scholarly journals Redes sociales digitales en la migración trasnacional romá de Rumanía. Una polymedia transnacional = Digital Media and Digital Networks in the Romanian Roma Migration: A new transnational polymedia

2018 ◽  
pp. 107
Author(s):  
Francisco-Javier Ogáyar-Marín ◽  
Vasile Muntean ◽  
Juan-Francisco Gamella-Mora
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Social Space ◽  
Transnational Migration ◽  
Digital Networks ◽  
Redes Sociales ◽  
Phone Calls ◽  
And Migration

Resumen: En este artículo estudiamos la convergencia de la migración romá rumana posterior a 1989 con el desarrollo de las tecnologías de la información y la comunicación (TIC) a partir de ese mismo período. Para ello hemos partido del trabajo etnográfico previo realizado durante dos campañas entre 2003-2007 y 2013-2016 respectivamente con siete redes romá Korturare procedentes de las regiones rumanas de Transilvania y el Bánato, centrándonos en tres de ellas por su presencia en la ciudad de Granada. El rol de los recursos de polymedia, un entorno emergente de posibilidades comunicativas, facilita y alienta los desplazamientos migratorios al reducir incertidumbres y permitir experiencias de copresencia (digitalizada) en un contexto transnacional. Esta situación favorece dinámicas de reproducción y control cultural, pero a la vez habilita y permite usos diferenciados en polymedia que esbozan transformaciones en las costumbres romá.Abstract: In this paper we explore the convergence of two contemporary parallel processes: the post-1990 transnational migration of Roma groups from some Eastern European countries, particularly Romania to the West, and the growing use by these populations of the expanding social media derived from the revolutionary development of new ICT (information and communication technologies). We have followed some groups from Transylvania and Banat to their western diaspora in a long-term ethnographic work that started in 2003 and was retaken in a recent ethnographic project (2013-2017). We have studied primarily groups living in Andalusia, although their family networks are extended today over more than 30 localities in a dozen of European and North American countries. These networks of networks form a social space or commuinity or reference that is largely maintained through digital communication. The different social media and communication options (from Facebook to cheap phone calls) generate a new kind of virtual environment or polymedia (Madianou and Miller 2011, 2012). In this paper we explore the effects of this new social space of communication in three major aspects of Roma social life: 1)Its effects in facilitating, supporting and inducing mobility and migration; 2) In cultural reproduction and transformation through the maintenance of specific systems of family, marriage, gender and conflict resolution, including the online transmission of public trials and courts (kris), funerary rituals and elaborated marriage ceremonies, including betrothal (mangaimo) and weddings (abev); and 3)In new processes of social distinction and differentiation following fracture lines of class, gender and generation.

scholarly journals Does context really collapse in social media interaction?

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 251-279 ◽  
Author(s):  
Malgorzata Szabla ◽  
Jan Blommaert
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Action ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Social Space ◽  
Normal Modes ◽  
Online Communication ◽  
Interactional Sociolinguistics ◽  
Polish People ◽  
Media Interaction ◽  
Networked Publics

Abstract‘Context collapse’ (CC) refers to the phenomenon widely debated in social media research, where various audiences convene around single communicative acts in new networked publics, causing confusion and anxiety among social media users. The notion of CC is a key one in the reimagination of social life as a consequence of the mediation technologies we associate with the Web 2.0. CC is undertheorized, and in this paper we intend not to rebuke it but to explore its limits. We do so by shifting the analytical focus from “online communication” in general to specific forms of social action performed, not by predefined “group” members, but by actors engaging in emerging kinds of sharedness based on existing norms of interaction. This approach is a radical choice for action rather than actor, reaching back to symbolic interactionism and beyond to Mead, Strauss and other interactionist sociologists, and inspired by contemporary linguistic ethnography and interactional sociolinguistics, notably the work of Rampton and the Goodwins. We apply this approach to an extraordinarily complex Facebook discussion among Polish people residing in The Netherlands – a set of data that could instantly be selected as a likely site for context collapse. We shall analyze fragments in detail, showing how, in spite of the complications intrinsic to such online, profoundly mediated and oddly ‘placed’ interaction events, participants appear capable of ‘normal’ modes of interaction and participant selection. In fact, the ‘networked publics’ rarely seem to occur in practice, and contexts do not collapse but expand continuously without causing major issues for contextualization. The analysis will offer a vocabulary and methodology for addressing the complexities of the largest new social space on earth: the space of online culture.

scholarly journals Un potencial comunicativo desaprovechado. Twitter como mecanismo generador de diálogo en campaña electoral

Obra digital ◽  
2016 ◽  
pp. 39-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Alonso-Muñoz ◽  
Susana Miquel-Segarra ◽  
Andreu Casero-Ripollés
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Political Parties ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Political Communication ◽  
Full Potential ◽  
Redes Sociales ◽  
Electoral Campaigns ◽  
Quantitative Content ◽  
Electoral Campaign ◽  
General Elections

El uso de Twitter como herramienta estratégica para la comunicación política se ha incrementado notablemente durante los últimos años, especialmente en periodo de campaña electoral. El objetivo de esta investigación es examinar el grado de cumplimiento de los principios dialógicos atribuidos a las redes sociales. Para ello se aplica la técnica del análisis de contenido cuantitativo a los tuits publicados por los principales partidos españoles (PP, PSOE, Podemos y Ciudadanos) durante las elecciones generales de 2015. Los resultados demuestran que pese al elevado número de publicaciones realizadas por los cuatro partidos, ninguno aprovecha el potencial dialógico de Twitter.Untapped communication potential. Twitter as a mechanism for generating dialogue in an electoral campaignAbstractThe use of Twitter as strategic tool for political communication has increased considerably in recent years, particularly during electoral campaigns. The main goal of this paper is to examine the degree of compliance with the principles of dialogue attributed to social media. To achieve this, a quantitative content analysis was carried out on the tweets shared by the main Spanish political parties during the 2015 General Elections. The results show that although a high number of tweets were made by the four political parties during this period, none of them took advantage of the full potential of dialogue on Twitter.Keywords: Twitter, social media, political communication, electoral campaign, digital media

A Model for Product Design Process via Social Media

2019 ◽  
pp. 268-278
Author(s):  
Vahap Tecim ◽  
Ceyda Unal ◽  
Hakan Asan
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Open Systems ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Active Role ◽  
Technological Infrastructure ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Product Design Process

Recently, with the rapid development of information and communication technologies, alternative solutions have emerged to respond to changing user requirements. The most important of these are digital media and technologies that allow users to share with each other and create media content within individuals or groups. These platforms, called social media, offer a technological infrastructure where sharing and discussion are principle concepts. Social media can provide not only increase in communication, but also it allows customers to take an active role in creating value in business. This means that social media have changed the way companies innovate with individuals. The purpose of the research is to reveal how social media is used for product development in the context of one of the most used technique by open systems called co-creation approach. This chapter can be considered as a model designed to demonstrate the use of social media's power.

scholarly journals Cómo las redes sociales están cambiando la comunicación hotelera / How Social Media are Changing Hospitality Communications

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Susana Wichels
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Communication Strategy ◽  
Long Beach ◽  
Redes Sociales ◽  
New Information ◽  
Nuevas Tecnologías ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The Impact

ABSTRACTThe new information and communication technologies (ICT),in particular Social Media like TripAdvisor, Face-book or Twitter are changing flows, processes and tools in Tourism Communication. Considering that traditional communi-cation tools and strategies are becoming less and less effective, ICT are encouraging new communication practices and influencing consumer behaviour. Several studies from the perspective of the reception have been published in recent years on the impact of Social Media in Tourism, therefore we thought to develop a study from the perspective of production. We approach the features and peculiarities of the impact of 2.0 platforms in Tourism Communication and we present as a case study the communication strategy of Long Beach Hotel, Sun Resorts in Mauritius Islands.RESUMENLas nuevas tecnologías de información y comunicación (TIC), en especial las redes sociales, como TripAdvisor, Facebook o Twitter están revolucionando los flujos, procesos, y herramientas de la comunicación turística. Las TIC influyen en los comportamientos del consumidor y obligan a nuevas prácticas en comunicación ya que las estrategias y herramientas tradicionales se tornan cada vez menos efectivas. Son varios los estudios que han sido publicados en los últimos años sobre el impacto de las redes sociales en el turismo desde la perspectiva de la recepción y por lo tanto, hemos querido aportar un estudio desde la perspectiva de la producción. Abordamos los rasgos y singularidades del impacto de las plataformas 2.0 en comunicación turística y presentamos como estudio de caso la estrategia de comunicación del Hotel Long Beach, Sun Resorts, en Islas Mauricius.

scholarly journals Arte contemporânea: produções de Arte Postal mediadas pela rede

Visualidades ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lurdi Blauth ◽  
Alexandra Eckert Nunes
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Redes Sociales ◽  
Mail Art ◽  
Nuevas Tecnologías ◽  
Internet And Social Media

O estudo aborda conceitos relacionados à mediação e à convergência de novas tecnologias, mídias digitais e fenômenos socioculturais presentes em produções da arte atual. Trata da interação de formas de comunicação e de informação operada pela internet e redes sociais, enfocando nos meios de troca de ideias e conceitos antecipados pela Mail Art ou Arte Postal.AbstractThe study approaches concepts related to mediation and to the convergence of new technologies, digital media and socio-cultural phenomena that can be found in present days art productions. It is also about the interaction of communication forms and of information operated through the internet and social media, focusing on ways of exchanging ideas and concepts that were anticipated by Mail Art or Postal Art.ResumenEl estudio aborda conceptos relacionados con la mediación y la convergencia de nuevas tecnologías, medios digitales y fenómenos socioculturales presentes en producciones del arte actual. Se trata de la interacción de formas de comunicación e información operadas por Internet y en las redes sociales, centrándose en los medios de intercambio de ideas y en los conceptos anticipados por el Mail Art o Arte Postal.

scholarly journals Editorial. Redes sociales, economía y empresa

Oikonomics ◽  
2014 ◽  
pp. 3-4
Author(s):  
Oriol Miralbell Izard
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Radical Change ◽  
Redes Sociales ◽  
Online Social Media ◽  
Current Topic ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Editorial Page

In its editorial page, the journal introduces the dossier of the second Oikonomics issue. As social media are a current topic, the dossier includes five contributions by experts suggesting different approaches to how social media relate with economics and business, in order to provide more detailed information on their use and opportunities. The idea is forwarded from different perspectives (information management, marketing, business organisations, financial markets, social change…) in an environment where opportunities and challenges posed by online social media have a significant impact on the global economy. Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) stimulate innovative dynamism and have become one of the main foundations of the radical change experienced by the economy and social structures in the last decade as they are becoming a massively used resource affecting all economic and social stakeholders.

Networked Street Life

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey Lane ◽  
Will Marler
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Urban Poor ◽  
Urban Poverty ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Digital Networks ◽  
Street Life ◽  
Digital Inequality ◽  
Information And Communication

In this chapter on networked street life, the authors explore the intersection of urban poverty and information and communication technologies as an emergent area of research. The concerns of the “street” as an organizer of social life for many urban poor communities and the affordances of social media, smartphones, and other networked technologies are topics ripe for theoretical integration. In this chapter, the authors argue that urban and digital forms of inequality are constitutive of one another and manifest in technology access, use, and outcomes of use for street-involved youth and adults. Ethnographic studies of neighborhood gang violence, homelessness, and other street-level issues illustrate the importance of a networked approach to neighborhood street life and urban-digital inequality. Future research can expand on the intersectional nature of networked street life, the tensions of physical place and digital networks, and the mass recording of police violence to grow this burgeoning area of study.

LGBTQ+ Communities and Digital Media

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brady Robards ◽  
Paul Byron ◽  
Sab D'Souza
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Identity Work ◽  
Digital Networks ◽  
Ongoing Research ◽  
Queer People ◽  
Growing Body ◽  
Digital Spaces

Digital media offer spaces to many lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer people (LGBTQ+) for connection, support, and friendship and hosts vital resources for learning and practicing diverse genders and sexualities. In this chapter, the authors review key research on LGBTQ+ communities and identities in digital spaces over several decades, dividing the chapter into three main sections: (1) community and connection, (2) romance and dating, and (3) identity work. In the first section on community and connection, they examine research centered on how LGBTQ+ people use digital media to forge connections and build “communities.” While this term is contested in the literature, many LGBTQ+ people use it to describe their experiences of digital networks. Second, they outline the growing body of research on how LGBTQ+ people use digital media in their romantic and sexual lives, from dating/hook-up apps to social media. They consider the challenges, pleasures, and opportunities in how LGBTQ+ people use digital media for sex and dating practices and potential. Third, they reflect on how these connections have figured into ongoing research on LGBTQ+ identities, where digital media allow LGBTQ+ people to develop shared languages to describe their experiences, to reflect on their lives, and to rehearse modes of self-representation.

Review and Evaluation of Data Availability and Network Consistency in Wireless Sensor Networks

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mujahid Tabassum ◽  
Sundresan Perumal ◽  
Azni Haslizan Ab Halim
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Sensor Networks ◽  
Sensor Networks ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Data Availability ◽  
Wireless Sensor ◽  
Wide Range

Rapid development of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) has greatly influenced and transformed industries. The convergence of digital media and knowledge base platforms promoted new evolving concepts and ideas between various industries to solve the complex problems. Smart grid, smart homes, smart intelligence and surveillance systems offer a wide range of connectivity and productivity to the mankind. Mainly, these systems are examples of the Internet of things (IoT) in which many sensor nodes work together to perform continuous intelligence, monitoring and management related tasks. Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) are one of the examples of IoT networks and are being used in many industries for mobility, scalability, reliability, intelligent monitoring and management purposes. In many developed countries, WSN technology has been used to monitor the agriculture crops health and growth to boost their economy. Utilization of modern equipment in the agriculture industry is essentially required to boost people’s income and create a positive impact on their social life. In this research paper, we have reviewed various WSN industrial hardware infrastructures and performe

scholarly journals Comunicación científica en el espacio digital. Acciones de difusión de proyectos de investigación del programa H2020

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manuel Gertrudix ◽  
Mario Rajas ◽  
Juan Romero-Luis ◽  
Alejandro Carbonell-Alcocer
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Scientific Communication ◽  
Redes Sociales ◽  
Open Communication ◽  
Communication Plan ◽  
Research And Innovation ◽  
Medios Sociales ◽  
The Web

The European Union’s H2020 program requires that all proposals submitted to calls include a scientific communication plan. Approved projects must have a plan for exploitation and dissemination of results (PEDR) that sets out the communication strategies. These must be translated into actions and products that contribute to reaching the different interest groups, following the four-helix model. This research analyzes the actions for disseminating and communicating the results of the research projects of the H2020 program led by entities, bodies, or companies in Spain and carried out through the web and social media. The hypothesis establishes that the communication actions carried out through the web and social media are scarce, standardized, and correspond to low-cost resources and formats, with nonprofessional production. From the database of projects funded by the H2020 program available on Cordis, a sample of 50 projects was selected based on funding criteria, choosing those with a higher level, as it is considered that this would, in principle, allow a greater allocation to communication actions. The methodology relies on descriptive and explanatory analyses of the websites and social media of the projects using the Method of analysis of scientific communication in digital media (Macomed), enabling an evolutionary comparison between 2017 and 2020. The variables of analysis are: (a) presence on the web and social media and (b) the level of use of these communication and dissemination channels considering metrics such as the level of activity, the diversity of channels, the rate of publication, the level of interaction with their audiences, the engagement with their communications, or the level of production achieved. The results reveal communication in digital media (web and social networks) that evolves with the development of the projects but that is unequal, with its scope limited mainly to Twitter and Facebook, and being highly oriented to reach research peers and evaluation agents, but lacking a clear orientation that addresses the demand for open communication to society as established by the principles of responsible research and innovation (RRI). Resumen La comunicación científica es un requerimiento exigido en las convocatorias competitivas de proyectos financiadas por la Unión Europea a través del programa Horizonte 2020. Los proyectos aprobados deben contar con un PEDR (Plan de explotación y diseminación de resultados) que establezca las estrategias de comunicación, y que concrete estas en acciones y productos que contribuyan a alcanzar a los diferentes grupos de interés atendiendo al modelo de la cuádruple hélice. En este artículo se analizan las acciones de divulgación y comunicación de los resultados de los proyectos de investigación del programa H2020, liderados por entidades, organismos o empresas de España, realizadas a través de la web y los medios sociales. La hipótesis de trabajo establece que las acciones de comunicación realizadas a través de la web y los medios sociales es escasa, estandarizada y responde a recursos y formatos de bajo coste y con producciones no profesionales. A partir de la base de datos Cordis de proyectos financiados por el programa H2020, se ha seleccionado una muestra de 50 proyectos elegidos en función del criterio de financiación. Se han elegido aquellos con un nivel más alto considerando que ello permitiría, en principio, una mayor dotación para las acciones de comunicación. La metodología aplica un análisis descriptivo y explicativo de las webs y los medios sociales utilizados por los proyectos mediante el Método de análisis de comunicación científica en medios digitales (Macomed), realizando una comparativa evolutiva entre 2017 y 2020. Las variables de análisis contemplan: a) la presencia en web y medios sociales, b) el nivel de utilización de estos canales de comunicación y difusión considerando métricas como el nivel de actividad, la diversidad de canales, la cadencia de publicación, el nivel de interacción con sus audiencias, el engagement de sus comunicaciones, y el nivel de producción que desarrollan. Los resultados muestran una comunicación en los medios digitales propios (web y redes sociales) que evoluciona con el desarrollo de los proyectos, pero que resulta desigual, con un alcance limitado fundamentalmente a Twitter y Facebook, y muy orientada a alcanzar a los pares de investigación y los agentes evaluadores, pero que carece de una orientación clara que cubra la demanda de abrir la comunicación a la sociedad tal como establecen los principios de la investigación e innovación responsable (RRI).

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