Digitalization and Political Extremism

2022 ◽  
pp. 506-525
Author(s):  
Mehmet Karacuka ◽  
Hakan Inke ◽  
Justus Haucap
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Information Source ◽  
Internet Usage ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Political Behaviour ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Filter Bubbles

Information and communication technologies shape, direct, and deter political behaviour and institutions as the increase in internet usage regulate our daily lives. The advance of internet and digital media also shape political involvement, partisanship, and ideology. Internet, as the new media, is an important information source that shapes political behaviour along with other effects on societal layers. The new technologies provide a platform for the voices of minorities and disadvantaged communities, therefore urging a pluralist agenda. They are also blamed for the recent rise of populism and polarisation by creating echo-chambers, filter-bubbles, and the “fake news.” In this study, the authors analyse the possible effects of internet usage on political polarisation and ideological extremism by utilising World Values Survey Wave 7 Data for 40 countries. The findings show that internet usage and education level decrease extremism, while safety, work anxiety, and religiosity drive people to the extreme.

Political Economy of the Media

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dal Yong Jin
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
New Media ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Intellectual History ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Culture Industry ◽  
Digital Platforms ◽  
Modern Capitalism ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The Media

Political economy of the media includes several domains including journalism, broadcasting, advertising, and information and communication technology. A political economy approach analyzes the power relationships between politics, mediation, and economics. First, there is a need to identify the intellectual history of the field, focusing on the establishment and growth of the political economy of media as an academic field. Second is the discussion of the epistemology of the field by emphasizing several major characteristics that differentiate it from other approaches within media and communication research. Third, there needs an understanding of the regulations affecting information and communication technologies (ICTs) and/or the digital media-driven communication environment, especially charting the beginnings of political economy studies of media within the culture industry. In particular, what are the ways political economists develop and use political economy in digital media and the new media milieu driven by platform technologies in the three new areas of digital platforms, big data, and digital labor. These areas are crucial for analysis not only because they are intricately connected, but also because they have become massive, major parts of modern capitalism.

How new media affords network diversity: Direct and mediated access to social capital through participation in local social settings

2011 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 1031-1049 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keith N. Hampton ◽  
Chul-joo Lee ◽  
Eun Ja Her
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Instant Messaging ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Social Networking Websites ◽  
Social Settings ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Traditional Setting

This study examines how information and communication technologies – mobile phone, social networking websites, blogging, instant messaging, and photo sharing – are related to the diversity of people’s social networks. We find that a limited set of technologies directly afford diversity, but many indirectly contribute to diversity by supporting participation in traditional settings such as neighborhoods, voluntary groups, religious institutions, and public spaces. Only one internet activity, social networking websites, was related to lower levels of participation in a traditional setting: neighborhoods. However, when direct effects were included, the total influence of social networking services on diversity was positive. We argue that a focus on affordances of new media for networked individualism fails to recognize the continued importance of place for the organization of personal networks: networks, that as a result of the persistent and pervasive nature of some new technologies, may be more diverse than at any time in recent history.

scholarly journals Koncepcja smart city a COVID-19. Wykorzystanie nowych mediów w obliczu pandemii

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (2 (11)) ◽  
pp. 75-95
Author(s):  
Jacek Mikucki ◽  
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Urban Space ◽  
Smart City ◽  
Strategic Objectives ◽  
Main Research ◽  
The Face ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The City

This article aims at examining the use of the potential of media in the urban space in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic on the example of the largest city in Poland – Warsaw. The author analyses the so-called new media, which were created on the basis of information and communication technologies, paying attention to both the channel (soft infrastructure) and the medium (hard infrastructure). The main research method is the case study of the mentioned city, which allows identifying good and bad practices in the use of new media in the city and the strategic objectives of the analysed cities. The study is based on the analysis of literature, strategic documents, brochures and websites. The research hypothesis is that the city authorities of Warsaw, adapting the smart city strategy during the pandemic, develops a communication system based on the Internet platform. The research results show that the municipal authorities in Warsaw are implementing the smart city concept by using new forms of media and technology as both targets and tools for its implementation. During the pandemic, the city’s various digital media were developed with content dedicated to COVID-19, and activities dedicated to informing and communicating with residents are undertaken through Warszawa 19115 platform.

scholarly journals Contexts of the Network Communication’s Origin

2014 ◽  
pp. 16-25
Author(s):  
Lesya Horodenko
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Mass Communication ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Instant Messaging ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Network Communication ◽  
Theoretical Concepts ◽  
Information And Communication

The article represents a research of the scientific and theoretical backgrounds of the “network communication” phenomenon, and identifies the contextual relations of network communication in various fields of science. This study examines how information and communication technologies – mobile phones, social networking websites, blogging, instant messaging, and etc. – impacted on formation of theoretical concepts of network communication. We believe that a limited set of technologies promoted a variety of traditional parameters of communication researches. Internet activity and social networks encouraged the personalization of mass communication. We substantiate that the emphasis on the new media in the process of network personalization constitutes the basic context of genesis of network communication. The networks with persistent and pervasive nature of new technologies are more diversified than they have ever been before.

Youth, self, other: A study of Ibdaa’s digital media practices in the West Bank, Palestine

2016 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 100-117 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sanjay Asthana
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
New Media ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
West Bank ◽  
The West ◽  
Youth Media ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Media Narratives ◽  
Persuasive Arguments

While research on youth media offers persuasive arguments about what young people are doing with information and communication technologies (ICTs), a significant absence from the literature pertains to the general neglect of Palestinian youth engagements with inexpensive ICTs and digital media forms. Despite a few perceptive analyses, several studies ignore the role of popular culture in Palestinian refugee life-worlds. This article explores how Palestinian youth living in a refugee camp in the West Bank appropriate old and new media to create personal and social narratives. Drawing insights from Paul Ricoeur’s work, non-representational theory, feminist, media, and cultural studies, the article probes the issues through a set of interrelated questions: What are the salient features of the Palestinian youth media initiative? What kinds of media narratives are produced and how do these relate to young people’s notions of identity and selfhood? How do young people refashion the notion of the political?

scholarly journals Possibilities of Shaping Health-Seeking Behaviours Among Children and Teenagers of the “Digital Natives” Generation

1970 ◽  
pp. 515-534
Author(s):  
Karina Leksy ◽  
Alina Dworak
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Young Generation ◽  
Health Seeking ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Digital Devices ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Health And Development

Regardless of how the contemporary young generation is described, there is no doubt that their permanent connection to the Internet and an incredible expertise in using information and communication technologies are one of the features that define those who grow up at the present time. Such strong involvement in digital media entails a number of health and development consequences for children and teenagers. In order to minimize the potential risks and negative effects of new media, it is essential to take action aimed at increasing awareness in terms of positive and negative aspects of using digital devices as well as at gaining abilities to use them in a way that is the most optimal and favourable for health. Currently, this issue constitutes a great challenge for teachers, parents, and carers for whom implementing health-seeking attitudes and behaviours of the young generation may be, taking into consideration the attractiveness of electronic media and virtual world, an enormously difficult task.

scholarly journals Challenges and opportunities for science journalists in adopting new technologies: the case of Spain

2013 ◽  
Vol 12 (03) ◽  
pp. A05 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carles Pont-Sorribes ◽  
Sergi Cortiñas Rovira ◽  
Ilaria Di Bonito
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Information Dissemination ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
New Information ◽  
Spanish Science ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Information And Communication

This paper analyses the adoption of new information and communication technologies (ICTs) by Spanish journalists specialising in science. Applying an ethnographic research model, this study was based on a wide sample of professionals, aiming to evaluate the extent by which science journalists have adopted the new media and changed the way they use information sources. In addition, interviewees were asked whether in their opinion the Web 2.0 has had an impact on the quality of the news. The integration of formats certainly implies a few issues for today’s newsrooms. Finally, with the purpose of improving the practice of science information dissemination, the authors put forward a few proposals, namely: Increasing the training of Spanish science journalists in the field of new technologies; Emphasising the accuracy of the information and the validation of sources; Rethinking the mandates and the tasks of information professionals.

Recent Developments of Ambulatory Assessment Methods

2014 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 279-287 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefan Hey ◽  
Panagiota Anastasopoulou ◽  
André Bideaux ◽  
Wilhelm Stork
Keyword(s):  
Real Time ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Psychological Research ◽  
Ambulatory Assessment ◽  
Emotional States ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Potential Applications ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Physiological Sensors

Ambulatory assessment of emotional states as well as psychophysiological, cognitive and behavioral reactions constitutes an approach, which is increasingly being used in psychological research. Due to new developments in the field of information and communication technologies and an improved application of mobile physiological sensors, various new systems have been introduced. Methods of experience sampling allow to assess dynamic changes of subjective evaluations in real time and new sensor technologies permit a measurement of physiological responses. In addition, new technologies facilitate the interactive assessment of subjective, physiological, and behavioral data in real-time. Here, we describe these recent developments from the perspective of engineering science and discuss potential applications in the field of neuropsychology.

FACT-CHECKING. FROM TERM AND CONCEPT TO WORD USAGE

2020 ◽  
pp. 72-78
Author(s):  
Maxim S. Kronev ◽  
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Russian Language ◽  
Word Usage ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Source Studies ◽  
Fact Checking ◽  
The Russian Language ◽  
Dictionary Definitions

With modern realities in the development of new media and the information and communication technologies (ICT), the skills of checking information for the reliability of sources – fact-checking (or fact-check) is extremely important. The article briefly considers the term fact-checking and gives the definitions and also related concepts. The author’s understanding of approaches to and tools of the fact-checking in the context of the concept “Source Studies 2.0” is offered. English dictionary definitions are analyzed and translated into Russian, an overview of the Russian-language interpretations is given, as well as links to key publications on the topic.

IMPLEMENTATION OF THE TRAINING PROGRAM «PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION»: EXPERIENCE, PROBLEMS, PROSPECTS FOR DEVELOPMENT

2020 ◽  
Vol 88 (3) ◽  
pp. 55-67
Author(s):  
Lucia V. Vakhidova ◽  
◽  
Elvira M. Gabitova ◽  
Lira R. Saitova ◽  
Oksana G. Startseva ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Vocational Education ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Professional Education ◽  
Social Order ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Highly Qualified ◽  
Education Experience ◽  
Information And Communication

The article describes the process of training future specialists under the program "Professional education", its features, conditions for implementation, aspects of further development, as well as some of the difficulties that arise during its organization. The focus of the department on how to create a new architecture of the educational process within the program "Professional education" is set by the leading principles: modularity, integrability, flexibility and dynamism, and methodological approaches - competence, activity-based, subject-oriented, environmental – were the basis for its development. As a result the authors presented a model for training a modern specialist with formed professional skills and personal and professional qualities, capable of being in demand in the labor market. The research results can be used in the educational process in the context of how to implement relevant programs in accordance with the new requirements in the educational services market. The rapid technologization of the socio-economic development of our society was reflected in the system of vocational education, designed to prepare highly qualified and competent specialists for the modern economy, science and industry. The transformation of the educational sphere is taking place under the influence of new technologies and human practices that change the social order. The determined infrastructural spheres have the greatest impact on this transformation, we are talking about "Communication Infrastructure": the sphere of information and communication technologies that affect all processes of accumulation and transmission of information; "Infrastructure of production and consumption": a financial and investment sphere, which sets the general rules for interaction in the economic and educational system. The above said made it possible to determine the further vector of educational activities of the Department of Pedagogy and Psychology of Vocational Education in training the specialists in "Professional Education" field both at the bachelor and master degrees.

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