scholarly journals Swarm networks and the design process of a distributed meme warfare campaign

First Monday ◽  
2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Travis Wall ◽  
Teodor Mitew
Keyword(s):  
Rapid Prototyping ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Presidential Election ◽  
Collaborative Design ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Election Campaign ◽  
Design Practice ◽  
Presidential Election Campaign ◽  
The U.S

This paper aims to develop a systemic perspective of the mechanics of an online memetic warfare campaign. The paper uses as its case study the #DraftOurDaughters campaign, a viral memetic campaign conducted in October 2016 as part of the U.S. presidential election campaign. #DraftOurDaughters was organised and produced by anonymous members of the Internet board 4chan, and then deployed to wider audiences on platforms such as Reddit, Twitter and Facebook. This process is documented from inception to completion, capturing the swarm like topology of 4chan’s /pol/ forum, and the logistics of the swarm’s rapid prototyping, coordination, production and dissemination of content. Through examining these phenomena, this paper also provides perspective on the manifestation of collaborative design practice in online participatory spaces.

scholarly journals Youth participation in socio-political life of the U.S. in 2020

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Aleksei Sergeevich Butorov ◽  
Viktor Vyacheslavovich Bulkin
Keyword(s):  
Presidential Election ◽  
Youth Participation ◽  
Political Life ◽  
Election Campaign ◽  
Cultural Conflicts ◽  
Election Process ◽  
Cultural Processes ◽  
Presidential Election Campaign ◽  
The U.S

The object of the research is the participation of American youth in socio-political life of the country in 2020. The authors consider the main prerequisites and processes of youth participation in protests. The article contains the review and analysis of the most significant reasons of youth participation in protests. The authors study the growth of protest sentiment in the U.S. as a result of the recent escalation of socio-political and socio-cultural conflicts strengthened by the range of political, ethnic, and race factors and the COVID-19 pandemic. Special attention is given to the analysis of the role and importance of youth participation in the presidential election campaign in 2020, and the peculiarities of the influence of social media on the involvement of youth into the election process and protest movement. The scientific novelty of the research consists in the fact that the role of youth is socio-political life in the U.S. in the context of the escalation of socio-political and socio-cultural processes, aggravated by the COVID-19 pandemic, hasn’t been studied sufficiently enough in Russian academic discourse. The main conclusion of the research is as follows: the growth of protest sentiment in the U.S. is the result of the recent escalation of socio-political and socio-cultural conflicts aggravated by the COVID-19 pandemic. It is obvious that the role of youth in the modern political life in the U.S. will keep steadily growing.  

Study on the collaborative design process over the Internet: a case study on VRML 2.0 specification design

1998 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 289-308 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hideyuki Ando ◽  
Akihiro Kubota ◽  
Takashi Kiriyama
Keyword(s):  
Design Process ◽  
Collaborative Design ◽  
The Internet
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