Challenging or Reinforcing the Gender Divide?

Cultural Patterns ◽

Cultural Changes ◽

Gendered Spaces ◽

Media Usage ◽

Rural And Urban ◽

The Media ◽

And Gender

This chapter aims to deepen the understanding of how the appropriations of new communication technologies in dramatic changing communication ecologies interrelate with social and cultural changes in contemporary rural and urban Kenya, focusing on gender and space. The study, which is set in Uasin Gishu County, Kenya, is based on a 799 household's survey concerning gendered access and usage of media and ICT and 80 life-world interviews with men and women on their appropriations of new media. The chapter concludes that the interrelation between new media and gender is complex. To a large extent the media usage reflects the patriarchal structure in Kenya and reinforces gendered spaces but new media also offer new spaces that challenge prevailing norms. Suggesting that new technologies can simultaneously function as vehicles of transformation and reproduce power relations and cultural patterns.

Political Campaigning in the Information Age - Advances in Human and Social Aspects of Technology ◽

Relationship between Social Media and Political Parties

10.4018/978-1-4666-6062-5.ch001 ◽

2014 ◽

pp. 1-31 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Kamil Demirhan

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Political Parties ◽

New Technologies ◽

Social Actors ◽

Media Usage ◽

Communicative Functions ◽

The Social ◽

Information And Communication

This chapter analyzes the capacity of social media usage and the social media strategies of political parties that became the members of Turkish Parliament after 2011 election. The social media usage increases in parallel to the improvements in Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and it becomes an important tool with its communicative functions to realize activities in social, political, and economic fields. In the globalization process, developments in ICTs and changes in the meaning of democracy have been realized parallel to each other. Politics has become more open to interaction and the participation of different actors. ICTs have created new opportunities to interaction and participation of social actors. These improvements require transformations in the role and functions of political parties. They have to arrange their programs and structures according to participative understanding of democracy and new technologies. Social media usage is seen as a requirement for political parties and party leaders for adaptation to these developments, and it is also seen as a device with its potential for realizing participation, communication, and interaction to adapt to the changes in the understanding of politics.

Relationship between Social Media and Political Parties

Social Media and Networking ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-8614-4.ch055 ◽

2015 ◽

pp. 1196-1225 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Kamil Demirhan

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Political Parties ◽

New Technologies ◽

Social Actors ◽

Media Usage ◽

Communicative Functions ◽

The Social ◽

Information And Communication

This chapter analyzes the capacity of social media usage and the social media strategies of political parties that became the members of Turkish Parliament after 2011 election. The social media usage increases in parallel to the improvements in Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and it becomes an important tool with its communicative functions to realize activities in social, political, and economic fields. In the globalization process, developments in ICTs and changes in the meaning of democracy have been realized parallel to each other. Politics has become more open to interaction and the participation of different actors. ICTs have created new opportunities to interaction and participation of social actors. These improvements require transformations in the role and functions of political parties. They have to arrange their programs and structures according to participative understanding of democracy and new technologies. Social media usage is seen as a requirement for political parties and party leaders for adaptation to these developments, and it is also seen as a device with its potential for realizing participation, communication, and interaction to adapt to the changes in the understanding of politics.

Socio-Economic Processes, User Generated Content, and Media Pluralism

Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Fourth Edition ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-2255-3.ch632 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 7270-7280 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Androniki Kavoura

Keyword(s):

New Media ◽

New Technologies ◽

Online Communication ◽

Close Relation ◽

Media Content ◽

Political Processes ◽

Media Pluralism ◽

Media Types ◽

Streaming Services

Media pluralism that is associated with the presentation of different points of view and ideas in media content, consists of a recurrent issue of discussion because it is in close relation with the socio-economic, technological and political environment within which media operate. Major developments take place with the worldwide economic instability that exists but also with the advancement of new technologies and social media that enhance online communication. This paper aims (a) to present media pluralism's components and (b) to describe the reciprocal role between media pluralism's dimensions and communication technologies, socio-economic and political processes that take place. These processes are based on the technological advancements of new media platforms such as online video platforms and streaming services as media types for online media content. In doing so, this chapter adds to the literature by illustrating the role of the abovementioned processes on media pluralism. Media pluralism is under continuous negotiation. Current real-world scenarios are discussed.

Iraqi media entrepreneurs across social media: Factors and challenges

Journal of Digital Media & Policy ◽

10.1386/jdmp_00024_1 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Ahmed Omar Bali ◽

Sherko Jabar ◽

Hazhar Jalal ◽

Mahdi Sofi-Karim

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

New Media ◽

Digital Media ◽

Low Cost ◽

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.

How new media affords network diversity: Direct and mediated access to social capital through participation in local social settings

New Media & Society ◽

10.1177/1461444810390342 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 13 (7) ◽

pp. 1031-1049 ◽

Cited By ~ 127

Author(s):

Keith N. Hampton ◽

Chul-joo Lee ◽

Eun Ja Her

Keyword(s):

New Media ◽

Social Networking ◽

New Technologies ◽

Instant Messaging ◽

Social Networking Websites ◽

Social Settings ◽

Information And Communication ◽

Traditional Setting

This study examines how information and communication technologies – mobile phone, social networking websites, blogging, instant messaging, and photo sharing – are related to the diversity of people’s social networks. We find that a limited set of technologies directly afford diversity, but many indirectly contribute to diversity by supporting participation in traditional settings such as neighborhoods, voluntary groups, religious institutions, and public spaces. Only one internet activity, social networking websites, was related to lower levels of participation in a traditional setting: neighborhoods. However, when direct effects were included, the total influence of social networking services on diversity was positive. We argue that a focus on affordances of new media for networked individualism fails to recognize the continued importance of place for the organization of personal networks: networks, that as a result of the persistent and pervasive nature of some new technologies, may be more diverse than at any time in recent history.

“Positionality” and “Performativity”

Politikon IAPSS Journal of Political Science ◽

10.22151/politikon.25.5 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 25 ◽

pp. 80-94

Author(s):

Raquel Tebaldi

Keyword(s):

New Technologies ◽

Judith Butler ◽

Human Right ◽

Feminist Theories ◽

Information And Communication ◽

And Gender ◽

Linda Alcoff

Over the last few decades, educational reforms have been carried out in many different countries with the aim of expanding the concept of literacy in order to respond to challenges posed by the mass media and the new technologies of information and communication technologies and thus was born the concept of media literacy. Even though some activists consider this kind of education a human right, there is still no consensus over its meaning or even over what objectives such educational policy should seek. This paper aims, therefore, to clarify the most important current debates on the area, to emphasize media literacy’s role in improving the quality of people’s political participation in today’s democracies and to highlight important contributions from feminist theories and gender studies in the construction of this concept, such as the concepts of “positionality” (as developed by Linda Alcoff) and of “performativity” (as proposed by Judith Butler).

Escala actitudinal en el adulto frente a las nuevas tecnologías de la comunicación / Attitudinal Scale in Adults Face of New Communication Technologies

Revista Internacional de Educación y Aprendizaje ◽

10.37467/gka-revedu.v4.692 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 4 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Martha Alejandrina Zavala Guirado ◽

Fernanda Inéz García Vázquez ◽

Maria Fernanda Durón Ramos ◽

Vianey Olemi Ruíz López ◽

Lina Jacive Valenzuela Moreno

Keyword(s):

New Technologies ◽

Technological Literacy ◽

Literacy Skills ◽

Generation Gap ◽

Future Studies ◽

The World ◽

Two Factors ◽

Nuevas Tecnologías ◽

The Media

ABSTRACTAt the present time, technology is part of everyday life for people of all ages around the world. Persons who use it, face different situations in their attempt to utilize these new tools, like ignorance, fear, lack of access to the media and exclusion due to their inability to use such technologies. To shorten the current generation gap, a workshop in order to bring adults excluded from use new technologies and technological literacy skills was conducted. To measure its impact and taking into account that it is important to measure the attitudes that participants have about using ICT, the purpose of this investigation was to validate a scale of attitudes towards ICT. For this aim, the above scale was answered by group of 61 adults aged between 22 and 76 years, with a mean of 52.6 (13.99), the results showed that the psychometric properties of the instrument were adequate. Also, exploratory factor analysis yields two factors, which were called accepting attitudes to ICT and availability for using ICT. Therefore, it is recommended that the scale can be used in future studies to measure attitudes towards TICS in general population.RESUMENActualmente la tecnología es parte de la vida cotidiana de las personas de todas las edades alrededor del mundo, los usuarios que tienen contacto con ella, se enfrentan a distintas situaciones en su intento de integrarse al uso de estas nuevas herramientas, que van desde el desconocimiento, el temor, la falta de acceso a estos medios y la exclusión debido a su incapacidad para usar dichas tecnologías. Para recortar la brecha generacional actual, se desarrolló un taller con el fin de acercar a adultos excluidos de su uso a las nuevas tecnologías y alfabetizarlos tecnológicamente. Para medir el impacto del mismo y tomando como base que es importante medir las actitudes que los participantes tienen acerca del uso de las TIC, el objetivo de la presente investigación consistió en validar una escala de actitudes hacia las las TIC, para esto se aplicó la escala antes mencionada a un grupo de 61 adultos de edades entre 22 y 76 años, con una media de 52.6 (13.99), los resultados mostraron que las propiedades psicométricas del instrumento fueron adecuadas y además el análisis factorial exploratorio arrojó 2 factores, a los que se les denominó actitudes de aceptación a las TIC y disponibilidad para el uso de las TIC. Por lo anterior, sería recomendable que escala puede ser utilizada en estudios posteriores para poder medir las actitudes hacia las tics en población general. Contacto principal: [email protected]

Countering the New Media Podia: Youth and ‘Fake News’ in Kenya

Shanlax International Journal of Arts, Science and Humanities ◽

10.34293/sijash.v8i4.3303 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 8 (4) ◽

pp. 8-12

Author(s):

Oloo Ong’ong’a

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

New Media ◽

New Technologies ◽

Information Age ◽

Fake News ◽

The Public ◽

The Social ◽

Legal Structures ◽

Media Platform ◽

The Media

The rise of fake news into the new media platform has raised significant concern in Africa and Kenya in recent years. The new media has embedded itself with fake news, which sometimes has led to the misunderstanding and misinformation of particular events that might be of the public interest. The general public, policymakers, and scholars, as well as the media, have found this as a very challenging issue. The upsurge of the new technologies, mainly social media, has posed challenges as youth immerse themselves in utilizing these social media for their own benefits. This is coupled with the creation and spreading of fake news, which sometimes when it goes viral; they lead to stress, panic and uncertainty to the individuals that come across them. The ability of users’ exceptional capacity to produce, reproduce, and distribute their information to a broad audience makes social media, an essential tool in the information age. The article critically reviews the literature on fake news and recommends for media literacy, strengthening the legal structures and use of sophisticated technologies as a strategy to fight fake news in the social media in Kenya.

Media in Post-Communist Mongolia

Nordicom Review ◽

10.1515/nor-2017-0149 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 30 (2) ◽

pp. 19-33 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Poul Erik Nielsen

Keyword(s):

New Media ◽

Driving Forces ◽

Freedom Of Expression ◽

Free Market ◽

Market Failures ◽

Media Freedom ◽

Cultural Changes ◽

Public Media ◽

Private And Public ◽

The Media

Abstract The introduction of a liberal media model built on freedom of expression, non-regulation, and free market in Post-Communist Mongolia has lead to a plethora of new media outlets. In a context of external pluralism, the media are key players in dramatic political, social, and cultural changes in Mongolian society. However, due to violations of media freedom, lack of ethical standards as well as market failures in a media market marred with clientelism, the Mongolian media have neither lived up to the ideals of liberal media theory nor been driving forces in the ongoing democratization process. Instead, private and public media, in an unholy alliance, appear more like a lapdog in the service of the political and financial establishment than like a watchdog.