Inundated with Online Antisemitism

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (3.1) ◽  
pp. 55-58
Author(s):  
Keith Kahn-Harris
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Rapid Growth ◽  
Labour Party ◽  
Research Note ◽  
Online Technology ◽  
Online Platforms ◽  
Jewish Experience

Online technology has produced expressions of antisemitic abuse that, whether or not they are novel in content, do have novel experiential consequences. Online platforms have broadened, although not necessarily deepened, the Jewish experience of antisemitism. At the same time, they have multiplied the opportunities for Jewish action against antisemitism. However, the rapid growth in “decentralized” Jewish activism against antisemitism raises questions about its efficacy and the consequences for Jews who engage in this kind of activism. Thus, the practice of countering online antisemitism is therefore nascent, ill-understood, and imperfectly mapped. Above all, the experience of those engaged in this world is under-researched. This research note sketches agendas for research and Jewish communal action that might respond to these developments at a time when “exhaustion” has become a key experiential component of the contemporary Jewish experience of antisemitism and the fight against it. Keywords: social media, health, experience, internet, Labour Party

Social Communities of Design and Makers and their Impact on Learning

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-61
Author(s):  
Norman Gwangwava ◽  
Albert U Ude ◽  
Enoch N Ogunmuyiwa ◽  
Richard Addo-Tenkorang
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Rapid Growth ◽  
End User ◽  
Web Technologies ◽  
Social Communities ◽  
The Past ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Online Platforms ◽  
Special Knowledge

The past two decades have seen a rapid growth in the Maker communities and Communities of Enquiry. Unlike social media, these communities have a unique goal of sharing special skills as well as enquiring about special knowledge areas. Advancements in web technologies and models of delivery, in particular, cloud computing (CC), enables the communities to thrive virtually. The authors focus on the technocratic communities interested in designing and making things. These are also known as hobbyists or hackers, in their respective scientific or engineering disciplines. Various online platforms continue to surface, modelled around the Maker concept. The article scrutinizes the value and impact of these communities in learning. A new model for inspiring innovation in knowledge-based economies and building communities of industry and end-user ready product maker is presented and discussed.

Editorial: Antisemitism in the UK Labour Party

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lesley Klaff
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Public Sphere ◽  
Labour Party ◽  
Research Note ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Public Sphere ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Exciting Development

I am pleased to publish an open-access online preprint of two articles and a research note that will appear in the forthcoming issue of the Journal of Contemporary Antisemitism 3, no. 2 (Fall 2020). This preprint is a new and exciting development for the Journal. It has been made possible by the generous donations from sponsors, including BICOM's co-chairman, David Cohen, whose support for the work of the Journal allows for timely scholarly analysis to be put into the public sphere.

FASHION BLOGGERS AS CELEBRITY EXPERTS IN RUSSIAN-SPOKEN SEGMENT OF SOCIAL MEDIA

2021 ◽  
pp. 139-156
Author(s):  
Zemfira K. Salamova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
The Self ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Self Presentation ◽  
Online Platforms ◽  
The World

Social media has contributed to the spread of fashion, style or lifestyle blogging around the world. This study focuses on self-presentation strategies of Russian-speaking fashion bloggers. Its objects are Instagram accounts and YouTube channels of two Russian fashion bloggers: Alexander Rogov and Karina Nigay. The study also observes their appearances as guests in various interview shows on YouTube. Alexander Rogov received his initial fame through his television projects. Karina Nigay achieved popularity online on YouTube and Instagram, therefore she is a “pure” example of Internet celebritiy, whose rise to fame took place on the Internet. The article includes the following objectives 1) to study the self-branding of fashion bloggers on various online platforms; 2) to analyze the construction of fashion bloggers’ expert positions and its role in their personal brands. Turning to fashion blogging allows us to consider how its representatives build their personal brands and establish themselves as experts in the field of fashion and style in Russianlanguage social media.

scholarly journals MEDIA SOSIAL INSTAGRAM SEBAGAI SARANA PROMOSI UNTUK MENINGKATKAN MINAT BELI KONSUMEN

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (01) ◽  
pp. 25-32
Author(s):  
Deru R Indika ◽  
Cindy Jovita
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Interaction ◽  
Rapid Growth ◽  
Purchase Intention ◽  
Internet Access ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Tourist Destination ◽  
Consumer Purchase Intention ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Use Of Social Media

The speed of internet access and the rapid growth of the smartphone industrymakes it easier for people to get information. In the field of marketing, this affectshow the promotion is done. The use of social media which is actually meansfor social interaction between online individuals becomes commonly used bycompanies as a tool for promotion including in the tourism industry. One of thesocial media that is often used is Instagram, an application that allows users toshare photos and pictures along with short messages with other users. This studydiscussed how Instagram as a social media can affect consumer purchase intentiontoward a tourist destination. The subject of research is Floating Market located inLembang, Bandung, West Java. The results showed that information deliveredthrough Instagram was effective in increasing consumer purchase intention upto 50.2%

scholarly journals Making fans go "GAGA": intimacy, identity and brand building through Twitter

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura D’angelo
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Intimate Relationships ◽  
Brand Management ◽  
Music Industry ◽  
Social Medium ◽  
Digital Platforms ◽  
Fan Identification ◽  
Brand Building ◽  
Online Platforms ◽  
Lady Gaga

While the use of digital platforms has harmed some aspects of the music industry, it has also created new opportunities for artists to prosper in terms of marketing, branding, communication and to ultimately become cultural entrepreneurs. Twitter in particular is a social networking service (SNS) that is ideal for studying fan celebrity interactions, as it is a safe space for celebrities to market, brand and communicate with fans through strategic discourse in an informal environment. With SNS such as Twitter, fans now have the opportunity to build seemingly intimate relationships with celebrities, becoming cocreators of content. Widely acknowledged for her unparalleled relationships and interactions with fans on Twitter, singer Lady Gaga, has achieved success and long term viability amidst digitalization through her strategic use of online platforms to not only promote and strengthen her brand, but to build intimate relationships with her fans. Lady Gaga exemplifies how the digitalization of the music industry and growth of online platforms drive artists to take on new roles as entrepreneurs marketers and as conversationalists with fans. As such, this paper presents a review of the extant literature of studies that have explored the connection between celebrity brand building and representation on social media and how fan identification, interaction and intimacy are forged via social media discourse. This is followed by a qualitative discourse analysis of 904 tweets and retweets collected from Lady Gaga’s Twitter account from May 31st, 2015 until April 31st, 2016. This analysis serves to develop an understanding of how language is being used actively, persuasively and to isolate patterns in Lady Gaga’s Twitter discourse. This includes key terms, phrases and overall frequency of these. In analyzing how Lady Gaga uses strategic discourse on Twitter, we can build a greater understanding of how this social medium is used to build intimacy with fans. From this knowledge, both artists and marketers can emulate this model for effective brand management on social media, particularly on Twitter.

Counterdocuments

2018 ◽  
pp. 172-191
Author(s):  
Rebecca M. Schreiber
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Public Space ◽  
Mutual Support ◽  
Digital Videos ◽  
Undocumented Youth ◽  
Personal Stories ◽  
Online Platforms ◽  
Collective Resistance ◽  
Political Actions ◽  
Share Information

In “Counterdocuments: Undocumented Youth Activists, Documentary Media, and the Politics of Visibility,” Rebecca M. Schreiber analyzes the role that digital videos play in building an oppositional community of undocumented youth in the contemporary moment. Specifically, Schreiber explores the circulation of digital videos—“counterdocuments”—by activists who recorded their personal stories and political actions through social media and other online platforms. In this way, young migrants challenged Obama administration policies that aimed to conceal or minimize publicity around the detention and deportation of undocumented immigrants and created an open, public space in which activists could share information and forge lines of mutual support and collective resistance.

Social Media as a Communication Channel

2020 ◽  
pp. 115-131
Author(s):  
Yigit Yurder ◽  
Buket Akdol
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Online Communication ◽  
Smart Devices ◽  
Media Usage ◽  
Digital World ◽  
Shared Content ◽  
Online Platforms

In digital world, people spend most of their time on social media. Social media has gone beyond being just an online communication platform. It has become a channel that users prefer to other online platforms, such as websites, blogs, forums to get information about various businesses, events, and individuals. With Industry 4.0, all devices are connected to online platform, smart devices get more place in daily life. Instead of accessing information through individual applications, consumers prefer to obtain information from the company's social media pages and/or the company's internal and external customers' shared content. The purpose of the chapter is to indicate the importance of social media use, for organizations to interact effectively with all stakeholders, and to explain the benefits of social media usage of organizations in terms of different functions with examples from best cases and results of empirical researches.

Digital Social Media in Adolescents' Negotiating Real Virtual Romantic Relationships

2020 ◽  
pp. 83-106
Author(s):  
Catherine Ann Cameron ◽  
Arantxa Mascarenas
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Romantic Relationships ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Romantic Relationship ◽  
Critical Conditions ◽  
Rural Adolescents ◽  
Gender Expectations ◽  
Online Platforms ◽  
Intimate Relations ◽  
Theoretical Analyses

Previous grounded theoretical analyses of rural adolescents' romantic relationship discussions identified media as critical conditions in negotiating gender expectations in intimate relations. More recent emergent fit analyses of urban teenagers' discussions of virtual romantic relationships extended original theories to consider a lack of confidence in communicating adequately in the context of using digital social media. The current research specifically investigated emergent fit analyses of digital media influences on relationships. Urban participants identified online platforms' playing significant roles in 1) signaling interest, 2) initiating, 3) maintaining exchanges, and 4) dissolving romantic relationships. Participants both complained and commended asynchronous digital media in exacerbating discomfort/comfort in communicating intimately. Participants sought guidance in transforming contextually complex intimate relational communications into a healthy reciprocity.

Cross-Cultural Aspects of Collective Intelligence Online

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-21
Author(s):  
Lesley S. J. Farmer
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Intellectual Capital ◽  
Collective Intelligence ◽  
Group Interaction ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Collective Knowledge ◽  
Interactive Technologies ◽  
Online Technology ◽  
Interactive Mode ◽  
Cultural Aspects

Today's wisdom society depends on intellectual capital, that is, collective knowledge and informational assets. Increasingly, the global scene reflects a more interactive mode relative to information, particularly because of social media. As heterogeneous groups bring different expertise and perspectives, their gathered and organized knowledge can lead to more informed decisions and resultant actions. This collective intelligence has been transformed with the advent of easily accessible interactive technologies. Adding to the complexity, cross-cultural aspects impact the processes leading to collective intelligence as culture impacts individual and group interaction. This chapter explores the intersection of collective intelligence, online technology, and cross-cultural aspects. The chapter also shares research-based conditions to optimize that intersection.

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