Euphoria and Delusion of Digital Activism

2018 ◽  
pp. 179-202
Author(s):  
Ufuoma Akpojivi
Keyword(s):  
African Continent ◽  
Digital Activism ◽  
Cultural Changes ◽  
Limited Impact ◽  
The Public ◽  
South Africans ◽  
Media Technologies ◽  
Political Economic ◽  
Goals And Objectives

This chapter seeks to question and problematize the concept of cyber-utopianism that has characterized the phenomenal increase of digital activism in the African continent in the last decade. Using tweets collected between November 1, 2015 and May 1, 2016 on the #ZumaMustFall digital activism as a case study, the chapter argues that the ability of new media technologies in digital activism to create awareness has created a sense of euphoria that digital activism can bring about political, economic and socio-cultural changes. The study revealed that #ZumaMustFall digital activism has had limited impact as Zuma has not fallen and this can be attributed to the elite nature of the movement that has excluded vast majority of ordinary South Africans from the activities of the movement. In addition, the racial coloration of the movement (i.e. identity) hindered the movement from reaching out to the public who could have actively participated in translating the movement from the online space to the offline space and achieve their goals and objectives.

scholarly journals PERUBAHAN PERAN PEMUKA ADAT PUNYIMBANG PADA MASYARAKAT ADAT PEPADUN

SOSIETAS ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Saras Sarita ◽  
Siti Nurbayani
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Cultural Changes ◽  
Public Response ◽  
The Public ◽  
The People ◽  
The Social ◽  
Changing Role ◽  
The Village

This study is about the changing role of traditional leaders called punyimbang in pepadun community. This research was conducted in the village of Terbanggi Besar, Terbanggi Besar District of Central Lampung regency. This research was motivated by the social and cultural changes taking place in society. The research is a qualitative research method of case study that compares difference conditions punyimbang role ago and today. The results of this study are firstly the social and cultural changes that occurred in the community so that the role punyimbang the first switch and always involved in every aspect of community life is starting at left, second, the factors that cause changes in this role is the modernization that began touching indigenous peoples pepadun village Terbanggi great so that people began to leave things that are traditional, third, these changes have an impact on the conflict in the community, due to the people lost figure punyimbang that exemplifies the good things that people are starting to do a lot of irregularities such as conflict between villages, spoliation, and the conflict between generations, fourth, related to the changing role of public response punyimbang happens is people still assume the existence punyimbang needed as long as there customary held by the public but does not bind as before.

scholarly journals Artificial Landscape: in search of publicness through urban spectacle in Hong Kong

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Isaac Leung ◽  
Andy Buchanan
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Public Space ◽  
Constitutive Relationship ◽  
Urban Context ◽  
Dynamic Information ◽  
The Public ◽  
Media Technologies ◽  
A Site

Screen technologies increasingly permeate the experience of public space in Hong Kong. Large media walls have occupied the façades of many buildings, rendering a cityscape with dynamic information visible as a new urban skin. This article is a case study on Artificial Landscape, a site-specific media art project located on Asia Pacific’s largest LED outdoor screen. The case sets an example of how a public screen can serve as a mediating agent. It provides an opportunity for artists to provoke absent ideas in the public space and explore subversive potential, including critical reflection on issues surrounding surveillance, consumerism and rapid urban growth. The case also exemplifies how a public screen can mediate the public to experience an alternative context through artistic intervention, where negotiations of perceptions and subjectivities are made possible. This article provides insights into a public screen’s mode of spectatorship, quality of public space and curatorial strategies in an urban context. This is achieved by illustrating how various artworks extend the notion of publicness and remediate the mutually constitutive relationship among the built environment, media technologies, artists, public and everyday encounters.

scholarly journals The Police Use of Social Media: Transformation or Normalisation?

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 245-258 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen Bullock
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Citizen Participation ◽  
Communication Strategies ◽  
Cultural Dynamics ◽  
Cultural Changes ◽  
The Public ◽  
Transformative Potential ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Public Organisations

There has been optimism that social media will facilitate citizen participation and transform the communication strategies of public organisations. Drawing on a case study of the public police in England, this article considers whether social media are transforming or normalising communications. Arguing that social media have not yet served to facilitate interaction between constabularies and citizens in the ways that have been proposed and desired, the article considers factors that structure the transformative potential of social media. It is argued that the uses of social media are mediated by the existing organisational and occupational concerns of the police. This article reveals how an interplay of organisational, technological and individual and cultural dynamics come together to shape how social media are used in constabularies. Embedding social media into police communications is challenging and the technology itself will not bring about the organisational and cultural changes needed to transform police–citizen engagement.

Destination development and transformation: 50 years of tourism after independence in Singapore

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 269-281 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joan C. Henderson
Keyword(s):  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Case Study Methodology ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Public ◽  
Cultural Conditions ◽  
Full Independence ◽  
Study Methodology ◽  
City State ◽  
Political Economic

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present a case study of the evolution of Singapore as a destination for international tourists, comparing contemporary circumstances with those existing 50 years ago when full independence was attained. Design/methodology/approach – A case study methodology is adopted and findings are derived from the analysis of materials in the public domain. Findings – Function as a tourist destination cannot be understood without an appreciation of a place’s history and evolving general economic, political and socio-cultural conditions. These determine opportunities and constraints and thus the character and image of the destination from a tourism industry perspective. Singapore is shown to have undergone transformation as a country and consequently as a tourist centre under the leadership of a strong government which has brought prosperity to the now highly urbanised and industrialised city state. Achievements are considerable, although the future is one of some uncertainty as the wider context continues to change in ways which pose new challenges. Research limitations/implications – The paper’s core argument is that performance as a destination cannot be separated from broader circumstances demonstrated by comparisons of Singapore’s tourism in 1965 and 2015 and the political, economic, socio-cultural and environmental contexts of the two periods. Originality/value – While possessing many unique attributes related to its defining characteristics, the republic’s experiences afford valuable insights into the dynamics of destination development and especially in nations which are young, small and rapidly modernising.

scholarly journals Planejamento turístico: estudo de caso da cidade de Belém (PA)

2014 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Celisse Oliveira Brito ◽  
Heliani do Socorro Ferreira de Sá
Keyword(s):  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Tourism Planning ◽  
The Public ◽  
Structural Framework ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
To Receive ◽  
The City ◽  
Geographical Space ◽  
Goals And Objectives

O turismo é uma das atividades que mais cresce no mundo, tornando-se promissora para muitos países. Nesse contexto, as regiões que mais se destacam na atividade são as que dispõem de atrativos naturais e culturais juntamente com uma infraestrutura adequada, estimulando assim o deslocamento de grandes fluxos de turistas e visitantes para a determinada localidade, além de fomentar o crescimento do setor turístico, gerando benefícios socioeconômicos para os envolvidos na atividade. Por isso, é extremante necessário que as cidades estejam preparadas para receber os turistas atendendo ou até mesmos superando suas expectativas. Nessa perspectiva, o presente artigo pretende esclarecer de que forma o Planejamento Turístico vem sendo aplicado no âmbito logístico e estrutural da cidade de Belém na busca de atender e satisfazer as demandas turísticas. Visto que esse tipo de Planejamento é a base de toda ação voltada para a atividade turística, analisando e diagnosticando um determinado espaço geográfico, através de metas e objetivos. Proporcionando, ainda, ações eficazes, com a interação de todos os agentes do Turismo, o órgão público, privado e a comunidade. O artigo também explanará quais os entraves encontrados na gestão, pois sabe-se que o planejamento turístico adequado deve vislumbrar melhorias em infraestrutura que atendam não somente o turista mas principalmente a população local. Tourism planning: a case study of the city of Belém (PA, Brazil) ABSTRACT Tourism is one of the fastest growing in the world, making it promising for many countries activities. In this context, the regions that stand out in the activity are those that have natural and cultural attractions along with an adequate infrastructure, thus encouraging the displacement of large flows of tourists and visitors to a particular locality, and foster the growth of the tourism sector generating socio-economic benefits for those involved in the activity. Therefore, it is extremely necessary that cities are prepared to receive tourists or even taking them beyond their expectations. In this perspective, this article aims to clarify how the Tourism Planning has been applied in logistics and structural framework of the town of Bethlehem in search of meet and satisfy tourist demands . Since this type of planning is the basis of every action focused on tourism, analyzing and diagnosing a particular geographical space, through goals and objectives. Also providing effective actions, with the interaction of all agents of Tourism, the public, private and community. The article also will treat which obstacles encountered in the management, since it is known that proper tourism planning should aim at improvements in infrastructure that meet not only tourists but mostly locals. KEYWORDS: Tourism; Planning; Tourism Planning; Infrastructure.

The cup runneth over: The body, the public and its regulation in digital activism

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 187-198 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nishant Shah
Keyword(s):  
Nation Building ◽  
The Body ◽  
Digital Activism ◽  
The Public ◽  
Online Platforms ◽  
Predictive Algorithms ◽  
The Face ◽  
Physical Spaces

The mainstream discourse focuses on predictive algorithms of probability as a measure of responsibility and culpability for digitally mediated activism. Bodies that threaten to disrupt the seamlessness of events are seen as problematic. The expected response is to contain this overflow into physical spaces and to restrict their excesses to the online platforms. This essay argues that this separation of zones of affective excess signals a shift in how we understand the body, publicness and punishment in the face of ubiquitous digitality. It confronts this ‘cleansing’ acts of algorithmic regulation with a case study of the #KissOfLove campaign from India to show how the expected tropes that deal with concerns of safety of the body, the separation and weaving together of the digital and physical spaces, and the affordances provided by regulation and policy often unquestioningly mark bodies and spaces as overflowing and hence in need of curation, containment and cleansing. Building upon the narratives of technologised nation building in India, it complicates the terrain of the overflow, showing that a ‘technoaffective’ framework might lead to unpacking the ways in which selected bodies are rendered culpable and are forced to bear the marks of punishment in an emerging technosocial landscape.

Profit Versus Partisan Causes in Diverse Ownership Models: A Case Study of Mainstream Newspapers in East Indian City of Kolkata

2021 ◽  
pp. 1326365X2110485
Author(s):  
Suruchi Mazumdar
Keyword(s):  
News Media ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Anglo Saxon ◽  
The Public ◽  
East Indian ◽  
Indian City ◽  
National Newspaper ◽  
Political Economic

The extant scholarship of media ownership, largely drawn from Anglo-Saxon studies, focuses on how corporate excesses translate to abuses of the public interest goal of journalism, paying less attention to ‘political instrumentalism’. This research aims to study how the complex interplay of business and political instrumentalism influences editorial policies in diversely owned, regional and national news media through a case study of commercially run newspapers’ coverage of anti-industrialization protests in the East Indian city of Kolkata. Through political–economic critiques and thematic analysis of newspaper articles and qualitative interviews, this research asserts the importance of the role of the ‘proprietor-editor’ and the binaries of regional/ national newspaper markets in the interplay of business and political instrumentalism in diversely owned news media.

Sampling Politics

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.I. Franklin
Keyword(s):  
The Political ◽  
Digital Technique ◽  
The Public ◽  
Cultural Legacy ◽  
Music Making ◽  
Cultural Terms ◽  
Public Record ◽  
Political Act ◽  
Political Economic

This book is an exploration of the geocultural politics of music sampling. Each chapter delves into one case study—a track, or larger work—from the inside out by starting with the samples that are at the heart of the work. The objective is to unpack how sampled and sampling material work together in light of shifts in the political, economic, and sociocultural contexts of their making, distribution, and reception since. Considering sampling as a material of music, not simply a digital technique or restricted to one sort of music making, addresses an under-explored dimension in studies of the relationship between music (any sort) and politics of the day (usually progressive, social movements). This is a tendency to concentrate on the lyrics as where all the political meaning lies. But this overlooks how sampling, or borrowing from the music made by others, even one’s own, can also be a political act even when this is not the intention. Based on extensive archival research, close-listening musical analysis, and interviews with artists or their estates, each study provides ways to listen, hear (again), and so learn more about how each piece, as sampled and sampling music making, work, on its own musico-cultural terms. Some errors in the public record, misperceptions about some of the works and artists who feature, are corrected in light of debates over the creative, legal, and cultural legacy of music sampling as either “borrowing,” “appropriation,” or even “theft.”

“They had already sold”: Uncovering relations among the local state, the market and the public in the case of municipal housing privatization, in Rosengård, Sweden

2021 ◽  
pp. 0308518X2110530
Author(s):  
Jennie Gustafsson
Keyword(s):  
Urban Landscape ◽  
Qualitative Case Study ◽  
Local State ◽  
Economic Literature ◽  
The Public ◽  
Housing Privatization ◽  
Political Economic ◽  
Historical Function ◽  
Municipal Housing

This paper uncovers the local state's complex intersections with the market and its multifaceted relations with the public through an in-depth qualitative case study of municipal housing privatization and urban renewal in one of the heartlands of the Swedish welfare state project, Rosengård in Malmö, Sweden. Drawing on the political-economic literature, I argue that housing privatization is entangled with complex interrelations among the (municipal) local state, the market, and the public and that an exploration of these relations reveals contemporary features of the local state. Hence, this investigation highlights the local state's motivation for privatization, the remaking of a market in a place where the market is believed to have failed, and the powers the local state retains. Additionally, the paper elucidates how the function of public assets changes due to privatization and considers tenants’ and residents’ worries, criticism, and concerns about municipal interventions. Subsequently, by grounding these findings in the historical function of municipalities in Sweden, the study contributes new knowledge on the local state in a deepened neoliberalized and financialized urban landscape.

scholarly journals TERTIARY EDUCATION - ONE OF THE MAJOR EUROPE 2020 OBJECTIVES

10.26458/1912 ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-30
Author(s):  
Daliana TASCOVICI
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Graduates ◽  
Tertiary Education ◽  
Cultural Changes ◽  
University System ◽  
Europe 2020 ◽  
Political Economic

The present paper speaks about the changes the Romanian system of learning suffers. Under these circumstances of social, political, economic and cultural changes and challenges, the pre-university and university system of learning have to cover several forms and situations, namely those high school graduates without the baccalaureate diploma. The case study under analysis revealed some unexpected pieces of information referring to the young undergraduates’ vulnerabilities and degree of information and implication in their own future.

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