Romani literature and its digital forms

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 243-266
Author(s):  
SOFIYA ZAHOVA
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Digital Publishing ◽  
Public Domain ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Internet Publishing ◽  
Literature Production

Since the late 1990s and particularly after 2000, Romani literature has been characterized in part by the influence of international and global developments within the Romani movement as well as the growth of digital technologies and the internet. Romani publications are going digital in different formats, including the digitization of public domain materials, e-books, audiobooks, internet publishing and social media publishing. This article discusses how digital technologies have been incorporated in Romani literature production and proposes a typology of the digital forms of Romani literature. It also provides an analysis of the issues and challenges that are observed in Romani digital publishing, some of which are specifically related to this type of publishing, while others apply to Romani literature in general.

scholarly journals SOCIAL MEDIA IN A CONTENT COURSE FOR THE DIGITAL NATIVES

2015 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 48
Author(s):  
Anita Lie
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Classroom Practices ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Digital Natives ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Educational Systems ◽  
Participatory Process ◽  
The Social ◽  
New Knowledge ◽  
The Media

Digital technologies and the Internet have revolutionized the way people gather information and acquire new knowledge. With a click of a button or a touch on the screen, any person who is wired to the internet can access a wealth of information, ranging from books, poems, articles, graphics, animations and so much more. It is imperative that educational systems and classroom practices must change to serve our 21st century students better. This study examines the use of Edmodo as a social media to teach a course in Pedagogy to a class of digital natives. The media is used as an out-of-class communication forum to post/submit assignments and resources, discuss relevant issues, exchange information, and handle housekeeping purposes. A survey of students' responses and discussions on their participatory process leads to insights on how the social media helps achieve the required competences.

Prosumers Building the Virtual World

2021 ◽  
pp. 492-517
Author(s):  
Mario Fontanella ◽  
Claudio Pacchiega
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Young People ◽  
Mass Media ◽  
Virtual World ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Clear Distinction ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Cooperative Group ◽  
Group Environment ◽  
Exchange Information

With the development of new digital technologies, the internet, and mass media, including social media, it is now possible to produce, consume, and exchange information and virtual creations in a simple and practically instantaneous way. As predicted by philosophers and sociologists in the 1980s, a culture of “prosumers” has been developed in communities where there is no longer a clear distinction between content producers and content users and where there is a continuous exchange of knowledge that enriches the whole community. The teaching of “digital creativity” can also take advantage of the fact that young people and adults are particularly attracted to these fields, which they perceive akin to their playful activities and which are normally used in an often sterile and useless way in their free time. The didactic sense of these experiences is that we try to build a cooperative group environment in which to experiment, learn, and exchange knowledge equally among all the participants.

scholarly journals THE ROLE OF DIGITAL MEDIA IN THE CREATION OF HIGH QUALITY PRODUCTS

2017 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 33
Author(s):  
Iva Bubanja
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Online Advertising ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
High Quality ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Target Consumer

This paper analyzed the changes in the process of creating high -quality products that occurred after the introduction of information -communication technolo gies and the Internet in the enterprises. Internet offeres advantages connected with the possibility of further company development and with the possibility for the high quality products to find their way to target consumer groups quickly and easily. Speci al emphasis will be given to the role of online advertising and social media in the promotion of such products. With the use of digital technologies enterprises have the ability to do business more competitive and to contribute to the growth of the nationa l economy.

Authorship

2019 ◽  
pp. 37-54
Author(s):  
Simone Murray
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Digital Publishing ◽  
Mass Public ◽  
Digital Texts ◽  
Early Eighteenth Century ◽  
Anglophone World

The culturally esteemed concept of the ‘Author’ is the product of the Anglophone world and emerged simultaneously with copyright and Romanticism from the early eighteenth century. Digital technologies present fundamental challenges to traditional conceptions and practices of authorship: digital texts are typically open to ‘readerly’ manipulation, and digital publishing has allowed more democratic forms of authorship such as self-publishing and crowd-funded publishing. Paradoxically, the digital domain has triggered a further elevation of the celebrity author figure, with author-maintained social media accounts providing readers with daily, or even real-time, communion with favourite authors. Authorship thus stands at a fascinating point: at once sacralized more than ever and yet, in theory at least, never more accessible to a mass public.

The Pamphlet Meets API

2015 ◽  
pp. 1-25
Author(s):  
Emily Stacey
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Collective Actions ◽  
The World ◽  
International Participation ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Programming Interface

This chapter explores traditional social movement theory and attempts to modernize and explain contemporary movements with consideration of the digital tools being utilized by citizens on the ground. The ability to transcend borders and traditional boundaries using digital media, to facilitate international participation and develop communication, and the dissemination of information and coordination among activist networks around the world is hugely important. This chapter asserts that modern contentious collective actions and contemporary movements have received an infusion of autonomy and grassroots energy fueled by the internet, digital technologies, and social networking platforms using Applied Programming Interface (API). Arab Spring movements in Egypt and Tunisia illustrate the use of social media within this emergent framework.

scholarly journals Empathy and Togetherness Online Compared to IRL: A Phenomenological Account

2021 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
pp. 78-95
Author(s):  
Fredrik Svenaeus
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Edith Stein ◽  
Personal Stories ◽  
Peter Goldie ◽  
Phenomenological Account ◽  
On Line ◽  
Social Intercourse

Abstract In this paper I aim to show with the aid of philosophers Edith Stein and Peter Goldie, how empathy and other social feelings are instantiated and developed in real life versus on the Internet. The examples of on-line communication show both how important the embodied aspects of empathy are and how empathy may be possible also in the cases of encountering personal stories rather than personal bodies. Since video meetings, social media, online gaming and other forms of interaction via digital technologies are taking up an increasing part of our time, it is important to understand how such forms of social intercourse are different from in real life (IRL) meetings and why they can accordingly foster not only new communal bonds but also hatred and misunderstanding.

scholarly journals Unlawful Content Online

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carsten Ullrich
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Hate Speech ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Technical Standards ◽  
Public Interests ◽  
Online Platforms ◽  
The University ◽  
The Eu

Illegal content remains a persistent and growing issue on the internet. This book reviews seven problematic areas - defamation, hate speech, terrorist content, copyright, counterfeit, unsafe products and food - to illustrate that the fight against unlawful content on online platforms in the EU is hampered by fragmented and outdated laws. Meanwhile, the global internet companies that govern our digital spaces enforce their own policies, based on commercial objectives, and with secondary regard for public values and individuals’ rights. The book subsequently charts out a solution of how EU lawmakers can bring social media and the like to take on adequate responsibilities for protecting users and public interests. The author argues that a safety-by-design approach, supported by technical standards, can be an effective way for implementing these new duties. Carsten Ullrich is a legal researcher at the University of Luxembourg, where he works on the regulation of digital technologies. The doctoral thesis on which this book is based was awarded the Rolf Tarrach Prize 2021 for the best dissertation in Luxembourg.

scholarly journals THE ROLE OF SOCIAL MEDIA’S CONTENT IN FORMATION OF PROFESSIONAL QUALITIES OF THE STUDENTS OF BACHELOR DEGREE PROGRAMMES

2020 ◽  
pp. 186-191
Author(s):  
Yana Ye. Rupasova
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Empirical Observation ◽  
Communicative Skills ◽  
Bachelor Degree ◽  
Internet Resources ◽  
The Social

The article deals with the possibility of the usage of the content of social media in teaching the students of bachelor degree programmes in a higher school. The degree of impact of digital technologies on educational process is being followed with the focus on the necessity of substitution of line pedagogic technologies for the active usage of interactive and multimedia means of teaching. The critical analyses of some researches’ visions over the effectiveness of the Internet-resources used in pedagogics is introduced in the context of their studying the information and communicative technologies on the stage of their emergence. The highest authors’ appreciation of the pedagogic value of the Internet resources is highlighted as a high-quality possibility to boost the effectiveness of teaching. The meaning of the notion «social media» is revealed which are both digital technologies and the Internet resources. The types of social media are represented. The timely higher school pedagogues’ interest towards social media is explained as forms of teaching the students of bachelor degree programmes aimed at forming the professional qualities – creativity and communicative skills. The analyses of the usage of social media in teaching is given both of Russian and overseas reseachers. The results of empirical observation of the effective usage of the social media content in the teaching process of the students of bachelor degree programmes are performed, held inside the Presidential Academy, Institute for Social Sciences (Moscow).

scholarly journals Music Videos as Protest Communication: The Gezi Park Protest on YouTube

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olu Jenzen ◽  
Itir Erhart ◽  
Hande Eslen-Ziya ◽  
Derya Güçdemir ◽  
Umut Korkut ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Political Communication ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Music Videos ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Protest Music ◽  
Mainstream Media ◽  
Production Distribution ◽  
Crucial Part

This chapter explores the relevance of the protest song as political communication in the Internet era. Focusing on the prolific and diverse YouTube music video output of the Gezi Park protest of 2013, we explore how digital technologies and social media offer new opportunities for protest music to be produced and reach new audiences. We argue that the affordances of digital media and Internet platforms such as YouTube play a crucial part in the production, distribution and consumption of protest music. In the music videos, collected from Twitter, activists use a range of aesthetic and rhetorical tools such as various mash-up techniques to challenge mainstream media reporting on the protest, communicate solidarity, and express resistance to dominant political discourse.

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