The Age of the Internet

Soft Power ◽

Modern World ◽

The People ◽

Digital Diplomacy ◽

Hearts And Minds ◽

Rules Of The Game

The bittersweet characteristics of internet and social media have caught the imagination of the era we live in. No orb of this society is untouched by the marvels of information and communication technologies (ICT). The evolution of internet from ARPANET to social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or apps like Watsapp has changed the modern world from its core, impacting every nook of every society. These tools and services have made individuals way more involved in political, social, cultural, and economic happenings around the globe, making them feel authorized to send their message/opinion beyond their computer/phone screen. Amidst this backdrop, state and traditional diplomacy has seen remarkable technological changes. The birth of digital diplomacy has opened a plethora of opportunities for the people as well as the state. Postmodern understanding of a state's power beyond the realm of its military capabilities (hard power) and through the lens of soft power has led to many countries trying to win “hearts and minds” across the globe. But, the interaction of state and newer technologies in the midst of labyrinth unconventional threats has changed the traditional rules of the game.

Digital diplomacy as a factor of ensuring the real sovereignty of Russia

10.33920/vne-01-2106-05 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Andrey Naryshkin

Keyword(s):

Soft Power ◽

High Tech ◽

State Management ◽

Management Processes ◽

Current Transition ◽

Digital Diplomacy ◽

Technological Platforms

Current transition processes have closely related with huge numbers of social spheres. The most significant transformations took place in the digital technology sphere. These trends have radically changed most spheres of life primarily including spread of information and communication technologies, civil services, diplomatic negotiations and promotion of state interests through "soft power". Importance of technologies as an element ensuring the sovereignty of states has increased due to involving information and communication technologies in daily people’s life and state management processes. The land, maritime, information and technological borders of sovereign states are actually blurred. The most advanced tech actors have opportunity to impose not only their own economic policy, making other countries dependent on high-tech products and its individual components, but also the information agenda. Nowadays social networks and technological platforms have almost gained the upper hand in competition with traditional mass media, both in terms of the speed of news distribution and audience coverage. This article is dedicated to the transformation processes in the digital, communication and technological spheres and potential impact of mentioned processes on the states sovereignty, Also the article reviews digital diplomacy as an element of "soft power" in promoting state interests abroad.

Ethnography From Physical to Digital Contexts

10.4018/978-1-7998-8473-6.ch013 ◽

2022 ◽

pp. 196-216

Author(s):

Angela Delli Paoli

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Online Communities ◽

Literal Meaning ◽

Ethnographic Research ◽

Ethnographic Fieldwork ◽

The People ◽

The Difference

The term ethnography comes from the Greek ethnos (folk, the people, cultures) and gráphein (to write, to describe), and therefore, its literal meaning refers to the description of cultures. The current perspectives of ethnographic research are widening to digital contexts for several interrelated motivations: decolonization, globalization, information and communication technologies (ICTs). The classical loci of digital ethnography is represented by online communities, delimited digital spaces of social aggregation around a given domain of interest. However, in the last years, these privileged sites are complemented or sometimes substituted by social media sites and metadata in digital ethnographic research. As a result, new sites for ethnographic fieldwork are emerging fostering new types of ethnographic practice. The difference in digital ethnographic fields imply an internally diverse array of approaches. The chapter starts from the origins of ethnographic research to investigate its digital developments, methodological challenges, and variety of approach.

Technologies Disability and Inclusion

EDUCATION SCIENCES AND SOCIETY ◽

10.3280/ess1-2018oa6064 ◽

2018 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Tomas Brusell

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Augmented Reality ◽

Future Development ◽

Smart Cities ◽

Modern Technology ◽

The Social ◽

The Disabled ◽

When modern technology permeates every corner of life, there are ignited more and more hopes among the disabled to be compensated for the loss of mobility and participation in normal life, and with Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), Exoskeleton Technologies and truly hands free technologies (HMI), it's possible for the disabled to be included in the social and pedagogic spheres, especially via computers and smartphones with social media apps and digital instruments for Augmented Reality (AR) .In this paper a nouvel HMI technology is presented with relevance for the inclusion of disabled in every day life with specific focus on the future development of "smart cities" and "smart homes".

Enhancing the roles of information and communication technologies in doctoral research processes

International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education ◽

10.1186/s41239-020-00212-3 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 17 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Sarah J. Stein ◽

Kwong Nui Sim

Keyword(s):

Thematic Analysis ◽

Research Process ◽

Formal Learning ◽

Doctoral Study ◽

Ict Skills ◽

Doctoral Research ◽

The People ◽

Abstract While information and communication technologies (ICT) are prominent in educational practices at most levels of formal learning, there is relatively little known about the skills and understandings that underlie their effective and efficient use in research higher degree settings. This project aimed to identify doctoral supervisors’ and students’ perceptions of their roles in using ICT. Data were gathered through participative drawing and individual discussion sessions. Participants included 11 students and two supervisors from two New Zealand universities. Focus of the thematic analysis was on the views expressed by students about their ideas, practices and beliefs, in relation to their drawings. The major finding was that individuals hold assumptions and expectations about ICT and their use; they make judgements and take action based on those expectations and assumptions. Knowing about ICT and knowing about research processes separately form only part of the work of doctoral study. Just as supervision cannot be considered independently of the research project and the student involved, ICT skills and the use of ICT cannot be considered in the absence of the people and the project. What is more important in terms of facilitating the doctoral research process is students getting their “flow” right. This indicates a need to provide explicit support to enable students to embed ICT within their own research processes.

Cyber socialization: trends and prospects

Pedagogy and Psychology ◽

10.51889/2020-4.2077-6861.14 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 45 (4) ◽

pp. 115-123

Author(s):

A. Igibayeva ◽

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D. Erbolatuly ◽

G. Turarova ◽

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Keyword(s):

New Technologies ◽

Modern World ◽

The Internet ◽

Young Generation ◽

Spiritual Values ◽

Virtual Interaction ◽

Pedagogical Research

The development of the modern world is very complex and rapid, and the process is characterized by high rates of development of information and communication technologies. The Internet space is a means of searching and obtaining information, as well as a medium for communication, virtual interaction, and has a significant impact on the formation of stereotypes of behavior of the young generation, as well as ideals, spiritual values, personal and social worldview. The article identifies the positive aspects of the development of cyberspace by young people, and also notes the threats and barriers to cyber socialization for modern youth. The necessity of conducting psychological and pedagogical research on cyber socialization is actualized, a conclusion is made about the use of new technologies for the purpose of positive cyber socialization of the younger generation.

Use of ICT in Teaching Vocational Subjects

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN INDUSTRY ◽

10.17762/itii.v9i2.417 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 (2) ◽

pp. 803-813

Author(s):

Deepak Chakravarty, Dr. Mahima Gupta, Prof. Banhi Jha

Keyword(s):

Information And Communication Technology ◽

Communication Technology ◽

Teaching And Learning ◽

Modern World ◽

Physical Strength ◽

New Information ◽

The Way

In today’s modern world, globalization has completely changed the way of working. The way we live, learn, work, and even define work has changed due to new information and communication technologies—Hence, it can stated that human capital fuel up the modern economy. In reality, the information and communication technology revolution has turned intelligence into a valuable commodity. In today's economy, economic growth is based on mental intelligence rather than physical strength, and its worth is generated by recruiting knowledgeable workers and continuing to learn. Incorporating information and communication technology (ICT) into vocational and technical education and the educational system in general has a vast range of consequences on teaching and learning.

e-Diplomacy as Instrument for Establishment of Interethnic Relations

SHS Web of Conferences ◽

10.1051/shsconf/20185001144 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 50 ◽

pp. 01144

Author(s):

Liudmila Reshetnikova

Keyword(s):

Social Networks ◽

Foreign Policy ◽

Digital Media ◽

Public Diplomacy ◽

Interethnic Relations ◽

Definition Of ◽

Digital Diplomacy

The article is devoted to e-diplomacy (also known as digital diplomacy) which is a component of public diplomacy. Digital diplomacy is a one of the new tools of foreign policy that is aimed to solve the problems of international and interethnic relations. The article examines the concept and definition of digital diplomacy that concentrates on the use of social networks and digital media in the field of foreign policy. Some risks and threats of e-diplomacy are also considered. The use of opportunities of information and communication technologies for solving the problems of foreign policy and influence on mass consciousness by means of the Internet, social networks is analyzed.

Methodological Bases of Competence Preferences Necessary for a Vocal Teacher in the Formation of Vocal and Auditory Skills in a Modern Dissonant Sound Environment

Uchenye Zapiski RGSU ◽

10.17922/2071-5323-2020-19-3-85-92 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 19 (3) ◽

pp. 85-92

Author(s):

S.S. Aksenova ◽

Keyword(s):

Mass Culture ◽

Vocal Pedagogy ◽

Point Of View ◽

Modern World ◽

Teaching Methodology ◽

New Information ◽

Sound Environment ◽

in the modern world, the problems of improving vocal pedagogy and methodological developments in the field of training future singers and vocal teachers should be considered not only from the point of view of the traditional classical school of singing described in the works of famous scientists, but also together with new information and communication technologies that have already firmly entered various fields of pedagogy and mass culture. It will be a mistake to oppose the fundamental vocal teaching methodology, which gives new generations of students a solid basis for the formation of vocal competencies, new pedagogical approaches in the field of hearing development using modern information and digital technologies. The task of modern methodist scientists is to combine classics and modernity, traditions and innovations in order to form new competencies among vocalist students, future performers and teachers.

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 ◽

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.