scholarly journals Digital Diplomacy in Russian-European Relations: Cross-Cultural Aspects

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 30-40
Author(s):  
E. S. Zinovieva ◽  
V. I. Bulva
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Web 2.0 ◽  
Intercultural Communication ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
International Organizations ◽  
Web 2.0 Technologies ◽  
Eu Countries ◽  
Digital Diplomacy ◽  
The Eu

The development of information and communication technologies and formation of the global information society actualizes the study of new directions in the evolution of diplomatic practice in the digital environment, including in the context of intercultural communication. The modern information revolution is characterized by the widespread and ever-growing use of social networks, blogs, wiki resources and other media platforms (labelled under the common term of Web 2.0 technologies). At the same time, the widespread use of Web 2.0 technologies and the increasing amount of time people all over the world spend there has a wide and profound impact on political and intercultural communication and diplomatic practice. A new phenomenon of digital diplomacy is gaining prominence among foreign policy tools of states and international organizations. Digital diplomacy can be defined as the use of social networks and Web 2.0 technologies in public diplomacy and international interaction by states and international organizations to achieve foreign policy goals and reach foreign audiences. According to the traditional view of digital diplomacy, which has developed in the academic literature, and is reflected in the works of authors such as M. Castells and J. Nye, it helps to strengthen network ties at the level of civil societies in different countries and thus reduces international conflicts. However, cultural differences and digital polarization can impede the potential of digital diplomacy. Today, almost all states and international organizations in the global arena are involved in the practice of digital diplomacy, and Russia is no exception. Russia actively participates in the digital diplomacy practice, by using social media and Web 2.0 tools as soft power instruments to introduce and explain foreign policy initiatives and reach foreign and domestic audiences, as stated in the Doctrine of the Information Security of Russian Federation of 2016. For Russia's foreign policy, relations with the EU countries and EU institutions are of particular importance, including in the digital sphere. However, even though both Russia and the EU countries make extensive use of digital diplomacy tools, the practice of horizontal network interaction mediated by digital technologies does not contribute to strengthening trust between countries and reducing conflicts. The authors consider incidents and allegations in the sphere of digital interaction and, based on the theory of digital polarization, conclude that the use of digital tools in horizontal interactions within digital diplomacy exacerbates intercultural differences between countries and increases conflict instead of improving mutual understanding.

scholarly journals e-Diplomacy as Instrument for Establishment of Interethnic Relations

2018 ◽  
Vol 50 ◽  
pp. 01144
Author(s):  
Liudmila Reshetnikova
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Public Diplomacy ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Interethnic Relations ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Digital Diplomacy

The article is devoted to e-diplomacy (also known as digital diplomacy) which is a component of public diplomacy. Digital diplomacy is a one of the new tools of foreign policy that is aimed to solve the problems of international and interethnic relations. The article examines the concept and definition of digital diplomacy that concentrates on the use of social networks and digital media in the field of foreign policy. Some risks and threats of e-diplomacy are also considered. The use of opportunities of information and communication technologies for solving the problems of foreign policy and influence on mass consciousness by means of the Internet, social networks is analyzed.

Features of the use of digital diplomacy by foreign policy agencies and international organizations

2020 ◽  
pp. 96-105
Author(s):  
O. Karpovich ◽  
G. Troyanskiy
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Public Opinion ◽  
Mass Media ◽  
International Organizations ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Traditional Methods ◽  
Digital Diplomacy

Along with traditional methods of providing information through mass media (periodicals, television and radio), digital sources are also widely used in the modern world, which, although not officially registered mass media, play no less a role in shaping public opinion. The emergence of personal blogs, «live magazines», Internet sites and social networks opened a new platform and provided new opportunities. There are actors of various sizes, from presidents of major States to Housewives, from businessmen to human rights activists. Foreign policy is one of the most popular topics.

The Impact of Web 2.0 Technologies on the Learning Experience of Students in Higher Education

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Afaf Mubarak Bugawa ◽  
Andri Mirzal
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Networks ◽  
Web 2.0 ◽  
Student Learning ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Learning Experiences ◽  
Traditional Classrooms ◽  
Web 2.0 Technologies ◽  
The Impact

This article describes how the use of Web 2.0 technologies in the field of learning is on the rise. By their nature, Web 2.0 technologies increase the interactivity between users where interactivity is considered to be a key to success in traditional classrooms. This article reviews recent studies in the field of Web 2.0 technologies for learning and their impacts on the learning experiences and investigates relationship between Web 2.0 technologies and pedagogy in higher education on student learning. Key findings about the impacts of using social networks like Facebook, Twitter, blogs and wikis on learning experiences are also discussed. Web 2.0 technologies' characteristics and the rationale of Web 2.0 technologies in learning will also be explored.

Extending Social Network Diagrams for Large Scale Collaboration

2012 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
I.T. Hawryszkiewycz
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Web 2.0 ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Policy Planning ◽  
Web 2.0 Technologies ◽  
Enterprise Social Networks ◽  
Cloud Technologies ◽  
Common Vision ◽  
Network Diagrams

The chapter provides a way for modeling large scale collaboration using an extension to social network diagrams called enterprise social networks (ESNs). The chapter uses the ESN diagrams to describe activities in policy planning and uses these to define the services to be provided by cloud technologies to support large scale collaboration. This chapter describes collaboration by an architecture made up of communities each with a role to ensure that collaboration is sustainable. The architecture is based on the idea of an ensemble of communities all working to a common vision supported by services provided by the collaboration cloud using Web 2.0 technologies.

scholarly journals E-Government clusters in the EU based on the Gaussian Mixture Models

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (35) ◽  
pp. 6-20
Author(s):  
Armenia ANDRONICEANU ◽  
Jani KINNUNEN ◽  
Irina GEORGESCU
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Public Investment ◽  
Gaussian Mixture Models ◽  
Gaussian Mixture ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Eu Countries ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The Eu

The use of advanced ICT technologies and the support of new ways of thinking, acting and working in public administration, together with the increased provision of information and interactive services accessible through various channels, is the foundation of eGovernment. In recent years, there has been visible progress in all EU countries in terms of the general framework for e-government strategy, which is based on best practices and methodologies. The aim of our research is to discover the way in which the EU states are situated from the point of view of the digitalization of the administration. For this I used Gaussian models. The main research parameters were: accessibility; transparency, investments in information and communication technologies and investments in infrastructure related to public administrations in EU countries. The results show significant differences between state administrations. We applied Gaussian Mixture Model clustering in order to make an analysis of the national E-government situation in the European Union for 2018. The GMM algorithm estimated six clusters. We find that the first cluster, with Nordic countries, Netherlands and Austria, has the highest values of telecommunication infrastructure, citizens’ access to e-government services and Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index. At the opposite pole, in cluster 2, Romania and Bulgaria have the lowest values of these three indicators, while their public investment levels are not significantly under EU averages. Our research provides not only an overview of the digitization of administrations, but also what are the main lags that state administrations have to recover in order to reach a digital system integrated into the EU's administrative space.

scholarly journals Social Media And Networking Technologies: An Analysis Of Collaborative Work And Team Communication

2012 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 295 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ephraim A. Okoro ◽  
Angela Hausman ◽  
Melvin C. Washington
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Web 2.0 ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Group Work ◽  
Collaborative Work ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Active Engagement ◽  
Web 2.0 Technologies ◽  
Quality Instruction ◽  
Networking Technologies

Digital communication increases students learning outcomes in higher education. Web 2.0 technologies encourages students active engagement, collaboration, and participation in class activities, facilitates group work, and encourages information sharing among students. Familiarity with organizational use and sharing in social networks aids students who are expected to be facile in these technologies upon graduation (Benson, Filippaios, and Morgan, 2010). Faculty members become coaches, monitoring and providing feedback to students rather than directing activities. While Web 2.0 technologies, including social networks, may act as a distraction in a teaching environment, our findings suggest that effective social networking in learning environments sustain quality instruction and skills-development in business education.

Social Web Services Research Roadmap

2013 ◽  
pp. 220-233 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zakaria Maamar ◽  
Jamal Bentahar ◽  
Noura Faci ◽  
Philippe Thiran
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Web Services ◽  
Web 2.0 ◽  
Social Web ◽  
Web 2.0 Technologies ◽  
Services Research ◽  
Security Engineering ◽  
Widespread Adoption ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
New Research

There is a growing interest in the research and industry communities to examine the possible weaving of social elements into Web services-based applications. This interest is backed by the widespread adoption of Web 2.0 technologies and tools developed using various online means such as social networks and blogs. Social Web services incorporate the result of this weaving and are concerned with establishing relationships with their peers like people do daily. This chapter reviews the recent developments in this new topic and identifies new research opportunities and directions that are still unexplored such as security, engineering, reputation, trust, and argumentation.

Utilizing Social Networks and Web 2.0 Technologies in Education

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isidoros Perikos ◽  
Foteini Grivokostopoulou ◽  
Konstantinos Kovas ◽  
Ioannis Hatzilygeroudis
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Web 2.0 ◽  
Web 2.0 Technologies

scholarly journals Development of Skills of Intercultural Communication in the Process of Studying at Higher Educational Institutions

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (7) ◽  
pp. 243
Author(s):  
Oksana V. Balanaieva ◽  
Hanna M. Salashchenko ◽  
Kateryna V. Shurupova ◽  
Anastasiia O. Devos ◽  
Alla I. Romanchuk
Keyword(s):  
Web 2.0 ◽  
Intercultural Communication ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Web 2.0 Technologies ◽  
Higher Educational Institutions ◽  
Internet Resources ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Higher Educational

The article proves that the need for the development of intercultural communication skills in the learning process is due to external causes of globalization and internal requirements of the modern ethnocultural situation in Ukraine, as well as the needs of pedagogical science, which takes into account global development trends: anthropocentrism, search for value orientations and new worldview, the need for acquisition of intercultural interaction skills that ensure competitiveness in the global community. According to the author, the skills of intercultural communication of future specialists are characterized by the integrity of formation of personal qualities and abilities, the ability to switch from one culture-specific code to another, taking into account their differences, flexibly vary communication strategies and tactics, maintain a positive attitude; choice of verbal and non-verbal means. In this regard, the author proposed the idea of using Web 2.0 in the formation of intercultural communication skills. Experimental application of a special method of working with educational Internet resources based on Web 2.0 technologies was tested in the Practical English academic course. It was found that the use of Web 2.0 in the development of intercultural communication skills in the process of studying at higher educational institutions opens up a wide range of opportunities for educational practice: the use of free electronic resources used for educational purposes; independent creation of network content; interpersonal interactions of the subjects of the educational process. To analyse the results obtained and objectively consider the dynamics of changes in the level of development of intercultural communication skills, control and measuring materials selected were the assignments of the Level 6 Certificate of General Language Proficiency (CAE Advanced) and a test to determine the level of development of learning strategies - the Strategy Inventory for Language Learning (SILL) Version 7.0. It was found that the use of educational Internet resources based on Web 2.0 technologies activates the professionally significant qualities of future specialists, the ability to carry out intercultural communication, expands the horizons of the worldview and the sphere of professional activity to the maximum possible extent, professional mobility, which is a condition and basis of professionalism and mastery. The proposed methods, techniques and technologies can be used regardless of the foreign language and have transnational significance.

scholarly journals Comparison of the digital economy development parameters in the EU countries in the context of bridging the digital divide

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 206-218 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vladimir Bilozubenko ◽  
Olha Yatchuk ◽  
Elżbieta Wolanin ◽  
Tetiana Serediuk ◽  
Maxim Korneyev
Keyword(s):  
Digital Divide ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Digital Economy ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Mean Values ◽  
Eu Countries ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Decision Tree Method ◽  
The Eu

The widespread use of information and communication technologies and subsequent transformations have led to the formation of a digital economy (DE). The European Union, as an international organization, has become the subject of building such an economy, striving to bring member countries closer in the field of digitalization.The aim of this paper is to compare the DE development parameters of the EU countries based on cluster analysis and determine the most significant of them to solve the problems of bridging the digital divide between countries. For clustering, a feature DE vector of 20 indicators was created and the k-means algorithm and the Euclidean distance metric were used. For classification, the decision tree method was applied.Three clusters of EU countries were identified by the level of DE development (leaders, followers and outsiders), which allowed assessing their positions relative to each other. Key parameters that determine countries’ positions in the general rating are identified. A parameter chart is generated to control the establishment of DE in the EU countries, which, in addition to key parameters, includes maximum, minimum and harmonic mean values of these parameters by cluster. This characterizes the landscape of DE development in the EU countries, assesses the digital divide and is the basis for decision-making in the area of bridging this divide.

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