Online Discussion and Interaction

2010 ◽  
pp. 234-251 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Chovanec
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Online Discussion ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Virtual Space ◽  
Interpersonal Interaction ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Linguistic Features ◽  
Sports Events

This contribution discusses linguistic aspects of discussion and interaction in a new genre of journalism?live text commentary?that has recently come into existence thanks to new communication technologies, most notably the Internet. Live text commentary is a professional journalistic text that is produced online contemporaneously with the event that it describes. The technology enables the text’s consumers to provide instant feedback to the author, thus enhancing interpersonal interaction. Structurally, the resulting texts contain elements of discussion because readers’ comments are used to co-construct the texts, while also manifesting numerous linguistic features of reader-oriented interactiveness. Live text commentary is viewed as an instance of mediated quasi-interaction. This is because the readers interact in a virtual space, discursively enacting their membership in an imaginary community, rather than participating in a real interpersonal interaction. Using material from live text commentaries of sports events, this contribution provides an analysis of such online discussion and interaction from the perspective of discourse analysis and sociolinguistics.

Criminal law aspects of countering extremism in the virtual space

2020 ◽  
pp. 141-150
Author(s):  
Andrey Paramonov ◽  
Vadim Kharin
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Criminal Law ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Virtual Space ◽  
Psychological Characteristics ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Practical Implementation ◽  
World Community ◽  
The World ◽  
Information And Communication

The relevance of the study is confirmed by the fact that extremism is one of the most dangerous phenomena in the security of the world community, which pose a threat to the whole society both with committed crimes and the destruction of generally recognized rules of morality, law and human values. We point out that in modern conditions the dissemination of extremist ideas is actively promoted by information and communication technologies, especially the Internet. It is emphasized that extremists have the opportunity not only to demonstrate their materials to a multimillion audience, but also to enter into discussions and uphold their ideas and views. The Internet is very promising for extremists. This study considers the benefits that the Internet provides in disseminating extremist information. We believe that the problem of the spread of extremist information on the Internet is especially perceptible to young people. Due to personal and psychological characteristics, this social group is very vulnerable, as they are easily imposed on the ideas and views of extremists. In the context of the active spread of extremism on the Internet, the regulatory framework for combating these crimes is extensively presented. We indicate some problems with the practical implementation of countering extremism on the Internet.

Healthcare Organizations and the Internet's Virtual Space

2008 ◽  
pp. 855-882
Author(s):  
Stefano Baraldi ◽  
Massimo Memmola
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Virtual Space ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Healthcare Organizations ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Information And Communication

For some years now, the opportunity of innovating business models has basically been linked to continual progress in ICT. Healthcare is no exception; information and communication technologies are generally considered the most effective driver for changing organizations, improving quality, optimizing resources, and so forth, at least in theory. In practice, it is not clear which and how many of these opportunities are really exploited by organizations operating in healthcare. This chapter presents the results of a research project aimed at understanding to what degree and how Italian healthcare organizations make use of the virtual space made available to them by the Internet.

Healthcare Organizations and the Internet's Virtual Space

2011 ◽  
pp. 62-99
Author(s):  
Stefano Baraldi ◽  
Massimo Memmola
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Virtual Space ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Healthcare Organizations ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Information And Communication

For some years now, the opportunity of innovating business models has basically been linked to continual progress in ICT. Healthcare is no exception; information and communication technologies are generally considered the most effective driver for changing organizations, improving quality, optimizing resources, and so forth, at least in theory. In practice, it is not clear which and how many of these opportunities are really exploited by organizations operating in healthcare. This chapter presents the results of a research project aimed at understanding to what degree and how Italian healthcare organizations make use of the virtual space made available to them by the Internet.

scholarly journals Public Spheres in Private Spaces: How Capital Will Stop the Web’s Democratic Potential

2014 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kyle Brown
Keyword(s):  
Real World ◽  
Communication System ◽  
Political Action ◽  
Online Discussion ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Public Spheres ◽  
Flow Of Information

In the late 1990s and into the early part of the new millennium, the vast, open, seemingly free space of the Internet allowed for many communication and political science scholars to bask in the optimism of a new communication system that would allow for increased debate, deliberation, and flow of information (Kellner, 1998). Notable scholars like Castells (1996) and Benkler (2006) led the charge of conversation in regards to the network society, and the democratizing impacts that such communication technologies could potentially provide. More recently, Internet optimists, like Shirky (2008, 2011), have expressed the role that digital technologies, mostly in terms of the Internet, can have in allowing for widespread democratizing communication, social movements and political action in its ability to organize and mobilize individuals, both in online discussion spaces, and in the “real” world.

The Internet, Black Identity, and the Evolving Discourse of the Digital Divide

2010 ◽  
pp. 260-276
Author(s):  
Lynette Kvasny ◽  
Kayla D. Hales
Keyword(s):  
Digital Divide ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Online Discussion ◽  
Black Identity ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Online Discussion Forum ◽  
Internet Users ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
A Site

In this chapter, we examine how people of African descent are using an online discussion forum as a site for interrogating the existential question of “who am I?” Contrary to the typical formulations of the digital divide as a measure of disparity in access to information and communication technologies (ICTs), we make a case for how and why ICTs are being effectively used to enable and advance the interests of people who have historically been marginalized and silenced. The contributions of this research extend the digital divide discourse to affirm the cultural realities of diverse Internet users.

Healthcare Organizations and the Internet's Virtual Space

2011 ◽  
pp. 2323-2350
Author(s):  
Stefano Baraldi
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Virtual Space ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Healthcare Organizations ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Information And Communication

For some years now, the opportunity of innovating business models has basically been linked to continual progress in ICT. Healthcare is no exception; information and communication technologies are generally considered the most effective driver for changing organizations, improving quality, optimizing resources, and so forth, at least in theory. In practice, it is not clear which and how many of these opportunities are really exploited by organizations operating in healthcare. This chapter presents the results of a research project aimed at understanding to what degree and how Italian healthcare organizations make use of the virtual space made available to them by the Internet.

scholarly journals LINGUISTIC FEATURES OF TV COMMERCIALS AND MARKETING STRATEGIES FOR ADDRESSING CONSUMERS

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Silva Kostić ◽  
◽  
Ana Slavković ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Public Transport ◽  
Marketing Strategies ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Linguistic Features ◽  
Advertising Discourse ◽  
Tv Commercials

Advertisements are unavoidable and ubiquitous. We encounter them on television and the radio, in newspapers and magazines, on billboards, in public transport vehicles and mailboxes, on mobile phones or on websites we visit on the Internet. The aim of this paper is to examine linguistic features and marketing strategies used by advertisers to attract and hold consumers’ attention, make them remember advertisements and encourage them to buy advertised products. This paper discusses the way advertisers, using the advertising discourse, manipulate consumers’ opinions, beliefs and behaviour. Starting from previous research of the advertising discourse, this paper shows the results of the analysis of the most important linguistic features as well as marketing strategies for addressing consumers used in TV commercials broadcast on four Serbian TV channels - TV Prva, RTS 1, TV B92 / 02 and TV Pink, from March 2016 to September 2019. The analysis is based on the theoretical principles of Critical Discourse Analysis.

STEGANOGRAPHIC METHODS FOR EMBEDDING INFORMATION IN DIGITAL OBJECTS TO PROVIDE INFORMATION SECURITY IN THE CONCEPT OF "INTERNET OF THINGS"

2019 ◽  
pp. 110-116
Author(s):  
Hristo Terziev
Keyword(s):  
Information Security ◽  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Virtual Space ◽  
Least Significant Bit ◽  
Computer Environment ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Digital Objects ◽  
Effective Service

Internet of Things is a new world for connecting object space in the real world with virtual space in a computer environment. To build IoT as an effective service platform, end users need to trust the system. With the growing quantity of information and communication technologies, the need to ensure information security and improve data security is increasing. One of the potential solutions for this are steganographic methods. Steganography based on the least significant bit (LSB) is a popular and widely used method in the spatial domain.

scholarly journals Taking Watsuji online: betweenness and expression in online spaces

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucy Osler ◽  
Joel Krueger
Keyword(s):  
Communication Technology ◽  
Emotional Expression ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Phenomenological Analysis ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Ethical Implications ◽  
Shared Experiences ◽  
Online Spaces ◽  
Contemporary Context

AbstractIn this paper, we introduce the Japanese philosopher Tetsurō Watsuji’s phenomenology of aidagara (“betweenness”) and use his analysis in the contemporary context of online space. We argue that Watsuji develops a prescient analysis anticipating modern technologically-mediated forms of expression and engagement. More precisely, we show that instead of adopting a traditional phenomenological focus on face-to-face interaction, Watsuji argues that communication technologies—which now include Internet-enabled technologies and spaces—are expressive vehicles enabling new forms of emotional expression, shared experiences, and modes of betweenness that would be otherwise inaccessible. Using Watsuji’s phenomenological analysis, we argue that the Internet is not simply a sophisticated form of communication technology that expresses our subjective spatiality (although it is), but that it actually gives rise to new forms of subjective spatiality itself. We conclude with an exploration of how certain aspects of our online interconnections are hidden from lay users in ways that have significant political and ethical implications.

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