scholarly journals Dimensions of a “New Sincerity” in Modern Political Communication

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (6) ◽  
pp. 216-227
Author(s):  
Oxana S. Issers
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Political Communication ◽  
Information Transfer ◽  
Public Discourse ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Media Environment ◽  
Modern Media ◽  
The People ◽  
Universal Values ◽  
Election Results

Purpose. The purpose of the study is connected to the projection of the artistic concept of a “new sincerity” into the politics. Formed at the end of 20th century in art and literature the trend of the “new sincerity” is considered to be related to modern political discourse. The “new sincerity” is found in overcoming the destructive power of irony and the revival of time-tested universal values. Supporters of the “new sincerity” seek in their work to revive those values that leave people vulnerable to the outside world, but make them more humane following David Foster Wallace – an American ideologist and popularizer of this trend. The author of the article proceeds from the premise that the modern media environment is disposed to manifestations of the “new sincerity” and creates conditions for the penetration of this trend into the sphere of political communication. Results. The “new sincerity” in politics is understood as open positioning of politicians through self-identification and offer of the same open position to their addressees. Examples of this communicative trend in political discursive practices are presented by texts of different genres in the present study. Congratulation of the Ukrainian people on the New Year’s day by the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky (2020) serves as the example of the destruction of the format of the New Year’s speech of the head of state on the basis of the “new sincerity” strategy. The pre-election leaflet of the Moscow politician and public figure Maxim Katz is analyzed as an example violating the genre standards of electoral campaigning. The effectiveness of the new way of communication with the voter was confirmed by the election results. The negative effects of the “new sincerity” in public discourse are illustrated by the frank statements of politicians, deputies, officials, destroying their image as elected representatives of the people. The flip side of the “new sincerity” is that the speed and viral nature of the information transfer in new media allow people to give high-profile representation to anyone to the fullest, but at the same time they are not only represented, but also “undressed”. Conclusion. The author believes that the trend of the “new political sincerity” is being formed in the modern media environment, where the seriousness of the conversation is combined with the confidence of intonation and the explication of the personal principle of the politician, and universal values prevail over state ideologies. On the other hand, modern communication technologies do not leave a chance to conceal information about the “unpredictable sincerity” of politicians and officials, which becomes objects of critical reflection in the new media reality.

Reaching the Base

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
George C. Edwards
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Media Environment ◽  
White House ◽  
The Public ◽  
Modern Media ◽  
The People ◽  
Technological Advances ◽  
The Press ◽  
Use Of The Internet

This chapter examines how the president harnesses the technological advances of new forms of media to reach and potentially mobilize supporters. The White House has embraced the latest technology to take its case to the people. At its core, the new modes of communication offer an opportunity to bypass the press and communicate directly with the public. The chapter first considers the fragmentation of the modern media environment before discussing the potential for the president to exploit the new media to signal likely supporters and reinforce their predispositions to back his initiatives. In particular, it cites Barack Obama’s use of the Internet, and more specifically social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Flickr, as well as his mobilization of supporters via Organizing for America and Organizing for Action. It also evaluates some of the challenges the new communications environment presents for the White House and the president.

scholarly journals Emirati Youth's Attitudes Towards Citizenship Values (Applied Study on A Sample of Students of The Emirates College of Technology and Al Ain University of Science and Technology) April 2020

2021 ◽  
Vol 03 (01) ◽  
Author(s):  
Taher Awad Basha
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
New Media ◽  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Cultural Symbols ◽  
Community Initiatives ◽  
The People ◽  
The Media ◽  
Effects Of Media

This research aims to identify the attitudes of Emirati youth towards citizenship and their level of awareness of it and to determine the extent of their commitment to those values by Identifying their contribution to promoting the values of citizenship and strengthening the values of belonging, loyalty, and positive participation What is the relationship between young people's awareness of the concept of citizenship and translating this reality into practical images. Then stand on the level of commitment to the values of citizenship among Emirati youth and how they can contribute to strengthening the values of rights, duties, and social responsibility. The study also aimed to identify the threats to the values of citizenship from the point of view of young people in light of the increasing media openness, socially, culturally, security, and economically. It emerged through the results that the vast majority of respondents are fully aware of the concept of citizenship and feel proud that they are citizens of the United Arab Emirates. Furthermore, it was found through the results of the study that there are no negative effects of the presence of expatriate workers and the multiplicity of nationalities within the country working to weaken the concept of citizenship among the sample members. The recommendations of the study included the following: 1 / The need to give the concept of citizenship the utmost importance in the media and educational curricula. 2 / The need to support and strengthen the concept of citizenship among young people by launching community initiatives led by young people themselves. 3 / Immunizing youth against the negative effects of media openness and new media by focusing on developing citizenship values. 4 / Paying attention to historical, religious, and cultural symbols and promoting them through the means of tourism to enhance the concept of citizenship for the people of the same country with the importance of motivating young people to loyalty to the homeland, pride in its heritage and adhere to its customs.

scholarly journals Dziecko konsumentem internetu

2021 ◽  
pp. 77-87
Author(s):  
Justyna Mielnik
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Electronic Devices ◽  
Modern Technology ◽  
Modern World ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Dynamic Changes ◽  
Modern Media ◽  
The World ◽  
The Media

A Child is an Internet’s Consumer We live in very strange times. Dynamic changes are taking place in front of our eyes. Every day, new, innovative devices, programs and software are created. The world has sped up and people have to adapt to it in the best way possible. Being able to filter so much information is not easy for adults, and even harder for children that are just learning everything. Therefore, it is worth asking yourself whether everything that the world gives us is good, and if not, can we see it? If so, can we protect children from the negative effects of new media and modern technology and teach them to use wisely the benefits of today? The article describes the media, their importance in the modern world and their split. Social media, which are currently considered one of the greatest achievements of mankind, as well as the Internet, where its functions, advantages, but also the dangers it brings are presented in more detailed way. Television, which plays an important role in family life, is also described in this work. The next chapter presents the results of the own research. During the interviews, the students answered questions about what electronic devices they use most often, what websites they use most often, what time they spend in front of the screen/on the Internet and if they know the dangers of using the Internet. In addition, during the study, students’ knowledge of the advantages of using the Internet was tested, why they use internet and how people using internet are controlled. The conclusions of this study are varied. What is the most importantly, we still don’t know exactly how to keep children protected from modern media. Among parents and teachers there is a lot of missing knowledge. It is important to educate teachers, parents but as well children about that. All this can help us to ensure that young people, as well as adults, will only the benefits from what the modern world offer them.

scholarly journals How Simple Messages Affect Voters' Knowledge and Their Perceptions of Politicians - Evidence From a Large-Scale Survey Experiment

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Bischof ◽  
Roman Senninger
Keyword(s):  
Political Communication ◽  
Political Discourse ◽  
Public Discourse ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Survey Experiment ◽  
Donald Trump ◽  
The People ◽  
Simple Language ◽  
Large Scale Survey ◽  
New Generation

Public discourse is increasingly concerned with the way that politicians communicate. This is fuelled by a new generation of politicians, such as Donald Trump, Boris Johnson, and representatives of populist parties, who evidently communicate less sophisticated than mainstream politicians. However, the question of whether and how linguistic styles affect citizens is largely unexplored. We argue that both citizens and politicians might benefit from simple political communication. First, mechanically, citizens should have a better chance to understand political positions if political discourse is less sophisticated. Second, linguistic simplicity can function as a heuristic for citizens by signaling that politicians are among the "people" instead of being part of the "elites". We test our arguments using a pre-registered three-wave vignette survey experiment in Germany (N = 5,800). Our findings show that simple messages (as compared to sophisticated messages) indeed increase citizens' comprehension of political positions. Moreover, we find that citizens use language sophistication as a heuristic to fill informational gaps about politicians. Politicians who communicate less sophisticated are perceived to have rather modest socioeconomic backgrounds. As a result, the use of simple language can benefit politicians' claims to belong to the people instead of the elite. Our findings add important new insights to our understanding of the effects of political communication in contemporary democracies.

Defying expectations: what leader insurgencies reveal about media and party incapacity in the time of ‘audience democracy’

2018 ◽  
Vol 167 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Walter ◽  
Zareh Ghazarian
Keyword(s):  
Political Parties ◽  
New Media ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Political Communication ◽  
Political Class ◽  
The People ◽  
Democratic Engagement ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Rules Of The Game

Political communication and citizen engagement have been impacted by crises in both political parties and conventional media models. This article contends that the confluence of these crises has been insufficiently understood, and that this lack of understanding depends upon a third element: the dissolution of a ‘holding culture’, a sense of the ‘rules of the game’ that has constituted the ground on which parties and the media operated and generated the imaginative space for constituting community. This dissolution might be represented as resistance to a now discredited political class, once constituted by ‘old’ political and media elites, and promising a new culture – with the potential for parties to be more responsive to ‘the people’, and for a more diversified and representative media. By looking at case studies of leadership insurgency in parties and the impact of new media in creating the discursive conditions for their emergence, this article explores the realities in relation to political communication and democratic engagement.

scholarly journals Islam Nusantara : Pribumisasi Islam ala NU

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-91
Author(s):  
Tri Wahyudi Ramdhan
Keyword(s):  
Public Discourse ◽  
The Public ◽  
The People ◽  
Basic Understanding ◽  
Universal Values

This article tries to explain the basic understanding of the term 'lslam Nusantara', including its history and methodology.  Since its inception, lslam Nusantara has become a heated discussion in the public discourse. Controversies and misunderstandings have occurred with those who support and against it. ln the circle of NU (Nahdhatul Ulama), there is a group who prefer the term lslam rahmatan lil 'alamiin than lslam Nusantara. This article aims to minimize the negative accusation against the concept of lslam Nusantara like the following phrases; lslam Nusantara has the potency to gnaw the principle teachings of lslam, or lslam Nusantara has deviated from the teaching of Ahlus Sunnah Waljama'ah (Aswaia). The conclusion from this study is the dialectics between religions that have moral and universal values with the culture and traditions of the people of Indonesia to form a distinctive style of Indonesian Islam is commonly called Islam Nusantara. Islam Nusantara is legitimate from the standpoint of epistemological

scholarly journals A Study on the Reform and Innovation of English Teaching in Colleges and Universities under the New Media Environment

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 39
Author(s):  
Yan Chen
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Colleges And Universities ◽  
Traditional Teaching ◽  
Media Technology ◽  
Innovative Teaching ◽  
Media Environment ◽  
English Teaching ◽  
The People ◽  
Reform And Innovation

In the development of modern society, many advanced technologies have been applied to the development of various industries, and the application of new media technology has made great changes in the work and study of the people. In the new media environment,English teaching in colleges and universities has improved the traditional teaching mode, made the teaching idea get some innovation, and introduced many innovative teaching methods, which stimulated the students’ enthusiasm for learning. Based on this, this paper expounds the importance of the reform and innovation of English teaching in colleges and universities under the new media environment, analyzes the present situation of English teaching in colleges and universities, and studies the optimization measures for the reform and innovation of English teaching in colleges and universities under the new media environment.

scholarly journals New Media - Opportunity for New and Small Parties? Political Communication before the Parliamentary Elections in Iceland in 2013

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Birgir Guðmundsson
Keyword(s):  
Political Parties ◽  
New Media ◽  
Political Communication ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Political Candidates ◽  
New Parties ◽  
Media Environment ◽  
Parliamentary Elections ◽  
Media Logic ◽  
Election Strategies

This article presents results from a survey among political candidates standing in parliamentary elections in Iceland in the spring of 2013 regarding their use of media in the election campaign. The purpose of this study was twofold; first to determine the extent to which politicians have adopted new technologies. Thereby adapting their election strategies to new realities and a transformed media environment characterized by hybridization between new networked media and traditional media logic. Secondly, to examine whether in a digitalized media era, there is a difference in media use between old and new political parties. The findings suggest a process of normalization and the potential advantage for new parties, due to easier access to communication channels created by less expensive new media outlets, was by and large negated by a more complex and diverse media environment.

The agenda setting hypothesis in the new media environment

2017 ◽  
Vol 0 (28) ◽  
pp. 35-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natalia Aruguete ◽  
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Agenda Setting ◽  
Media Environment
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