ISBN:
9781137504562
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (437 pages)
Parallel Title:
The digital transformation of the public sphere
Parallel Title:
Print version Karatzogianni, Athina The Digital Transformation of the Public Sphere : Conflict, Migration, Crisis and Culture in Digital Networks
DDC:
302.231
Keywords:
Communication
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Digital electronics
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Electronic books
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Neue Medien
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Internet
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Informationsgesellschaft
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Migration
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Internationaler Vergleich
Abstract:
"Preface and Acknowledgements" -- "Contents" -- "List of Figures" -- "List of Tables" -- "Notes on Contributors" -- "Introduction: The Digital Transformation of the Public Sphere" -- "References" -- "Part I: Theorising Migration, Crisis, Culture and Conflict in the Digital Public Sphere" -- "The Public Sphere: Migration of Normative Principles and the Digital Construction of Transnational Ethics" -- "Introduction" -- "What the Public Sphere Is Not" -- "What the Public Sphere Is" -- "The Forms of Contestation of Authority" -- "Formal and Substantive Transformation" -- "A Brief Account of Values and Valuation" -- "Culture and Its Content" -- "The Political Function of Values and Cares" -- "Care and the Construction of Communities of Care" -- "Communities of Care" -- "The Digital Migration of Distant Cares" -- "A Vast Field of Digital Deliberation" -- " Conclusion" -- "Bibliography" -- "The Digital Golden Dawn: Emergence of a Nationalist-Racist Digital Mainstream" -- "Introduction" -- "The Role of the Internet" -- "The Golden Dawn in Context" -- "Assembling the Digital Golden Dawn" -- "Web" -- "Social Media" -- "Facebook" -- "Twitter and YouTube" -- "Conclusions" -- "Note" -- "Appendix" -- "References" -- "From Bulletins to Bullets to Blogs and Beyond: The Ongoing Communication War of the Karen" -- "Introduction" -- "Karen Community, Identity and Conflict" -- "A History of Conflict, Communication and Campaigning for the Karen" -- "Who Are We Talking to and What Should We Say?" -- "The Attack" -- "Karen Media, Communication, Campaigning and Conflict" -- " Conclusion" -- "References" -- "Online Content Control, Memory and Community Isolation" -- "Technological Challenges to the Missions of Online Communities" -- "Technology, Norms and Social Interaction as Features of Community and Memory".
Abstract:
Intermediation and Content Control in Google Transparency Reports -- The Interplay of Memory, Community and Technology: Constructing and Communicating a Worldview -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- The Critique of Videology: Games and the Digital Transformation of the Public Sphere -- Introduction: Games and the Public Sphere Debate -- Games as Tools of Videology or Paths to Civic Virtue? -- Games and the Good Life -- Games, Capitalism, and Militarism -- Skepticism About Videology -- The Progressive View of Games -- Games, Sex, and Gender -- Satire and Skepticism in Political Games -- Conclusion -- References -- Part II: Cyberconflict and the Digital Diaspora: Nigeria, India, China and Mexico -- Veterans of Diaspora Activism: An Overview of ICT Uses Amongst Nigerian Migrant Networks -- Introduction -- Tracing the Roots of Nigerian Diaspora Activism -- Post-1999 Democratic Transition -- Conceptual Lens -- Uses of ICTs Among Nigerian Diasporic Movements -- Key Attributes -- Contextual Factors and Issues -- Membership Structure -- References -- Online Gender Activism in India and the Participation of the Indian Diaspora, 2012-2015 -- Introduction -- In Solidarity with India: The National Gender Movement Goes Global -- Networked Social Movements -- Bridgespace -- The Global Indian Gender Movement -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Beyond the Great Wall: Locating Expatriate Media Environments in China -- Introduction -- Expatriates' Media Environments -- Satellite Television -- Mobile Phones -- The Internet -- Bridging Strategies and Implications -- Conclusion -- References -- Social Networks and Communicative Meaning in Mexican Migration Networks in the US -- Introduction -- Interpersonal Communication -- Methodology -- Sources of Information, Subjects of Study Selection and Instruments -- Analysis and Results -- Media -- Contents -- Meanings
Abstract:
Social Networks in a Migratory Environment -- Myspace and Paracuaro's Community -- References -- Part III: Migration and Crisis Discourses in the EU Public Sphere -- Analysing Transnational Web Spheres: The European Example During the Eurozone Crisis -- The Internet's Role in (Transnational) Political Communication -- Transnational Online Communication: The Web Sphere Perspective -- The European Example: The EU Crisis Web Sphere 2011-2013 -- Discussion -- References -- Intercultural Conflict and Dialogue in the Transnational Digital Public Sphere: Findings from the MigNet Research Project (2010-2013) -- Introduction -- Cyprus -- Greece -- UK -- Research Aims and Methodology -- Political Conflict, Ethno-Nationalist Discourse and Ideology -- Racist Discourse and European Citizenship -- Cyberconflicts in Cyprus, Greece and the UK -- Conclusion and Research Outlook -- References -- Understanding the Greek Crisis and Digital Media: A Cyberconflict Approach -- Introduction -- Cyberconflict Theoretical Framework -- Environment of Conflict-Socio-political and Historical Background of Greece -- Political and Historical Context -- Student and Labour Movements in Greece -- The Extra-Parliamentary Left and Revolutionary Groups -- The Media Environment and Digital Activism in Greece -- Alternative Structures and Solidarity Networks -- Cyberconflict and the Greek Case -- References -- Digital Ethnicities and (Re-)Construction of Ethnic Identities in Social Media -- Political (De-)Constructions of Identities -- Pomak Ethnicities and (Re-)Constructions on the Internet -- Conclusion -- References -- Frontex: Human Rights Obligations and the Role of the European Ombudsman -- Introduction -- The Establishment of Frontex -- The Cooperation Arrangement Between the Fundamental Rights Agency and Frontex -- The European Ombudsman's Own-Initiative Inquiry vis-à-vis Frontex
Abstract:
Concluding Remarks -- References -- Part IV: Digital Culture and Communication Shifts in the Public Sphere -- Political Selfies: Image Events in the New Media Field -- Introduction -- New Forms of Political Communication and the Selfie -- Self-Generated Material, Disengaged by Traditional Media -- Sense of Intimacy -- Political Branding Tool -- Media Attention Device -- Reconsidering Media Events in the Digital Media Field -- Political Selfies and the Construction of Intimacy -- Selfies, Celebrities and the Contemporary Media-Event Culture -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- Italian Migrants and Photo Sharing in the UK -- Introduction -- Methodology -- Understanding Italian Migrants' Sociality Through Media Convergence -- Comparative Analysis of Theories of Migration and Connective Uses of New Media -- Construction and Disclosure of Visual Identities Online -- Analysis of Italian Migrants' Photo Sharing and Transnational Uses of Visualities -- Conclusion: Transnational Visual Connectivity -- References -- The Politics of Transformation: Selfie Production of the Visually Marginalised -- Introduction -- What Is a Selfie? -- Postructuralism -- Embodiment -- Selfie Scholarship -- Art and Phototherapy -- Going Forward -- Conclusion -- References -- YouTube, Migrant Rappers and the Early Cinema Aesthetics: Is There a Digital Public Sphere? -- Introduction -- Vaudeville 2.0 -- The Return of the Attractions -- Alternative Spheres -- YouTube Celebrities -- References -- Banoptikon Video Game: Walk-through a Dystopia -- Game Leveling -- The Bar (Intro) -- Border Zone -- Downtown Athens -- The Camp -- The Harbor -- Eurocity -- Digital Fingerprinting: Surveillance Mechanism or Intimidation Tactics? -- The Embodied Identity of Migration and the Foreign Body -- Athens Is No Longer a Cell (if It Ever Was) but an Interconnected Network -- Conclusion -- References
Abstract:
List of websites -- Index
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