jiaming Zhong ◽  
Yuan Xiao
Keyword(s):  
Big Data ◽  
Public Opinion ◽  
Social Life ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Sir Epidemic Model ◽  
Control Effect ◽  
Public Events ◽  
Sir Epidemic ◽  
The Government ◽  
Network Public Opinion

Network Public Opinion is significant in maintaining social harmony and stability and promoting transparency in government affairs. However, with the development of economy and transformation of society, our country has entered a high-risk period, which is full of unexpected public events. Unexpected mass accidents also cause hot discussions among the Internet users once they are exposed on the network. Different ideas, opinions, emotions, and attitudes about unexpected public events will be collected and collide on the Internet. It makes Network Public Opinion play an increasingly important role in the evolution of unexpected public events. It could promote the spread and upgrade of unexpected public events and bring more and more profound influence on to our social life. We use the case study method to analyze and solve the problems by applying the dynamic principles of the SIR epidemic model, comprehensively considering the social environment and various influencing factors, and constructing a mathematical model for the spread of network group events. The study uses Matlab to simulate the change trajectory of the number of participants in the network group events. By adjusting the number of contacts φ in the model, the development of network group emergencies can be effectively controlled and managed. As long as the government takes timely intervention measures, the dissemination of network group events can be basically controlled. Combined with public opinion big data to discover the important factors affecting the spread of public opinion, the control effect is obvious.

scholarly journals Empirical study of the influence of the value-sense sphere of a personality on its virtual image: a component of meaningful orientations

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 46-52
Author(s):  
Ruslan I. Zekeryaev
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Social Life ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Direct Connection ◽  
Virtual Image ◽  
Level Of Involvement ◽  
Behavioural Patterns ◽  
Degree Of Acceptance ◽  
The Individual ◽  
High Level

The article devoted to the study of the influence of the value-semantic sphere of an individual, namely, life-sense orientations, on its virtual image in the Internet space. The article provides a critical analysis of the literature devoted to the study of the value-semantic sphere of personality and virtual personality in the Internet space. It was determined that the value-semantic sphere as a complex dynamic construct of the personality determines its inner world and sets the vector of its activity. Also, during the analysis of the literature, it was revealed that the system of meanings and values determines the choice of behavioural patterns of the personality, and also acts as a censor to assess the events and phenomena that it encounters. The study analysed the virtual personality of an Internet user as a psychological phenomenon; it describes such properties of a virtual personality as virtuality (the degree of acceptance of virtual reality as an environment in which social life is feasible), involvement (the level of knowledge of information and computer technologies and a sense of belonging to a virtual society) and orientation (the presence or absence of ideas about socially approved behaviour in Internet society). The article also analyses the results of an empirical study of the influence of the component of the meaning-life orientations of the value-semantic sphere of the individual on the properties of his virtual image. It was determined that there is a direct connection between the indicator of the life process and the level of involvement of the virtual personality (people with the perception of their life as filled with meaning and emotionally saturated in the Internet space have developed motivation for life activity) and that there is a direct connection between the indicator of the result of life and the level of orientation of the virtual personality (people with a subjectively assessed high level of self-realisation in the Internet space show a tendency towards normative behaviour).

scholarly journals Internet memes as a new sociocultural phenomenon

2021 ◽  
pp. 143-150
Author(s):  
Kirill Leonidovich Ryzhkov
Keyword(s):  
Social Life ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Development Communication ◽  
Modern Culture ◽  
Active Attention ◽  
Information Manipulation ◽  
Media Markets ◽  
The Government

The subject of this research is the Internet meme as a phenomenon in modern culture, while the object is the study of global Internet environment for the existence of this phenomenon. The author explores the role of the Internet meme in culture in the context of globalization and Internet development; communication function of the Internet meme in modern society; as well as the use of Internet memes as informational and semantic signals that affect the existing media markets. Special attention is given to interrelation between the Internet meme as a cultural object and the Internet as a global environment for people’s communication worldwide. The main conclusions lies in determination of the role of the Internet meme in the modern social life, as well as its place in the cultural sphere. The author's special contribution lies in description of the mechanisms of impact of the Internet memes on media markets, as well as the market and information field of news, advertising, marketing, and propaganda. The relevance of this work is defined by the analysis of emergence of the Internet meme not only as a result of creativity, but also as a commercial product and means of information manipulation. The novelty of consists in examination and analysis of such aspects of the Internet memes as a phenomenon that have become significant in the last few years, which is proven by the active attention paid of businesses and the government.

scholarly journals Public Health as a Social Issue: The Role of Digital Technologies Originating from the Internet & Big Data Era

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beinish Landa ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Education ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Digital Information ◽  
Level Of Evidence ◽  
Complex Development ◽  
Health Promoting ◽  
Modern Level ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Individual

Digitalisation is gradually penetrating all spheres of society The rationale for this study is the unprecedented measures taken by the President and the Government of the Russian Federation to encourage the population to engage in physical education and sport in order to preserve and improve health and increase the life expectancy of Russians. Federal targeted programmes have made it possible to build and commission thousands of modern sports complexes. The study was primarily aimed at the elaboration and implementation of a technique of digital information and diagnostic support of mass health surveillance. The research methodology developed at our University contains three process phases: measurement, calculations, and appraisal. The implementation of these procedures allows both the individual trajectory of the complex development of each subject and the processing of unlimited amounts of information concerning normative test takers. At each stage, digital technologies are used to generate the database, to store it, to process the results obtained and to pass them on to other organisations upon demand, making the achievements of the methodology transparent and open. The scientific novelty of the research lies in the fact that the methodology, by monitoring the dynamics of individual and collective achievements, handles information on all groups of the population in a prompt, reliable and valid manner and is used by us not only to modernise the process of physical education, but also to assess the health-promoting activities of any organisation. Digitisation originated from the Internet and BigData era, entails raising the level of evidence-based decision-making in physical education and sport to a new, modern level.

EXPERIENCE OF THE ANALYSIS OF PR SERVICE ACTIVITY OF REGIONAL AUTHORITIES (ON THE EXAMPLE OF THE OREL REGION)

2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 43-48
Author(s):  
Гостенина ◽  
Valentina Gostenina ◽  
Байрамов ◽  
Vagif Bayramov ◽  
Дорохова ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Public Relations ◽  
Formal Analysis ◽  
Document Analysis ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Internet Resource ◽  
Service Activity ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Government ◽  
Regional Authorities

The article is the result of the analysis of sites of regional authorities, characterizing the activity of PR services. The research methodology includes the use of the method of document analysis, comparative analysis and logical interpretation of the results set out in the form of conclusions on the affected issue. The document is understood as the site of the authority, like the media; non-formalized document analysis is used as a kind of method. The document analysis was conducted in June 2015. In the analysis the following sites are used for the regional legislative power of the Orel region - http://oreloblsovet.ru/, for the executive - http://orel-region.ru/, for the judiciary - http: //oblsud.orl .sudrf.ru /. The results of the study are the results of the analysis of documents (sites) and the conclusions of the authors of the article about the possibility of using non-formal analysis to the evaluation of the government activity, about the effectiveness of the various branches of the Internet resource as the main mechanism for public relations.

scholarly journals The Evaluation of Characteristics of Turkish Z Generation Living Abroad Through Graphology

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 363
Author(s):  
Neriman KARA
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Real Life ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Turkish People ◽  
The One ◽  
The Individual

The characteristics of Z generation individuals constituting the majority of today’s youth are quite different from those of previous generations’ individuals. The individuals of this generation who spend their each and every moment on the internet and live their social life on this environment can shape their real life with this virtual life as well. While the fact that they can reach any information they want at any time enables them to be more brilliant on the one hand, this also prevents their emotional intelligence from improving. These individuals have some features like being rather self-confident, independent, introvert, dissatisfied, communicating only via social media, knowing what they want, expressing themselves quite well and desire to have all the control on their hand. Besides observations and empirical studies, it’s also possible to evaluate the characteristics of the individuals and their lives by means of Graphology, whose validity and reliability have already been proved to be true and which has well-established in literature today. Graphology elicits the characteristics of the individual under the umbrella of the information based on his writing and signature. The aim of this study is to evaluate by means of Graphology whether the characteristics of Z generation living in Turkey and those of living in abroad are similar to each other or not. In this study, a group of 15 Turkish people living in England, who are Z generation individuals, will be investigated with the help of Graphology. Thanks to this study, Z generation individuals’ features already available in the literature in Turkey will be compared with the findings that will be available at the end of our study.

scholarly journals The internet is leading the world towards forms of totalitarianism: How to fix the problem

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Klaus Solberg Söilen
Keyword(s):  
Personal Data ◽  
Private Life ◽  
Western World ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Credit System ◽  
The West ◽  
Social Credit ◽  
Pull Out ◽  
The Government ◽  
The 1960S

It is difficult to imagine intelligence studies as separate from information technology as we enter thethird decade of the 21st century. The current issue of JISIB bears witness to this integration with a strongfocus on big data applications.Hardly anyone today would or could do without the internet, but the project that started with USgovernment financing in the 1960s, with packet switching, and in the 1970s with ARPANET and sawcommercial light in the 1990s is helping countries turn into totalitarian systems where totalitarianism isdefined by a high degree of control over public and private life.Public life is influenced by hacking, troll factories, fake news/propaganda, and interference inelections. Private life is influenced by massive surveillance. To borrow the title of the book by Zuboff(2019) we now live in “the age of surveillance capitalism”. Business intelligence systems lie at the heartof this transformation, but so do artificial intelligence and robotics. And the trend is global.In the West the suppressors are mostly private monopolies (e.g. Google, Facebook), while in the Eastit is primarily the government that is snooping (e.g. China’s Social Credit System). Face recognition islikely to become as popular in the West as it is in the East. It is also easily forgotten that no city wasbetter surveilled than London, which started to build its CCTV technology in the 1960s. The system isnow being updated with facial recognition, just like the one we are criticizing the Chinese for having.Some forms of surveillance may also lead to great advances in our societies, like access to governmentforms and statements electronically and a non-anonymous Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), whichpromises to reduce corruption and tax fraud, and could be used for easy distribution of universal basicincome (UBI) . Fintech promises to be highly disruptive.We are moving into an Orwellian world of surveillance more or less voluntarily, often applauding it.“I have nothing to hide” the young man says, but then he later becomes a minister and starts to worryabout the traces he has left on keyboards. The Five Eyes intelligence alliance, or any other major service,can pull out extensive analyses of behavior and personality on most of us now as we continue to exchangeour personal data for access to searches and social media, but also subscription-based services. MostChinese think that the social credit system is a good thing. This is for much of the same reason: theybelieve it will not be used against them and think that they will do well. We all tend to be overoptimisticabout our abilities and opportunities. It’s not before we fail that the full implications of the system arefelt: lack of access, credit, housing, and no more preferential treatments. The result threatens to worsenthe lack of social mobility and increase the growing conflict between the super-rich and those hundredsof millions who risk slipping from the middle class to being counted among the poor, many of whom livein the Western world.

Intermediation and Innovation Contests on the Internet

2017 ◽  
pp. 104-122
Author(s):  
Isabelle Liotard ◽  
Valérie Revest
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Intellectual Property ◽  
Service Provision ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Business Transactions ◽  
Research And Innovation ◽  
New Form ◽  
Similarities And Differences ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Web

The aim of this chapter is to analyse the emergence of a new form of hybrid research, resulting from the meeting of the Internet and an old practice revitalized by the Web: innovation contests. Through the study of two specific systems, the private platform Innocentive.com and the government-related platform Challenge.gov, we propose to highlight the particularities of these two recent models of research and innovation organisation. We also seek to identify the main similarities and differences in the forms of intermediation practised by these two platforms and particularly as regards the range of service provision: provide information, guidance and expertise, create and conduct business transactions, solve complex challenges, manage Intellectual Property issues. This comparative analysis illustrates the great malleability of the system of online contests, which can thus adapt to very diverse needs on the part of sponsors and take into account the specificity of the required innovations.

scholarly journals The initiation of the students’ meaning formation via the meaning essay

2020 ◽  
Vol 210 ◽  
pp. 18059
Author(s):  
Svetlana Bezoluk ◽  
Elena Azarko ◽  
Veronika Sannikova ◽  
Olga Derezko
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Social Studies ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Empirical Work ◽  
Value Orientations ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Virtual Communication ◽  
Personal Meanings ◽  
The Social ◽  
Two Age Groups

The author's approach to the technology of “meaning essay” is proposed as a method of initiating the meaning formation of students; the author's interpretation of the term "meaning essay" is given. The authors emphasize the importance of methods and technologies for meaning formation as effective meaning techniques used in the conditions of transformation of education during the transition to the official distance learning. Among the typical disadvantages of “distance education” are discussed the following ones: changes in the form of interaction between teacher and student, decrease of the emotional contact and loss of the emotional connection, transition from the "real" communication - to "virtual" communication via the Internet communications. An "essay" technology is considered from the position of meaning formation. Also the possibilities of a meaning essay as a meaning technique for lessons of the social and humanitarian subjects are shown. A theoretical comparative analysis of the "essays" and "compositions" is carried out. The following mechanisms of initiating the formation of students' meanings are shown: through involvement into the dialogue, actualization of personal meanings and empathy, the comprehension of socialized meanings through awareness and understanding of attitudes, contradictions, values and emotional codes. The article presents the analysis of the value orientations according to the method of M. Rokeach and the content analysis of the semantic sphere of the schoolchildren of two age groups: 12-13 and 16-17 years old. The empirical work carried out allows to form possible themes of the "meaning essays" in relation to social studies lessons for the students of the secondary schools 12-13 years old (the seventh grade).

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