scholarly journals Media Evolution, “Double-edged Sword” Technology and Active Spectatorship: investigating “Desktop Film” from media ecology perspective

Lumina ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 125-138
Author(s):  
Jing Yang
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Digital Technology ◽  
Media Ecology ◽  
Media Technology ◽  
Computer Screen ◽  
Person Perspective ◽  
First Person Perspective ◽  
Media And Technology ◽  
Dark Web

Desktop film or computer screen film is a film subgenre with all events and actions taking place on a screen of a computer and using the protagonist’s first-person perspective, exemplified by The Den (2013), Open Windows(2014), Unfriended (2014), Unfriended: Dark Web (2018), Profile (2018) and Searching(2018). This paper mainly focuses on the desktop films with the theoretical framework of “Media Ecology”, aiming to investigate how the desktop film evolves and interacts with new media, digital technology, while influencing communication and spectatorship. Firstly, this paper discusses the evolution of cinema, which evolves through the interaction, co-existence and convergence with other media, as well as corresponds to the anthropotropic trend. Secondly, this paper investigates the digital media and technology in desktop films. “Desktop films” create cyberspaces and reproduce people’s virtual lives, revealing the influences of media technology, which is considered as a double-edged sword. Thirdly, this paper analyzes how desktop film exerts impacts on cinematic communication, while reshaping the spectatorship and audience’s viewing mechanism. “Desktop films” are suitable to be watched on computer, thus making audiences become active and have more autonomy.

Unearthing Techno-Ecology

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-38
Author(s):  
Tim Barker ◽  
Conor McKeown
Keyword(s):  
Digital Media ◽  
Communication Systems ◽  
Computer Code ◽  
Natural World ◽  
Media Technology ◽  
Active System ◽  
Technical Study ◽  
Historical Developments ◽  
Air Conditioning Systems ◽  
Media And Technology

Abstract Studies of media and ecology are often reduced to questions of representation: understanding the cultural mediation of nature means looking to screen based content. However, given recent work in materialist media studies from Doug Kahn, Lisa Parks and Eugene Thacker in particular, a new possibility comes into view. We now know that before nature is mediated through culture, it is often passed through layers of technology. With that in mind, this paper offers a radical rethinking of the technological mediation of the ecological. Through a study of the technical apparatus as an active system of knowledge, two different sections of the paper will illustrate the ‘tool-kit’ that makes possible a technical study of ecology. The first looks to historical developments of hardware such as the telegraph, radio, and satellites to pinpoint examples where media technology has been used to pick up signals from the natural world. Framed by the philosophy of Peter Sloterdijk, it explores the way nature has been given form through its transduction into communication systems. The second section of this paper, addressing ecology on a different register, looks past the surface of digital media to the manner in which ecologies are mediated via computer code. In this section, by conducting a reverse-engineering of the software based eco-media videogame Mountain (O’Reilly, 2014), we encounter the ecological structure of code systems which could be applied to other data visualisation systems. These two methods of analysis suggest the possibilities of a technologically focused study of eco-media: in coming to grips with both global and internal ecologies through what Sloterdijk terms ‘air conditioning’ systems - the material processes that provide the atmosphere of everyday life - we investigate the possibilities for innovative, post-human, approaches to a natural world entwined with media and technology.

Reformulating the Madhhab in Cyberspace

2015 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 413-435 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fachrizal A. Halim
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Islamic Law ◽  
Legal Authority ◽  
Legal Tradition ◽  
Media Technology ◽  
Communications Media ◽  
Nation States ◽  
Zero Sum ◽  
Media And Technology

In this essay, I examine the networks and activities of transnational Shāfiʿī scholars in reformulating the madhhab and reviving the legal tradition of the Shāfiʿī school of law for contemporary Muslims. The discussion builds on recent debates in two overlapping fields. The first field argues that new modern communications media and technology have greatly fragmented the authority relationship in Islamic law; the second field centers on the perceived dissolution of the madhhab as a result of the widespread rejection of the authority of classical jurists. I argue that the same new media technology also provides a rationale and an instrument that enable Muslims to reformulate legal doctrines and revive the structure of legal authority as reflected in the school’s tradition. By shifting the operation of the madhhab into cyberspace, these Shāfiʿī scholars have creatively responded to changes in communication technology and have effectively reformulated and refashioned the legal tradition of the madhhab as a practical reference for present-day Muslims. The ongoing presence of the madhhab, in this case, does not necessarily represent a zero sum game in the encounter with the legal reality of the modern nation-states.


scholarly journals Research on the Development Path of Zigong Salt Culture and Creative Industry in the Era of Digital New Media

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bingjie Zhang
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Traditional Culture ◽  
Creative Industries ◽  
Creative Industry ◽  
Media Technology ◽  
Virtual Technology ◽  
Development Path ◽  
Cultural And Creative Industries

Salt culture is the main component of traditional culture in Zigong, Sichuan.With centuries of history, it has accumulated rich cultural connotations. At present, Zigong salt culture, as a precious traditional cultural wealth, has taken cultural and creative industries as a new carrier of communication in the rapid development of digital new media technology, giving full play to the resource advantages of its traditional culture. This article focuses on the study of the development path of Zigong salt cultural and creative industry in the new digital media era. Combining digital new media technology with cultural and creative industries, Zigong salt culture actively uses virtual technology to realize the innovative development of cultural and creative industries, promote the cultivation of cultural and creative brands based on digital new media technology. This article aims to give relevant strategies with reference value, so as to make corresponding contributions to the development path of Zigong salt culture in the future.

scholarly journals Critical media literacy in Canadian classrooms: The re-education of media savvy children

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valerie Jill O'Brien
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Computer Games ◽  
Mobile Telephone ◽  
Media Technology ◽  
Media Environment ◽  
Critical Media ◽  
On Line ◽  
Major Shift ◽  
Unlimited Access ◽  
Media And Technology

Over the latter half of the 20th century, a number of technological innovations brought about a major shift in the Canadian media environment whereby we have seen traditional media, such as newspapers and radio, eclipsed by ubiquitous, state-of-the-art technologies that are incredibly vivid and burgeoning with interactive potential. New media have appeared while older media have evolved to offer us hundreds of channels and virtually unlimited access to intonation and entertainment. Along with these developments, our acceptance and appetite for media and technology has also shifted. Cable and satellite subscriptions, Internet access, and mobile telephone use have also increased substantially in the last decade. Given what appears to be a vigorous proliferation of media technology, it is hardly surprising that children are becoming remarkably 'media savvy'. Many children today can program a VCR or a mobile phone; they can navigate the Web while "chatting" on-line with friends across the globe; and they can manipulate the most advanced video and computer games, which can be an awkward task for most adults. But trying to keep pace with technology can be a difficult and expensive challenge, particularly as the competitive market for technological goods renders equipment obsolete ever-more rapidly, year by year.

scholarly journals Symboliska teknologier och lärande i en digital tid

2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (5) ◽  
pp. 168-183
Author(s):  
Roger Säljö
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Educational Research ◽  
Media Ecology ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Access To Education ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Many ◽  
Past Half

During the past half-a-century the education sector has grown in size and significance in most parts of the world. In what is talked about as a knowledge or information society, the time spent in educational institutions increases. One of the most important game-changers for education, and for educational research, is digitization and the growing reliance on digital resources in most activities in our daily lives. One of the many consequences of this development is that children early on in their lives make use of and adapt to digital media. It is argued that in this new media ecology the classical questions we ask about access to education and success and failure will continue to be important for educational research. At the same time, education as a discipline should consider the profound ways in which our knowledge and skills rely on coordination with symbolic technologies; we increasingly know by and through such resources, and this insight should guide the development of instructional practices. In addition, we should contribute to a debate about what “Bildung” and critical citizenship should be in a world which is going increasingly digital.      

Dealing with disappointment: How can a ‘coexisting imperatives’ view help us understand the unfulfilled dialogical promise of digital media

2021 ◽  
pp. 2046147X2110456
Author(s):  
Andrés Shoai
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Public Relations ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Digital Technology ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Theory Building ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
Building Research ◽  
Future Theory ◽  
Highly Cited

The association between the concept of dialogue and the expansion of digital media in public relations started as a theoretical ‘promise’ and was later followed by a feeling of disappointment. This article argues that the dialogic promise of new media was in great measure a consequence of a well-established belief according to which the field was rapidly moving from a ‘functional’ to a ‘cocreational’ approach, whereas in fact both cocreational and functional imperatives persist and coexist in complex manners that need to be disentangled. This idea is explored through a critical analysis of highly cited literature about dialogue and digital technology in public relations. Implications for future theory-building, research and practice are discussed.

A CRITICAL REVIEW: DIGITAL MEDIA EVOLUTION, OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 52-63
Author(s):  
NIK ZULKARNAEN Khidzir ◽  
Ahamad Tarmizi Azizan ◽  
Khairul Azhar Mat Daud ◽  
Ahmad Rasdan Ismail
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Critical Review ◽  
High Volume ◽  
Digital Data ◽  
Digital Content ◽  
Media Technology ◽  
Digital Society ◽  
Digital Media Technology

AbstrakMedia digital telah dikenal pasti sebagai salah satu media yang paling penting di abad ke-21. Media baruini dianggap cara yang paling berkesan untuk mengurus kadar penghasilan data digital yang meningkatsetiap hari terutama di dunia siber. Artikel ini menjejaki evolusi pembangunan teknologi media digital,peluang dan cabaran terhadap pengamal industri. Kajian literatur berkaitan dan analisis kandunganmedia digital berdasarkan bentuk dan keupayaannya (Penerokaan, Eksperimen, Komunikasi, Komposit,dan Pintar) dan mengetengahkan perbincangan isu-isu berkaitan peluang dan cabaran dalam industri.Pembangunan media digital mencipta beberapa peluang baru untuk penghasilan kandungan digital darisegi kreativiti, kebebasan dan fleksibel untuk berinteraksi dengan media digital. Walau bagaimanapun,terdapat beberapa cabaran yang perlu diatasi seperti pemilikan maklumat, hak cipta dan harta intelek bagimemastikan masyarakat digital memperoleh manfaat sebenar pembangunan media digital. Hasil kajianboleh membantu penyedia kandungan digital, pengamal media baru dan juga ahli teknologi komunikasimaklumat untuk memanfaatkan teknologi media digital yang ada bagi mengoptimumkan teknologi mediadigital sebagai alat untuk keperluan mereka dan bersedia untuk menghadapi cabaran masa depan. Abstract Digital media has been identified as one of the most important media in the 21st century. This kind of newmedia is considered the most effective way to manage the high volume amount of digital data createdevery day especially in cyber world. This article traces the evolution of digital media in its technologicaldevelopment, opportunities and practitioners-challenges in the industry. The critical review on relatedliterature leads to five categories of digital media based on their forms, abilities (Investigational,Experimental, Communicative, Composite, and Intelligent) and highlights opportunities and challengingissues in the industry. The development of digital media creates several opportunities to the contentcreator in terms of their creativity, freedom and flexibility to interact with digital media. However, there arefew serious challenges need to be overcome such as information ownership, copyright and intellectualproperty in order to ensure that digital society gain the real benefit of digital media development.The findings could assist the digital content providers, new media practitioner as well as informationcommunication technologist to discover their directions toward optimizing the digital media technology asa tool for their needs and be prepared for some possible challenges.

Application of Digital Media Technology in Exhibition Design for the Geological Museum

2014 ◽  
Vol 989-994 ◽  
pp. 5407-5410
Author(s):  
Kai Feng Zhou ◽  
Jian She Wang
Keyword(s):  
Digital Media ◽  
Digital Technology ◽  
Exhibition Design ◽  
Digital Display ◽  
Media Technology ◽  
Geological Museum ◽  
Display Technology ◽  
Design Case ◽  
Traditional Construction ◽  
Digital Media Technology

The digital technology has been brought a profound social change to human, especially in the digital display technology. In order to explore the application of Digital exhibition in geological museum field, the author applies by the "building roaming + picture + text" way to the audience on the Architectural layout and displayed content of Henan Geological Museum, not the traditional construction roaming form, according to the "Henan Provincial Geological Museum exhibition design" case.

scholarly journals DIGITAL MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGICAL CHALLENGES FOR MEDIA EDUCATION IN PAKISTAN

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 23-35
Author(s):  
Faiza Muneeb ◽  
◽  
Sana Mehmood ◽  
Saliha Mehboob ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Digital Technology ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Ethics Education ◽  
Media Education ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Media Technologies ◽  
Digital Devices

This paper aims to record concerns of media education currently under debate in Pakistan. It indicates three main study trends. The first trend is concerned about Pakistani digital technology users, their skills in technologies especially digital media usage and the second about new media learning and teaching methods by using new media tools like mobile devices, tablets, social media networking, which needs new technical and technological framework. The last trend deals with literacy concerning digital education, related to both the skills required by digital media students have to progress and what educators especially faculty members have to be trained about these media technologies. In order to achieve objectives pertaining to these trends, semi-structured interviews of students and educators are conducted. Concerning the first trend, we observe a division of perspectives and understanding between those who believe that all we need is new media education for old academic solutions and those we think there is a need of changing academic styles, thus allowing it to grow into a new standard. For this purpose, they stress that digital devices should be made an integral part of today’s classrooms. Concerning the second trend, we observe a consensus on teaching and learning by using digital devices as the most useful, helpful tools. Mostly, the school educators have their own laptops, tablets, and mobile phones however, they stressed on a combination of ethics, education and utilization of digital media in a good manner. Finally, the notion of literacy concerning digital media which has received significant consideration be defined in various ways particularly in the south Asian context. Keywords: Digital Media, Digital Technology, Native Educators, Pakistan

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