Digitalization of Culture and Arts Communication

2019 ◽  
pp. 144-160
Author(s):  
Hatun Boztepe Taşkıran
Keyword(s):  
Digital Media ◽  
Process Management ◽  
Digital Communication ◽  
Communication Process ◽  
Digital Culture ◽  
Digital Database ◽  
Communication Processes ◽  
Sample Application ◽  
The Common

In today's world, it has become more significant to understand the effect of digital media on the communication of the contents about culture and arts, which are the common heritages of mankind. In this chapter, the concepts of digital communication, digital media, and digital publics which are the most concrete results of the digitalization process in communication was examined. Also, the digitalization of culture and arts communication was investigated in relation to the organizations working in the field of culture and arts and artists' adaptation to the digitalized communication processes; and the role of digital media was explored in connection with the communication process management of culture and arts contents. In research conducted as part of this study, the digitalization of culture and arts communication was evaluated by analyzing a sample application as a digital database and determining the perspectives of target audiences. According to the data obtained in the research, Google Arts & Culture, which has been investigated as part of the study as a sample application, should be benefitted from in the digital culture and arts communication thanks to the features it has. The application supports the accessibility of artworks and cultural products from any society for digital media users. As the data gathered during the interviews done to present target audiences' points of views about the digitalization of culture and arts communication indicate, digital communication offers important opportunities for target audiences in reaching arts and culture contents without time and place restrictions; and target audiences appreciate accessing to these contents free of charge.

scholarly journals Digital culture

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alberto Acerbi
Keyword(s):  
Digital Media ◽  
Cultural Evolution ◽  
Cultural Transmission ◽  
Past Research ◽  
Digital Culture ◽  
Cultural Dynamics ◽  
Cumulative Culture ◽  
Future Directions

Cultural evolution can provide a useful framework to understand how information is produced, transmitted, and selected in contemporary online, digital, media. The diffusion of digital technologies triggered a radical departure from previous modalities of cultural transmission but, at the same time, general characteristics of human cultural evolution and cognition influence these developments. In this chapter, I will explore some areas where the links between cultural evolution research and digital media seem more promising. As cultural evolution-inspired research on internet phenomena is still in its infancy, these areas represent suggestions and links with works in other disciplines more than reviews of past research in cultural evolution. These include topics such as how to characterise the online effects of social influence and the spread of information; the possibility that digital, online, media could enhance cumulative culture; and the differences between online and offline cultural transmission. In the last section I will consider other possible future directions: the influences of different affordances in different media supporting cultural transmission; the role of producers of cultural traits; and, finally, some considerations on the effects on cultural dynamics of algorithms selecting information.

scholarly journals Awareness and Following of Information Security Policies as the Main Rule to Protect Against Threats in Digital Communication Processes. Cybersecurity as the Arena of Modern Warfare

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 124-142
Author(s):  
Piotr Łuczuk
Keyword(s):  
Cyber Security ◽  
Digital Communication ◽  
Technological Development ◽  
Popular Literature ◽  
Communication Process ◽  
Security Policies ◽  
Cyber Threats ◽  
Communication Processes ◽  
State Administration ◽  
Modern Warfare

Abstract Nowadays, due to the benefits of technological development and the spread of the Internet, various threats have started to be recognized. Still, the awareness of society, especially politicians and state administration in this area is insufficient. This is also evidenced by the fact that initially this topic was not discussed at all in the scientific and even popular literature. The author of the article poses a question: is there, then, an effective method of defense against cyber threats, since their effects can be so disturbing? According to the author, the key to cyber security is the awareness of users of the digital communication process, both at the administrative and social levels.

Representing the Self Through the Visualization of Personal Data

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Catarina Sampaio ◽  
Luísa Ribas
Keyword(s):  
Digital Media ◽  
Data Visualization ◽  
Personal Data ◽  
Physical Reality ◽  
Digital Footprint ◽  
Identity Based ◽  
The Common ◽  
Project Data ◽  
Visualization Techniques

The representation of identity in digital media does not necessarily have to be conceived on the basis of criteria that mimic physical reality. This article presents a model for representing individual identity, based on the recording of human experience in the form of personal data, as an alternative to the common forms of mimetic portraiture. As such, the authors developed the project Data Self-Portrait that aims to explore the creative possibilities associated with the concept of data portrait. It can be described as a means of representing and expressing identity through the application of data visualization techniques to the domain of portraiture, according to an exploratory design approach, based on visualizing the digital footprint. It thus seeks to develop design proposals for representing identity that respond to the growing dematerialization of human activities and explores the representational and expressive role of data visualization, according to a creative use of computational technologies.

scholarly journals WATTPAD AS A MEDIA FOR MODERN LITERATURE IN AXIOLOGY PERSPECTIVE.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
ALISYAH PUTRI RAMADHINA ◽  
Diyah Setiyowati ◽  
Krisnayanti Nur Syahbani ◽  
Febrinda Setyo Damayanti ◽  
Moses Glorino Rumambo Pandin
Keyword(s):  
Digital Media ◽  
Common Good ◽  
Literary Work ◽  
Modern Literature ◽  
Online Reading ◽  
Digital World ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
The Common ◽  
Aesthetic Values

In the 21st century, the existence of the digital world continues to experience modernity, especially in changes to literacy with digital media through the Wattpad application. Wattpad is an online reading and writing platform with the essence for the value of goodness and beauty that can be viewed from the aesthetics of axiology. This study aims to explore the role of Wattpad in the world of modern literature and its relevance to ethical and aesthetic perspectives in axiology. This study uses a qualitative descriptive method by conducting interviews with ten students from the Wattpad application and reviewing literature with references to databases, journals, and articles from other relevant researchers. The results show that Wattpad acts as a forum for reading millions of stories from all kinds of writers. And according to ethical and aesthetic values in axiology, it also acts as a medium to write stories with beauty for the common good. The researcher suggests that Wattpad can be installed by all teenagers and used to understand the importance of literacy and have the ability to analyze beauty in a literary work. This research only focuses on the Wattpad platform as a medium to support literacy and the limited number of respondents.

Algorithm as Demiurge

2017 ◽  
pp. 146-166 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Kreft
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Driving Force ◽  
Social Research ◽  
Common Factor ◽  
Media Environment ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
The Common

Plato's Demiurge is the quintessence of perfection and power. “Whatever comes from me is indestructible unless I, myself, wish it to be destroyed” - says the creator of the gods, speaking to them in Timaeus. The gods and Demiurge are believed to collaborate on the creation of people in accordance with the standard of excellent ideas; soon the world, as we know, will be created. Plato's Demiurge is also the good, and the platonic gods are righteous. Without Demiurge the world is a chaos, an environment of irrational chances. Nowadays, the myth of Demiurge can be related to the perfection of creativity. Demiurge becomes equal to the anticipated, all-powerful driving force. Omnipotent, yet tamed and friendly. Demiurge is also the leader in the tradition of social research, the “divine” constructor of the economy, the originator of development. In the new media environment, Demiurge is a convenient metaphor for the presentation of the algorithm: mysterious, error-free, resistant to influence, free from human weaknesses. A transcendent being. The aim of this publication is to present new concept, the core myth of new media organizations - the myth of Demiurge associated with the operation of algorithms and critical analysis of myths created around it, which accompany the social, political and business role of algorithms. Considering the aspect connected with the interpretation of digital media operation and their social and business role, algorithms have not been so far analysed in the context of the presence of myths in organisational functioning. The author believes, however, that the common factor in the perception of algorithms in new media is their mythical aureole and mythical thinking associated with them.

scholarly journals Rhetoric in Digital Communication: Merging Tradition with Modernity

Res Rhetorica ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Bendrat
Keyword(s):  
Digital Media ◽  
Communication Process ◽  
Rhetorical Situation ◽  
Human Communication ◽  
Digital Medium ◽  
Active Participant ◽  
Media Messages ◽  
Interactive Nature ◽  
Definition Of

Looking into the definition of rhetoric in the digital space, one often encounters the view that rhetoric is too remote or too “ancient” to be used as a conceptual, theoretical or practical framework for researching digital media. However, a substantial body of contemporary media research applies the theory of rhetoric, using a modern conceptual apparatus (e.g. cognitive theories of metaphor). Based on Kenneth Burke’s model of the pentad, the article aims to show that media messages in the digital environment are based on the notion of the rhetorical situation and demonstrate that the rhetorical apparatus has a crucial role in discerning the ways to modify the discourse space in human-computer-human communication. The source of modification in the traditional model of a rhetorical situation is the interactive nature of communication in digital media and the fact that the recipient [agent a] is bestowed with the role of an active participant who can influence the content of the message. Thanks to the use of the rhetorical model of pentad, the argument goes that in contrast to traditional media, modifications in the model act 1 → agent → agency → act 2 are possible and they result from the inclusion of external participants [agent b] and changes in the ontological status of the digital medium from the role of an intermediary to an active participant in the communication process [agent c].

scholarly journals Smileys Without Borders. A Critique of Transboundary Interaction Between Politicians, Journalists and PR Practitioners on Social Media

2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-34
Author(s):  
Peter Berglez
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Theoretical Understanding ◽  
Professional Boundaries ◽  
Professional Groups ◽  
The Common

The purpose of the article is to contribute a critical theoretical understanding of cross-professional relations on social media, focusing on politicians, journalists and PR practitioners. It is well known that these professional groups establish personal and close relations in offline contexts, but more attention needs to be paid to the role of social media. Here, it is argued that, in the context of digital media use, semi-private chatting, humour, and mutual acknowledgement, including the use of likes, smileys, heart symbols, etc. are evidence of a 'neoliberalization' of cross-professional relations. The underlying idea is that the common practice of self-branding undermines representations of professional belonging and exacerbates the blurring of professional boundaries. The critical conceptualization of such 'transboundary' interaction between politicians, journalists and PR practitioners, which is guided by a cultural materialist approach, includes the presentation of examples deriving from the Swedish Twittersphere, and suggestions for empirical research.

scholarly journals Towards a Different Knowledge: the Knjiženstvo Database and the Digitisation of Materials

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Biljana Dojčinović ◽  
Ana Kolarić
Keyword(s):  
Digital Media ◽  
Digital Humanities ◽  
Educational Levels ◽  
The Core ◽  
Digital Database ◽  
New Knowledge ◽  
The Creation

The first part of this paper introduces the concept of digital humanities and the phases that some researchers note in the development of the humanities in new, digital media, as well as the role of digital humanities in the promotion of the marginalised literatures, particularly that written by women. The core example is the digital database Knjiženstvo, certain segments of which contain not only the data on the texts, but the digitised texts as well. In this paper, we pose the question on how databases can be involved in the creation of new knowledge at all educational levels. To this effect, we necessarily expand certain segments of the database to include those publications on which they already contain information. In relation to this, it has been observed that one of the greatest problems is the part of the database dealing with the periodicals – both women and feminist – and therefore, the second part of the paper is dedicated to this topic. We first analyze the terms women and feminist magazines, and afterwards, we consider the ways in which the materials from these periodicals could be gathered, classified and connected.

scholarly journals Smileys Without Borders. A Critique of Transboundary Interaction Between Politicians, Journalists and PR Practitioners on Social Media

2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Berglez
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Theoretical Understanding ◽  
Professional Boundaries ◽  
Professional Groups ◽  
The Common

The purpose of the article is to contribute a critical theoretical understanding of cross-professional relations on social media, focusing on politicians, journalists and PR practitioners. It is well known that these professional groups establish personal and close relations in offline contexts, but more attention needs to be paid to the role of social media. Here, it is argued that, in the context of digital media use, semi-private chatting, humour, and mutual acknowledgement, including the use of likes, smileys, heart symbols, etc. are evidence of a 'neoliberalization' of cross-professional relations. The underlying idea is that the common practice of self-branding undermines representations of professional belonging and exacerbates the blurring of professional boundaries. The critical conceptualization of such 'transboundary' interaction between politicians, journalists and PR practitioners, which is guided by a cultural materialist approach, includes the presentation of examples deriving from the Swedish Twittersphere, and suggestions for empirical research.

scholarly journals Research on the involvement of residents and tourists in protecting the local brand as a sustainable destination

2021 ◽  
Vol 95 ◽  
pp. 01017
Author(s):  
Mădălina Serban ◽  
Maria Magdalena Turek Rahoveanu ◽  
Gheorghe Adrian Zugravu ◽  
Cornel Băniţă
Keyword(s):  
Digital Media ◽  
Communication Networks ◽  
Digital Communication ◽  
Sustainable Tourism ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Business Development ◽  
Tourist Destinations ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Digital Communication Networks

Research background. Specialists show a decrease in awareness of the issues of sustainability of tourism activities among various stakeholders [1], followed by arguments [2], and irresponsible practices of visitors. Local key actors could be the main interdependent factors in solving [3] these issues that characterize sustainable tourism through the emergence of the phenomenon of digitalization and high popularization of social networks. Digital communication networks have left their mark on the impact that brand tourism - considered as local tourist destinations, has on the behavior of residents and tourists [5], [6]. In this research we aim to evaluate the various advantages that sustainable tourism can have due to digital media in the Pietroasele area, Buzau County, Romania. Purpose of the article. In this research we aim to evaluate the various advantages that sustainable tourism can have due to digital media in the Pietroasele area, Buzau County, Romania. Methods. Digital communication networks have left their mark on the impact that brand tourism - considered as local tourist destinations, has on the behavior of residents and tourists [7],[8], Findings & Value added. The aim of this study is to evaluate the perceptions about the local brand as a way to attract entrepreneurs, tourists and business development in the wine area Pietroasele, Buzau, Romania based on the following specific research objectives: 1. Knowledge of the role of the local brand in the management of local businesses and authorities. 2. Monitoring the application of mechanisms used by specialists to develop local branding, including collaboration with local partners. 3. Evaluation of the perspectives arising from the development of the analyse brand.

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