Power in the Midst of Powerlessness

2020 ◽  
pp. 69-81
Author(s):  
Elan Hope
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Black Students ◽  
Campus Culture ◽  
Critical Examination ◽  
The Public ◽  
Identity Based ◽  
Race Ethnicity ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Racial Ethnic ◽  
Insight Into

This chapter provides insight into how Black and Latinx students navigated their identity as activists during a period in American history when social media documentation of racially-ethnically motivated violence made it impossible to pretend that America had entered a post-racial state of consciousness. There was little variation in how these students felt about police brutality and the targeting of Latinx deportation; almost all were disturbed, most were outraged. However, there was variation in the public visibility of their response and engagement with activism. Because of these societal realities, Black and Latinx college students have to balance academic pursuits with evolving racial-ethnic identity and growing civic purpose. As such, this chapter focuses on how identity-based counterspaces and activist campus culture facilitate Latinx and Black students' critical examination of race-ethnicity and racism.

scholarly journals ‘Ruined’ lives: Mediated white male victimhood

2021 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 60-80
Author(s):  
Sarah Banet-Weiser
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Sexual Harassment ◽  
Sexual Violence ◽  
Public Perception ◽  
White Male ◽  
The Public ◽  
Multi Media ◽  
Patriarchal Power ◽  
Almost All ◽  
False Accusations

When the hashtag #metoo began to circulate in digital and social media, it challenged a familiar interpretation of those who are raped or sexually harassed as victims, positioning women as embodied agents. Yet, almost exactly a year after the #metoo movement shot to visible prominence, a different, though eerily similar, story began to circulate on the same multi-media platforms as #metoo: a story about white male victimhood. Powerful men in positions of privilege (almost always white) began to take up the mantle of victimhood as their own, often claiming to be victims of false accusations of sexual harassment and assault by women. Through the analysis of five public statements by highly visible, powerful men who have been accused of sexual violence, I argue that the discourse of victimhood is appropriated not by those who have historically suffered but by those in positions of patriarchal power. Almost all of the statements contain some sentiment about how the accusation (occasionally acknowledging the actual violence) ‘ruined their life’, and all of the statements analyzed here center the author, the accused white man, as the key subject in peril and the authors position themselves as truth-tellers about the incidents. These statements underscore certain shifts in the public perception of sexual violence; the very success of the #metoo movement in shifting the narrative has meant that men have had to defend themselves more explicitly in public. In order to wrestle back a hegemonic gender stability, these men take on the mantle of victimhood themselves.

scholarly journals ARKEOLOGI, PUBLIK, DAN MEDIA SOSIAL DI MALUKU

KALPATARU ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 31
Author(s):  
Marlon Ririmasse
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Cultural History ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
The Public ◽  
Archaeological Knowledge ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Further Development

Abstract. Social media has become a tool that links almost all aspects of human life, from the technology of information to the cultural segment where archaeology is part of it. For more than two decades, social media not only has become an informal place to encounter and exchange of ideas but also holds important role to share about archeological knowledge to the public in Maluku. This paper attempts to observe the correlation between archaeology and social media to support the effort of expanding the archaological knowledge and cultural history in Maluku. The method used in this research is literature study. The results of the study indicates that social media has become one of the main agents in the publication of archaeological knowledge in Maluku and is very prospective for further development. Keywords: Archaeology, public, social media, Maluku  Abstrak. Media sosial telah menjadi wahana yang bertautan dengan hampir seluruh aspek kehidupan manusia saat ini mulai dari ranah teknologi informasi hingga segmen kebudayaan, termasuk di dalamnya disiplin arkeologi. Sudah lebih dari dua dekade media sosial tidak saja menjadi ruang informal perjumpaan dan pertukaran gagasan, tetapi telah menjelma menjadi motor efektif yang turut menggerakkan dinamika akademis disiplin arkeologi, termasuk menjadi agen bagi interaksi arkeologi dan masyarakat. Media sosial berperan sebagai salah satu ruang paling efektif dalam meluaskan pengetahuan arkeologi bagi publik juga masuk di Maluku. Makalah ini mencoba mengamati hubungan disiplin arkeologi dan media sosial bagi perluasan pengetahuan arkeologi dan sejarah budaya untuk masyarakat di Maluku. Metode yang digunakan adalah kajian pustaka. Hasil studi menemukan bahwa media sosial telah menjadi salah satu agen utama dalam publikasi pengetahuan arkeologi di Maluku dan prospektif untuk terus dikembangkan ke depan.Kata kunci: Arkeologi, publik, media sosial, Maluku

“Why am I to blame when the law is on my side?” A study of crises, public opinion and frames

2015 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 363-373 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lise-Lotte Holmgreen
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Restaurant Industry ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Media Frames ◽  
The Public ◽  
Theoretical Approaches ◽  
Media Constructions ◽  
Organisational Behaviour ◽  
Conceptual Nature ◽  
Insight Into

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to discuss why social media frames may exert substantial influence on the image of organisations and even trigger organisational crises. Design/methodology/approach – The study applies the theoretical approaches of crisis, framing and stakeholder theory to examine social media constructions of organisational behaviour. A recent case from the Danish restaurant industry exemplifies the structuring of social media frames and their impact on organisational image. Findings – The results of the study confirm the findings of previous studies but with the crucial addition that the power of social media frames is closely connected to their drawing on basic cultural and social beliefs that unite stakeholders across potentially different interests and identities. Research limitations/implications – The study is qualitative and applies a small dataset. To confirm the findings, further studies need to be conducted. Social implications – This paper sheds light on an issue which continues to be highly relevant for organisations. By gaining insight into the conceptual nature of frames and stakeholder motivations, which guide social-media entries, they may be better equipped for meeting the demands of the public and thus for preventing crises. Originality/value – This is a field of research that continues to develop concurrently with the development and spread of social media. By analysing in detail how frames are constructed, the study contributes to research in the field.

Teaching social media and public administration: Applying four approaches to an emerging issue

2019 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 168-186
Author(s):  
Mark K McBeth ◽  
Adam M Brewer ◽  
Mackenzie N Smith
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
City Council ◽  
Future Research ◽  
The Public ◽  
Education Literature ◽  
Wide Scale ◽  
Approach To Teaching ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Insight Into

This article presents an approach to teaching how social media impacts the public-sector workplace. Social media creates new challenges for both public administration practitioners and teachers. Yet, the topic does not yet have wide-scale discussion in the public administration education literature. After a review of four approaches to public administration (managerial, legal, political, and ethical), we developed a fictional social media case that was administered in an email survey to a sample of 50 graduates of a Master of Public Administration (MPA) program (37 responded and completed the survey). The case involves a local government employee whose employer wants to terminate because of the employee’s use of social media following a city council meeting. The results of our survey provide insight into how administrators would deal with the situation presented in the case and leads to the development of a series of questions for faculty using the case in their classroom. Our teaching case should provoke serious classroom discussions. Our study reveals the importance of the teaching and discussion of social media in public administration courses along with identifying continuing areas of future research.

scholarly journals Interaction and Transformation on Social Media: The Case of Twitter Campaigns

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 205630511775072 ◽  
Author(s):  
William Housley ◽  
Helena Webb ◽  
Meredydd Williams ◽  
Rob Procter ◽  
Adam Edwards ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Media Analysis ◽  
Social Media Analysis ◽  
Media Campaigns ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Social ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
Insight Into

The increasing popularity of social media platforms creates new digital social networks in which individuals can interact and share information, news, and opinion. The use of these technologies appears to have the capacity to transform current social configurations and relations, not least within the public and civic spheres. Within the social sciences, much emphasis has been placed on conceptualizing social media’s role in modern society and the interrelationships between online and offline actors and events. In contrast, little attention has been paid to exploring user practices on social media and how individual posts respond to each other. To demonstrate the value of an interactional approach toward social media analysis, we performed a detailed analysis of Twitter-based online campaigns. After categorizing social media posts based on action(s), we developed a typology of user exchanges. We found these social media campaigns to be highly heterogeneous in content, with a wide range of actions performed and substantial numbers of tweets not engaged with the substance of the campaign. We argue that this interactional approach can form the basis for further work conceptualizing the broader impact of activist campaigns and the treatment of social media as “data” more generally. In this way, analytic focus on interactional practices on social media can provide empirical insight into the micro-transformational characteristics within “campaign communication.”

scholarly journals Contextualizing Educational Disparities in Health: Variations by Race/Ethnicity, Nativity, and County-Level Characteristics

Demography ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Taylor W. Hargrove ◽  
Lauren Gaydosh ◽  
Alexis C. Dennis
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Early Life ◽  
Social Characteristics ◽  
Adult Health ◽  
Educational Disparities ◽  
Education And Health ◽  
Race Ethnicity ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Racial Ethnic

Abstract Educational disparities in health are well documented, yet the education–health relationship is inconsistent across racial/ethnic and nativity groups. These inconsistencies may arise from characteristics of the early life environments in which individuals attain their education. We evaluate this possibility by investigating (1) whether educational disparities in cardiometabolic risk vary by race/ethnicity and nativity among Black, Hispanic, and White young adults; (2) the extent to which racial/ethnic-nativity differences in the education–health relationship are contingent on economic, policy, and social characteristics of counties of early life residence; and (3) the county characteristics associated with the best health at higher levels of education for each racial/ethnic-nativity group. Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health, we find that Black young adults who achieve high levels of education exhibit worse health across a majority of contexts relative to their White and Hispanic counterparts. Additionally, we observe more favorable health at higher levels of education across almost all contexts for White individuals. For all other racial/ethnic-nativity groups, the relationship between education and health depends on the characteristics of the early life counties of residence. Findings highlight place-based factors that may contribute to the development of racial/ethnic and nativity differences in the education–health relationship among U.S. young adults.

Overview of Wireless Sensor Network, Robotics, IoT, and Social Media in Search and Rescue Activities

2018 ◽  
pp. 188-216
Author(s):  
Sarah Allali ◽  
Mahfoud Benchaïba
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Search And Rescue ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Wireless Sensor ◽  
Multiple Robots ◽  
Robot System ◽  
The Public ◽  
Emergency Situations ◽  
Research Challenges ◽  
Insight Into

In recent years, many researchers have shown interest in developing search and rescue systems composed of one or multiple robots. To enhance the robotic systems, wireless sensor networks and internet of things (IoT) were integrated to give more awareness of the environments. Additionally, data exchanged in social media during emergency situations can help rescuers, decision makers, and the public to gain insight into the situation as it unfolds. In the first part of this chapter, the authors present a review of robotic system and their environments in search and rescue systems. Additionally, they explain the challenges related to these systems and the tasks that a robot or a multi-robot system should execute to fulfil the search and rescue activities. As a second part, the authors expose the systems that integrates WSNs and IoT with robots and the advantages that brings those. Furthermore, they expose and discuss the remarkable research, the challenges, and the open research challenges that include this cooperation.

scholarly journals SOSIALISASI UNDANG-UNDANG INFORMASI DAN TRANSAKSI ELEKTRONIK (ITE) DALAM PEMANFAATAN MEDIA SOSIAL SEBAGAI SARANA USAHA

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-26
Author(s):  
Lenny Husna ◽  
Yusli Yenni
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Information Dissemination ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
The Public ◽  
Internet Media ◽  
Questions And Answers ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Technology And Communication ◽  
Almost All

Nowadays almost all aspects of life use technology. Progress in technology will also be accompanied by developments in information and communication technology. The development of technology and communication using internet media that is widely used today is social media. Some people use social media for means of social integration, communication and publicizing activities, but in its development social media can also be used for business activities in terms of promotion and marketing. The use of social media for business activities has a very positive impact on improving the welfare of the community economically. To achieve these objectives, training and coaching to the public regarding the use of social media are held. The training was carried out at the Pesona Rhabayu Housing Community of Patam Lestari Village, Sekupang District, Batam. The training was conducted by monitoring and tutorials on how to use social media properly, including information dissemination on the Information and Electronic Transaction Law (UU ITE) so that the community has a legal basis for using social media. The first result of this dedication is that people's understanding of the ITE Law can be seen from discussions and questions and answers, secondly, people's ability to access and utilize social media for business facilities by forming a social media group as a forum for the community to promote their efforts.Keywords: Law, social media and ITE

Finding one’s People and One’s Self on Campus

2020 ◽  
pp. 96-110
Author(s):  
Gabriel Velez
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Identity ◽  
Minority Students ◽  
Extracurricular Activities ◽  
Social Identities ◽  
Academic Identities ◽  
Campus Organizations ◽  
Identity Based ◽  
Race Ethnicity ◽  
Initial Attraction ◽  
Racial Ethnic

This chapter illustrates the diverse social identities that are developed in racial-ethnic, identity-based campus organizations. Students listed race-ethnicity as the focus of their initial attraction to these organizations. However, they came to embed themselves in these organizations because the organizations also developed other aspects of their identities, such as their professional, political, and academic identities. This chapter also highlights students who explicitly sought to embed themselves in organizations and clubs that were not connected with their racial-ethnic identity. In doing so, this chapter takes a critical look at extracurricular activities in relation to experiences of race-ethnicity at college and examines the role they serve in minority students' self-exploration.

scholarly journals Penerapan Perikatan Dengan Ancaman Hukuman Dalam Perjanjian Endorse

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 31
Author(s):  
Hardian Iskandar
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Civil Law ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Law ◽  
Insight Into

This study aims to increase the understanding of the law regarding crowded agreements that are now used by the public, namely endorce agreements that are used in various types of social media. In the agreement used by regulations in Indonesia there is an agreement that is permitted or not by regulations so that the existence of this research can open insight into endorce agreements. Engagement with the threat of punishment alone reviews the existence of losses suffered by both the giver and the recipient in the agreement. Endorse itself is a marketing marketing for a product that is currently trending so that it is necessary to provide an understanding of regulation in civil law that applies both to endorsers and recipients of endorses agreed upon with an agreement.

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