CONSOLIDATION POTENTIAL OF THE INTERNET COMMUNICATION, THE RUSSIAN CONTEXT

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 71-79
Author(s):  
RAISA BARASH ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
New Media ◽  
Political Communication ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Social Activity ◽  
Internet Communication ◽  
Practical Result ◽  
Political Consolidation ◽  
Activity Awareness

Analyzing the spread of information technologies on social consolidation the author pays special attention to the study of the Russian situation when the wide spreading of the new media does not result into intensive political consolidation. The author notes that Internet and social networks have an undeniable potential for social influence because of intensive social interaction of numerous stakeholders. At the same time, the nominal potential of social networks as a mechanism of political communication and consolidation is low today. Wide online access does not lead to an increase of the interest to politics or social activity, awareness or subjectivity. The themes of Internet communication is extremely diverse and, most importantly, is rarely focused on a practical result or a long-term plan of socio-political reform of public policy.

scholarly journals Onyms as a Resource of Neologization in FB-Comments

2019 ◽  
pp. 122-145
Author(s):  
Tetyana Andreyeva
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Mass Communication ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Language Game ◽  
Word Formation ◽  
Conversational Speech ◽  
Internet Communication ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Communication Processes ◽  
Exclamation Mark

The article discusses word-formation processes taking place in Internet communication (particularly, in Facebook comments), where onym denoting a public person is used in diverse modifications. It is alleged that Internet usage transformed people into participants of communication processes that have neither time nor spatial restrictions. The ability to use information technologies became not only the key of physical existence but also the assuarance of spiritual life for most people, as the World Wide Web is the main interactive environment where active mass communication takes place. The fact of conversion of social networks to sources of information is substantiated. It is determined that the language of Internet communication has a specific ability to adapt means of conversational speech to writing style specific to network communication. Communication in social networks, where there is an opportunity to speak practically uncensored, is characterized by looseness. Hence, limitless possibilities open up before its participants for the embodiment of their informative and expressional intensions. It is stated that Internet commenting allows its participants to demonstrate creative component of their personalities, represent their civil position, life views, evaluate any event etc. It is established that modern Ukrainian information space is characterized with a large number of onyms denoting public persons that are used as derivational materials in the processes of creating neologisms. To a large extent, this was facilitated by pre-election political technological moves, which consisted of creating a logo from the first syllable of the candidate's surname together with an exclamation mark – "Ze!" (Zelenskiy). The types of modifications of last name are found (reduction into one syllable, up to two syllables, cutting to the non-suffixed part), derivational methods and word making models are identified (morphological, semantic, analytical derivation). The processes associated with derivational acts have been clarified. The use of a language game involving multiple variations of the surname is stated. The range of perspectives of language of Internet communication research is outlined, which is constantly gaining momentum.

scholarly journals DEVIATIONS FROM THE LANGUAGE NORM – THE ITALIAN LANGUAGE IN THE DIGITAL AGE

2021 ◽  
Vol XII (35) ◽  
pp. 235-257
Author(s):  
Snježana Bralic
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
New Media ◽  
Digital Age ◽  
Smart Devices ◽  
Internet Communication ◽  
Important Place ◽  
Italian Language ◽  
Digital Language ◽  
Own Name ◽  
Over Time

This paper examines the use of Italian digital language, which is often evaluated in negative terms. Considering the fact that internet communication occupies an important place in the life of modern man, the study of the features of digital language has been the subject of much research. For those born in the digital age (it. nativi digitali), digital has become the norm to the extent that it is difficult to imagine life without multimedia interaction through modern means of communication (Bralić 145). Digital text is different from traditional written text and the rapid obsolescence of new media is changing the habits of digital language users. Italian, which has existed exclusively in the traditional written form for centuries, and has received full spoken use in the last seventy years (largely thanks to television), faces today a new revolutionary phase of development in which the majority of Italians in everyday life use written digital language. In this way, the digital age marked a return to the Italian written language. However, the language of forums and social networks is an informal language (e-Italian), quite different from the former, exceptionally formal, written Italian. The aim of this paper is to study and explain the linguistic features of the Italian language in Internet communication. The focus is on the language of blogs, forums, and social networks written in Italian over the last three years, from the beginning of 2018 to the end of 2020. The question is whether everything that deviates from the norm in the language is wrong or if, on the contrary, demonstrates the stability and ability of the language to adapt to new media and thus new conditions. The major changes on social networks are the result of the transition from the elite use of the network to the “mass network” (Gheno 2017, 103). The changes are also heading towards the direction that has yet to be identified. Thus, we notice that the use of certain language features on social networks such as abbreviations, acronyms and other similar phenomena was a way of distinction, but also a necessity dictated by technical limitations such as restricted space for writing messages and the high cost of network connection. Therefore, it comes to no surprise that in recent years we have witnessed a writing normalization directed towards approximating some kind of linguistic norm. Finally, after having removed the space and time limitations and as a result of the possibility of spell checking that is suggested by smart devices while writing, even the so-called “language play and use of creative forms of writing” has become practically a waste of time. The fact that we are in the normalization phase can also be seen thanks to other novelties on social networks. One of them is caused by the policy of some platforms that is aimed at using one’s own name and abandoning the nickname, leading to an interesting social effect demonstrating that haters do not necessarily hide behind nicknames. Moreover, there is a tendency to give more importance to the interlocutor who signs with his own name, as contrasted with those who use a nickname. It becomes normal again to introduce yourself by your real name and surname, without leaving the impression of a person that is hidden behind a mask or nickname. The use of language on social networks has changed thoroughly over time and continues to change even today, both in Italian and in other languages. It is highly probable that over time users will pay more attention to the impression they leave online and, thus, be more careful when it comes to the language, they use by respecting the prescribed language norms. In addition to dealing with language dilemmas, it is necessary to establish the right habits that will allow us to live a comfortable life online and accept the fact that we have become like mini public figures who are responsible for what they say. We should also keep in mind that, on social networks, the most emphasized part of our online personality is presented primarily by words.

scholarly journals Social Networks in Modern Political Communications: a Concept Analysis of Foreign Periodicals

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (3) ◽  
pp. 289-303
Author(s):  
Aleksandra Pisareva
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Mass Media ◽  
New Media ◽  
Political Communication ◽  
Research Topic ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Similar Amount ◽  
Protest Movements ◽  
Role Of The State

Over the past two decades, Russian and foreign researchers have documented the growing influence of social networks on political communication. The Internet has become a new mass media. In Russia, bloggers with more than 3,000 subscribers acquire a mass media status. Internet users are not passive recipients of messages: they distribute them and generate their own content. The Internet is a different kind of reality, where anything is possible. Traditional mass media are less efficient than the Internet in providing news. As a result, the Internet and social networks have become a new means of political interaction. The COVID-19 pandemic boosted the digitalization of mass communications and made this process irreversible. The present article reviews 250 foreign research papers published by Taylor and Francis, Oxford University Press, and SAGE Publications in 2020–2021. The objective was to determine the attractiveness of political communication in social networks as a research topic. 12 % of the articles featured the role of social nets in political communication, Facebook being the most popular research material. A similar amount of papers focused on the behavior of network users and the role of the state in the management of social networks. Foreign terms used to describe the research topic appeared to be different from those used by Russian linguists. For instance, foreign authors use "social media" as a synonym for "sites of social networks", while Russian scientists prefer a much broader interpretation. Some terms and acronyms, such as SNSa, are absent from Russian works. Foreign authors exploit classical political science theories to study the issues of political content, the effect of social networks on protest movements and racial conflicts, and the use of new media in election campaigns. They are unfamiliar with Russian approaches to empirical data analysis, e.g. theory of "weak ties", "close world", two-stage flow of communication, the concept of "third place", etc.

scholarly journals New Strategies of Omni-Mediatization of the Public Policy in Kazakhstan

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 689-696
Author(s):  
Mariyamgul M. Kussainova
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
New Media ◽  
Political Communication ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Dialogue ◽  
The Public ◽  
Strategic Resources ◽  
Stage Of Development ◽  
The Social ◽  
New Strategies

In the context of the accelerated development of new media and the growth of e-democracy, the mediatization of Kazakhstani politics is entering a new digital-driven stage of development. The authors approach relevance lies in studying the modern digital-driven strategy of Kazakhstani political communication and identifying methods of influence of political parties on the electorate, manipulative media forms on certain segments of the electorate from the opposition. The article presents an analysis of the main strategic resources of the politics mediatization and of their impact. Moreover, it reveals the influence tendencies of the political mediatization, the political communication in society and with party stakeholders. The author attempts to analyze the methods and formats of transmedia storytelling in the social networks on the Internet for the political leaders communication shaping, social and political dialogue building. The research material included the election campaigns of parliamentary and unregistered parties texts in Kazakhstani social media, the posts / publications on social networks during the first ever primaries in the countrys history and the parliamentary elections of 2019 and 2021.

scholarly journals Online Political Communication Research Methods

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 433-454
Author(s):  
Olga Brunnerová ◽  
Jakub Charvát
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
New Media ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Political Communication ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Scientific Journals ◽  
Communication Research ◽  
Interdisciplinary Field ◽  
Methodological Approaches

AbstractThe authors explored the research methods of the manifold studies on online political communication published in nine selected scientific journals over an 8-year period stretching from the beginning of 2009 to March 2017 and systematized the results into a comprehensive, methodological, “state-of-the-art” report. The main findings are that the most frequent method of researching online political communication is the quantitative or qualitative content analysis. Still, recurrent is the combination of methodological approaches, where the quantitative and qualitative techniques complement each other. Moreover, the research of political communication in general, but online especially, has become more an interdisciplinary field. Yet the collection and analysis of data from new media and social networks requires more and more advanced expert skills.

I lavoratori della conoscenza tra informalitŕ e ambivalenza dei networks

2012 ◽  
pp. 77-102
Author(s):  
Emiliana Armano
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Practical Reason ◽  
Knowledge Creation ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Working Condition ◽  
Knowledge Workers ◽  
Knowledge Work ◽  
Organizational Studies ◽  
Upper Level

The aim of this paper is to summarizes the findings of a qualitative research on subjectivity of knowledge workers with reference to the main organizational studies. The analysis takes as its main methodological references Bourdieu's "Practical Reason" and the Italian tradition of social enquiry and co-research and is based on interviews with knowledge workers who make of knowledge creation, development and transmission their own strengths, with particular reference to jobs in the field of the new media and information technologies in Turin. The substantive categories of the narratives revolve around the informal nature of relations what has proved crucial for an understanding of the modus operandi and the organizational implications. There is a sort of compulsive, lively and coactive sociality, in which the norm is to be in the network. Knowledge work often informally connects people and objectives in a porosity of fluid roles among various projects. Being in the network, an informal area of temporary roles with temporary rights and duties, seems be the tipical condition. Elevated informality, self-exploitation, but also immedesimation. The jobs are insecure but with substantial motivational and emotional rewards, and lower pay is accepted even when great commitment is demanded. It is a type of working condition which, with its characteristics, would appear nowadays as typical in an upper level of work, that of knowledge working, as were long-term relationships, high salaries, proceduralisation, repetitiveness of tasks and alienation in the type of work prevalent in the large enterprise in the Fordist phase.

Prospects for the use of modern technologies to increase student involvement

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 28-33
Author(s):  
Iu. V. Amelina ◽  
R. V. Amelin
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Role Playing ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
State University ◽  
Role Playing Games ◽  
It Education ◽  
Interaction Plot ◽  
Role Playing Game ◽  
Live Action

The article discusses the prospects of role-playing games in the educational process to increase students’ motivation and involvement, as well as the possibility of modern information technologies (primarily social networks) for constructing innovative forms of such games. The author’s format of the live-action role-playing game is presented. It was developed and tested at the Saratov State University. It involves the integration of numerous educational tasks into a single plot, within which each participant plays a role and communicates with other participants to complete tasks. The main interaction, plot development and group activities occur in dialogs, conversations and groups of social networks. This approach has shown its viability in teaching legal disciplines, and also has prospects for use in IT education.

Media Baru dan Fenomena Komunikasi Politik pada Pemilukada di Provinsi Banten 2011

2011 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 23-34
Author(s):  
Afdal Makkuraga Putra
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Political Communication ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Freedom Of Expression ◽  
New Order ◽  
Surprising Result ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Use Of Internet ◽  
New Phase ◽  
Fair Balance

Political system in Indonesia after New Order regime has entered into a new phase, which is both fundamentally and practically different. With the growth of freedom of expression and the rise of information and communication technology (ICT), the use and practices of political communication is also striking a fair balance, two-ways direction, no longer dominated by government-only apparatuses. The use of internet and New Media in political communication realm has been pioneered since 1997, and has been growing ever since, thanks to the new practices of local election (Pilkada). This paper will address firstly, the theoretical framework of political communication in e-Democracy, and secondly, the application of New Media (website, blog, and social media sites) in local-based political communication, namely Pilkada in Banten at October 23, 2011. Having analysed the phenomenon in question, a surprising result appears. Even though all candidates of Governor and Deputy Governor of recent Pilkada Banten have used New Media as their communication and campaign media, nevertheless the interactivity factor embedded within those “New Media use” are largely neglected. Keywords: e-Democracy, political communication, New Media, interactivity.

MEGATREND OF DISTANCE EDUCATION: ADVANTAGES, DISADVANTAGES, RISKS

2020 ◽  
pp. 7-18
Author(s):  
Dmytro Dzvinchuk
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Distance Education ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Free Access ◽  
Technical Aspects ◽  
Modern Information ◽  
Process Loss ◽  
Independent Work

The article considers some psychological, pedagogical and technical aspects of the introduction of distance learning. It is emphasized that the main purpose of creating a system of distance education is to ensure free access to educational resources through the use of modern information technologies and social networks and to create conditions for citizens to exercise their rights to education. The main disadvantages of distance education are depersonalization, lack of proper motivation of participants in the educational process, loss of educational and socialization functions of education, hyperbolization of independent work, low level of control over the educational process.

Digital Middle East

2018 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
New Media ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Complex Dynamics ◽  
Middle Eastern ◽  
Mena Region ◽  
New Information ◽  
Fast Pace ◽  
Information And Communication

In recent years, the Middle East’s information and communications landscape has changed dramatically. Increasingly, states, businesses, and citizens are capitalizing on the opportunities offered by new information technologies, the fast pace of digital transformations, and enhanced connectivity. These changes are far from turning Middle Eastern nations into network societies, but their impact is significant. The growing adoption of a wide variety of information technologies and new media platforms in everyday life has given rise to complex dynamics that beg for a better understanding. Digital Middle East sheds a critical light on continuing changes that are closely intertwined with the adoption of information and communication technologies in the MENA region. Drawing on case studies from throughout the Middle East, the contributors explore how these digital transformations are playing out in the social, cultural, political, and economic spheres, exposing the various disjunctions and discordances that have marked the advent of the digital Middle East.

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