scholarly journals Shaping and Sharing Imagination

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-40
Author(s):  
Mariana Ciancia ◽  
Francesca Piredda ◽  
Simona Venditti
Keyword(s):  
Identity Development ◽  
Driving Forces ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
Virtual Space ◽  
Social Environments ◽  
Design Strategies ◽  
Mainstream Media ◽  
Cultural Paradigm ◽  
Narrative Worlds ◽  
Media Habits

Changes in business and social environments have led society towards a complex landscape in which the relationship between mainstream media and participatory culture is completely changed, with a consequential blurring of boundaries between public and virtual space. As audience media habits are changing, a digital vision of reality is rising and engagement practices are evolving. As a consequence, there is the need for a new design methodology based on different skills working together. It is then necessary to adopt a disruptive approach to overcome the contemporary complexity, assuming storytelling activities, narrative practice and relationships among people as driving forces for innovation. The cases of Imagine Milan (2009-2012) and Plug Social TV (2013-ongoing), in which we tested listening and expressive tools, and communication strategies in order to activate a dialogue among communities. On the one hand, there is the aim of experiencing audiovisual languages through different narrative formats. On the other hand, we explored the use of stories in a collaborative process, spreading the narrative worlds across different channels. The aim of this paper is to describe our design approach, merging together tools and skills from different areas: communication design strategies as participative methods are linked to codesign actions; branding strategies, coming from the advertising field, as tools for identity development; audiovisual language considered as a cultural interface for listening to reality; transmedia practice as a cultural paradigm able to involve the audience into meaning-making processes; ultimately, social media advocacy is used to build relationships between virtual and real communities.

Re-Evaluation of Nepali Media, Social Networking Spaces, and Democratic Practices in Media

2014 ◽  
pp. 287-304
Author(s):  
Dilli Bikram Edingo
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Virtual Space ◽  
Common People ◽  
Collective Voice ◽  
Mainstream Media ◽  
Reliable Source ◽  
The Impact

This chapter first analyzes the Nepali mainstream media and social media's effect upon its relationships with audiences or news-receivers. Then, it explores how social media is a virtual space for creating democratic forums in order to generate news, share among Networked Knowledge Communities (NKCs), and disseminate across the globe. It further examines how social media can embody a collective voice of indigenous and marginalized people, how it can better democratize mainstream media, and how it works as an alternative media. As a result of the impact of the Internet upon the Nepali society and the Nepali mainstream media, the traditional class stratifications in Nepal have been changed, and the previously marginalized and disadvantaged indigenous peoples have also begun to be empowered in the new ways brought about by digital technology. Social networking spaces engage the common people—those who are not in power, marginalized and disadvantaged, dominated, and excluded from opportunities, mainstream media, and state mechanisms—democratically in emic interactions in order to produce first-hand news about themselves from their own perspectives. Moreover, Nepali journalists frequently visit social media as a reliable source of information. The majority of common people in Nepal use social networking sites as a forum to express their collective voice and also as a tool or medium to correct any misrepresentation in the mainstream media. Social media and the Nepali mainstream media converge on the greater issues of national interest, whereas the marginalized and/or indigenous peoples of Nepal use the former as a space that embodies their denial of discriminatory news in the latter.

scholarly journals Developing a Researcher Identity: Commonplace Books as Arts-Informed Reflective Process

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Layal Shuman ◽  
Abigail Shabtay ◽  
Maggie McDonnell ◽  
Nicole Bourassa ◽  
Fauzanah El Muhammady
Keyword(s):  
Identity Development ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
Academic Work ◽  
Reflective Process ◽  
Commonplace Books ◽  
Academic Researchers ◽  
Researcher Identity

This article shares the processes of five emerging researchers as they trace their journeys in becoming researchers and examine their identities through the qualitative, arts-informed method of “commonplace book” creation. It positions commonplace books as “living document” that explore the ongoing processes of identity development we experience as novice scholars in the field of education. Using this article, we extend our artistic processes, inviting readers to join the conversation and reflect on why and how they engage in academic work, as well as the potential this method has for reflection, meaning-making and dissemination. We highlight the use of commonplace books as an arts-informed reflective method and a valuable performance in the journey of becoming/being academic researchers.

scholarly journals Digital label of communicative culture of XXI century

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iryna Kanyukova ◽  
Evgeniya Sydorovska
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Social Order ◽  
System Analysis ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
Business Communication ◽  
Virtual Space ◽  
Global Network ◽  
Network Society ◽  
Historical Period ◽  
Communicative Interaction

The purpose of the article is to identify the features of digital etiquette in the context of modern communicative culture, as well as to determine the specifics of its development as a new form of business etiquette of the XXI century in terms of communicative interaction in the network. Methodology. The method of culturological analysis is applied (for consideration of digital etiquette of business communication as an organic element of spiritual culture and an important component of communicative culture); method of system analysis and synthesis (for consideration of digital etiquette as a part of etiquette culture of the XXI century), typological method (for revealing characteristic features of digital etiquette), method of semantic and pragmatic interpretation (for complex interpretation of the meaning of paralinguistic, verbal, kinetic and material-sign means) digital etiquette), etc. Scientific novelty. The etiquette culture of the virtual space of the network society of the XXI century is studied; the concept of "digital etiquette" is clarified and its differences from "network etiquette" are revealed; the peculiarities of business communication etiquette in the context of specifics of information and communication technologies are analyzed; the prospects of development of etiquette culture according to various directions of digital etiquette are revealed. Conclusions. A digital etiquette is a modern form of business etiquette, the emergence of which is directly related to the active development of technology and the formation of a global network infrastructure. The study found that the development of digital etiquette is fully consistent with the formation of a new social order and a new social culture (digital) as a regulatory and meaning-making component of the network society. Digital etiquette as an important component of the communication culture of the XXI century. which defines the values ​​and standards for participants in network communications at all levels of interaction. At the beginning of the third decade of the XXI century, digital communication is an integral part of business communication, and digital etiquette is an important manifestation of the culture of business communication, the level of which affects various forms of communication processes. In accordance with the specifics of development in digital etiquette, the features of business etiquette of the previous historical period are being transformed and new patterns are formed associated with etiquette as a modern sociocultural phenomenon.

scholarly journals Enactive Principles for the Ethics of User Interactions on Social Media: How to Overcome Systematic Misunderstandings Through Shared Meaning-Making

Topoi ◽  
2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lavinia Marin
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
Media Ethics ◽  
Social Environments ◽  
Moral Sensitivity ◽  
User Interactions ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Human Interactions ◽  
Ethical Design ◽  
Moral Frameworks

AbstractThis paper proposes three principles for the ethical design of online social environments aiming to minimise the unintended harms caused by users while interacting online, specifically by enhancing the users’ awareness of the moral load of their interactions. Such principles would need to account for the strong mediation of the digital environment and the particular nature of user interactions: disembodied, asynchronous, and ambiguous intent about the target audience. I argue that, by contrast to face to face interactions, additional factors make it more difficult for users to exercise moral sensitivity in an online environment. An ethics for social media user interactions is ultimately an ethics of human relations mediated by a particular environment; hence I look towards an enactive inspired ethics in formulating principles for human interactions online to enhance or at least do not hinder a user’s moral sensitivity. This enactive take on social media ethics supplements classical moral frameworks by asking us to focus on the relations established through the interactions and the environment created by those interactions.

Re-Evaluation of Nepali Media, Social Networking Spaces, and Democratic Practices in Media

2013 ◽  
pp. 262-279 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dilli Bikram Edingo
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Virtual Space ◽  
Common People ◽  
Collective Voice ◽  
Mainstream Media ◽  
Reliable Source ◽  
The Impact

This chapter first analyzes the Nepali mainstream media and social media’s effect upon its relationships with audiences or news-receivers. Then, it explores how social media is a virtual space for creating democratic forums in order to generate news, share among Networked Knowledge Communities (NKCs), and disseminate across the globe. It further examines how social media can embody a collective voice of indigenous and marginalized people, how it can better democratize mainstream media, and how it works as an alternative media. As a result of the impact of the Internet upon the Nepali society and the Nepali mainstream media, the traditional class stratifications in Nepal have been changed, and the previously marginalized and disadvantaged indigenous peoples have also begun to be empowered in the new ways brought about by digital technology. Social networking spaces engage the common people—those who are not in power, marginalized and disadvantaged, dominated, and excluded from opportunities, mainstream media, and state mechanisms—democratically in emic interactions in order to produce first-hand news about themselves from their own perspectives. Moreover, Nepali journalists frequently visit social media as a reliable source of information. The majority of common people in Nepal use social networking sites as a forum to express their collective voice and also as a tool or medium to correct any misrepresentation in the mainstream media. Social media and the Nepali mainstream media converge on the greater issues of national interest, whereas the marginalized and/or indigenous peoples of Nepal use the former as a space that embodies their denial of discriminatory news in the latter.

“I have grown with it”: Experiences of Spiritual Identity Development in a Group of South African Adolescents

2020 ◽  
pp. 0044118X2094742
Author(s):  
Luzelle Naudé ◽  
Tracy-Ann Capitano
Keyword(s):  
Identity Development ◽  
South African ◽  
Phenomenological Study ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
Sense Of Self ◽  
Spiritual Identity ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Spiritual Journeys ◽  
Religiosity And Spirituality ◽  
Qualitative Phenomenological

This qualitative phenomenological study aimed to capture experiences of spiritual identity development in a purposive sample of South African adolescents, using semi-structured interviews and reflective writing exercises. Participants confirmed the prominence of religiosity and spirituality, as intertwined concepts central to their sense of purpose and identity. Consistent with the ideas expressed in psychosocial theories and lifespan development approaches, these adolescents valued the importance of choice when confronted with contradiction. They prioritized personal commitment and authenticity in their spiritual journeys toward finding a sense of self. It is clear that spiritual identity development unfolds as a lifelong process, driven by an interplay between cognitive development, psychosocial experiences, and the religiocultural context. The findings of this study reiterates that, as adolescents mature into emerging adulthood and their lives and meaning-making abilities become more complex, spirituality is critical in answering intricate questions about the self, others, and purpose of life.

Challenges of cultivating critical citizens in Hong Kong

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 14-27
Author(s):  
Yan Kin Cheung Adrian
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Identity Development ◽  
Critical Pedagogy ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
Small Sample ◽  
Liberal Studies ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Mainstream Media ◽  
Bachelor Of Education ◽  
Pedagogical Principles

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to offer the latest empirical findings of the difficulties and challenges in teaching New Senior Secondary (NSS) Liberal Studies in Hong Kong from the perspective of pre-service teachers.Design/methodology/approachThis qualitative study is based on Danielewicz’s critical pedagogy framework for identity development. A sample of four pre-service teachers were recruited from the last cohort of final-year bachelor of education students at the University of Hong Kong. They were invited to engage in dialogues of enquiry, through which they recount their teaching encounters during their teaching practices. Emphasis would be put on two relevant pedagogical principles, including deliberation and reflexivity, which are of particular relevance to the case of Liberal Studies.FindingsChallenges revealed the dispositions of conformist learning among the students, manifested in forms of misquoted information and the populist sentiments mirrored from mainstream media, which cost teachers extra efforts to facilitate inquiry-based learning. Adopting deliberation and reflexivity as pedagogical principles, student–teachers responded with attempts to reconnect daily life experiences to teaching, bringing back the social context of knowledge and seeking synergy between traditional and liberatory teaching methods.Research limitations/implicationsThis study is drawn from a relatively small sample of pre-service teachers and may run the risk of over-generalization. Moreover, this study tends to neglect other factors such as classroom dynamics, school culture, colleagues’ rapport and students’ responses.Originality/valueGiven the novelty of Liberal Studies as a compulsory subject under the NSS curriculum and its specificity in Hong Kong education system, the amount of literature devoted to this area has been inadequate; among the available studies, the majority tend either to focus on the macro level, addressing the broader narratives of education policies and curriculum studies (e.g. Fung and Yip, 2010; Cheung and Leung, 1998) or to discuss the topic with exclusive reference to political transition and post-colonialism in the 1980s and 1990s (e.g. Morris and Chan, 1997). Studies on the micro level have generally paid little attention to the dynamics of Liberal Studies teaching, focusing instead on its relationships with other aspects such as private tutoring (Chan and Bray, 2014) and cultural representations of religion in Liberal Studies textbooks (Jackson and Han, 2016); pedagogical studies on the subject remain a minority.

Language and identity in virtual space

2016 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 216-237 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shaila Sultana
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
Native Speakers ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Virtual Space ◽  
Linguistic Features ◽  
Native Form ◽  
Second Language Speakers ◽  
Conscious Choice ◽  
Native Speakers Of English

Based on the data drawn from an intensive ethnographic study on young adults in Bangladesh conducted in the virtual space, specifically Facebook (FB) and analysis of those data through a transglossic framework, the paper shows that the meaning-making processes in lingua franca (LF) encounters can be appropriately deciphered when their language is considered in terms of translocalisation, transculturation, transmodality, and transtextualisation. The data also demonstrate that the young adults deliberately flout the linguistic features of English with their Bangladeshi counterparts, while they prefer to approximate a native form of English with other native and non-native speakers of English. Even though their English is variable and emergent in the potential LF context of the virtual space, their conscious choice of approximating a near-native form indicates that they are keenly aware of the ideologies related to ELF and associated with ELF identity attributes. The paper confirms the necessity of reconceptualisation of ELF, considering the idiosyncrasies of young adults’ language practices; and identifies the paradoxes of sociolinguistic profiling of South Asian speakers, based on dichotomous and binary phenomena, such as ELF and non-ELF speakers, EFL (English as a Foreign Language) vs. ESL (English as a Second Language) speakers, or members of the Inner Circle vs. Outer Circle.

scholarly journals PSYCHOLOGICAL APPROACH TO THE CHARACTERS OF E-LITERATURE FINAL FANTASY TACTICS: THE WAR OF THE LIONS

LINGUISTICA ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jauza Munirah And Amrin Saragih
Keyword(s):  
Driving Forces ◽  
The Other ◽  
Psychological Approach ◽  
Social Environments ◽  
Interpersonal Conflicts ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future ◽  
Interesting Story ◽  
Social Disparity

The aim of this study is to investigate the structures of personalities, the driving forces behind behaviors, the interweaving roles of the characters in a videogame titled Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions and how those roles affect the overall literary works. The type of this research is qualitative. The .iso, script as well as the documentation videos of Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions are the sources of the data. The data are the utterances and actions which conveys the characters’ perceptions in a particular physical and social environments, their needs, wishes, intentions, memories of past events and their imagining about future, their ways to overcome inferiority, the future they envision, their goals and expectations. The writer finds that the seemingly opposite characters actually share similar goals: to fight the imbalances, particularly the social disparity between noble and commoner and to make the world a better place. Both characters start to differ because of their differences in backgrounds which lead one to seek power while the other one abandoned power. Each characters have their own assigned roles based on the application of Jung’s archetypes, and they share similar roles. But, while most a character’s roles changes to the shadow sides (the negative sides) because of the situations that occured, the other character retains the positive qualities of the archetypes. Both characters become the antithesis of each others and their interweaving roles lead to a deeper and complex interpersonal conflicts, a more interesting story, as well as a great emotional impacts.

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