New Media and the Question of African Democracy

2013 ◽  
pp. 1-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aziz Douai ◽  
Anthony A. Olorunnisola
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
New Media ◽  
Political Science ◽  
Systematic Study ◽  
Political Change ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Media Environment ◽  
The Media

This introductory chapter maps out the trajectory of democratization in Africa and how old and new forms of mass media remain embedded in these efforts. Drawing on decades of media and political science research, the authors argue that no genuine democracy may exist without a vibrant media environment. Democracy thrives on “transparency” and “difference,” and the media offer the platforms most suitable to ensure their existence and proliferation. The authors provide a theoretical grounding in order to further delineate the democracy media nexus, and review recent approaches to a systematic study of how communication technologies further or reverse the cause of social and political change. The authors conclude with a synoptic look at the important contributions published in this volume.

Interactive Digital Displays for Outdoor Advertising

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (11) ◽  
pp. 85-92
Author(s):  
Begüm Eken
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Information Age ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Traditional Media ◽  
Outdoor Advertising ◽  
Media Environment ◽  
Media Technologies ◽  
Interactive Display ◽  
The Media ◽  
Interactive Displays

As we live in a period called the ‘Information Age’, new communication technologies are enabling newer possible ways for advertisers to interact differently with customers. High-technology televisions, the Internet, touch screens and such technologies are changing the media environment. Therefore, it changes the ways of communication. Nowadays, interactive digital displays are more commonly used for outdoor advertisements such as shop displays, billboards and on public transport. This research explores the impacts of interactive digital displays for outdoor advertising and how efficiently they engage with customers. Advertising media is evolving into a whole new level with upcoming developments. However, it still needs a full adaptation by customers. While relatively young customers adapt more easily with the interactive displays, certain kinds of customers still prefer traditional media. This research seeks to find how effective interactive display use for advertising is, while comparing customer adaptation of new media technologies with traditional media. Keywords: Interactive displays, outdoor advertising, digital signage.

scholarly journals MEDIA AND PUBLIC TRUST TOWARDS COVID-19 INFORMATION

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 163-176
Author(s):  
Muhammad Yunus Patawari
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
New Media ◽  
Public Trust ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
The People ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Mass Media ◽  
Media Channels ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Attitudes And Behavior

Mass media is one of the leading sectors in handling COVID-19. Amidst current health emergency, public trusttowards the information conveyed by the mass media is the key to successful mitigation. Various types of newsregarding massive COVID-19 reports in several media channels have the potential to cause information bias whichends in pros and cons. Insubstantial debates in varied media are counter-productive to the efforts of various partiesin educating the society to avoid misinformation. Based on this, it is important to know the media that are referencesand that gain public trust in seeking information. This study examines the level of public trust in information aboutCOVID-19 in the mass media, both old and new media, using an online questionnaire methodology on May 3, 2020,which was given to 60 respondents. The results show that the respondents’ level of faith in television is higher, but itsconsumption by viewers is much lower than that of online media (news sites and social media). The results showedthat viewers still deemed television a reliable reference for information. From these data it was found out why themedia are rarely used by the people but are able to gain high trust in the eyes of the public. The results of this studyare expected to provide an overview of the attitudes and behavior of the community in understanding COVID-19information so that relevant parties can make appropriate policies in the perspectives of media and communication.

New Media and Political Change in the Occupied Palestinian Territories: Assembling Media Worlds and Cultivating Networks of Care

2010 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-81 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amahl Bishara
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
News Media ◽  
Palestinian Authority ◽  
Media Environment ◽  
Broadcast Media ◽  
Palestinian Territories ◽  
Technological Advances ◽  
Second Intifada ◽  
The Media ◽  
First Intifada

AbstractIn terms of infrastructure and technology, the media environment of Palestinians in the Occupied Territories developed extensively between the first and second Intifadas. Yet the media environment of the second Intifada was not necessarily more conducive to democratic change than that of the first. This paper argues that technological advances must be evaluated in their political contexts, and that the Palestinian context offers insight into what news media can do when they are not necessarily forums for an effective public sphere. For decades, Palestinians have assembled their media world out of other states' media, and a diverse collection of small and large media. This active process of assembly has itself constituted a productive field of political contestation. During the first Intifada, having no broadcast media or uncensored newspapers, Palestinians relied on small media like graffiti to evade Israeli restrictions. During the Oslo period, the Palestinian Authority (PA) established official Palestinian broadcast media, while Palestinian entrepreneurs opened broadcasting stations and Internet news sites. During the second Intifada, with Palestinian news media hampered by continued PA restrictions and intensified Israeli violence, small and new media enabled networks of care and connection, but were not widely effective tools for political organizing.

Contemporary Social Movements in a Hybrid Media Environment

2020 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 443-465
Author(s):  
Neal Caren ◽  
Kenneth T. Andrews ◽  
Todd Lu
Keyword(s):  
Social Movements ◽  
New Media ◽  
Organizational Forms ◽  
Media Environment ◽  
Media Technologies ◽  
Analytical Skills ◽  
The Media ◽  
Media And Communication ◽  
New Media Technologies

Media are central to the dynamics of protest and social movements. Contemporary social movements face a shifting environment composed of new media technologies and platforms that enable new identities, organizational forms, and practices. We review recent research focusing on the ways in which movements shape and are shaped by the media environment and the ways in which changes in the media environment have reshaped participation, mobilization, and impacts of activism. We conclude with the following recommendations for scholarship in this burgeoning area: move toward a broader conception of media in movements; expand engagement with scholarship in neighboring disciplines that study politics, media, and communication; develop new methodological and analytical skills for emerging forms of media; and investigate the ways in which media are enhancing, altering, or undermining the ability of movements to mobilize support, shape broader identities and attitudes, and secure new advantages from targets and authorities.

scholarly journals Inoculation against Populism: Media Competence Education and Political Autonomy

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 211-234
Author(s):  
Frodo Podschwadek
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
Political Psychology ◽  
Motivated Reasoning ◽  
Democratic Legitimacy ◽  
Media Environment ◽  
Political Autonomy ◽  
Media Agenda ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
The Media ◽  
Political Decisions

Abstract This paper offers an analysis of the relation between political populism and mass media, and how this relation becomes problematic for democratic societies. It focuses on the fact that mass media, due to their purpose and infrastructure, can unintentionally reinforce populist messages. Research findings from communication science and political psychology are used to illustrate how, for example, a combination of mass media agenda setting and motivated reasoning can influence citizens’ political decisions and impair their political autonomy. This poses a particular normative challenge for modern democracies: how to counter these populism-supporting effects within the constraints of democratic legitimacy? After showing how severely limited legal measures to curb populist media effects would be, the paper argues in favour of media competence education as a way of providing future citizens with an epistemic toolkit to navigate the media environment and strengthen their political autonomy.

Iraqi media entrepreneurs across social media: Factors and challenges

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmed Omar Bali ◽  
Sherko Jabar ◽  
Hazhar Jalal ◽  
Mahdi Sofi-Karim
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
New Media ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
International Media ◽  
New Era ◽  
The Media ◽  
Media Firms ◽  
Media Market

Influenced by digital technologies, the cost of media production has considerably decreased, and the traditional media is faced with new agile, flexible and low-cost media entrepreneurs. This article examines the dynamics of the Iraqi media market transformation with an emphasis on factors that help to merge media entrepreneurs and digital media firms that target an audience on social media. A qualitative method was adopted in this study using open, in-depth interviews with nineteen media entrepreneurs and three managers of media firms. The study revealed that relative freedom and advanced communication technologies have encouraged media entrepreneurs to drive the new media on producing short videos and broadcast them on social media, which has become popular among media consumers. This new era in Iraqi media entrepreneurship has created an abstract space in which media entrepreneurs get involved in the media market, collaborate with international media and deliver values through the use of user-generated content and flexible journalism. This opportunity is shaped by three key interrelated factors: first, the relative freedom of journalism that resulted from the political environment, current regulations and advanced communication technologies that provide more space of freedom; second, the development of communication technologies that allow journalists and media entrepreneurs to employ the media market effectively; third, the emergence of media entrepreneurs themselves who are convinced to seize the opportunities presented by the two previous factors.

scholarly journals DESAIN MEDIA KOMUNIKASI VISUAL PENUNJANG EVENT WISUDA

CCIT Journal ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 98-113
Author(s):  
Triyono Triyono ◽  
Kemal Salahuddin ◽  
Hendi Setiawan
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
New Media ◽  
Visual Communication ◽  
Educational Institution ◽  
Education Level ◽  
Bachelor's Degree ◽  
Communication Media ◽  
Visual Strategy ◽  
Computer Based ◽  
The Media

Graduation organizing events in an educational institution is the most awaited moment by the student who has completed the learning. That Moment is the awarding accordance to each education level. STMIK Raharja is a computer-based educational institution in Tangerang city which organizes Graduation event for Diploma and Bachelor's Degree annually. The implementation of the graduation is the biggest event to the colleges therefore the preparation is organized carefully starting from the committee formation. Refer to this event so that required a new media visual communication to support the implementation runs attractive and successful. This event is held not only to reward graduates but also to promote the college to invited guests or public. The aims of this study is to determine the media used to be effective in organizing events and drafting Graduation visual communication media to support the event as an image of the college. The methodology used is objective visual, strategy visual, copy writing, art directing and rough layout designing, comprehensive layout, and final artwork . The media visual communication are designed to 9 items such as banners outside and inside, banners up and down, Backdrop, Invitation Cards and contents of the invitation,  book Cover, media advertised of Greetings & Success addressed to Graduations in mass media and souvenir such as fans and glasses. 

scholarly journals Digital maturity as a critical element development of the media industry

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-50
Author(s):  
E. I. Kuznetsova ◽  
A. V. Rusavskaya
Keyword(s):  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Critical Element ◽  
Media Industry ◽  
Net Income ◽  
Media Environment ◽  
Revenue Growth ◽  
The Social ◽  
Media Space ◽  
Key Competencies ◽  
The Media

The article defines that the social functioning of communication technologies forms the media environment (media space) of a digital society. Organizations that are at high levels of digital maturity are significantly more likely than organizations with lower maturity to achieve high net income and annual revenue growth. Based on the analysis, ten key competencies that are critical for the management of the media industry are identified.

scholarly journals TRANSFORMASI MEDIA YOUTUBE DAN TELEVISI (ANALISIS FUNGSI DAN KONSUMSI MEDIA YOUTUBE DAN TELEVISI DI KOTA PADANG)

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 186
Author(s):  
Alna Hanana ◽  
Annisa Anindya ◽  
Novi Elian
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
New Media ◽  
Actual Process ◽  
Media Technology ◽  
Research Survey ◽  
The People ◽  
Media Platform ◽  
The Media ◽  
Mixed Approach ◽  
Watching Tv

If we talk about television as mass media, what is meant by watching TV is watching programs that are broadcast by television stations. It's just that, seeing the arrival and influence of new media technology at this time, making many functions of the mass media that began to be seized by new media. This research was conducted to see how the process of transformation of functions and consumption of television and Youtube media is carried out by the people of Padang City. In order to examine the changes in this communication media, of course data is needed on how the actual process takes place in the field. To examine the problem, this study uses MediaMorphosis Theory. The study was designed using a quantitative and qualitative mixed approach that was shaded by a post-positiveist paradigm. The quantitative approach is carried out through an explanatory research survey research design to find out the situation or condition that occurs and the factors influencing it. While the qualitative approach is used to explain the variables studied in more detail. The results revealed that the majority of respondents are more concerned with the content presented than the media platform used. The platform only functions as a tool that makes it easy for them to access the content they want, without them really caring about the conceptual differences from the available media choices.

scholarly journals The “Crisis” and “Opportunity” of the Hosts in the New Media Environment

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. p77
Author(s):  
Wenjing Hu ◽  
Fansheng Cao
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Media Industry ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Media Environment ◽  
Emerging Media ◽  
Continuous Progress ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Times

Along with the continuous progress of science and technology, in recent years, the improvement and optimization of the structure of the media and the rapid development of the network are promoting continuous changes in the media environment. New media has penetrated into people’s daily life and become an integral part of the whole social environment. As an indispensable component of the media industry, the host industry is facing challenges from many aspects in the new media environment, which requires the announcers and hosts to give full play to their subjective initiative, finding the “opportunity” in the “crisis”, keeping up with the pace of the times, embracing the emerging media, and grasping the needs of the audience, to produce high-quality content, so as to transform “crisis” into “opportunity”.

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