scholarly journals Manifestation of interest of the Russian youth for politicized content on the Internet: towards the holistic analytical model

2021 ◽  
pp. 51-61
Author(s):  
Dmitry Rudenkin ◽  
Dmitrii Valer'evich Trynov
Keyword(s):  
Analytical Model ◽  
Human Science ◽  
Political Information ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Traditional Media ◽  
Internet Behavior ◽  
Alternative Sources ◽  
Analytical Practice

This article is written in the theoretical-methodological genre. The key goal lies in the revision and systematization of versatile analytical hypotheses proposed by social and human science in order to explain the interest of Russian youth in politicized information content on the Internet. It is noted that the current analytical practice faces a fundamental contradiction between the prevalence of reflections of the scholars on the significant role of the Internet in development of the political moods and attitudes of the Russian youth audience and the absence  the well-established scientific representation on the reasons why there is a need to search  for political information namely on the Internet. This article aims to clarify this contradiction. Theoretical-methodological analysis is conducted on the disparate ideas used by social and human science to explain and interpret the heighted interest of Russian youth in the online politicized content. Procedurally, the work leans on the analysis of relevant current scientific literature for the period from 2015 to 2020 dedicated to examination of the patterns of Internet behavior and political culture of modern Russian youth. The conclusion is made that there are several versions that explain the heightened interest of Russian youth in politicized information on the Internet, which logically correspond with each other, but are usually not being generalized. Having summarized these versions into a single analytical model, the authors indicate the key reason for the heightened interest of Russian youth in political information on the Internet is the low level of trust in the traditional media, which forces them to seek the alternative sources of information on topics of concern online.

scholarly journals Campaign-Specific Information and Media Effects

2017 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean-Francois Daoust ◽  
Katherine V.R. Sullivan
Keyword(s):  
Digital Media ◽  
Selection Bias ◽  
Political Information ◽  
Specific Information ◽  
Bias Effect ◽  
Specific Knowledge ◽  
Traditional Media ◽  
Electoral Democracy ◽  
Nous Utilisons

Background  This article aims to revisit the role of digital media in acquiring campaign-specific information.Analysis  We use datasets from the Making Electoral Democracy Work project that include campaign-specific questions to analyze six regions in three democracies (Canada, Spain, and France).Conclusion and implications  Results demonstrate that voters have a moderate level of campaign-specific knowledge and that traditional media are, at first glance, more useful to acquire political information. Nevertheless, when in interaction with partisanship, traditional media display a surprisingly greater selection bias effect and appear less useful to acquire information. We thus argue that digital media are in fact not more vulnerable to potential echo chambers that would lead to a homogenous information environment.Contexte  Cet article cherche revoir le rôle numériques des medias dans l’acquisition d’information de campagne.Analyse  Nous utilisons les données du projet Making Electoral Democracy Work qui inclut des question d’information politique spécifiques de campagnes électorales pour analyser six regions dans trois démocraties (Canada, Espagne et France).Conclusion et implications  Les résultats démontrent que les électeurs ont un niveau modéré d’information politique de campagnes électorales et que les medias traditionnels sont, à première vue, plus utiles pour en faire l’acquisition. Néanmoins, en interaction avec les individus partisans, ces médias traditionnels sont l’objet d’un biais de sélection plus important et apparaissent donc moins utiles. Nous soutenons donc que les médias numériques ne sont pas plus vulnérable aux de chambre d’écho qui mènerait à un environnement d’information homogène.

scholarly journals The Internet as a Moral Mediator. The Quest for Democracy

1970 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 230-238
Author(s):  
Emanuele Bardone ◽  
Lorenzo Magnani
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
The Political ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Traditional Media ◽  
Cognitive Framework ◽  
Access Information ◽  
The Government ◽  
Different Sources ◽  
The Web

Recently the impressive growth of the Web, and the Internet in general, has been considered as a promise that may both challenge and boost our representation of democratic institutions. It is well known that modern democracies are based on the possibility to control and even replace who rules by the force of the best arguments. More generally, the control of the government, and the effectiveness of democracy, is possible, if the citizens can access information. Hence, the promise of the Internet mainly relies on the fact that people may more freely access information, because it seems it cannot be controlled or manipulated by the political power. In the first part of this outline we will depict a cognitive framework to deal with the relationships between Internet and democracy. We shall show that Internet, as an information technology, can be considered as a cognitive and moral mediator; it can provide stories, texts, images, combined with sounds, so that the information fosters not only a cognitive, but also an emotional and moral understanding. In this sense, the Internet represents a kind of redistribution of the moral effort through managing objects and information to overcome the poverty and the unsatisfactory character of the options available. In the last part we will illustrate that Internet, as a moral mediator, may enhance democracy in two respects. First, it affords civic engagement and participation; second, it allows people to face different sources of information so that almost everyone can verify and test the information delivered by traditional media.

scholarly journals A Healthy Mind in a Healthy Body—Recipes for a Healthy Living as Seen in Polish Vlogs

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 116-129 ◽  
Author(s):  
Agnieszka Maj
Keyword(s):  
Social Space ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Relevant Information ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Healthy Lifestyles ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
The Social ◽  
Polish Society ◽  
The Many

The fashion for leading a healthy lifestyle has recently reached Polish society. Inspired by exposure through the mass media, many people have decided to introduce changes into the way they eat and exercise, primarily in order to become healthier and slimmer. According to recent surveys, one of the most popular sources of information concerning healthy lifestyles is, of course, the Internet. It is an extremely functional tool that allows its users not only the possibility to find the relevant information they need, but it also helps them create their own resources containing advice and information for other like-minded users. This article analyzes examples of Polish vlogs posted on the Youtube.pl platform that are principally devoted to improving fitness, as well as showing the most effective ways to lose weight. The four main areas of focus investigated are: the vloggers’ motivations for creating and publishing videos, the vloggers’ reference to their own bodies, the reasons they offer for seeking a healthier way of living, the vloggers’ bodies as their representation in the social space of the Internet, and the role of the Internet community in the many processes in helping people become slimmer.

scholarly journals The Role of Parents in Problematic Internet Use among US Adolescents

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 24-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy Bleakley ◽  
Morgan Ellithorpe ◽  
Daniel Romer
Keyword(s):  
Parental Monitoring ◽  
Internet Use ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Parental Mediation ◽  
Problematic Internet Use ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Television Content ◽  
Internet Behavior ◽  
Role Of Parents

The internet has transformed the way youth communicate, learn, and network, with implications for their broader social, psychological, and physical health and well-being. With the technological capability of accessing the internet from anywhere, at any time, paired with the enormous variety of internet activities in which youth engage—from social networking to chatting to streaming videos to playing games to watching television content—instances of problematic internet behavior have emerged. We conducted an online national survey of 629 US adolescents ages 12–17 years old and a matching survey of one of their parents. We investigated the relationship between problematic internet behavior and parental monitoring, parental mediation of internet use, and parental estimates of their adolescent’s time spent using computers. Analyses showed that problematic internet use was associated with less parental monitoring and parental mediation and poorer parental relationships. Adolescents that spent a lot of time on the computer were also more likely to engage in problematic internet use. Although we cannot determine the direction of the relationships, results support the important role of parents in adolescents’ problematic internet use.

scholarly journals The preferences in selecting dietary supplements used in slimming

2016 ◽  
Vol 126 (4) ◽  
pp. 170-174 ◽  
Author(s):  
Izabela Cichocka ◽  
Jan Krupa
Keyword(s):  
Weight Loss ◽  
Dietary Supplements ◽  
Dietary Supplement ◽  
Health Risks ◽  
Pharmaceutical Market ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
The People ◽  
The Moment

Abstract Introduction. The interest in weight loss supplements can be noticed in Poland at the moment. It is related to people’s trying to look good as fast as possible. The pharmaceutical market puts an emphasis only on the benefits and majority of the people purchasing the supplements do not regard doctor’s advice as necessary. Therefore, in order to learn about consumers’ awareness about the use of dietary supplements is gaining importance. Aim. The objective of the study was to gain knowledge about choice preferences of dietary supplements used in weight loss, like also to learn about consumer’s awareness about the use of dietary supplements. Material and methods. An anonymous survey was conducted in Mielec in 2015 among 112 women. The questionnaire included questions concerning their knowledge of dietary supplements, the type and amount of consumption, the reasons for using supplements, benefits and health risks of their use. Results. 90.2% of women admitted that they are using or they used dietary supplements in order to reduce weight. Respondents most often derive the information about these preparations from the pharmacist (62.5%), television (46.4%), a doctor (36.6%), radio (30.4%), the Internet (29.5%). 72.4% of female respondents pay attention to the composition of dietary supplement, with the emphasis on the amount of the ingredients (64.3%), its dosage (55.4%), the origin of the ingredients (natural or synthetic) (37.5%). Female respondents prefer dietary supplements either in the form of tablets (83.9%) and capsules (54.7%), as well as in liquid (52.7%). Conclusions. Respondents showed an increased interest in supplements used for weight loss and they usually use it in forms of tablets and capsules. As the role of the Internet increases, it is necessary to educate consumers about ability to search reliable sources of information about dietary supplements used for weight loss.

Assessing the climate of public opinion in the user comments era: A new epistemology

Journalism ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (6) ◽  
pp. 772-787 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oren Soffer
Keyword(s):  
Public Opinion ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Traditional Media ◽  
Statistical Assessment ◽  
Digital Era ◽  
User Comments ◽  
News Websites ◽  
Persuasive Press Inference

This article examines the role of user comments in evaluating the climate of public opinion. It aims to evaluate the relevance of quasi-statistical assessment of public opinion – which was tailored to traditional media – to the digital era. The article, based on 21 interviews with Israeli users of news websites, argues that comments-browsing on the Internet gives a new meaning to the notion of a quasi-statistical assessment of public opinion. The aggregation of different comments, each of which contains an implicit cue for the climate of public opinion, transforms them together into a direct cue. The effect of the merging of journalistic contents with user-generated contents side-by-side on the same website is also evaluated through the perspectives of persuasive press inference and exemplification theories.

scholarly journals The Internet as a Moral Mediator. The Quest for Democracy

1970 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 230-238
Author(s):  
Emanuele Bardone ◽  
Lorenzo Magnani
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
The Political ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Traditional Media ◽  
Cognitive Framework ◽  
Access Information ◽  
The Government ◽  
Different Sources ◽  
The Web

Recently the impressive growth of the Web, and the Internet in general, has been considered as a promise that may both challenge and boost our representation of democratic institutions. It is well known that modern democracies are based on the possibility to control and even replace who rules by the force of the best arguments. More generally, the control of the government, and the effectiveness of democracy, is possible, if the citizens can access information. Hence, the promise of the Internet mainly relies on the fact that people may more freely access information, because it seems it cannot be controlled or manipulated by the political power. In the first part of this outline we will depict a cognitive framework to deal with the relationships between Internet and democracy. We shall show that Internet, as an information technology, can be considered as a cognitive and moral mediator; it can provide stories, texts, images, combined with sounds, so that the information fosters not only a cognitive, but also an emotional and moral understanding. In this sense, the Internet represents a kind of redistribution of the moral effort through managing objects and information to overcome the poverty and the unsatisfactory character of the options available. In the last part we will illustrate that Internet, as a moral mediator, may enhance democracy in two respects. First, it affords civic engagement and participation; second, it allows people to face different sources of information so that almost everyone can verify and test the information delivered by traditional media.

scholarly journals The end of hypocrisy: Online activism and ethno-political conflicts

2016 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 105 ◽  
Author(s):  
Georgios Terzis
Keyword(s):  
Mass Communication ◽  
Civil Disobedience ◽  
Political Conflict ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Traditional Media ◽  
The Past ◽  
Political Conflicts ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Online Activism

In the past twenty years, democratic participation through activism and civil disobedience has been increasingly expanded with the evolution of information and communication technology. It is assumed that the role of traditional media is not as influential as it once was due to the growing presence of self-made war journalists, hacktivists and whistleblowers, facilitated through the potential of the internet. The use of the latter as a tool from which information is disseminated rapidly, is fast influencing societal understanding and exposure to issues as they develop. Social media demonstrates precisely this phenomenon, in which people are able to accrue information and act upon it through mass communication and mobilisation. This article will therefore endeavor to analyse the evolution of media in conjunction with activism, from traditional media ethno-political conflict reporting, to today’s whistleblowers and hacktivists that use the internet as their main platform. By factoring in these different aspects, this article is able to present a detailed account of the advantages and drawbacks of the latest developments in internet and technology, with special emphasis being placed on the role of online activism.

scholarly journals Information Access Skills in Mothers as Containment of Internet Negative Impact

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Putri Limilia ◽  
Benazir Bona P.
Keyword(s):  
Information Seeking ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Information Access ◽  
Moderate Level ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
High Penetration ◽  
Level Information ◽  
High Skill

<p>Media and Information Literacy (MIL) skills was<em> </em>one of the skills that must be possessed by netizens. These skills become important in the effort of coping with the negative impact of the internet. The high penetration of the internet is not followed by the high skill of MIL. Therefore, the writers are interested to know the skills of information and media literacy (access skills) in mothers. This study uses descriptive quantitative method by using questionnaires as means of data collection. The result of the study shows that mothers tend to have moderate-level information access skills. The skills are reflected in the skills of mothers at moderate level in understanding the role of information, seeking sources of information, accessing information effectively and efficiently, and storing information.</p>

Linking Dimensions of Internet Use and Civic Engagement

2005 ◽  
Vol 82 (3) ◽  
pp. 571-586 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia Moy ◽  
Edith Manosevitch ◽  
Keith Stamm ◽  
Kate Dunsmore
Keyword(s):  
Civic Engagement ◽  
Internet Use ◽  
Predictor Variable ◽  
Community Study ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Civic Life ◽  
Traditional Media

Given scholars' concerns with media influences on civic life, it is not surprising that researchers have begun to focus on how the Internet may enhance or erode levels of civic engagement. Collectively, however, these studies are rife with inconsistencies in the explication and operationalization of the predictor variable, Internet use. This study investigates the role of Internet use in shaping civic engagement, looking specifically at multiple conceptualizations and measurements. Results from a community study (N = 301) indicate nuanced relationships between dimensions of Internet use and forms of civic engagement. These relationships are discussed in light of citizens' use of more traditional media.

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