scholarly journals Features of communication in specialized social networks (on the example of Internet sites associated with the practice of "hand-made")

Author(s):  
A.M. Siyukhova ◽  

The article discusses a method of social communication on the Internet based on general professional hobbies in the field of amateur creativity. The relevance of the topic is substantiated by the fact that social life of a modern person in the sphere of social production seems to be extremely formalized, often not allowing the manifestation of personal individuality, which can affect the state of both an individual and society as a whole. Compensating for this deficit makes it possible to engage in amateur creativity in various fields, and communication in social networks with like-minded hobbies can enhance the sociocultural effect of creative satisfaction. The method of analyzing documents (posts of forum participants on the site of sewers "burdastyle.ru") has been used in the research. The analysis has shown that the initially horizontal structure of network communication in the process of forming a network community gradually acquires the properties of a vertical hierarchy, where each participant receives his/her conditional social status with his/her inherent role. Thus, the effect of social stratification arises according to significant social characteristics (material security, level of education, etc.). Long-term participation in network communication with specific participants through the monitor leads to the fact that it can be perceived as a kind of plot of a series, where forum participants acquire the qualities of character-types. The main conclusion of the article is that the creative potential of handmade placed in the Internet space increases many times over, and as a result, an atmosphere of collective immersion into the depths of artistic communication with its inherent function of increasing the vital energy of society and individuals arises.

2019 ◽  
Vol 67 ◽  
pp. 06022
Author(s):  
Alla Kasych ◽  
Oksana Onyshchenko

Incompleteness of processes of structural reformation of Ukrainian economy reveals itself on the regional level. Argument towards the utility of decentralization reform was Ukraine-Europe integration. Decentralization should be viewed as a powerful tool of governmental policy for balanced development of territorial communities. In addition, it’s crucial to remember that the greatest effect will be achieved in a long term. Strategic development of united territorial communities (UTC) includes countless tasks that need to be solved as soon as possible. And organization of effective logistic activity in the region appears to be one of the ways to strengthen regional economy, to improve security level and development. The problem of ensuring stable socio-economic growth of a community is as well a logistic problem. It can be represented as a problem of optimization of flow processes of effective resource usage to achieve balanced processes of creation and consumption of resources in socio-economic system. Logistization of economic relationships on UTC level allows community to ensure better decision making of key tasks of regional management such as creation of optimal strategy to manage structural offers and material flows of social production; optimization of material, financial and informational flows of the region.


REGION ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 133 ◽  
Author(s):  
Minou Weijs-Perrée ◽  
Pauline Van den Berg ◽  
Theo Arentze ◽  
Astrid Kemperman

Feeling socially integrated and being satisfied with one’s social life are important indicators for happiness and well-being of individuals and for the strength of local communities. The effect of the living environment on social networks and the importance of local social contacts in the neighborhood has been addressed by many studies. However, social satisfaction has received little attention in these studies. The aim of this study is to describe and predict the effect of personal and neighborhood characteristics on social satisfaction mediated by the impact of place attachment and neighborhood networks. A path analysis is used based on survey and diary data collected between April and May 2014 in Eindhoven and surroundings in the Netherlands among 177 respondents. Results show that social characteristics of the neighborhood play an important role in explaining social satisfaction of individuals. In addition, results confirm the importance of participating in social activities and walking or cycling in the neighborhood.


Author(s):  
Vladimir S. Sobkin ◽  
Aleksandra V. Fedotova

The article is devoted to the study of the patterns of network interaction as regards teenagers and their attitude to the aggressive behaviour in social networks. The article is based on data obtained by specialists of the Center for Sociology of Education of the Institute of Education Management of the Russian Academy of Education as a result of an anonymous survey of 2074 students from grades 5, 7, 9 and 11 of Moscow region schools. Methods of mathematical statistics were used for data processing. The analysis is aimed at identifying the influence of social, demographic and behavioural characteristics that determine the attitude of teenagers to aggression in social networks. It has been revealed that the leader’s position of a teenager in the class contributes to a greater participation of this teenager in network interaction, which is associated with their motivation to expand their social circle. The growth in the number of provocative statements in the network communication by the time of graduation indicates that the need for manipulation in social relations plays an important role in the process of network communication at this age. It has been proved that while growing up teenagers start to change the attitude to aggression; the share of high school students who negatively perceive aggression scenes decreases; active users are more likely to show a positive attitude towards aggression scenes, which evidences their “getting used to” the aggressive style of communication on the Internet. Teenagers focused on attracting the attention of others (those who consider their accounts “provocative”, “expansive” or “extraordinary”) are more likely to enjoy watching violent scenes than the owners of “ordinary” accounts. Personal experience of participating in aggressive situations either in the role of an “aggressor” or a “victim” facilitates their acceptance of aggression. The data presented allow us to conclude that the most significant factors for the creation of the teenagers’ attitude to expression of aggression in social networks are their gender, age, frequency of use of social networks, self-presentation on the Internet, social status in the class, estimation of their future success


Author(s):  
D. N. Karpova

The modem network and digitalized society is full of social changes in various accustomed spheres of our lives including transformation in food practices. The author gives an example of the easiest way how to book food virtually and get it home this day according to tastes of a customer. Moreover the article represents new forms of specific societies existed in the Internet called food-blogs. This, on the author's mind, changes the traditional mechanism of people's choice. Food-blogs are analyzed through the prism of multifunctionalism and dynamics of food and trust. When the process of food preparing and eating attains new communicative functions. Moreover the author notes some social reasons why one user choses this or that food-blog. For instance, the popularity of blogger and network users trust, mostly «blinded». Beside the point, the conception of «trust» used in the text is based on science works of contemporary sociologist P. Sztompka. Both socialized and communicative functions of food are described through theories of R. Bart and G. Simmel. It is underlined in the text that food transforms and gains new qualities notin traditional ways we used to think but in social and cultural construction in virtual space and through network communication.


Author(s):  
Larisa Yermolenkina

Введение. Современные конвергентные формы медийной коммуникации демонстрируют разнообразные способы и модели взаимодействия агентов дискурса (журналистов, авторов и ведущих программ) и клиентов – адресатов, получивших в сетевом пространстве статус пользователей, участников интеракций, создателей информационного и развлекательного контента. Дискурсивная практика радио в социальных сетях формируется под влиянием технологических процессов интеграции, на основе ценностных систем, принципов взаимодействия с адресатом, сформированных в традиционном, аналоговом вещании и в сетевых аккаунтах интернета. Материал и методы. Дискурсивный анализ, направленный на выявление специфики диалогической коммуникации, позволяет определить роль контекстных макроструктур в построении и развитии сценариев коммуникативного взаимодействия. Контекстные макроструктуры социально-сетевого радио, функционирующие на пересечении дискурсивных практик радио и веб-коммуникации, определяют прагматические установки субъектов интеракций, тематическую прогрессию и семантические репрезентации дискурса. В качестве материала рассматриваются тексты развлекательного радио Maximum социально-сетевого аккаунта «ВКонтакте». Результаты и обсуждение. Анализ речевой структуры социально-сетевой версии канала выявил следующие закономерности в реализации диалогических моделей коммуникации, формируемых под воздействием контекстных макроструктур. На основе аудиального кода радийной макроструктуры формируется согласованная диалогическая модель: участники интеракций используют кооперативную стратегию взаимодействия при обсуждении музыкальных текстов. Макроструктура социально-сетевой коммуникации реализует преимущественно конфликтную модель, актуализируя эгоцентрическую стратегию взаимодействия. Установка коммуникантов на аналоговую форму трансляции (линейную коммуникацию от источника к слушателям) реализуется в межсубъектной модели взаимодействия, что находит свое выражение в общности картин мира коммуникантов. Доминирование в речи социально-сетевой макроструктуры определяет квазимежсубъектный сценарий развития диалога, подчиняющийся принципам аффилиации – присоединения к сказанному с целью актуализации в публичном пространстве. Заключение. Данная модель не демонстрирует эксплицитных маркеров диалогичности, но может быть рассмотрена с точки зрения успешной коммуникации, если учитывать дискурсивную перспективу социально-сетевого радио и основополагающую ценность ее картины мира – установку на развлечение.Introduction. The article discusses the principles of organizing a dialogue between users of social networks of entertainment radio. Modern convergent forms of media communication are realized at the intersection of discursive macrostructures. In particular, radio functions in social networks of the Internet as a multifactorial phenomenon, depending on the technological and ideological features of media sources, such as radio and the Internet. The innovative nature of the traditional source of information is manifested in the position of the addressee, which is due to the capabilities of the Internet user. The one-way communication method of analog radio acquires the qualities and capabilities of an interactive interaction model, the listener becomes a user, an active subject of discourse, his agent and content generator. Results and discussion. The analyzed material allows us to draw the following conclusions. The method of dialogue depends on the dominant macrostructures, which are either analog radio or social networkcommunication. The indicated macrostructures realize themselves at the level of values and the ideology of network communication. The macrostructure of the radio is explicated in the speech of the communicants in settings on the personal plan of interaction. The macrostructure implements an intersubject model of interaction. The macrostructure of social network communication manifests itself in the psycho-speech mechanisms of affiliation, namely, in the connection of speakers to the speech in order to actualize in public space, realizing a quasi-subject communication model. The second model does not show explicit markers of dialogue, but can be considered from the point of view of successful communication, given the general discursive perspective and the social-network form of organization of communication.


2020 ◽  
pp. 66-79
Author(s):  
Marina Fedorova

The subject of this research is the religious identity of Russian youth in the conditions of modern digital society. The author analyzes the factors of transformation of identification processes, examines the characteristics of religious identity, as well as defines the specificity of religious discourse within the Internet environment. The author believes that the main cause of the changes in religious consciousness and identity becomes rapid digitalization of all spheres of social life. This problematic gains relevance during the COVID-19 pandemic, forced self-isolation and transition towards remote work using the information and communication technologies. The author assumes that religious identity should be viewed from the perspective of its inclusion into a broader phenomenon – cyberidentity. An original definition of cyberidentity is proposed. The key factors of its formation, such as social networks and messengers, computer gamed, Internet memes, etc. are determined. The article leans on the analysis of information from websites of religious organizations, different groups in social networks, messengers and video hosting. The main source form empirical data became the results of large-scale research of dynamics of value orientations of youth of Nizhny Novgorod Region that was carried out from 2006 to 2019. The author concludes that currently it may appear that secular trends are growing, while the interest of youth in religion declines. This is conferment by the data acquired from mass surveying, interviewing, and analyzing the content of social networks. However, secularization processes have contradictory, nonlinear and unpredictable character. Within the Internet space, the dialects of religion and secular not just being retained, but reflected in the categories of digital society. In the digital post-secular society, religious identity becomes a part of the more global identification processes. It sets particular goals for the traditional religions, which are forced to adapt to civilizational challenges.


Author(s):  
Steven De Hertogh ◽  
Stijn Viaene

During the early years of the World Wide Web, also commonly referred to as the internet, there was relatively little engagement between content providers and end-users, or between end-users. Although some specialized communities, such as newsgroups, approached the internet as an open, decentralized, participative platform, not many content providers really did. Communication occurred mainly in a top-down, one-to-many, centralized mode of content broadcasting. In many ways the internet remained similar to already existing media such as television or radio. This first era of development is now being referred to as web 1.0. The advent of Web 2.0 has been about embracing the inherently open and social characteristics of the internet. It supports a profound change in communication toward a many-to-many, decentralized format. The latter favors the emergence of bottom-up trends rather than the design of top-down, paternalistically imposed strategies and structures. Web 2.0 applications aspire to make maximal use of the level playing field for engagement offered by the internet, both technologically and socially (O’Reilly, 2005, 2006). The World Wide Web has thereby entered “the realm of sociality” (Bouman et al., 2007), where software becomes fused with everyday social life. Social software applications such as Wikipedia, Facebook and MySpace have all but become household names.


2015 ◽  
Vol 74 (4) ◽  
pp. 351-361 ◽  
Author(s):  
David G. Casagrande ◽  
Heather McIlvaine-Newsad ◽  
Eric C. Jones

We conducted thirty-two interviews and four focus groups in Illinois after extensive flooding in 2008 to determine whether people use social networks in different ways when responding to different types of challenges before, during, and after the flood. Using a grounded theory approach to analyze narratives of interviewees recalling events, we coded sections of text using “social relationship” and “response” as sensitizing concepts. Results showed people relied most on immediate family when securing life. Networks expanded to friends, neighbors, professionals, and volunteers during non-life-threatening preparation and immediate recovery. Immediately before the disaster's impact, social networks extended outward into weak ties in a spirit of communitas. During long-term recovery, interviewees were most isolated and relied heavily on immediate family and professionals. The concepts of bridging and bonding social capital may be more important for understanding non-vital response, whereas strong and weak ties are more relevant for understanding evacuation and long-term recovery. Strong and weak ties best help explain post-disaster social stratification. Policies aimed at enhancing recovery should recognize that the roles of social networks are constantly changing.


InterConf ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 486-493
Author(s):  
Georgios Pappas

Language is a multidimensional phenomenon in the context of which one might observe lingual differentiation resulting in the appearance of lingual varieties. Factors that can be attributed to the observed lingual differentiation are geographical area, social characteristics of the speakers, communicative situation and the contact / coexistence of languages. Members of each social class create a special cultural subsystem, which, of course, includes language. In addition, there is a direct and not accidental relationship between social stratification of the society and lingual diversity. Social networks with their parameters (density of population and variability), serve as factors influencing formation of language varieties. This article aims to highlight and explain the role of social class and social network in the formation of language varieties. Although the argumentation developed in this paper highlights the importance of two above mentioned factors in shaping lingual differentiation, they alone could not be the only interpretive tools of lingual diversity. Ways of how lingual differentiation happens, mutual impact between social lingual forms and idiolects, especially within certain geographical area, might be the subject for the further research.


Author(s):  
Lindsey C Bohl

This paper examines a few of the numerous factors that may have led to increased youth turnout in 2008 Election. First, theories of voter behavior and turnout are related to courting the youth vote. Several variables that are perceived to affect youth turnout such as party polarization, perceived candidate difference, voter registration, effective campaigning and mobilization, and use of the Internet, are examined. Over the past 40 years, presidential elections have failed to engage the majority of young citizens (ages 18-29) to the point that they became inclined to participate. This trend began to reverse starting in 2000 Election and the youth turnout reached its peak in 2008. While both short and long-term factors played a significant role in recent elections, high turnout among youth voters in 2008 can be largely attributed to the Obama candidacy and campaign, which mobilized young citizens in unprecedented ways.


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