ISBN:
9783631596746
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9783653012385
Language:
English
Pages:
249 p.
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Participation in broadband society v. 4
Parallel Title:
Print version Cultures of Participation
DDC:
303.48
Keywords:
Participation
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Digital communications -- Social aspects
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Broadband communication systems
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Human-computer interaction
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Engagement (Philosophy)
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
pt. 1. Paradigms of participation -- pt. Emotions and play -- pt. 3. Redefining political participation -- pt. 4. Social media and media practices
Abstract:
To speak of participation today raises a series of questions on how the presence and use of new media affect modes of social participation. From a variety of theoretical, empirical and methodological perspectives, the contributions in this volume explore participation in different social realms - from everyday life, interpersonal relationships, work and leisure activities to collective and political action. This collection demonstrates that participation is a localised notion, assuming a multitude of shapes under a variety of technological, political, socio-economic, linguistic and cultural co
Description / Table of Contents:
pt. 1. Paradigms of participationpt. Emotions and play -- pt. 3. Redefining political participation -- pt. 4. Social media and media practices.
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents; Introduction - Hajo Greif, Larissa Hjorth, Amparo Lasén & Claire Lobet-Maris 9; Part I: Paradigms of Participation; Online Participation and the New Media - Leopoldina Fortunati 19; From Information to Broadband Society, Whence and Whither? - Hajo Greif & Matthias Werner 35; Participatory Frameworks: Re-tracing Participation in the Theoretical Node Technology/Society - Giuseppina Pellegrino 49; Listening, not Lurking: The Neglected Form of Participation - Kate Crawford 63; Part II: Emotions and Play; Attitudes towards Mobile Phones: A Cross-Cultural Comparison - Naomi S. Baron 77Emotions and the Mobile Phone - Jane Vincent 95; Playing the Waiting Game: Complicating Notions of (Tele)presence and Gendered Distraction in Casual Mobile Gaming - Larissa Hjorth & Ingrid Richardson 111; Imagined Performativity: The Great Virtue of Cyberspace in Contemporary Chinese Workers' Social Lives - Chung Tai Cheng 127; Part III: Redefining Political Participation; 'An Original Protest, at Least.' Mediality and Participation - Amparo Lasén & Iñaki Martínez de Albeniz 141; The Less Expected: An Exploration of the Social and Political Activities on the Internet in China - Boxu Yang, Yuan Le & Shanshan An 159Part IV: Social Media and Media Practices; The Facebook Family: Information and Communication Technology Redrafting the Rules of Participation in Family Life - Brian Simpson 181; The Frenzy of Digital Photography: A Biopolitical Assessment - Lieve Gies 195; Hyperlinked Avatars: Negotiating Identities and Social Relations within Social Networking Sites - Romina Cachia & Alexandra Haché 211; Tracing the Policy Challenges of the Digital Dividend - Lilia Raycheva 229About the Authors 245;
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