The New Front Line (Enhanced)

2019 ◽  
pp. 178-196 ◽  
Author(s):  
Primavera Fisogni
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Islamic State ◽  
Front Line ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Private Space ◽  
The Social ◽  
Global Terrorism

In the hyperconnected world new questions rise about the evolution of global terrorism. This especially refers to the increasing role of the lone actors in terrorist assaults, a phenomenon particularly relevant within the frame of the Islamic State (2014-2017). The perpetrators update not only the global terrorism dynamics, especially ordinariness, but also the category of enemy, in the social media age, where the internet has cancelled any distinction between public and private space, giving rise to a blurring configuration that calls for the rethinking of the referential frame on which the global terrorism narratives are built.

The Social Media Politicians

2020 ◽  
pp. 272-286
Author(s):  
Víctor Hernández-Santaolalla
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Daily Basis ◽  
Political Leaders ◽  
Political Candidates ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
The Public ◽  
Private Lives ◽  
The Social

Social media brings to the forefront two very important factors to today's politics: the prominent role of the internet and the importance of personalisation which is closely tied to a tendency of political candidates to overexpose their private lives. This does not mean that the candidate becomes more relevant than the political party or the ideological platforms thereof, but the interest tends to fall on the candidate's lifestyle; on their personal characteristics and their most intimate surroundings, which blurs the line between the public and private spheres. Online profiles are used as a showcase for the public agenda of the politician at the same time as they gather, on a daily basis, the thoughts, tastes and leisure time activities of the candidates. This chapter offers a reflection of the ways in which political leaders develop their digital narratives, and how they use the social media environment to approach citizens.

scholarly journals The role of social media in shaping airline’s image

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anastasia Elemonie
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Corporate Image ◽  
Customer Engagement ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Research Focus ◽  
Digital Revolution ◽  
The Social ◽  
Use Of Social Media

Social media is important nowadays. With the development of technology today, most people want their needs to be fulfilled in an instant. Speed is the key in most cases. In this era all media gets digitized, the Internet also becomes the mode of carriage for all other media, meaning a lot of information is available on the internet. In today’s competitive business environment, under pressure from the digital revolution, the corporate brand with its identity, image, and reputation becomes the center of gravity for valuable and durable relationships between the firm and all interested parties. The researcher has chosen qualitative data for designing this research. Focus of this research it is aimed to understand the social media that has been used by Cathay Pacific Airways to shape its corporate image in the eyes of public. The analysis shows that the active promotion activities through social media has a big influence in the formation of the expected company image. The use of social media as one of the strategies that Cathay Pacific uses as a means of communication can increase customer engagement. Keywords: Corporate Communication; Corporate Image; Social Media; Perception; Airlines.

Expanding on “What Is the Social in Social Media?”: A Conversation with Geert Lovink

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judy Malloy
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Information Exchange ◽  
English Language ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Network Architectures ◽  
Research Networks ◽  
The Social ◽  
Contemporary Work ◽  
Collective Production

In 1995, Geert Lovink started <nettime> with Pit Schultz. It expanded into many lists and languages and in the process demonstrated that English language and American-centric platforms do not have to be the lingua franca of the Internet. Lovink's contemporary work with the Institute of Network Cultures and its research networks, such as Unlike Us, has shaped a coalition that explores network architectures, the role of collective production, aesthetic tactics, and diverse, open information exchange. This introduction to the Epilogues focuses on his 2012 essay in e-flux -- “What Is the Social in Social Media?” -- asking three questions: Can you expand on what roles you envision for artists and writers in contemporary social media? How can we teach students to create in a difficult medium that so beautifully (and relentlessly) combines text, image, design, interactivity and collaboration? And how do you envision a social media of the future?

scholarly journals The use of Social Networking Sites in modern recruitment – empirical study

2014 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 63-73
Author(s):  
Łukasz Sułkowski ◽  
Michał Chmielecki
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Primary Research ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Talented People ◽  
The Social

Abstract Current changes in technology and the role of the Internet open up new opportunities for companies both to communicate and to work. The fact that Social Media entered the business landscape, and in particular the recruitment landscape leads to a demand for knowledge about recruitment trends regarding social media. Contemporary social media and recruitment texts have been reviewed in order to identify what impact social media is having on the recruitment industry. It focuses on how companies and recruitment professionals are taking advantage of the social media landscape to recruit talented people. Relevant existing research has been reviewed and primary research conducted (both qualitative and quantitative). The authors have conducted 8 IDIs with recruiter from various industries. The latter consisted of 147 CAWIs with employees from various Polish organizations from several different industries. The article presents interesting results that can be especially useful for recruitment managers, specialists and company owners. It is recommended that in order to gain a fuller picture of the issues underlying the findings, quantitative research on a bigger scale should be undertaken.

scholarly journals Recruitment of Foreign Members by Islamic State (Daesh): Tools and Methods

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 51
Author(s):  
Bozorgmehri Majid
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Global Strategy ◽  
Communication Strategy ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Main Concern ◽  
Islamic State ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
Tools And Methods

In the era of technology, Islamic State has shown that it is be able to link the radical reading of Islam with the modernity of the internet and social media to increase its scope of influence to all borders of the world. The social networks were very significant medium for Daesh. This article targets as its main concern, to analyze deeply the global strategy of &ldquo;Islamic State&rdquo; (IS) for recruitment of foreign warriors by looking at the methods through which the outstanding plan is carried out. It tries also to elaborate the communication strategy of the Islamic State besides the contents of the messages which have been broadcasted. By borrowing Malet`s conceptions, the paper schemes its theoretical bases and by relying on the own Islamic State sources, it tries to find and elaborate the required data.

scholarly journals THE ROLE OF SOCIAL MEDIA’S CONTENT IN FORMATION OF PROFESSIONAL QUALITIES OF THE STUDENTS OF BACHELOR DEGREE PROGRAMMES

2020 ◽  
pp. 186-191
Author(s):  
Yana Ye. Rupasova
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Empirical Observation ◽  
Communicative Skills ◽  
Bachelor Degree ◽  
Internet Resources ◽  
The Social

The article deals with the possibility of the usage of the content of social media in teaching the students of bachelor degree programmes in a higher school. The degree of impact of digital technologies on educational process is being followed with the focus on the necessity of substitution of line pedagogic technologies for the active usage of interactive and multimedia means of teaching. The critical analyses of some researches’ visions over the effectiveness of the Internet-resources used in pedagogics is introduced in the context of their studying the information and communicative technologies on the stage of their emergence. The highest authors’ appreciation of the pedagogic value of the Internet resources is highlighted as a high-quality possibility to boost the effectiveness of teaching. The meaning of the notion «social media» is revealed which are both digital technologies and the Internet resources. The types of social media are represented. The timely higher school pedagogues’ interest towards social media is explained as forms of teaching the students of bachelor degree programmes aimed at forming the professional qualities – creativity and communicative skills. The analyses of the usage of social media in teaching is given both of Russian and overseas reseachers. The results of empirical observation of the effective usage of the social media content in the teaching process of the students of bachelor degree programmes are performed, held inside the Presidential Academy, Institute for Social Sciences (Moscow).

scholarly journals The Role of the Internet and Social Media in the Spread of ISIS in Indonesia

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-19
Author(s):  
Indra Martian Permana ◽  
Fadzli Adam
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Social Media ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Islamic State ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Internet And Social Media

The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is an organization against the background of Islamic jihad which was founded in Syria in 2014 and then brought the terror movement into war against those who disagreed with their movements including fighting Muslims in Syria. The advancement of Information Technology which gave birth to the internet and social media turned out to benefit ISIS, by spreading, recruiting, and raising funds through the internet and social media. ISIS distribution and propaganda can enter Indonesia through the internet and social media through the emergence of ISIS sites, Facebook ISIS and online bulletins and e-books online. The impact is that not a few Indonesian citizens are interested and join ISIS and even go to Syria and fight with ISIS.

scholarly journals Deplatforming: Following extreme Internet celebrities to Telegram and alternative social media

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 213-229 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Rogers
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Free Speech ◽  
Media Ecology ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Media Companies ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
Media Research ◽  
Social Media Research

Extreme, anti-establishment actors are being characterized increasingly as ‘dangerous individuals’ by the social media platforms that once aided in making them into ‘Internet celebrities’. These individuals (and sometimes groups) are being ‘deplatformed’ by the leading social media companies such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube for such offences as ‘organised hate’. Deplatforming has prompted debate about ‘liberal big tech’ silencing free speech and taking on the role of editors, but also about the questions of whether it is effective and for whom. The research reported here follows certain of these Internet celebrities to Telegram as well as to a larger alternative social media ecology. It enquires empirically into some of the arguments made concerning whether deplatforming ‘works’ and how the deplatformed use Telegram. It discusses the effects of deplatforming for extreme Internet celebrities, alternative and mainstream social media platforms and the Internet at large. It also touches upon how social media companies’ deplatforming is affecting critical social media research, both into the substance of extreme speech as well as its audiences on mainstream as well as alternative platforms.

scholarly journals Young Farmers’ Cooperation Behavior and the Role of Social Media in Developing Agribusiness

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diah Fitria Widhiningsih ◽  
Sunarru Samsi Hariadi
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
The Internet ◽  
The Public ◽  
Digital Era ◽  
Group Cooperation ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Government ◽  
Supporting Materials

In conducting agribusiness, young farmers are connected with each other in a farmer group. Cooperation becomes the major requirement for maintaining their existence. Furthermore, in the digital era, many people use the internet to help their work and present it to the public through social media. Additionally, to develop their agribusiness, young farmers develop good relationships with extension workers who assist them and connect them to the government. Meanwhile, the government develops policies and supporting materials for young farmers such as fertilizer. Therefore, based on this phenomenon, this quantitative research is aimed at understanding young farmers’ cooperation behavior, especially in using social media in supporting their agribusiness and whether there is difference in cooperation between those utilizing social media and those who do not. It employed 39 young farmers in Kalasan and Prambanan Subdistrict who plant chili as horticulture commodities. It showed that young farmers’ cooperation was described in their activities on seedling, irrigation, crops maintaining, and marketing, but their cooperation practice was not high. On the other hand, they did not always use social media and Kolmogorov Smirnov’s analysis resulted that there was not any difference in cooperation practice due to the social media application. Moreover, not all of them were familiar with social media in the implementation of agribusiness. In this case, they need more assistance from extension workers so they should introduce social media as part of agribusiness to all of young farmers through agricultural extensions to connect young farme the worldwide.

scholarly journals Sytuacja języka białoruskiego w Internecie

2018 ◽  
pp. 231-243
Author(s):  
Anna Berenika Siwirska
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Mass Media ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Internet Communication ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Virtual Communication ◽  
State Institutions ◽  
Internet Users ◽  
The World

The article is devoted to the functioning of the Belarusian language in Internet communication. The author presents the results of her own research, in which she is interested in what language the Internet users write public and private messages, read news from the world or look for information. The author presents the linguistic situation on the Belarusian Internet and the functioning of the Belarusian language in various spheres of communication: in the mass media, social media, commentaries under press articles, websites of state institutions and private enterprises. Consequently, the real position and role of the Belarusian language in virtual communication is presented in the paper.

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