scholarly journals Culture and Society in the Digital Age

Information ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 68
Author(s):  
Ilya Levin ◽  
Dan Mamlok
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Studies ◽  
General Model ◽  
Digital Age ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Cultural Changes ◽  
Digital Revolution ◽  
Digital Society ◽  
Surrounding Environment ◽  
New Phenomena

This paper aims to examine a theoretical framework of digital society and the ramifications of the digital revolution. The paper proposes that more attention has to be paid to cultural studies as a means for the understanding of digital society. The approach is based on the idea that the digital revolution’s essence is fully manifested in the cultural changes that take place in society. Cultural changes are discussed in connection with the digital society’s transformations, such as blurring the distinction between reality and virtuality and among people, nature, and artifacts, and the reversal from informational scarcity to abundance. The presented study develops a general model of culture. This model describes the spiritual, social, and technological facets of culture. Such new phenomena as individualization, transparisation, and so-called cognification (intellectualization of the surrounding environment) are suggested as the prominent trends characterizing the above cultural facets.

Cultural Studies as Performative Research in a Digital Age

2014 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 309-320
Author(s):  
Caroline Stockman ◽  
Fred Truyen
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Studies ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Digital Age ◽  
Digital Culture ◽  
General Domain ◽  
Qualitative Approaches ◽  
Research Domain

This paper aims to explore the nature of digital culture research, and the fitting methodology. Although it is still felt to be a novelty, it is not so different from the more general domain of Cultural Studies. The aim of research for both domains is meaning, or the challenge to understand the dynamics of the encoding and decoding process. Both domains endorse a wide variety of subjects, although typically the concrete methodology of Cultural Studies still remains restricted to qualitative approaches. The question of quantitative data and their analysis is highlighted in digital culture, and we should consider both its opportunities and limitations for the research at hand. In our reflection, Cultural Studies research emerges as a performative enterprise, and this is one of its unique distinctions as a research domain.

Financial literacy and sustainable development in the digital age (legal dimension)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natal'ya Povetkina ◽  
Ekaterina Kudryashova
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Financial Literacy ◽  
Law And Economics ◽  
Digital Age ◽  
Practical Approach ◽  
Digital Revolution ◽  
Municipal Employees ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Legal Identification

The work is aimed at forming a systematic theoretical and practical approach to the development of financial literacy in the format of sustainable development in the age of the digital revolution. The authors address the current issues of the evolution of the development and legal identification of financial literacy, consider it in the context of human rights and sustainable development of the state. Special attention is paid to the analysis of the impact of financial literacy on the successful fight against poverty. For researchers, practicing lawyers and economists, state and municipal employees, teachers, postgraduates, students of law and economics universities and faculties.

scholarly journals Applied Research on Strategic Management of SMEs in Romania in the Digital Age

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 423-429
Author(s):  
Dan Popescu ◽  
Cristina State ◽  
Livia Toanca ◽  
Ioana Pavel
Keyword(s):  
Strategic Management ◽  
Digital Age ◽  
Cultural Changes ◽  
Homogeneous Groups ◽  
Second Stage ◽  
Econometric Methods ◽  
Scientific Approach ◽  
Spss Software ◽  
The One ◽  
Proportional Distribution

Abstract Technological social and cultural changes generated by the digital age have a significant impact on both individual and society as a whole [1]. Is the context in which our research aimed at revealing the extent to which SMEs in our country are prepared to cope with these changes and can adapt to an environment increasingly turbulent and unpredictable [2]. Based on the three hypotheses of our scientific approach, the method used was the quota for proportional distribution by counties, respectively the optimal-layered model for the distribution by fields of activity. As a means of investigation we used a questionnaire with 26 questions answered by 598 SMEs, the purpose being represented by identifying, on the one hand, the used methods of strategic management and, on the other hand, the uptake of digital means by them. The responses from the distribution of the questionnaire were analyzed by various statistical and econometric methods. In a first stage we used descriptive statistics to identify peculiarities of respondents to compare different homogeneous groups. In the second stage of analysis to determine statistical deductive conclusions, we used the analysis of variance, correlation and linear regression and ANOVA using SPSS software for Windows 16.0. Following validation of the research hypotheses, in the end of the work we formulated a series of proposals to improve the strategic management of SMEs in Romania in the digital age.

scholarly journals The Downside of the Digital Age

2013 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph Distel
Keyword(s):  
World Wide ◽  
Digital Age ◽  
Human Memory ◽  
Human Society ◽  
Collateral Damage ◽  
Digital Revolution ◽  
Invasion Of Privacy ◽  
The World ◽  
Permanent Memory ◽  
Online Deception

The digital revolution has advanced human society in undeniably profound ways. But not all the changes have been improvements. The collateral damage acknowledged as consequences of the Digital Age includes the emboldened threat of invasion of privacy, the development and proliferation of online deception, and the tragedies of cyberbullying and perpetual harassment, among others. And while sexting converts hormonal teenagers into self-pornographers, the world wide web’s permanent memory banks rob young and old users of the chance to erase the scarlet letters of their digital pasts. As for human memory, it has eroded as its technological supplements have become its substitutes.

Faculty Response to the Opportunities of the Digital Age

2016 ◽  
pp. 102-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Starr-Glass
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Values ◽  
Digital Age ◽  
Learning Opportunities ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Digital Revolution ◽  
Profound Impact ◽  
Service Culture ◽  
Relational Commitment ◽  
Cultural Paradigm ◽  
Learner Centered

The digital revolution has had a profound impact on learning opportunities, but there is often ambivalence in the ways in which faculty and colleges embrace these opportunities. Attitudes and the cultural expectations of faculty lie at the heart of any successful strategic response to the digital revolution. This chapter examines cultural values that may limit responsiveness and suggests that a new cultural paradigm is needed among faculty members. This paradigm accentuates the notion of service and a relational commitment to learners. In education, a relational service culture recognizes the value and centrality of the learner and provides a pathway for the broader strategic alignment of the academy with the opportunities that are presented by the digital age. The chapter critically appraises the need for a relational service culture among faculty that might further and expand learner-centered pedagogies, and suggests how change might be initiated and supported.

A Theoretical Approach for Sustainable Communication in City Branding

2017 ◽  
pp. 41-66
Author(s):  
Ayşe Banu Bıçakçı ◽  
Zeynep Genel
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Studies ◽  
Theoretical Approach ◽  
Essential Role ◽  
Brand Image ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Brand Value ◽  
Communication Model ◽  
City Branding ◽  
Symmetrical Communication ◽  
The Impact

The key to success of cities having high brand-value and awareness is the configuration of successful brand structures for the participation of stakeholders into the process. Starting from this point, symmetric and sustainable communication among stakeholders is assumed to play an essential role as a prerequisite for achieving success. The key to ensuring sustainable practice of any discipline is the communication. In this regard, in infrastructure, renovation, finance, tourism, sociology and cultural studies, the symmetry and participation of all of the parties are also considered to be important in terms of communication. Alongside the theoretical framework of city branding, this chapter seeks to contribute to the literature with “Multilateral Symmetrical Communication Model,” which has been created to meet the requirements for city brands. The impact of stakeholders' interaction on the brand image, the impact of ensuring multilateral communication between both parts, and demonstrating applicability of these are the main focuses of this chapter.

Google Earth as a Reflection of Cultural Changes and Socio-Spatial Processes in the Digital Age

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hagit Meishar-Tal
Keyword(s):  
Digital Age ◽  
Google Earth ◽  
Spatial Processes ◽  
Global Culture ◽  
Cultural Changes ◽  
Cultural Products ◽  
Online Maps ◽  
Knowledge Politics ◽  
Nature Of Information

The paper describes the change undergoing in maps and map-making, in the move from modern printed maps to digital, online maps, emphasizing the changing status of the cartographer and the changing nature of information represented on the maps. Taking Google Earth as its main example, the paper demonstrates the cultural changes embedded in this environment in terms of three main spatial themes: the global culture, the culture of openness and collaboration, and the virtualization of the cultural products and practices. It contributes to the understanding of the broader context of the changes in the modes of production and knowledge politics in the digital age.

scholarly journals Drawing in the Digital Age: Observations and Implications for Education

Arts ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 33
Author(s):  
Seymour Simmons
Keyword(s):  
General Education ◽  
Art Education ◽  
Visual Art ◽  
Digital Age ◽  
Annual Symposium ◽  
Digital Revolution ◽  
Professional Programs ◽  
The Arts ◽  
Architecture And Design ◽  
The Brain

This paper looks at recent examples of how drawing is advancing into the digital age: in London: the annual symposium on Thinking Through Drawing; in Paris: an exhibition at the Grand Palais, Artistes et Robots; a conference at the Institut d’études avancées on Space-Time Geometries and Movement in the Brain and in the Arts; and, at the Drawing Lab, Cinéma d’Été. These events are contrasted to a recent decline in drawing instruction in pre-professional programs of art, architecture, and design as well as in pre-K12 art education due largely to the digital revolution. In response, I argue for the ongoing importance of learning to draw both in visual art and in general education at all levels in the digital age.

Digital visibility and the role of mutual interaction expectations: Reframing the journalist–audience relationship through the lens of interpersonal communication

2020 ◽  
pp. 146144482090702 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudia Wilhelm ◽  
Helena Stehle ◽  
Hanne Detel
Keyword(s):  
Digital Media ◽  
Interpersonal Communication ◽  
Digital Age ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Mutual Interaction ◽  
Expectancy Violations ◽  
Expectancy Violations Theory ◽  
Media Environments

In the light of a new level of reciprocal visibility in the digital age, the journalist–audience relationship has fundamentally changed. Mutual expectations become visible or evolve anew. The question arises as to how these expectations and their (non-)fulfillment influence the journalist–audience relationship. Taking an interpersonal communication perspective by following expectancy violations theory, we focus on the level of interactions and propose a theoretical framework explaining how the interplay of journalists’ and audience’s mutual expectations affects their relationship. Our aim is to contribute to a better understanding of the journalist–audience relationship in digital media environments—and to provide indications for its functioning or failure.

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