2024-03-28T22:48:20Z
https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/oai
oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/2852
2020-06-25T09:30:15Z
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Memes of Gandhi and Mercury in Anti-Vaccination Discourse
Buts, Jan
conspiracy theories; memes; misinformation; vaccination
This study focuses on two widely circulating memes in the anti-vaccination movement, namely lists of vaccine ingredients containing mercury, and quotes attributed to Mahatma Gandhi. Mercury has been identified by conspiracy theorists as one of the most harmful components of vaccines, and Gandhi, who has condemned vaccination practices, has been celebrated as a significant source of authority. Quotes attributed to Gandhi against vaccination, complete with picture and embellished font, circulate across various popular platforms, as do intimidating images of syringes dipped in poison coupled with a list of seemingly occult or dangerous ingredients. This article analyses both memes, moving from the imageboard 4chan to the search engine Google Images, and illustrates how the repurposed, often ironic use of visual tropes can either undermine or strengthen the claims that accompany them. The aim is to explore the intersections of conspiracy theory, visual rhetoric, and digital communication in order to elucidate the ambiguity of memes as vehicles for the spread of controversial health-related information.
Cogitatio Press
Genealogies of Knowledge Research Network
2020-06-25
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/2852
10.17645/mac.v8i2.2852
Media and Communication; Vol 8, No 2 (2020): Health and Science Controversies in the Digital World: News, Mis/Disinformation and Public Engagement; 353-363
2183-2439
10.17645/mac.i179
eng
https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/2852/1586
Copyright (c) 2020 Jan Buts
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oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/6400
2024-01-11T16:33:33Z
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Google News Initiative’s Influence on Technological Media Innovation in Africa and the Middle East
de-Lima-Santos, Mathias-Felipe
Munoriyarwa, Allen
Elega, Adeola Abdulateef
Papaevangelou, Charis
artificial intelligence; business models; data; dependence; Google News Initiative; innovation; news; philanthrocapitalism; platform
The Google News Initiative (GNI) aims to collaborate closely with the news industry and financially support the creation of quality journalism in the digital age. It also aims to bring technological advancements and innovation into newsrooms’ operations. Drawing on journalism innovation and responsible innovation theories, this study examines GNI beneficiaries in Africa and the Middle East. To address this, we analysed GNI projects’ descriptions combined with thirteen (n = 13) in-depth interviews with leading actors and beneficiary news organisations to answer two main questions: (a) What are the main characteristics of the technological innovations proposed by GNI Innovation Challenge grantees in Africa and the Middle East? and (b) How are these news media organisations becoming increasingly dependent on these platforms’ technological and financial aspects? Anchored in journalism innovation, responsible innovation, and platformisation theories, our findings show that funded organisations heavily depend on Google’s technological and financial infrastructure to innovate. Furthermore, we note that some projects do not offer a clear path for sustainability in the future. We further argue that this initiative builds an infrastructure of power and dependency that poses risks to responsible innovation in journalism. Our study contributes to extant scholarship on digital platforms and their role in the infrastructure of news organisations, creating power asymmetries between those who serve as the backbone for data flows and technological processes and those dependent on these institutions.
Cogitatio Press
2023-06-28
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/6400
10.17645/mac.v11i2.6400
Media and Communication; Vol 11, No 2 (2023): A Datafied Society: Data Power, Infrastructures, and Regulations; 330-343
2183-2439
10.17645/mac.i351
eng
https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/6400/3205
Copyright (c) 2023 Mathias-Felipe de-Lima-Santos, Allen Munoriyarwa, Adeola Abdulateef Elega, Charis Papaevangelou
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oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/1316
2020-07-21T09:48:49Z
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Mediatization of Social Space and the Case of Uber Drivers
Chan, Ngai Keung
Humphreys, Lee
digitally-enabled service work; mediatization; mobile apps; ratings; social space; Uber; work practices
Digital data have become a form of “objectivation”, which affect how we construct social knowledge and organize social space (Couldry & Hepp, 2017). The workplace is one sphere that is increasingly datafied. This study explores how Uber drivers, a form of digitally-enabled service workers, contribute to the normalization of the social production of space through their interpretative practices of digital data in an online forum. Drawing on Uber’s corporate discourse and an Uber driver online forum, we analyze two facets of the Uber app and drivers’ mediated experiences: (1) the quantification and discipline of drivers’ performance through Uber’s rating system and (2) the coordination of spatial movement through location-related metrics. We argue that the underlying workings of the Uber app premediate expectations of service encounters and spatial movement. Uber drivers meanwhile develop practices which respond to and circumvent their own data contributions to the system. Drivers’ practices, we argue, are largely in compliance with the calculative logics set by Uber. The article addresses implications of Uber drivers’ practices for the reproduction of social space and power-relations in digitally-enabled service work and the gig economy.
Cogitatio Press
2018-05-25
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/1316
10.17645/mac.v6i2.1316
Media and Communication; Vol 6, No 2 (2018): Rethinking Media and Social Space; 29-38
2183-2439
10.17645/mac.i90
eng
https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/1316/778
Copyright (c) 2018 Ngai Keung Chan, Lee Humphreys
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oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/4162
2021-12-13T11:08:28Z
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Algorithmic Self-Tracking for Health: User Perspectives on Risk Awareness and Coping Strategies
Festic, Noemi
Latzer, Michael
Smirnova, Svetlana
algorithmic selection; coping strategies; mHealth; risk awareness; self-tracking apps; self-quantification; societal risks; user perception; wearables
Self-tracking with wearable devices and mobile applications is a popular practice that relies on automated data collection and algorithm-driven analytics. Initially designed as a tool for personal use, a variety of public and corporate actors such as commercial organizations and insurance companies now make use of self-tracking data. Associated social risks such as privacy violations or measurement inaccuracies have been theoretically derived, although empirical evidence remains sparse. This article conceptualizes self-tracking as algorithmic-selection applications and empirically examines users’ risk awareness related to self-tracking applications as well as coping strategies as an option to deal with these risks. It draws on representative survey data collected in Switzerland. The results reveal that Swiss self-trackers’ awareness of risks related to the applications they use is generally low and only a small number of those who self-track apply coping strategies. We further find only a weak association between risk awareness and the application of coping strategies. This points to a cost-benefit calculation when deciding how to respond to perceived risks, a behavior explained as a privacy calculus in extant literature. The widespread willingness to pass on personal data to insurance companies despite associated risks provides further evidence for this interpretation. The conclusions—made even more pertinent by the potential of wearables’ track-and-trace systems and state-level health provision—raise questions about technical safeguarding, data and health literacies, and governance mechanisms that might be necessary considering the further popularization of self-tracking for health.
Cogitatio Press
Swiss National Science Foundation (grant number: 176443).
2021-11-18
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/4162
10.17645/mac.v9i4.4162
Media and Communication; Vol 9, No 4 (2021): Algorithmic Systems in the Digital Society; 145-157
2183-2439
10.17645/mac.i253
eng
https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/4162/2371
Copyright (c) 2021 Noemi Festic, Michael Latzer, Svetlana Smirnova
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oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/2536
2020-06-23T08:08:43Z
mediaandcommunication:ART
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Why Are Scientific Experts Perceived as Trustworthy? Emotional Assessment within TV and YouTube Videos
Reif, Anne
Kneisel, Tim
Schäfer, Markus
Taddicken, Monika
entertainment; public trust; science communication; science video; stereotype; television; trustworthiness; YouTube
Due to the rise of the Internet, the effects of different science communication formats in which experts appear cannot be neglected in communication research. Through their emotional and more comprehensible communication ‘sciencetubers’—who frequently differ from the stereotypical image of scientists as white, old men—may have a considerable effect on the public’s perceived trustworthiness of scientists as well as their trust in science. Thus, this study aims to extend trust and trustworthiness research to consider the role of emotion in science communication in the context of emerging online video content. Therefore, perceived trustworthiness was examined in an experimental online survey of 155 people aged 18–80. We considered different potential influencing variables for trustworthiness (expertise, integrity, benevolence) and used six different video stimuli about physics featuring scientific experts. The video stimuli varied according to format (TV interviews vs. YouTube videos), gender (male vs. female), and age of the experts depicted (old vs. young). The results suggest that: (1) Scientific experts appearing in TV interviews are perceived as more competent but not higher in integrity or benevolence than sciencetubers—while scientists interviewed on TV are regarded as typical scientists, sciencetubers stand out for their highly professional communication abilities (being entertaining and comprehensible); (2) these emotional assessments of scientists are important predictors of perceived trustworthiness; and (3) significantly mediate the effect of the stimulus (TV interview vs. YouTube video) on all dimensions of perceived trustworthiness of scientific experts.
Cogitatio Press
2020-03-18
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/2536
10.17645/mac.v8i1.2536
Media and Communication; Vol 8, No 1 (2020): Emotions and Emotional Appeals in Science Communication; 191-205
2183-2439
10.17645/mac.i168
eng
https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/2536/1443
Copyright (c) 2020 Anne Reif, Tim Kneisel, Markus Schäfer, Monika Taddicken
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oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/6314
2023-06-09T17:35:14Z
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Journalism in Democracy: A Discourse Analysis of Twitter Posts on the Ferrerasgate Scandal
Reguero-Sanz, Itziar
Berdón-Prieto, Pablo
Herrero-Izquierdo, Jacobo
disinformation; Ferrerasgate; hate speech; journalism; online discourse; Twitter
This research analyses the discourse on Twitter surrounding the “Ferrerasgate” scandal involving the Spanish journalist Antonio García Ferreras, director and host of the television show Al Rojo Vivo (La Sexta, Spanish TV channel). It examines the main object of criticism, the tone of the discourse, the argumentation made by users, as well as the existence of hate in their rhetoric. The tweets included in the study’s sample (N = 2,846), posted between 5 and 15 July 2022 and extracted on 16 July 2022, were examined in two complementary phases. The first entailed a quantitative content analysis of the messages and the second analysed whether hate speech was found in the sample as a whole. The Sketch Engine tool was used to determine whether “crypto hate speech” existed in the sample as a whole, and to whom it was targeted. The results reveal that “Ferrerasgate” sparked a debate that spilt over into journalism across the board, calling into question the media’s role in a democracy. The most prominent arguments were the condemnation of misinformation, lack of independence, and absence of professionalism in the journalism sector. It should be noted that most of the messages were destructive in tone; hate was found in the tweets analysed, although these did not represent a high percentage in relation to the total sample.
Cogitatio Press
“CARTODIOCOM: Cartography of hate speech in Spain from communication: sports, bullfighting and politics” (PID2019-105613GB-C31)
“Politainment before media fragmentation: disintermediation, engagement and polarization” (PID2020-114193RB-I00).
2023-05-16
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/6314
10.17645/mac.v11i2.6314
Media and Communication; Vol 11, No 2 (2023): Political Communication in Times of Spectacularisation: Digital Narratives, Engagement, and Politainment; 176-187
2183-2439
10.17645/mac.i352
eng
https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/6314/3103
Copyright (c) 2023 Itziar Reguero-Sanz, Pablo Berdón-Prieto, Jacobo Herrero-Izquierdo
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oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/2702
2020-04-17T05:02:38Z
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Journalism in Digital Native Media: Beyond Technological Determinism
García-Orosa, Berta
López-García, Xosé
Vázquez-Herrero, Jorge
digital journalism; digital native media; innovation; journalism; social media
This article reflects on the conceptualisation and practise of journalism in European digital native media. The way news is produced and consumed in the digital era knocks down the boundaries that once divided professionals, citizens, and activists. At the same time, significant changes highlighted in recent studies call for a new theoretical and practical approach that goes beyond the dominant perspective of technological determinism. In relation with previous research, we have selected innovative digital media platforms (De Correspondent, Heidi.news, Eldiario.es, IlPost, Mediapart, and Observador), and we have analysed the types of journalism they set out to produce, as gleaned from their public-facing communications and interviews with the platforms’ founders and editors, comparing their stated goals with the journalism they produce and, lastly, we commented on changes in journalism. Digital native media explore renewed fields for journalism. The present analysis allows identifying the emergence of a series of trends in digital native media, which show a coexistence of traditional and new principles. Beyond the technological impact, the new media respond to the needs of society by incorporating the citizen as a reason for its purpose and as a collaborator in production processes. On the other hand, new players and an updated role of journalists come into play with innovative proposals designed for the current multiplatform and mobile scenario.
Cogitatio Press
Ministry of Science, Innovation, and Universities
European Regional Development Fund
Xunta de Galicia
2020-04-16
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/2702
10.17645/mac.v8i2.2702
Media and Communication; Vol 8, No 2 (2020): Digital Native News Media: Trends and Challenges; 5-15
2183-2439
10.17645/mac.i174
eng
https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/2702/1493
https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/downloadSuppFile/2702/881
Copyright (c) 2020 Berta García-Orosa, Xosé López-García, Jorge Vázquez-Herrero
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oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/1165
2020-07-21T09:48:31Z
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Acting on Media: Influencing, Shaping and (Re)Configuring the Fabric of Everyday Life
Kannengießer, Sigrid
Kubitschko, Sebastian
acting on media; civil society organizations; media appropriation; media corporations; media practice; social movements
Computerization, digitalization and datafication are by far no neutral or self-dependent occurrences. They are, to a large degree, co-determined by heterogeneous actors who reflect about, construct, configure, manipulate or even control media. The contributors to this issue put the spotlight on these actors and investigate how they influence, shape and (re)configure broader social constellations. Instead of exploring what people do with media, the articles focus on the many ways individuals, civil society initiatives, corporations and social movements act on media. The notion of acting on media denotes the efforts of a wide range of actors to take an active part in the molding of media organizations, infrastructures and technologies that are part of the fabric of everyday life. Therefore, by conceptualizing acting on media as a form of political action, the issue aims to contribute to ongoing discussions on the media practice paradigm.
Cogitatio Press
2017-09-22
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/1165
10.17645/mac.v5i3.1165
Media and Communication; Vol 5, No 3 (2017): Acting on Media: Influencing, Shaping and (Re)Configuring the Fabric of Everyday Life; 1-4
2183-2439
10.17645/mac.i70
eng
https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/1165/583
Copyright (c) 2017 Sigrid Kannengießer, Sebastian Kubitschko
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oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/3988
2022-08-30T09:06:26Z
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Relational Communication Spaces: Infrastructures and Discursive Practices
Keinert, Alexa
Sayman, Volkan
Maier, Daniel
discursive practices; inclusion; infrastructures; methodological nationalism; networks; public communication; sociology of space; territory
Digital communication technologies, social web platforms, and mobile communication have fundamentally altered the way we communicate publicly. They have also changed our perception of space, thus making a re-calibration of a spatial perspective on public communication necessary. We argue that such a new perspective must consider the relational logic of public communication, which stands in stark contrast to the plain territorial notion of space common in communication research. Conceptualising the spatiality of public communication, we draw on Löw’s (2016) sociology of space. Her relational concept of space encourages us to pay more attention to (a) the infrastructural basis of communication, (b) the operations of synthesising the relational communication space through discursive practices, and (c) power relations that determine the accessibility of public communication. Thus, focusing on infrastructures and discursive practices means highlighting crucial socio-material preconditions of public communication and considering the effects of the power relations which are inherent in their spatialisation upon the inclusivity of public communication. This new approach serves a dual purpose: Firstly, it works as an analytical perspective to systematically account for the spatiality of public communication. Secondly, the differentiation between infrastructural spaces and spaces of discursive practices adds explanatory value to the perspective of relational communication spaces.
Cogitatio Press
German Research Foundation
2021-07-23
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/3988
10.17645/mac.v9i3.3988
Media and Communication; Vol 9, No 3 (2021): Spaces, Places, and Geographies of Public Spheres; 28-38
2183-2439
10.17645/mac.i252
eng
https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/3988/2192
Copyright (c) 2021 Alexa Keinert, Volkan Sayman, Daniel Maier
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oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/2251
2020-01-20T08:03:35Z
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The New Advertisers: How Foundation Funding Impacts Journalism
Ferrucci, Patrick
Nelson, Jacob L.
advertising; foundations; journalism; news production; newsrooms; revenue
Many journalism stakeholders have begun looking to philanthropic foundations to help newsrooms find economic sustainability. The rapidly expanding role of foundations as a revenue source for news publishers raises an important question: How do foundations exercise their influence over the newsrooms they fund? Using the hierarchy of influence model, this study utilizes more than 40 interviews with journalists at digitally native nonprofit news organizations and employees from foundations that fund nonprofit journalism to better understand the impact of foundation funding on journalistic practice. Drawing on previous scholarship exploring extra-media influence on the news industry, we argue that the impact of foundations on journalism parallels that of advertisers throughout the 20th century—with one important distinction: Journalism practitioners and researchers have long forbidden the influence from advertisers on editorial decisions, seeing the blurring of the two as inherently unethical. Outside funding from foundations, on the other hand, is often premised on editorial influence, complicating efforts by journalists to maintain the firewall between news revenue and production.
Cogitatio Press
2019-12-17
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/2251
10.17645/mac.v7i4.2251
Media and Communication; Vol 7, No 4 (2019): Peripheral Actors in Journalism: Agents of Change in Journalism Culture and Practice; 45-55
2183-2439
10.17645/mac.i156
eng
https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/2251/1336
Copyright (c) 2019 Patrick Ferrucci, Jacob L. Nelson
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oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/5680
2022-12-30T17:23:16Z
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When Everyone Wins: Dialogue, Play, and Black History for Critical Games Education
Rouse, Rebecca
Youmans, Amy Corron
Black history; critical media literacy; dialogue; games; pedagogy; play
In this article, we reflect on the process and outcomes of using dialogue, play, and a focus on Black women’s history to support critical media literacy in game design education. Over three years we developed a dialogue-based introductory undergraduate course in the game design program at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute intended to deepen engagement by students in game design practice. We specifically focused on critical approaches to explore the history and culture of games, utilizing dialogic pedagogy to develop transformative learning environments rooted in social justice education, and helped students develop skills for intercultural dialogue and communicating “across difference.” The dialogue experience created a powerful learning environment that resulted in higher quality and more critical student game design work. This was evident in the 2019 iteration of the course, which included two sections of students and in which we had a semester-long group project on the history of Harriet Tubman, culminating in a selection of student games being shown at a local gallery in an exhibition celebrating Tubman’s legacy. The Tubman project was liberatory not only for students, but also instructors, as we learned together how to navigate discomfort and gain a more critical understanding of the material realities of white supremacy in games, self, and each other. This article shares details from the design and methodology of our course, outcomes as evidenced by student work, survey responses, and instructor observations, and concludes with reflections on areas for further research and opportunities for other educators to incorporate new methods in design education.
Cogitatio Press
2022-12-28
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/5680
10.17645/mac.v10i4.5680
Media and Communication; Vol 10, No 4 (2022): Inclusive Media Literacy Education for Diverse Societies; 357-368
2183-2439
10.17645/mac.i328
eng
https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/5680/2978
Copyright (c) 2022 Rebecca Rouse, Amy Corron Youmans
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oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/3494
2021-03-05T03:36:00Z
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Fighting Deepfakes: Media and Internet Giants’ Converging and Diverging Strategies Against Hi-Tech Misinformation
Vizoso, Ángel
Vaz-Álvarez, Martín
López-García, Xosé
deepfake; Facebook; fact-checking; fake news; information verification; Google; misinformation; social media; Twitter
Deepfakes, one of the most novel forms of misinformation, have become a real challenge in the communicative environment due to their spread through online news and social media spaces. Although fake news have existed for centuries, its circulation is now more harmful than ever before, thanks to the ease of its production and dissemination. At this juncture, technological development has led to the emergence of deepfakes, doctored videos, audios or photos that use artificial intelligence. Since its inception in 2017, the tools and algorithms that enable the modification of faces and sounds in audiovisual content have evolved to the point where there are mobile apps and web services that allow average users its manipulation. This research tries to show how three renowned media outlets—The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and Reuters—and three of the biggest Internet-based companies—Google, Facebook, and Twitter—are dealing with the spread of this new form of fake news. Results show that identification of deepfakes is a common practice for both types of organizations. However, while the media is focused on training journalists for its detection, online platforms tended to fund research projects whose objective is to develop or improve media forensics tools.
Cogitatio Press
Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities (Government of Spain)
ERDF structural fund
2021-03-03
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/3494
10.17645/mac.v9i1.3494
Media and Communication; Vol 9, No 1 (2021): Disinformation and Democracy: Media Strategies and Audience Attitudes; 291-300
2183-2439
10.17645/mac.i208
eng
https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/3494/1992
Copyright (c) 2021 Ángel Vizoso, Martín Vaz-Álvarez, Xosé López-García
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oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/7555
2024-02-06T09:49:53Z
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“Communal News Work” as Sustainable Business Model: Recent Print-Centric News Start-Ups in Regional Queensland
Dugmore, Harry
Barnes, Renee
English, Peter
Stephens, Elizabeth J.
Natoli, Rosanna
Australia; business models; entrepreneurial journalism; funding models; local journalism; newspapers
The Covid-19 emergency in Australia precipitated the closure of dozens of print newspapers across Australia but, conversely, the heightened state of anxiety of the early Covid-19 period amplified the need for local information and communality. This was the impetus for a wave of print-centric newspaper start-ups. We previously examined 22 Covid-19 era start-ups in Queensland (see Barnes et al., 2022, p. 21–34) and found that their editors/publishers universally “reassert(ed) and claim(ed) more vigorously the normative values associated with community journalism as ‘social glue.’” These proprietors deployed an “affective rationale” as the foundation of their journalism and their “lean start-up” business models. We called this a “community cohesion model.” Returning to these start-ups 18 months after the Covid-19 pandemic restrictions were lifted in Queensland, we find that about 60% of these newspapers have continued operating, still drawing on deep wells of community support. They are transitioning to more conventional “newsonomics,” seeking—like the news organisations they replaced—to expand their advertising and raise other revenue, keep costs low, and expand their digital channels while remaining focussed on their core print offering. Drawing on in-depth interviews and editorial statements by editors/owners of these start-ups, as well as a close examination of advertising in the surviving newspapers, this study argues that adopting affective “hybrid” business models can be a basis for news organisations’ longer-term viability.
Cogitatio Press
2024-02-06
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/7555
10.17645/mac.7555
Media and Communication; Vol 12 (2024): Examining New Models in Journalism Funding
2183-2439
10.17645/mac.i398
eng
https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/7555/3543
Copyright (c) 2024 Harry Dugmore, Renee Barnes, Peter English, Elizabeth J. Stephens, Rosanna Natoli
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oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/538
2020-07-21T09:48:10Z
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Taming Distraction: The Second Screen Assemblage, Television and the Classroom
Stauff, Markus
assemblage; economy of attention; e-learning; liveness; second screen; television
This article argues that television’s resilience in the current media landscape can best be understood by analyzing its role in a broader quest to organize attention across different media. For quite a while, the mobile phone was considered to be a disturbance both for watching television and for classroom teaching. In recent years, however, strategies have been developed to turn the second screen’s distractive potential into a source for intensified, personalized and social attention. This has consequences for television’s position in a multimedia assemblage: television’s alleged specificities (e.g. liveness) become mouldable features, which are selectively applied to guide the attention of users across different devices and platforms. Television does not end, but some of its traditional features do only persist because of its strategic complementarity with other media; others are re-adapted by new technologies thereby spreading televisual modes of attention across multiple screens. The article delineates the historical development of simultaneous media use as a ‘problematization’—from alternating (and competitive) media use to multitasking and finally complementary use of different media. Additionally, it shows how similar strategies of managing attention are applied in the ‘digital classroom’. While deliberately avoiding to pin down, what television is, the analysis of the problem of attention allows for tracing how old and new media features are constantly reshuffled. This article combines three arguments: (1) the second screen is conceived of as both a danger to attention and a tool to manage attention. (2) To organize attention, the second screen assemblage modulates the specific qualities of television and all the other devices involved. (3) While being a fragile and often inconsistent assemblage, the second screen spreads its dynamics—and especially the problem of attention—far beyond television, e.g. into the realm of teaching.
Cogitatio Press
2016-07-14
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/538
10.17645/mac.v4i3.538
Media and Communication; Vol 4, No 3 (2016): (Not Yet) the End of Television; 185-198
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10.17645/mac.i46
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/538/407
Copyright (c) 2016 Markus Stauff
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oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/5346
2022-09-05T10:13:34Z
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Complicating the Resilience Model: A Four-Country Study About Misinformation
Boulianne, Shelley
Tenove, Chris
Buffie, Jordan
Canada; comparative politics; France; misinformation; news media; political ideology; social media; United Kingdom; United States
The resilience model to disinformation (Humprecht et al., 2020, 2021) suggests that countries will differ in exposure and reactions to disinformation due to their distinct media, economic, and political environments. In this model, higher media trust and the use of public service broadcasters are expected to build resilience to disinformation, while social media use and political polarization undermine resilience. To further test and develop the resilience model, we draw on a four-country (the US, Canada, the UK, and France) survey conducted in February 2021. We focus on three individual-level indicators of a lack of resilience: awareness of, exposure to, and sharing of misinformation. We find that social media use is associated with higher levels of all three measures, which is consistent with the resilience model. Social media use decreases resilience to misinformation. Contrary to the expectations of the resilience model, trust in national news media does not build resilience. Finally, we consider the use of public broadcasting media (BBC, France Télévisions, and CBC). The use of these sources does not build resilience in the short term. Moving forward, we suggest that awareness of, exposure to, and reactions to misinformation are best understood in terms of social media use and left–right ideology. Furthermore, instead of focusing on the US as the exceptional case of low resilience, we should consider the UK as the exceptional case of high resilience to misinformation. Finally, we identify potential avenues to further develop frameworks to understand and measure resilience to misinformation.
Cogitatio Press
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
2022-08-31
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/5346
10.17645/mac.v10i3.5346
Media and Communication; Vol 10, No 3 (2022): Enlightening Confusion: How Contradictory Findings Help Mitigate Problematic Trends in Digital Democracies; 169-182
2183-2439
10.17645/mac.i319
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/5346/2826
Copyright (c) 2022 Shelley Boulianne, Chris Tenove, Jordan Buffie
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oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/1876
2019-07-02T04:43:14Z
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With a Little Help from My Friends: Peer Coaching for Refugee Adolescents and the Role of Social Media
Kneer, Julia
van Eldik, Anne K.
Jansz, Jeroen
Eischeid, Susanne
Usta, Melek
adolescents; peer coaching; refugees; social inclusion; social media; well-being
This intervention study investigated how much impact a specific peer-coaching (Peer2Peer) for refugee adolescents has on different factors of well-being for both sides: refugee adolescents (peers, N = 16) and their local peer coaches (buddies, N = 16). Next to pre- and post-tests, four buddies reflected on the process via weekly media diaries. We found that higher peer-loneliness and lower self-esteem was reported for peers in the beginning but these differences disappeared. These results were confirmed by buddies’ media diaries: language and communication barriers reduced and friendships between buddies and peers grew. Buddies also reported high feelings of responsibilities in their media diaries which led to worries about their peer, but also to pride due to peers’ improvement. Online communication was used on an almost daily basis to stay in contact each other. Snapchat was found to influence emotional and affectionate support. In sum, Peer2Peer as a program showed positive effects for both sides. Future Peer2Peer programs should include trainings on social media as well, as most apps are able to be used independent of own language skills. Thus, social media can help to overcome language barriers and intensifies the feeling of being supported.
Cogitatio Press
Peer2Peer Institute
Nederlands Jeugdinstituut
Vodafone Ziggo
2019-06-28
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/1876
10.17645/mac.v7i2.1876
Media and Communication; Vol 7, No 2 (2019): Refugee Crises Disclosed: Intersections between Media, Communication and Forced Migration Processes; 264-274
2183-2439
10.17645/mac.i122
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/1876/1163
Copyright (c) 2019 Julia Kneer, Anne van Eldik, Jeroen Jansz, Susanne Eischeid, Melek Usta
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oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/7190
2023-12-07T11:03:37Z
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Doctors Fact-Check, Journalists Get Fact-Checked: Comparing Public Trust in Journalism and Healthcare
Moon, Young Eun
Roschke, Kristy
Nelson, Jacob L.
Lewis, Seth C.
engagement; expertise; healthcare; journalism; news audiences; public trust
Public trust in journalism has fallen disconcertingly low. This study sets out to understand the news industry’s credibility crisis by comparing public perceptions of journalism with public perceptions of another institution facing similar trust challenges: healthcare. Drawing on in-depth interviews with 31 US adults, we find that although both healthcare and journalism face public distrust, members of the public generally tend to feel more trusting of individual doctors than they do of individual journalists. This is because people (a) perceive doctors to be experts in their field and (b) engage more frequently with doctors than they do with journalists. Consequently, our interviewees described treating their doctors as “fact-checkers” when it comes to health information they find online, demonstrating trust in their physicians despite their lack of trust in healthcare more broadly. Meanwhile, the opposite unfolds in journalism: Instead of using legitimate news sources to fact-check potential misinformation, people feel compelled to “fact-check” legitimate news by seeking alternative sources of corroboration. We conclude that, to improve their credibility among the public, journalists must strike the right balance between persuading the public to perceive them as experts while also pursuing opportunities to engage with the public as peers.
Cogitatio Press
Deloitte
2023-12-07
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/7190
10.17645/mac.v11i4.7190
Media and Communication; Vol 11, No 4 (2023): Trust, Social Cohesion, and Information Quality in Digital Journalism; 380-391
2183-2439
10.17645/mac.i366
eng
https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/7190/3418
Copyright (c) 2023 Young Eun Moon, Kristy Roschke, Jacob L. Nelson, Seth C. Lewis
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oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/3261
2020-12-21T09:21:19Z
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Designing Technologies with and for Youth: Traps of Privacy by Design
Zaman, Bieke
digital citizenship; empowerment; participatory design; personal data; privacy; privacy by design; youth
Media and communication scholars studying young people’s privacy often involve them in research in order to better understand their interactions with digital technologies. Yet there is a lack of research on how, when, and why it makes sense to involve young people in the design phase of new technologies and how data protection safeguards can be taken proactively by design. By engaging with the body of literature at the intersection of media and communication studies, participatory design, and child–computer interaction research, this article discusses how youth-centred design efforts risk falling into three traps of privacy by design, relating to: 1) the different degrees of decision power within and between child-centred design guidelines and participatory design with young people; 2) the involvement of young people in design as citizens versus consumers; and 3) the conditions under which their participation in design is empowerment rather than mere decoration. The contribution of this article is a critical, sociotechnical reflection on the challenges and opportunities of involving young people in privacy by design decision-making. The article concludes by outlining an agenda for participatory design within an encompassing empowerment and digital citizenship framework that invites young people to reflect on who they want to be in a data-driven society.
Cogitatio Press
2020-11-10
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/3261
10.17645/mac.v8i4.3261
Media and Communication; Vol 8, No 4 (2020): Children’s Voices on Privacy Management and Data Responsibilization; 229-238
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10.17645/mac.i201
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/3261/1817
Copyright (c) 2020 Bieke Zaman
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oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/355
2020-07-21T09:48:01Z
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Toward a Model of Strategic Influence, International Broadcasting, and Global Engagement
Hacker, Kenneth L.
Mendez, Vanessa R.
international broadcasting; public diplomacy; social media; strategic communication; strategic influence
This article explores how strategic communication, public diplomacy, international governmental broadcasting, and social media networking can be brought together in a system of strategic influence and global engagement. The analysis offers a contrasting approach to various views of public diplomacy or strategic communication which privilege one form of governmental influence over others and treat partial aspects of national persuasion as complete pictures of government communication aimed at foreign audiences. Because so much of public diplomacy literature today emphasizes social media, it is necessary to determine how specific tools of influence such as international broadcasting, can be used in ways that fit new thinking in public diplomacy as well as continuously emerging new media ecologies.
Cogitatio Press
2016-05-04
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/355
10.17645/mac.v4i2.355
Media and Communication; Vol 4, No 2 (2016): International Broadcasting and Public Diplomacy in the 21st Century; 69-91
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10.17645/mac.i41
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/355/338
Copyright (c) 2016 Kenneth L. Hacker, Vanessa R. Mendez
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oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/1766
2020-07-21T09:49:40Z
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Invisible Locative Media: Key Considerations at the Nexus of Place and Digital Journalism
Erdal, Ivar John
Vaage Øie, Kjetil
Oppegaard, Brett
Westlund, Oscar
digital journalism; locative media; mobile journalism; mobile media; mobile news; mobile technology; place-based media
Mobility and location-awareness are pervasive and foundational elements of contemporary communication systems, and a descriptive term to synthesize them, “locative media”, has gained widespread use throughout mobile media and communication research. That label of “locative media”, though, usually gets defined ad hoc and used in many different ways to express a variety of related ideas. Locative features of digital media increasingly have changed from visible location-driven aspects of user interfaces, such as check-in features and location badges, toward more inconspicuous ways of relating to location through automated backend processes. In turn, locative features—whether in journalism or other formats and content types—are now increasingly algorithmic and hidden “under the hood”, so to speak. Part of the problem with existing classifications or typologies in this field is that they do not take into account this practical shift and the rapid development of locative media in many new directions, intertwining ubiquitous digital integration with heterogeneous content distinctions and divergences. Existing definitions and typologies tend to be based on dated practices of use and initial versions of applications that have changed significantly since inception. To illustrate, this article identifies three emerging areas within digital journalism and mobile media practice that call for further research into the locative dimensions of journalism: the situational turn in news consumption research, platform-specific vis-a-vis platform-agnostic mobile news production, and personalised news.
Cogitatio Press
2019-02-19
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/1766
10.17645/mac.v7i1.1766
Media and Communication; Vol 7, No 1 (2019): Emerging Technologies in Journalism and Media: International Perspectives on Their Nature and Impact; 166-178
2183-2439
10.17645/mac.i120
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/1766/1021
Copyright (c) 2019 Ivar John Erdal, Kjetil Vaage Øie, Brett Oppegaard, Oscar Westlund
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oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/5037
2022-05-30T11:42:23Z
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Narratives of Anti-Vaccination Movements in the German and Brazilian Twittersphere: A Grounded Theory Approach
Amaral, Adriana da Rosa
Jung, Anna-Katharina
Braun, Lea-Marie
Blanco, Beatriz
anti-vaccination movements; Brazil; Germany; narratives; social cohesion; social media; Twitter
Since February 2020, the world has been facing a global pandemic of the SARS-CoV2 virus. All over the world, people have been urged to take protective measures. It is hoped that the implementation of widespread vaccination campaigns will defeat the pandemic in the long term. While many people are eager to be vaccinated against Covid-19, other voices in the population are highly critical of vaccination and protective measures, circulating much misinformation on social media. The movements opposing pandemic response measures are heterogeneous, including right-wing groups, spiritualists who deny science, citizens with existential fears, and those who equate vaccination with a loss of individual freedom. This study aims to map and compare the social media communication of anti-vaccination movements that defy social cohesion and circulate online misinformation in Germany and Brazil. By following a grounded theory approach suggested by Webb and Mallon (2007), we coded content from social media communication of opinion leaders on Twitter with extended narrative analysis methodology finding different narratives that were mapped within the inhomogeneous anti-vaccination movements. The results show that both countries’ main narratives against vaccination are very similar, but the main difference stems from Brazil’s stronger politicization of vaccines.
Cogitatio Press
DFG - Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation)
CAPES (Coordination of Superior Level Staff Improvement)
Jana Thin
Cássia Schuch
Eloy Santos Vieira
2022-05-26
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/5037
10.17645/mac.v10i2.5037
Media and Communication; Vol 10, No 2 (2022): Impact of Social Media on Social Cohesion; 144-156
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10.17645/mac.i308
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/5037/2696
Copyright (c) 2022 Adriana da Rosa Amaral, Anna-Katharina Jung, Lea-Marie Braun, Beatriz Blanco
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oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/3134
2020-08-13T10:53:51Z
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What Is Important When We Evaluate Movies? Insights from Computational Analysis of Online Reviews
Schneider, Frank M.
Domahidi, Emese
Dietrich, Felix
entertainment media; IMDb; movie evaluation; movie reviews; topic modeling; self-reports
The question of what is important when we evaluate movies is crucial for understanding how lay audiences experience and evaluate entertainment products such as films. In line with this, subjective movie evaluation criteria (SMEC) have been conceptualized as mental representations of important attitudes toward specific film features. Based on exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses of self-report data from online surveys, previous research has found and validated eight dimensions. Given the large-scale evaluative information that is available in online users’ comments in movie databases, it seems likely that what online users write about movies may enrich our knowledge about SMEC. As a first fully exploratory attempt, drawing on an open-source dataset including movie reviews from IMDb, we estimated a correlated topic model to explore the underlying topics of those reviews. In 35,136 online movie reviews, the most prevalent topics tapped into three major categories—Hedonism, Actors’ Performance, and Narrative—and indicated what reviewers mostly wrote about. Although a qualitative analysis of the reviews revealed that users mention certain SMEC, results of the topic model covered only two SMEC: Story Innovation and Light-heartedness. Implications for SMEC and entertainment research are discussed.
Cogitatio Press
2020-08-13
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/3134
10.17645/mac.v8i3.3134
Media and Communication; Vol 8, No 3 (2020): Computational Approaches to Media Entertainment Research; 153-163
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10.17645/mac.i189
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/3134/1681
https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/downloadSuppFile/3134/1236
Copyright (c) 2020 Frank M. Schneider, Emese Domahidi, Felix Dietrich
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oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/6711
2023-07-18T09:21:13Z
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Digital Ageism: Emerging Challenges and Best Practices of Age-Friendly Digital Urban Governance
Kolotouchkina, Olga
Viñarás-Abad, Monica
Mañas-Viniegra, Luis
age-friendly cities; digital ageism; digital divide; digital inclusion; digital inequality; older people; Spain
The ageing of urban populations poses serious challenges for policymakers and urban planners alike. While the number of people over 65 is increasing in urban areas, the digital transition in cities raises concerns about the persisting digital divide facing older citizens, as well as the digital inequality and ageism inherent to most digital domains. As ageing in place and place attachment play a significant role in the social engagement and well-being of older people, the purpose of this research is to shed light on the novel approaches taken by local governments to foster active participation among senior residents in the digital public sphere. Using semi-structured interviews with public officials from three age-friendly cities in Spain, we have explored innovative urban projects for digital inclusion, active ageing, and autonomy for older people. The findings of the study reveal the importance of coordinated multi-stakeholder initiatives in promoting digital literacy and overcoming barriers rooted in ageism in the digital world. True representation of older people in local governments, the promotion of co-creation initiatives led by seniors, and the standardisation of universal design and accessibility are some of the key contributions made by Spanish cities in their transition toward places that are digitally inclusive and age-friendly.
Cogitatio Press
2023-07-18
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/6711
10.17645/mac.v11i3.6711
Media and Communication; Vol 11, No 3 (2023): Communication for Seniors’ Inclusion in Today’s Society; 6-17
2183-2439
10.17645/mac.i364
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/6711/3331
Copyright (c) 2023 Olga Kolotouchkina, Mónica Viñarás-Abad, Luis Mañas-Viniegra
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oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/4640
2022-03-02T10:00:36Z
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Disguising Commercial Intentions: Sponsorship Disclosure Practices of Mexican Instamoms
Zozaya-Durazo, Luisa
Sádaba-Chalezquer, Charo
advertising; influencer marketing; Instagram; Instamoms; persuasion knowledge; sponsorship disclosure
Influencers have established themselves as key allies for brands by cultivating a powerful public image to promote them. In the case of Instamoms, these collaborations can offer moms a means of achieving economic stability. In a country like Mexico, where the gender gap in the labor market remains a contentious issue, digital work represents an opportunity for women. The similarity between the organic content and commercial content created by these profiles has strengthened the presence of hybrid advertising. This means of advertising has not spelled the end for the original content, and audiences may struggle to spot ads if sponsorship is not disclosed properly. It is important for consumers to be able to identify ads so their persuasion knowledge can be activated. This article examines the commercial messages and types of disclosure used by Mexican Instamoms to inform their followers of the commercial nature of their collaborations. The types of disclosure are analyzed based on language, location, and type of text. After a content analysis of 10,135 stories and more than 330 posts, 40% and 47% of the sample, respectively, was identified as advertising content. The analysis revealed that less than 5% of the Instamoms sponsored content was tagged as such and that sponsorship disclosure does not form part of the usual protocol for influencer-brand collaborations in a country where no legislation is yet in place and the sector is making little effort to control these practices.
Cogitatio Press
2022-02-24
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/4640
10.17645/mac.v10i1.4640
Media and Communication; Vol 10, No 1 (2022): New Narratives for New Consumers: Influencers and the Millennial and Centennial Generations; 124-135
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10.17645/mac.i283
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/4640/2496
Copyright (c) 2022 Luisa Zozaya-Durazo, Charo Sádaba-Chalezquer
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oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/292
2020-07-21T09:47:46Z
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The New Transparency: Police Violence in the Context of Ubiquitous Surveillance
Brucato, Ben
accountability; Jeremy Bentham; cop watch; legitimacy; media participation; police; Jean Jacques Rousseau; sousveillance; surveillance; transparency
Media and surveillance scholars often comment on the purported empowering quality of transparency, which they expect participatory media to promote. From its Enlightenment origins, transparency is related to accountability and legitimacy: its increase is believed to promote these. It has earned a position as an unassailed, prime normative value in contemporary liberal and social democracies. Though still valued, transparency is undergoing change in an era of ubiquitous surveillance. Publics still anticipate governmental and corporate self-disclosure and for such entities to operate visibly; but increasingly, deliberate and incidental surveillance by a range of sources, both institutional and informal, documents the activities of such authorities. More often, civilians participate in producing or amplifying transparency. This article explores this new transparency through a study of U.S. police, focusing on the discourse of police accountability activists and cop watchers to describe how their work adapts traditional notions of transparency. Recognizing the resilience of the police institution despite the new visibility of its violence, the article challenges the presumption that increased transparency will promote institutional reform or crisis. It concludes with a critical comment on prominent expectations that promoting the visibility of police can protect publics and ensure police accountability. This conclusion has implications for other forms of the new transparency, including whistleblowing (e.g., Edward Snowden) and leaking (e.g., WikiLeaks).
Cogitatio Press
2015-10-20
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10.17645/mac.v3i3.292
Media and Communication; Vol 3, No 3 (2015): Surveillance: Critical Analysis and Current Challenges (Part II); 39-55
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10.17645/mac.i31
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/292/229
Copyright (c) 2015 Ben Brucato
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oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/1467
2020-07-21T09:49:17Z
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Alternative Media and the Notion of Anti-Systemness: Towards an Analytical Framework
Holt, Kristoffer
alternative media; anti-systemness; counter-publics; ICAM; immigration; journalism; media distrust; polarization
A range of alternative media outlets focusing on criticizing immigration politics and mainstream media have emerged in Sweden in recent years. Although they have quite different ideological profiles, they share a clear and critical focus on immigration and mainstream journalistic representations of reality. Their message is that mainstream media conceal or distort information about negative societal and cultural consequences of immigration and that mainstream journalists have teamed up with the political elites and engage in witch-hunts of critics, while ignoring abuses by those in power. Such media outlets (especially online participatory media) need to be analyzed in the light of their position as self-perceived correctives of traditional media. There has been a remarkable surge of alternative media in Sweden with these traits in common during the past few years, and it is important to be able to discuss these media together as a phenomenon, while at the same time taking their differences into account. In relation to this, I argue that the notion of anti-systemness is useful in discussions of the impact these alternative media may (or may not) have on public discourse. In the article, I present a matrix that distinguishes between different types of anti-systemness: ideological anti-systemness and relational anti-systemness. The article therefore mainly presents a theoretical argument, rather than empirical findings, with the aim of pointing to a way forward for research about alternative media.
Cogitatio Press
2018-11-08
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/1467
10.17645/mac.v6i4.1467
Media and Communication; Vol 6, No 4 (2018): News and Participation through and beyond Proprietary Platforms in an Age of Social Media; 49-57
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10.17645/mac.i111
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/1467/904
Copyright (c) 2018 Kristoffer Holt
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oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/809
2020-07-21T09:48:25Z
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The New Visual Testimonial: Narrative, Authenticity, and Subjectivity in Emerging Commercial Photographic Practice
Morton, Heather
brand co-creation; commercial photography; convergent culture; Instagram; marketing; post-secondary education; social media; user generated content
By studying the cultural and aesthetic impact of increasingly pervasive digital technologies and mass amateurization, this paper examines the ramifications of the networked information economy on professional photographic practice and considers the concomitant implications for the photographic classroom. Using the framework of convergence culture as per the writings of Yochai Benkler, Henry Jenkins, Mark Deuze, and Axel Bruns, the impact of accessible and instantaneous image creation and dispersal are explored. Given the rise of consumer engagement in brand co-creation on social media platforms, we can observe massive changes to professional practice in areas such as aesthetics, and the erosion of previous sustainable business models. Indeed, as traditional notions of “expertise” shift from technological prowess to narrative and disseminative abilities, the effects on commercial practice and photographic education need to be addressed. This paper argues that there are three emerging priorities for commercial image use: narrative ability, authenticity, and subjectivity and suggests initial steps in their pedagogical application. By acknowledging these transformations, this paper explores the idea that students need to harness technique, social media influence, adaptability, subjectivity, and storytelling power in order to better serve emerging image-based needs in commercial spaces.
Cogitatio Press
2017-03-29
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/809
10.17645/mac.v5i2.809
Media and Communication; Vol 5, No 2 (2017): Multidisciplinary Studies in Media and Communication; 11-20
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10.17645/mac.i61
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/809/522
Copyright (c) 2017 Heather Morton
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oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/3788
2021-05-10T07:19:46Z
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Framing Inspirational Content: Narrative Effects on Attributions and Helping
Moore, Melissa M.
Green, Melanie C.
Fitzgerald, Kaitlin
Paravati, Elaine
attributions of responsibility; issue framing; narrative; prosocial
Media coverage often construes stories of misfortune as inspirational accounts of individuals overcoming challenges. These reports fail to address the systemic issues that have predisposed these individuals to their current situation, and may have unintended consequences when it comes to the ability to collectively address these failings as a society. The current research examines how audiences are affected by inspirational narrative framings by comparing responses to a narrative that has inspirational coverage of a social challenge to one that includes direct acknowledgement of the larger systemic failings. Participants (N = 495) were randomly assigned to 1) read an inspirational story about a boy saving up to buy a wheelchair for his friend, 2) read a version of the story that emphasized the need for increased disability funding/services, or 3) a no-story control group. Both story conditions raised readers’ willingness to help people with disabilities. Importantly, emphasizing social responsibility shifted readers’ perceptions: readers of the social responsibility story were less likely to believe an individual with a disability was responsible for paying for their medical devices, believed that some collective measures would have higher efficacy, and viewed the situation as less fair. Even though individuals in the social responsibility condition found the story less enjoyable, they were equally transported into it compared to the inspirational version, and were equally likely to want to share the story with others. Our results offer clear guidelines for media practitioners covering individual struggles and systemic issues within society.
Cogitatio Press
2021-05-06
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Media and Communication; Vol 9, No 2 (2021): The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Inspirational Media between Meaning, Narration, and Manipulation; 226-236
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10.17645/mac.i245
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/3788/2094
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Copyright (c) 2021 Melissa M. Moore, Melanie C. Green, Kaitlin Fitzgerald, Elaine Paravati
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oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/2684
2020-01-20T08:03:36Z
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Editorial: Video Games as Demanding Technologies
Bowman, Nicholas David
interactivity-as-demand; media history; media psychology; video games
From the middle-20th century to today, video games have grown from an idiosyncratic interest of computer programmers and engineers to a globally dominant form of media entertainment. Advances in technology and creativity have combined to present players with interactive experience that vary in their cognitive, emotional, physical, and social complexity. That video games constitute co-authored experiences—dialogues between the player and the system—is at least one explanation for their appeal, but this co-authorship brings with it an enhanced set of requirements for the player’s attention. For this thematic issue, researchers were invited to debate and examine the cognitive, emotional, physical, and social demands of video games; their work (as well as the impetus for this work) is summarized below.
Cogitatio Press
2019-12-20
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/2684
10.17645/mac.v7i4.2684
Media and Communication; Vol 7, No 4 (2019): Video Games as Demanding Technologies; 144-148
2183-2439
10.17645/mac.i133
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/2684/1366
Copyright (c) 2019 Nicholas David Bowman
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oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/5734
2022-12-30T17:23:16Z
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Beyond Digital Literacy in Australian Prisons: Theorizing “Network Literacy,” Intersectionality, and Female Incarcerated Students
Hopkins, Susan
Australia; digital literacy; incarcerated students; incarcerated women; intersectionality; network literacy; prison education
Incarcerated students, especially women and Indigenous Australians in custody, are among the most marginalized, oppressed, and invisible identities in Australian society today. These prison-based university students experience not only multi-layered disadvantages that derive from intersecting experiences of oppression, including race, gender, and class, but they are also further disadvantaged by the experience of incarceration itself, despite their attempts to improve their life chances and social positioning through distance education. This is partly due to the challenges of learning within prison environments, including disruptions, disparities, and disconnections in terms of access to digital technologies, digital literacies, and digital channels. The majority of Australian prisoners have no direct access to the internet, smartphones, or internet-enabled devices which means they are disconnected from social media and other networked communication platforms. Although significant gains have been made in developing and delivering prison-based non-networked digital devices, digital learning platforms and digital education to Australian incarcerated students over the past decade, more work must be done to adequately prepare incarcerated students, with multi-faceted needs, to live and learn as empowered agents within the informational capitalism of the contemporary “network society.” The purpose of this article is to argue for a new form of “network literacy” education over and above “digital literacy” skills for female Australian incarcerated students, through an intersectional theoretical lens which addresses the multidimensional disadvantages experienced by women in custody within Australian prisons.
Cogitatio Press
2022-12-28
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/5734
10.17645/mac.v10i4.5734
Media and Communication; Vol 10, No 4 (2022): Inclusive Media Literacy Education for Diverse Societies; 382-390
2183-2439
10.17645/mac.i328
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/5734/2959
Copyright (c) 2022 Susan Hopkins
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oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/3360
2021-02-05T04:28:44Z
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Roots of Incivility: How Personality, Media Use, and Online Experiences Shape Uncivil Participation
Frischlich, Lena
Schatto-Eckrodt, Tim
Boberg, Svenja
Wintterlin, Florian
dark participation; dark triad; hate speech; incivility; offensive speech; personality; political anger; problematic behaviour theory; social media; victimisation
Online media offer unprecedented access to digital public spheres, largely enhancing users’ opportunities for participation and providing new means for strengthening democratic discourse. At the same time, the last decades have demonstrated that online discourses are often characterised by so-called ‘dark participation’ the spreading of lies and incivility. Using ‘problematic behaviour theory’ as framework and focusing on incivility as a specific form of dark participation, this article investigates the role of users’ personal characteristics, media use, and online experiences in relation to offensive and hateful online behaviour. Using a random-quota survey of the German population, we explored how dark personality traits, political attitudes and emotions, the frequency and spaces of online-media use, and users’ experiences with both civil and uncivil online discourses predicted participants own uncivil behaviour, such as posting, sharing, or liking uncivil content. We found that 46% of the participants who had witnessed incivility in the last three months also engaged in uncivil participation. A hierarchical logistic regression analysis showed that incivility was associated with manipulative personality traits as measured by the dark triad, right-wing populist voting intentions, and frequent social-media use. Experiences with both civil comments and hate speech predicted higher levels of uncivil participation. The strongest predictor was participants’ personal experiences with online victimisation. Overall, the results confirmed that dark participation in the sense of uncivil engagement results from the interplay of personality traits, an online environment that allows for deviant engagement, and, most importantly, participants’ experiences in said environment.
Cogitatio Press
Federal Ministry of Education and Science Germany
Ministry of Culture and Science of the German State of North Rhine-Westphalia
2021-02-03
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/3360
10.17645/mac.v9i1.3360
Media and Communication; Vol 9, No 1 (2021): Dark Participation in Online Communication: The World of the Wicked Web; 195-208
2183-2439
10.17645/mac.i207
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/3360/1960
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Copyright (c) 2021 Lena Frischlich, Tim Schatto-Eckrodt, Svenja Boberg, Florian Wintterlin
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oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/7199
2024-01-15T16:12:16Z
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News Media Monitoring Capabilities in 14 European Countries: Problems and Best Practices
Harro-Loit, Halliki
Eberwein, Tobias
deliberative communication; Europe; media monitoring; monitoring capabilities; risks and opportunities; structure and agency
Social acceleration has been a catalyst for rapid changes concerning the mediascapes of European societies. Democratic societies need deliberation, but what kinds of journalism and communication cultures are supported by different stakeholders and structural possibilities? The aim of this article is to conceptualise and analyse the risks and opportunities concerning the monitoring capabilities in key domains of the media field. This includes the performance and normative regulation of news media (journalism) as well as media usage patterns and competencies of different actors, all of which influence the quality of deliberative communication across cultures. The monitoring potential is related to various stakeholders who gather data and information on media and media usage, transform the information into knowledge, and use this knowledge to create evidence-based media policy. What interests and values are served by which stakeholders and how does this actual monitoring serve the media policy in different European countries? What is the role and resources of media researchers? These questions are answered with the help of an extensive literature review and a synoptic analysis of the monitoring capabilities of 14 European countries, based on original case studies. The article will, thus, broaden the conceptual understanding of risks and opportunities for deliberative communication in democratic societies—and at the same time offer an initial inventory of typical problems and best practices for monitoring deliberative communication across Europe.
Cogitatio Press
EUROPEAN COMMISSION Research Executive Agency, 101004811 — MEDIADELCOM
2024-01-15
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/7199
10.17645/mac.7199
Media and Communication; Vol 12 (2024): Democracy and Media Transformations in the 21st Century: Analysing Knowledge and Expertise
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10.17645/mac.i389
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/7199/3520
Copyright (c) 2024 Halliki Harro-Loit, Tobias Eberwein
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oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/5379
2022-10-28T09:27:27Z
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Mobile Belonging in Digital Exile: Methodological Reflection on Doing Ethnography on (Social) Media Practices
Bublatzky, Cathrine
activism; collaboration; communication; digital exile; ethnography; media; mobile belonging; multimodality
Life in exile presents hardship and brings with it multiple personal and socio-political challenges and grievances. Being forced into separation from family and home society often stimulates the desire to maintain belonging and contact with families and communities. “Co-presence” and “being there” require a lot of personal effort and commitment. Communication and mediation strategies have a special significance as everyday practices in social and digital media technologies. “Mobile belonging” and staying connected across various online and offline spaces and in various social and political environments and communities can be a constant requirement in digital exile. After an introduction to relevant literature about the complexity of media communication, belonging, and migration, the article examines mobile media technologies and the central role they play in everyday exile. Following a discussion about the notion of “digital exile” and “mobile belonging,” the second part of the article will focus on a specific case study of an Iranian artist and activist living in exile in Germany. It will show how (social) media promotes activism and performance in both online and offline public spaces as practices of “mobile belonging here and there” during the Covid-19 pandemic. Thirdly, the article will turn to a methodological reflection about doing ethnographic research on digital exile and practices of mobile belonging. With a systematic description of applied methods, early developments in multi-modal ethnography will be outlined that illustrate how collaboration and co-creation promise innovative directions for doing ethnography on digital exile in the different-yet-shared times of the pandemic crisis.
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This publication is funded by the Elite PostDoc Programme of the Baden-Württemberg Foundation (Germany) under grant no. BaWü 2301586 (2017-2022).
2022-09-28
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10.17645/mac.v10i3.5379
Media and Communication; Vol 10, No 3 (2022): Across Mobile Online and Offline Spaces: Reflections on Methods, Practices, and Ethics; 236-246
2183-2439
10.17645/mac.i317
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/5379/2795
Copyright (c) 2022 Cathrine Bublatzky
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oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/2277
2020-07-21T09:50:01Z
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Introduction to “Refugee Crises Disclosed: Intersections between Media, Communication and Forced Migration Processes”
Tsagkroni, Vasiliki
Alencar, Amanda
communications; digital media; forced migration; media; migration; refugees
This editorial serves as an introduction to the Media and Communication thematic issue on “Refugee Crises Disclosed: Intersections between Media, Communication and Forced Migration Processes”. This thematic issue presents an integrated look at forced migration through the spectrum of media studies and communication sciences. The eleven articles in this volume offer a comparative research approach on different focuses that involve cross-national, cross-disciplinary, cross-cultural frameworks, as well as multi-actor perspectives and methodologies. Altogether, the contributions featured in this thematic issue offer inspiring insights and promote innovative research on the way we perceive implications of media and communication in the field of migration. To conclude, a reflection on the presented research is also included.
Cogitatio Press
Erasmus University Rotterdam
NeFCA, The Netherlands – Flanders Communication Association
2019-06-28
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/2277
10.17645/mac.v7i2.2277
Media and Communication; Vol 7, No 2 (2019): Refugee Crises Disclosed: Intersections between Media, Communication and Forced Migration Processes; 169-172
2183-2439
10.17645/mac.i122
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/2277/1156
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Copyright (c) 2019 Vasiliki Tsagkroni, Amanda Alencar
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oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/7137
2024-02-07T12:17:54Z
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Rhetorics of Hope and Outrage: Emotion and Cynicism in the Coverage the Schengen Accession
Meza, Radu M.
discursive patterns; emotionality; Euroscepticism; Facebook; linguistic indicators; news sharing; Romania; Schengen Area
Discourses on European integration and Euroscepticism have benefitted from increased interest after Brexit. Researchers point out that there is a great variance from one national context to another and that there is a gap in the literature concerning non-elite discourses and perspectives from Central and Eastern European countries such as Romania. The Eurobarometer findings of early 2023 indicate a shift in Romanian public opinion towards Euroscepticism. To better understand the potential causes for these shifts, we approach the politicisation of the issue in Romania through an analysis of online news headlines and related social media news sharing metadata. In the aftermath of the decision not to accept Romania and Bulgaria, this research investigates shifts in the media framing of the Schengen issue and EU over two months (from October 15 to December 15, 2022) in the 14 most accessed Romanian online news sites (with more than 10 million visits per month). Quantitative analysis of news headlines (N = 3,362) shows that the coverage focuses on Romanian politicians in power and emphasises conflict. Furthermore, the analysis of the interactions produced by news sharing of the analysed sample shows the impact of the political rhetoric encouraging the boycotting of Austrian companies in retaliation for the denial of Schengen Area accession: scapegoating and disenchantment with politics and politicians. The two-step approach used and results that use Facebook interactions as indicators of public resonance of politicisation and strategic framing may be replicated in future research.
Cogitatio Press
2023-10-19
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/7137
10.17645/mac.v11i4.7137
Media and Communication; Vol 11, No 4 (2023): Mediatized Discourses on European Integration: Information, Disinformation, and Polarization; 47-61
2183-2439
10.17645/mac.i367
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/7137/3406
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Copyright (c) 2023 Radu M. Meza
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oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/3230
2020-10-08T04:16:07Z
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Platform Party between Digital Activism and Hyper-Leadership: The Reshaping of the Public Sphere
Blasio, Emiliana De
Viviani, Lorenzo
digital activism; digital ecosystem; platform party; post-representative democracy; public sphere
The so-called crisis of representation has formed the theoretical framework of many studies on media and democracy of the past thirty years. Many researches have highlighted the crisis of legitimacy and credibility of the ‘traditional’ parties (Katz & Mair, 2018) and communication was considered, at the same time, one of the causes of acceleration towards post-representative politics (Keane, 2013) but also an indispensable tool for re-connecting citizens to politics. Various phenomena have developed within this framework: a) the birth of political aggregations as a result of mobilization in the digital ecosystem; b) the development of digital platforms for democratic participation; c) the birth of parties defined as ‘digital’ or ‘platform’; and d) the growing centrality of digital political activism, both as a phenomenon within the digital communicative ecosystem (also in the context of social media) and as a result of the transformation of social movements. This article studies the role of platform parties as a space for the emergence of authoritarian tendencies (hyper-leadership) but also as an organizational opportunity for the development of new forms of digital activism. In particular, the article presents a research on the use of digital platforms (and their political and organizational consequences) by political parties in Italy, France, and Spain. The study shows the relationships between the evolution of digital ecosystems and the way in which political organization is organised, also highlighting how the new forms of mobilization and aggregation have opened up different yet interconnected public spaces.
Cogitatio Press
2020-10-08
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/3230
10.17645/mac.v8i4.3230
Media and Communication; Vol 8, No 4 (2020): The Ongoing Transformation of the Digital Public Sphere; 16-27
2183-2439
10.17645/mac.i200
eng
https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/3230/1769
Copyright (c) 2020 Emiliana De Blasio, Lorenzo Viviani
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oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/365
2020-07-21T09:47:56Z
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Awareness towards Peace Journalism among Foreign Correspondents in Africa
Rodny-Gumede, Ylva
Africa; foreign reporting; Peace Journalism; war journalism
Much has been said about the news media’s role in instigating war, conflict and violence. Less attention has been paid to the news media’s role in mitigating conflict. Criticism has been directed towards the ways in which journalists and war correspondents cover conflict with an emphasis on violence, suffering, polarization of the views of main stakeholders, and over-simplification of the underlying causes of conflict. The growing literature and scholarship around Peace Journalism stands as a response to this. In the context of the African continent, further critique has been levelled against frames and narratives of war, conflict and violence grounded in Western epistemologies and dominant discourses of African conflicts and stakeholders. Based on data collected from interviews with a selected group of journalists working on—and covering—the African continent, the article assesses awareness towards alternative narratives and news frames, as well as attitudes towards alternative practices and models for journalism. Particular attention is paid to ideas and responses regarding Peace Journalism as an alternative model for reporting.
Cogitatio Press
2016-02-18
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/365
10.17645/mac.v4i1.365
Media and Communication; Vol 4, No 1 (2016): Peacebuilding in the Age of New Media; 80-93
2183-2439
10.17645/mac.i37
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/365/284
Copyright (c) 2016 Ylva Rodny-Gumede
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oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/1632
2020-07-21T09:49:34Z
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Diversity in Western Countries: Journalism Culture, Migration Integration Policy and Public Opinion
Mertens, Stefan
Standaert, Olivier
d'Haenens, Leen
De Cock, Rozane
cultural diversity; immigration; integration policy; journalism culture; public opinion; tolerance
Earlier research has shown that public opinion and policy lines on the topic of immigrant integration are interrelated. This article investigates a sample of 24 countries for which data are available in the Migrant Integration Policy Index (MIPEX), the World Values Survey (WVS), as well as in the Worlds of Journalism Study (WJS). To our knowledge, this is the first time that these data are connected to one another to study journalists’ views on their role to promote tolerance and cultural diversity in societies with diverging immigration policies. The WJS presents an analysis of the role conceptions of professional journalists throughout the world, including a variable measuring the extent to which journalists conceive promoting tolerance and cultural diversity as one of their tasks. Our findings show that journalists (as measured in the WJS) mostly tend to promote tolerance and cultural diversity in countries with more restrictive immigration policies (measured by MIPEX) and less emancipative values (measured by the WVS) Promoting tolerance and cultural diversity is associated with a so-called interventionist approach in journalism culture. Furthermore, we used cluster analyses to attribute the countries under study to meaningful, separate groups. More precisely, we discriminate four clusters of the press among the 24 countries under investigation.
Cogitatio Press
2019-02-05
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/1632
10.17645/mac.v7i1.1632
Media and Communication; Vol 7, No 1 (2019): Communicating on/with Minorities; 66-76
2183-2439
10.17645/mac.i118
eng
https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/1632/1012
Copyright (c) 2019 Stefan Mertens, Oivier Standaert, Leen d'Haenens, Rozane De Cock
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oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/5053
2022-05-03T16:15:46Z
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Expertise, Knowledge, and Resilience in #AcademicTwitter: Enacting Resilience-Craft in a Community of Practice
Eddington, Sean M.
Jarvis, Caitlyn
#AcademicTwitter; communities of practice; Covid-19; hashtags; resilience; Twitter
Online communities of practice are a useful professional development space, where members can exchange information, aggregate expertise, and find support. These communities have grown in popularity within higher education—especially on social networking sites like Twitter. Although popular within academe, less is known about how specific online communities of practice respond and adapt during times of crisis (e.g., building capacity for resilience). We examined 22,078 tweets from #AcademicTwitter during the first two months of the Covid-19 pandemic, which impacted higher education institutions greatly, to explore how #AcademicTwitter enacted resilience during this time. Using text mining and semantic network analysis, we highlight three specific communicative processes that constitute resilience through a form of resilience labor that we conceptualize as “resilience craft.” Our findings provide theoretical significance by showing how resilience craft can extend theorizing around both communities of practice and the communicative theory of resilience through a new form of resilience labor. We offer pragmatic implications given our findings that address how universities and colleges can act resiliently in the face of uncertainty.
Cogitatio Press
2022-04-29
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10.17645/mac.v10i2.5053
Media and Communication; Vol 10, No 2 (2022): Networks and Organizing Processes in Online Social Media; 41-53
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10.17645/mac.i310
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/5053/2653
Copyright (c) 2022 Sean M. Eddington, Caitlyn Jarvis
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oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/3117
2020-07-28T08:18:17Z
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Drone Journalism as Visual Aggregation: Toward a Critical History
Hamilton, James F.
aerial view; drones; journalism; photography; unmanned aerial vehicles; visual aggregation; visual culture
The use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs—commonly referred to as drones) in journalism has emerged only recently, and has grown significantly. This article explores what makes drone imagery as an instance of what scholars of visual culture call an aerial view so compelling for major news organizations as to warrant such attention and investment. To do this, the concept ‘visual aggregation’ is introduced to theorize the authority of drone imagery in conventional journalistic practice. Imagery produced through drone journalism is a visual analogy to statistical summary and, more recently, of what is referred to as data journalism. Just as these combine an aggregate of cases to produce an understanding of an overall trend, drone imagery aggregates space visually, its broad visual field revealing large-scale spatial patterns in ways analogous to the statistical capture/analysis of large bodies of data. The article then employs a cultural and historical approach to identify key points in the emergence of visual aggregation as authoritative truth. The aerial view as a claim to truth is manifest in a wide range of antecedent social formations, devices and practices prior to their amalgamation in what has today become drone journalism. This analysis aids understanding of how drone journalism is a response to the institutional crises of journalism today.
Cogitatio Press
2020-07-27
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/3117
10.17645/mac.v8i3.3117
Media and Communication; Vol 8, No 3 (2020): Journalism from Above: Drones, the Media, and the Transformation of Journalistic Practice; 64-74
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10.17645/mac.i188
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/3117/1642
Copyright (c) 2020 James F. Hamilton
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oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/6635
2023-08-03T10:38:29Z
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The Limits of Social Media Mobilization: How Protest Movements Adapt to Social Media Logic
Schaaf, Marlene
Quiring, Oliver
activism; mediatization; mobilization; protest movements; social media
The emergence of social networking sites offers protest movements new ways to mobilize for action and draw attention to their issues. However, relying on social media also creates challenges, as social media follow their own principles. If protest movements want to be visible in news feeds, they have to adapt to so-called social media logic, as originally postulated in mediatization research. The principles of social media have been conceptualized. However, there is a lack of empirical research on how political actors perceive and orient to this logic, how they learn about it, and the consequences for mobilization (i.e., communicating protest issues as well as taking protest action). As protest movements are an integral part of modern democracies, use social media somewhat intensively, and usually build on a fluid network structure that allows us to examine adaptation processes in greater detail, they are particularly suitable for addressing these questions. Semi-structured interviews with activists organizing protest actions or managing social media accounts from 29 movement organizations in Germany (N = 33) revealed that protest movements have internalized social media logic and paid attention to not only the design but also the timing of posts to suit algorithms. The protest organizations generally built on their experience with social media. The degree to which they followed these principles was based on available resources. Limits of this adaptation arose, for example, if sensitive or negative content rarely produced likes or, increasingly, personalization evoked a presumed hierarchy within the movements.
Cogitatio Press
2023-08-03
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/6635
10.17645/mac.v11i3.6635
Media and Communication; Vol 11, No 3 (2023): Social Media’s Role in Political and Societal Mobilization; 203-213
2183-2439
10.17645/mac.i358
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/6635/3289
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Copyright (c) 2023 Marlene Schaaf, Oliver Quiring
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oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/4409
2022-01-25T11:05:44Z
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A Relational Approach to How Media Engage With Their Audiences in Social Media
Badham, Mark
Mykkänen, Markus
audiences; engagement; media organizations; news dissemination; organization–public relationship strategies; relational approach; social media
People are increasingly turning to social media for their news and for sharing and discussing news with others. Simultaneously, media organizations are becoming platform-dependent and posting short forms of their news on their social media sites in the hope that audiences will not only consume this news but also comment on and share it. This article joins other media and journalism studies exploring this phenomenon through a relational approach to media audiences to better understand how media organizations, particularly newspapers, are cultivating relationships with audiences via social media. Drawing on public relations theory about organization–public relationships, the article examines how news organizations nurture relationships with audiences via social media, such as through engagement and dialogic communication strategies. This article empirically examines organization–public relationships strategies (disclosure, access, information dissemination, and engagement) of nine newspapers with the largest reach in Australia, the US, and the UK. A content analysis is conducted of these newspapers’ posts (total 1807) published in March 2021 on their Twitter and Facebook sites to identify and examine these strategies. Findings show that their social media accounts are predominantly used for news dissemination rather than audience engagement. The implications are that although media professionals are frequently distributing news content among their audiences via their social media sites, they are not adequately engaging with them.
Cogitatio Press
2022-01-20
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/4409
10.17645/mac.v10i1.4409
Media and Communication; Vol 10, No 1 (2022): New Forms of Media Work and Its Organizational and Institutional Conditions; 54-65
2183-2439
10.17645/mac.i274
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/4409/2490
Copyright (c) 2022 Mark Badham, Markus Mykkänen
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oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/220
2020-07-21T09:47:41Z
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Surveillance and Resilience in Theory and Practice
Raab, Charles D.
Jones, Richard
Székely, Iván
democracy; privacy; public goods; resilience; security; surveillance
Surveillance is often used as a tool in resilience strategies towards the threat posed by terrorist attacks and other serious crime. “Resilience” is a contested term with varying and ambiguous meaning in governmental, business and social discourses, and it is not clear how it relates to other terms that characterise processes or states of being. Resilience is often assumed to have positive connotations, but critics view it with great suspicion, regarding it as a neo-liberal governmental strategy. However, we argue that surveillance, introduced in the name of greater security, may itself erode social freedoms and public goods such as privacy, paradoxically requiring societal resilience, whether precautionary or in mitigation of the harms it causes to the public goods of free societies. This article develops new models and extends existing ones to describe resilience processes unfolding over time and in anticipation of, or in reaction to, adversities of different kinds and severity, and explores resilience both on the plane of abstract analysis and in the context of societal responses to mass surveillance. The article thus focuses upon surveillance as a special field for conceptual analysis and modelling of situations, and for evaluating contemporary developments in “surveillance societies”.
Cogitatio Press
2015-09-30
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/220
10.17645/mac.v3i2.220
Media and Communication; Vol 3, No 2 (2015): Surveillance: Critical Analysis and Current Challenges (Part I); 21-41
2183-2439
10.17645/mac.i30
eng
https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/220/219
Copyright (c) 2015 Charles D. Raab, Richard Jones, Ivan Szekely
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oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/1205
2020-07-21T09:49:08Z
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Personal Power and Agency When Dealing with Interactive Voice Response Systems and Alternative Modalities
Walsh, Jill
Andersen, Brittany Leigh
Katz, James E.
Groshek, Jacob
computer mediated communication (CMC); interactive voice response systems (IVRs); media equation theory; power in communication; social robots; theory of mind
In summer 2015, we conducted an exploratory study of how people in the U.S. use and respond to robot-like systems in order to achieve their needs through mediated customer service interfaces. To understand this process, we carried out three focus groups sessions along with 50 in-depth interviews. Strikingly we found that people perceive (correctly or not) that interactive voice response customer service technology is set up to deter them from pursuing further contact. And yet, for the most part, people were unwilling to simply give up on the goals that motivated their initial contact. Consequently, they had to innovate ways to communicate with the automated systems that essentially serve as gatekeepers to their desired ends. These results have implications for communication theory and system design, especially since these systems will be increasingly presented to consumers as social media affordances evolve.
Cogitatio Press
2018-09-25
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/1205
10.17645/mac.v6i3.1205
Media and Communication; Vol 6, No 3 (2018): Multidisciplinary Studies in Media and Communication; 60-68
2183-2439
10.17645/mac.i105
eng
https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/1205/871
https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/downloadSuppFile/1205/235
Copyright (c) 2018 Jill Walsh, Brittany Leigh Andersen, James E. Katz, Jacob Groshek
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oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/6358
2023-06-09T17:35:14Z
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Populist Right Parties on TikTok: Spectacularization, Personalization, and Hate Speech
González-Aguilar, Juan Manuel
Segado-Boj, Francisco
Makhortykh, Mykola
Chile; hate speech; political communication; populism; right-wing; social media; Spain; TikTok; UK
Populist parties use social media as a fundamental element of their online communication strategies. This article aims to identify the strategies of right-wing populist parties and politicians on TikTok by measuring a set of features of their videos: It evaluates the presence of hate speech in these messages and the identification of certain groups as “enemies” of “the people,” and also pays special attention to the differences in engagement according to the presence of hate speech and entertaining or humoristic features. We apply a content analysis to a transnational sample (N = 293) of videos posted by the following populist right-wing parties and politicians on TikTok: Vox and Santiago Abascal (Spain), José Antonio Kast (Chile), and the UK Independence Party (UK). Findings show that while Vox and UKIP use TikTok to convey their ideology and values and to target the state as the main enemy of “the common person,” Kast used the same platform to build and project his image of leadership and to broadcast humoristic and entertaining content. Only 19% of the analyzed videos included hate speech elements. Not only was hate speech uncommon; it deterred engagement in terms of the number of comments as well. Contrarily, humour and entertainment favoured engagement. We conclude that TikTok might downplay the most controversial issues of the populist right.
Cogitatio Press
2023-05-16
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/6358
10.17645/mac.v11i2.6358
Media and Communication; Vol 11, No 2 (2023): Political Communication in Times of Spectacularisation: Digital Narratives, Engagement, and Politainment; 232-240
2183-2439
10.17645/mac.i352
eng
https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/6358/3147
Copyright (c) 2023 Juan Manuel González-Aguilar, Francisco Segado-Boj, Mykola Makhortykh
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oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/2875
2020-06-23T08:19:49Z
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Beyond Moral Coupling: Analysing Politics of Privacy in the Era of Surveillance
Heikkilä, Heikki
digital infrastructure; life-story research; online security; privacy; Snowden; surveillance
The article calls into question the prevailing discursive construction in contemporary debate on privacy and surveillance. At the core of this discourse is a moral coupling wherein surveillance is perceived as enemy and privacy as friend. Even if this binary approach renders arguments for democratising data more persuasive, a political cost accompanies it. As this discourse situates political struggle at the level of digital infrastructure and political structures, the moral coupling largely overlooks the ambiguities of how people in their various activities in a digital environment experience surveillance and privacy. Such a framing may discourage users at large from engagement with politics of privacy. Edward Snowden’s autobiography is taken as a prominent example of the prevailing discourse. While analysing Snowden’s descriptions of privacy and surveillance critically, the author points out the specific value of life stories in describing what privacy means and why it matters. While we cannot assume all people to be equally capable of considering how their own life intersects with the history of their society, we can presume that varying life stories should contribute to the public knowledge of privacy. To provide the framework necessary for appropriately contextualising empirical evidence, the author presents a model wherein privacy is composed of five dimensions: solitude, anonymity, secrecy, intimacy, and dignity.
Cogitatio Press
Academy of Finland
2020-06-23
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/2875
10.17645/mac.v8i2.2875
Media and Communication; Vol 8, No 2 (2020): The Politics of Privacy: Communication and Media Perspectives in Privacy Research; 248-257
2183-2439
10.17645/mac.i162
eng
https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/2875/1575
Copyright (c) 2020 Heikki Heikkilä
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oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/1219
2020-07-21T09:48:43Z
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Private Broadcasting and the Path to Radio Broadcasting Policy in Canada
MacLennan, Anne Frances
America; broadcasting; Canada; commission; frequencies; media history; national; networks; radio; religious
The largely unregulated early years of Canadian radio were vital to development of broadcasting policy. The Report of the Royal Commission on Radio Broadcasting in 1929 and American broadcasting both changed the direction of Canadian broadcasting, but were mitigated by the early, largely unregulated years. Broadcasters operated initially as small, independent, and local broadcasters, then, national networks developed in stages during the 1920s and 1930s. The late adoption of radio broadcasting policy to build a national network in Canada allowed other practices to take root in the wake of other examples, in particular, American commercial broadcasting. By 1929 when the Aird Report recommended a national network, the potential impact of the report was shaped by the path of early broadcasting and the shifts forced on Canada by American broadcasting and policy. Eventually Canada forged its own course that pulled in both directions, permitting both private commercial networks and public national networks.
Cogitatio Press
2018-02-09
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/1219
10.17645/mac.v6i1.1219
Media and Communication; Vol 6, No 1 (2018): Media History and Democracy; 13-20
2183-2439
10.17645/mac.i81
eng
https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/1219/702
Copyright (c) 2018 Anne Frances MacLennan
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oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/4225
2021-11-17T13:28:06Z
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Media Control in the Digital Politics of Indonesia
Masduki
digital politics; doxing; Indonesia; journalism; media buzzers; media control
In transitional democratic countries with significant digital media user bases, the “authoritarian turn in digital media” has resulted in new forms of media control designed to counter critical media exposure. This article investigates the ongoing digital pressures experienced by Indonesian media organizations and investigative journalists by the partisan supporters of the country’s new authoritarian political leaders. This article provides a critical review of the forms of media control that have emerged in Indonesia within the past five years (2015–2020), giving special attention to the doxing allegedly faced by several news media and journalistic projects: IndonesiaLeaks; Tempo magazine; and WatchDoc. Applying qualitative methods (observation, semi-structured interviews, review of documents), this study finds that the rise of non-state and societal control over critical media leads to self-censorship amongst media and journalists. This study shows that online trolls, doxing, and hyper-partisan news outlets are used as new forms of media control. Control is also exerted by paid-social media buzzers, whose online identity is established by their use of digital and social media platforms to manipulate information and counter critical news regarding incumbent and oppositional political leaders. This article contributes to the academic debate on the intended forms of media control in digital politics of transitional democracies.
Cogitatio Press
2021-10-21
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/4225
10.17645/mac.v9i4.4225
Media and Communication; Vol 9, No 4 (2021): Media Control Revisited: Challenges, Bottom-Up Resistance and Agency in the Digital Age; 52-61
2183-2439
10.17645/mac.i254
eng
https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/4225/2330
Copyright (c) 2021 Masduki
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oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/2660
2023-01-31T18:46:55Z
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New Opportunities in Monitoring Safety of Journalists through the UN’s 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda
Berger, Guy
journalism; monitoring; safety of journalists; Sustainable Development Goals; UNESCO; United Nations
This article highlights the potential for increased and more standardised monitoring of a range of aspects of the safety of journalists. This is in the light of a specific indicator that has been agreed by the UN as part of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The indicator concerned treats the safety of journalists as a benchmark for tracking progress on SDG target 16.10, which specifies “public access to information and fundamental freedoms” (UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, n.d.) as a development aspiration. Inclusion of this indicator in the SDGs provides a universally legitimated framework with strong catalytic potential. All this holds a promise of improved, more comparative, and increased research output, as compared to the previous situation. The results of new research stimulated by this development, particularly at country level, could have real impact on the safety of journalists.
Cogitatio Press
2020-02-25
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/2660
10.17645/mac.v8i1.2660
Media and Communication; Vol 8, No 1 (2020): Rethinking Safety of Journalists; 78-88
2183-2439
10.17645/mac.i161
eng
https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/2660/1399
Copyright (c) 2020 Guy Berger
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oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/6366
2023-06-09T17:35:14Z
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Selfies and Speeches of a President at War: Volodymyr Zelensky’s Strategy of Spectacularization on Instagram
Plazas-Olmedo, Maite
López-Rabadán, Pablo
celebritization; Instagram; politainment; political communication; pop politics; social media; spectacularization; Ukraine; war; Zelensky
The spectacularization of politics is not the exclusive patrimony of the media in their news coverage. Leaders from all over the world have successfully incorporated this “communicative style” into their own strategies, a style that finds a suitable space in visual social networks such as Instagram, in dynamic formats such as video, and in crisis contexts. This article analyzes the “spectacularization” of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s through Instagram. The methodological proposal is based on the study of the 5W in relation to the digital image and investigates the leading role, the staging, the space, and the technical resources of the videos. Thus, a content analysis is applied to a sample of 143 videos published by the president on his official profile in February–March 2022, when the conflict between Russia and Ukraine began, and in September–October 2022. We observed that Zelensky uses video in an intense and “spectacular” way: He exploits his figure in a professional style, strategically combines careful staging with amateurism, and uses resources such as subtitles to internationalize his discourse.
Cogitatio Press
Ministerio de Universidades
Universitat Jaume I
2023-05-16
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/6366
10.17645/mac.v11i2.6366
Media and Communication; Vol 11, No 2 (2023): Political Communication in Times of Spectacularisation: Digital Narratives, Engagement, and Politainment; 188-202
2183-2439
10.17645/mac.i352
eng
https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/6366/3084
Copyright (c) 2023 Maite Plazas-Olmedo, Pablo López-Rabadán
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oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/3824
2021-05-10T07:19:46Z
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The ‘Eudaimonic Experience’: A Scoping Review of the Concept in Digital Games Research
Daneels, Rowan
Bowman, Nicholas D.
Possler, Daniel
Mekler, Elisa D.
appreciation; digital games; emotional challenge; emotionally moved; eudaimonia; meaningfulness; media entertainment; self-reflection; social connectedness
Digital games have evolved into a medium that moves beyond basic toys for distraction and pleasure towards platforms capable of and effective at instigating more serious, emotional, and intrapersonal experiences. Along with this evolution, games research has also started to consider more deeply affective and cognitive reactions that resemble the broad notion of eudaimonia, with work already being done in communication studies and media psychology as well as in human–computer interaction. These studies offer a large variety of concepts to describe such eudaimonic reactions—including eudaimonia, meaningfulness, appreciation, and self-transcendence—which are frequently used as synonyms as they represent aspects not captured by the traditional hedonic focus on enjoyment. However, these concepts are potentially confusing to work with as they might represent phenomenological distinct experiences. In this scoping review, we survey 82 publications to identify different concepts used in digital gaming research to represent eudaimonia and map out how these concepts relate to each other. The results of this scoping review revealed four broad conceptual patterns: (1) appreciation as an overarching (yet imprecise) eudaimonic outcome of playing digital games; (2) covariation among meaningful, emotionally moving/challenging, and self-reflective experiences; (3) the unique potential of digital games to afford eudaimonic social connectedness; and (4) other eudaimonia-related concepts (e.g., nostalgia, well-being, elevation). This review provides a conceptual map of the current research landscape on eudaimonic game entertainment experiences and outlines recommendations for future scholarship, including how a focus on digital games contributes to a more comprehensive understanding of eudaimonic media experiences broadly.
Cogitatio Press
2021-05-06
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/3824
10.17645/mac.v9i2.3824
Media and Communication; Vol 9, No 2 (2021): The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Inspirational Media between Meaning, Narration, and Manipulation; 178-190
2183-2439
10.17645/mac.i245
eng
https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/3824/2090
https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/downloadSuppFile/3824/1479
Copyright (c) 2021 Rowan Daneels, Nicholas D. Bowman, Daniel Possler, Elisa D. Mekler
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oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/3519
2021-02-05T04:28:44Z
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You’re Definitely Wrong, Maybe: Correction Style Has Minimal Effect on Corrections of Misinformation Online
Martel, Cameron
Mosleh, Mohsen
Rand, David G.
cognitive reflection test; corrections; dark participation; debunking; fake news; misinformation; social media
How can online communication most effectively respond to misinformation posted on social media? Recent studies examining the content of corrective messages provide mixed results—several studies suggest that politer, hedged messages may increase engagement with corrections, while others favor direct messaging which does not shed doubt on the credibility of the corrective message. Furthermore, common debunking strategies often include keeping the message simple and clear, while others recommend including a detailed explanation of why the initial misinformation is incorrect. To shed more light on how correction style affects correction efficacy, we manipulated both correction strength (direct, hedged) and explanatory depth (simple explanation, detailed explanation) in response to participants from Lucid (N = 2,228) who indicated they would share a false story in a survey experiment. We found minimal evidence suggesting that correction strength or depth affects correction engagement, both in terms of likelihood of replying, and accepting or resisting corrective information. However, we do find that analytic thinking and actively open-minded thinking are associated with greater acceptance of information in response to corrective messages, regardless of correction style. Our results help elucidate the efficacy of user-generated corrections of misinformation on social media.
Cogitatio Press
Antonio Arechar
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, Grant No. 174530
William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
Ethics and Governance of Artificial Intelligence Initiative
2021-02-03
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/3519
10.17645/mac.v9i1.3519
Media and Communication; Vol 9, No 1 (2021): Dark Participation in Online Communication: The World of the Wicked Web; 120-133
2183-2439
10.17645/mac.i207
eng
https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/3519/1954
https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/downloadSuppFile/3519/1285
Copyright (c) 2021 Cameron Martel, Mohsen Mosleh, David G. Rand
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oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/592
2020-07-21T09:48:11Z
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Television in Latin America Is “Everywhere”: Not Dead, Not Dying, but Converging and Thriving
Orozco, Guillermo
Miller, Toby
mestizaje; realismo mágico; televisión; televisual
In Latin America, the now-venerable expression “the end of television” itself looks old, tired, and flawed: markets, cultures, politics, and policies alike find television more alive than ever, albeit in its usual state of technological, institutional, and textual flux. Advertising investment in TV continues to increase, governments still use television to promote generalized propaganda as well as their daily agendas, football on screen remains wildly popular, and fiction programs, most notably telenovelas, dominate prime time and draw large audiences aged between 25 and 60. While younger viewers watch television on a wider variety of screens and technologies, and do so at differing times, the discourse of TV remains an important referent in their audiovisual experiences. In addition, across age groups, divides persist between a minority with routine high-quality access to the digital world of technology and information and a majority without alternatives to the traditional audiovisual sphere, for whom cell phones, for instance, are at most devices for communicating with friends and family members. We cannot predict the future of TV in Latin America—but we can say with confidence that the claims for its demise are overstated. Television remains the principal cultural game in town.
Cogitatio Press
2016-07-14
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/592
10.17645/mac.v4i3.592
Media and Communication; Vol 4, No 3 (2016): (Not Yet) the End of Television; 99-108
2183-2439
10.17645/mac.i46
eng
https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/592/399
Copyright (c) 2016 Guillermo Orozco, Toby Miller
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oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/7256
2024-01-15T16:12:16Z
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Media Accountability: Global Trends and European Monitoring Capabilities
Kreutler, Marcus
Fengler, Susanne
co-regulation; journalism ethics; media accountability; monitoring capabilities; self-regulation
This article summarises the global state of the art of research into media accountability, using this overview as a framework for an analysis of 14 European countries’ structures and the possibilities for monitoring their media accountability landscapes. The first step shows that a model developed purely in the context of liberal Western democracies struggles to explain the diversity of media accountability instruments, actors, proceedings, and the effectiveness of these systems in different countries. When a broad understanding of media accountability is applied, different models of media accountability frameworks can be identified globally, and even within Europe. These findings on structures and actors in the field function as guidelines for the second part of the article, which analyses monitoring capabilities in Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, and Sweden—with a special focus, not only on the status quo, but also the capability to monitor changes and trends over time. Even in countries with generally well-developed monitoring and research structures in the media sector, much of the available literature focuses on normative questions, and available data is not necessarily comparable longitudinally or cross-nationally. International efforts have inspired key publications in a number of countries, but they are rarely followed up by continuous monitoring of developments in the field. Several cases describe a common reason for monitoring deficits: Weak professional culture among journalists leads to ineffective and often neglected media accountability measures, which in turn limits research activity and funding opportunities.
Cogitatio Press
MEDIADELCOM-project, funded within HORIZON 2020 (project number: 10100481)
2024-01-15
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/7256
10.17645/mac.7256
Media and Communication; Vol 12 (2024): Democracy and Media Transformations in the 21st Century: Analysing Knowledge and Expertise
2183-2439
10.17645/mac.i389
eng
https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/7256/3487
Copyright (c) 2024 Marcus Kreutler, Susanne Fengler
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oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/1888
2020-07-21T09:49:55Z
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Digital Literacies or Digital Competence: Conceptualizations in Nordic Curricula
Godhe, Anna-Lena
bildung; curricula; digital competence; digital literacies; education; literacy
This article examines how the concepts of digital literacies and digital competence are conceptualized in curricula for compulsory education within the Nordic countries. In 2006, the European Union defined digital competence as one of eight key competences for lifelong learning. The terms digital literacies and digital competence have since been used interchangeably, particularly in policy documents concerning education and the digitalization of educational systems and teaching. However, whether these concepts carry similar meanings, and are understood in a similar way, across languages and cultures is not self-evident. By taking the curricula in Sweden, Denmark, Finland, and Norway as examples, this article attempts to clarify similarities and differences in how the concepts are interpreted, as well as what implications this has for the digitalization of education. The analyses reveal that different terms are used in the curricula in the different countries, which are connected to themes or interdisciplinary issues to be incorporated into school subjects. The conceptualizations of the terms share a common emphasis on societal issues and a critical approach, highlighting a particular Nordic interpretation of digital literacies and digital competence.
Cogitatio Press
University of Gothenburg
2019-06-11
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/1888
10.17645/mac.v7i2.1888
Media and Communication; Vol 7, No 2 (2019): Critical Perspectives on Digital Literacies: Creating a Path Forward; 25-35
2183-2439
10.17645/mac.i125
eng
https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/1888/1076
https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/downloadSuppFile/1888/527
Copyright (c) 2019 Anna-Lena Godhe
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oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/5401
2022-07-28T12:23:41Z
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Responding to “Fake News”: Journalistic Perceptions of and Reactions to a Delegitimising Force
Schapals, Aljosha Karim
Bruns, Axel
fact-checking; fake news; journalism; misinformation; news verification; objectivity; professional roles; Trump election
The “fake news” phenomenon has permeated academic scholarship and popular debate since the 2016 US presidential election. Much has been written on the circulation of “fake news” and other forms of mis- and disinformation online. Despite its ongoing proliferation, less effort has been made to better understand the work of those engaged in daily news production—journalists themselves. Funded by the Australian Research Council project Journalism Beyond the Crisis, this study investigates how journalists perceive and respond to this phenomenon at a time when the industry has come under significant attack, and trust in news media has fallen globally. To do so, it draws on in-depth interviews with journalists in Australia and the UK, providing topical insights on their perceptions of and reactions to this profoundly delegitimising force. While on one hand, our findings show journalists expressing significant concern about the rise of “fake news,” they also proactively seek—and, in some cases, implement—deliberate counterstrategies to defend their profession. These strategies range from discursive means—such as stressing and re-asserting journalists’ professional authority and legitimacy—to tangible measures at an organisational level, including newsroom diversity and increased transparency in the news production process.
Cogitatio Press
Australian Research Council
2022-07-28
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/5401
10.17645/mac.v10i3.5401
Media and Communication; Vol 10, No 3 (2022): Journalism, Activism, and Social Media: Exploring the Shifts in Journalistic Roles, Performance, and Interconnectedness; 5-16
2183-2439
10.17645/mac.i318
eng
https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/5401/2760
Copyright (c) 2022 Aljosha Karim Schapals, Axel Bruns
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oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/3091
2020-08-24T03:41:16Z
mediaandcommunication:ART
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News Media Performance Evaluated by National Audiences: How Media Environments and User Preferences Matter
Steppat, Desiree
Castro Herrero, Laia
Esser, Frank
alternative media; audiences; media environment; media performance; news; online media; polarization; traditional media
Media fragmentation and polarization have contributed to blurring the lines between professional and non-professional journalism. Internationally, more fragmented-polarized media environments are often associated with the emergence of non-professional news providers, the weakening of journalistic standards, and the segmentation of audiences along ideological leanings. Furthermore, these environments are home to partisan and alternative news media outlets, some of which try to actively undermine the credibility of traditional mainstream media in their reporting. By following an audience-centric approach, this study investigates the consequences of more fragmented-polarized media environments and consumption habits on users’ perceptions of news media performance. We use online-survey data from five countries that differ in the extent of fragmentation and polarization in the media environment (CH = 1,859, DK = 2,667, IT = 2,121, PL = 2,536, US = 3,493). We find that perceptions of high news media performance are more likely to be expressed by citizens from less fragmented-polarized media environments. Positive perceptions of news media performance are also stronger among users of traditional media, and those who inform themselves in a more attitude-congruent manner. By contrast, citizens from more fragmented-polarized media environments and users of alternative news media tend to express less satisfaction with news media performance. Based on these results, we argue that perceptions of news media performance among news users are shaped by their individual media choices as well as by the composition of the news media environments that surrounds them.
Cogitatio Press
Swiss National Science Foundation [project grant number: 100017_173286]
2020-08-24
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/3091
10.17645/mac.v8i3.3091
Media and Communication; Vol 8, No 3 (2020): Media Performance in Times of Media Change; 321-334
2183-2439
10.17645/mac.i186
eng
https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/3091/1713
https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/downloadSuppFile/3091/1119
Copyright (c) 2020 Desiree Steppat, Laia Castro Herrero, Frank Esser
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oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/6731
2023-09-28T09:49:20Z
mediaandcommunication:ART
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Backed Into a Corner: Structural Changes That Lead to Local News Deserts
Císařová, Lenka Waschková
entrepreneurial initiative; local journalists; local media; media cooperation; media infrastructure; news desert; newspapers’ self-sufficiency; structural changes
On the surface, it may look like there are no news deserts in the Czech Republic, but that does not mean that all audiences are able to get relevant local news. Apart from independent local news outlets, which are diminishing, Czech districts are served by information provided either by a delocalised publishing chain or a municipality press that promotes the local government. I will focus on the emergence of news deserts from the perspective of independent local newspapers, especially on the structural changes that lead to the declining number of media outlets that offer local news in Czechia. Moreover, I take the bottom-up approach to reflect on the local journalists’ point of view. The mixed-method research, which was conducted in 2019 and 2020, consisted of a survey of local newspaper owners and in-depth interviews with local journalists. I identified several structural changes to both the local newspapers and to the general publishing industry that have led to growing organisational and economic problems for the local newspapers, and often to their demise. Local news is still carried by newspapers, which depend on the traditional business model and are slow with their digital transition. Their survival is based on (non)cooperation with either ancillary organisations (printing office, distribution firm, and sales outlet) or other local newspapers. Newspapers are cornered by the demands of external actors; their economic stability depends on the self-sufficiency of their production.
Cogitatio Press
Austrian Agency for International Cooperation in Education and Research
2023-09-28
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/6731
10.17645/mac.v11i3.6731
Media and Communication; Vol 11, No 3 (2023): News Deserts: Places and Spaces Without News; 381-389
2183-2439
10.17645/mac.i363
eng
https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/6731/3381
https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/downloadSuppFile/6731/3395
Copyright (c) 2023 Lenka Waschková Císařová
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oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/3639
2020-10-08T04:16:07Z
mediaandcommunication:EDI
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The Ongoing Transformation of the Digital Public Sphere: Basic Considerations on a Moving Target
De Blasio, Emiliana
Kneuer, Marianne
Schünemann, Wolf
Sorice, Michele
crisis; democracy; digital ecosystems; digital media; platforms; politics; post-public sphere; public sphere
The recent decades more than anything else have revealed the ambivalence not only of the articulated expectations about the digital public sphere but also of the ‘real’ development itself. This thematic issue of Media and Communication highlights some of the criticalities and specificities of the evolution of the public sphere during this period where digital communication ecosystems are becoming increasingly central. The different articles offer a polyphonic perspective and thus contribute significantly to the debate on the transformations of the public sphere, which—in the time of the Covid-19 pandemic—dramatically affect the very essence of our democracy.
Cogitatio Press
2020-10-08
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/3639
10.17645/mac.v8i4.3639
Media and Communication; Vol 8, No 4 (2020): The Ongoing Transformation of the Digital Public Sphere; 1-5
2183-2439
10.17645/mac.i200
eng
https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/3639/1770
Copyright (c) 2020 Emiliana De Blasio, Marianne Kneuer, Wolf Schünemann, Michele Sorice
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oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/345
2020-07-21T09:47:48Z
mediaandcommunication:ART
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Who Is Willing to Pay for Online Journalistic Content?
Himma-Kadakas, Marju
Kõuts, Ragne
audience studies; media audience; online journalism; paywalls; pricing models; willingness to pay
While the overall readership of newspapers is growing as a result of the multiplatform reach, many online media consumers are not offered the surplus value they expect of journalistic content. Since a great deal of journalistic content published on the internet has been free of charge for years, attempting to monetarise this content is now proving complicated. This article considers the motivating factors behind attitudes towards paying for online journalistic content in different population groups. We follow two directions: attitudes towards paying for online news, and obstacles that compromise willingness to pay in different groups. The survey results and trends noticed by media organisations indicate that the public’s readiness to pay for journalistic online content is growing, albeit slowly. Based on the outcomes of various interviews we can conclude that the expectation of exclusive quality and web distinctive content are the two main reasons behind willingness to pay for online journalistic content, however, it is difficult to outline particular preference groups based on cultural, demographic, or socio-economic characteristics. This seems to be the result of audience fragmentation—the reasons behind willingness to pay for online journalistic content are hidden in the interests and preferences of small audience groups.
Cogitatio Press
University of Tartu, Institute of Social Sciences
2015-12-29
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/345
10.17645/mac.v3i4.345
Media and Communication; Vol 3, No 4 (2015): Turbulences of the Central and Eastern European Media; 106-115
2183-2439
10.17645/mac.i35
eng
https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/345/268
Copyright (c) 2015 Marju Himma-Kadakas and Ragne Kõuts
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oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/1639
2020-07-21T09:49:25Z
mediaandcommunication:ART
ec_fundedresources
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Delivering Smart Governance in a Future City: The Case of Glasgow
Leleux, Charles
Webster, C. William R.
citizen engagement; co-production; eGovernment; Future City Glasgow; Glasgow; post-industrial city; smart governance; sustainability
In 2013, Glasgow City Council received significant funding to develop innovative smart city applications, including the delivery of new electronic public services and the co-production of governance. This case study examines the processes that underpin the ways in which the ‘Future City Glasgow programme’ delivered ‘smart governance’, in the context of a regenerating post-industrial city. We assess the contribution of smart city technologies and data collection and monitoring processes designed to facilitate citizen engagement and sustainable governance practices. The Future City Glasgow programme ran from 2013‒2015, and included the Open Glasgow project, and ‘Demonstrator Projects’ of: Energy Efficiency; Intelligent Street Lighting; Active Travel; and, Integrated Social Transport. Opportunities arose from these demonstrators for developing co-production and legacy initiatives. The case study provides insight into the ways in which citizens and local communities in Glasgow have been engaged in governance processes. This engagement has taken place via traditional and innovative smart city technologies, and in particular in relation to policy formulation, service design and delivery. It finds that the co-creation of governance is shaped by vested interests, that engagement is fragmented and partial, but at the same time new technologies, social media and shared learning opportunities offer innovative new ways for some citizens to influence local governance.
Cogitatio Press
Economic and Social Research Council
University of Stirling
2018-12-21
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/1639
10.17645/mac.v6i4.1639
Media and Communication; Vol 6, No 4 (2018): E-Government and Smart Cities: Theoretical Reflections and Case Studies; 163-174
2183-2439
10.17645/mac.i113
eng
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/011473
https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/1639/960
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Copyright (c) 2018 Charles Leleux, C. William R. Webster
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oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/4707
2022-04-01T10:01:49Z
mediaandcommunication:ART
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Divergent Fan Forums and Political Consciousness Raising
Levitt, Lauren
civic cultures; civic imagination; dystopian narrative; fandom; political consciousness
This article conducts a thematic analysis of 40 threads related to sociopolitical issues on two Divergent fan forums, one on Divergent Fans and another on Divergent Wiki, to determine whether these forums raise political consciousness, especially among young people. As scholars of civic imagination show, popular culture narratives may lead to the ability to imagine a better future. Utopian narratives in particular facilitate this process in a dialectical way by presenting us with an impossible world, and dystopian narratives may operate in a similarly dialectical fashion by offering a negative example or warning. Analysis of posts related to utopia and dystopia, the story world versus the real world, historical and contemporary parallels, governmental reform, and non-normative sexuality reveals that participants on Divergent fan forums discuss real-world issues and sometimes imagine a better world, but this does not conclusively raise political consciousness. We can account for these civic successes and failures by considering Dahlgren’s (2009) six elements of civic cultures: knowledge, values, trust, spaces, practices/skills, and identities. While fan knowledge, trust, and spaces are strong, and fan identities can be experienced as relatively static, values and practices/skills are important areas for intervention to cultivate political consciousness among young people. Critical civic education at the secondary school level could foster democratic values, and teaching media literacy and political discussion skills could improve students’ ability to think critically about entertainment narratives.
Cogitatio Press
2022-03-29
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/4707
10.17645/mac.v10i1.4707
Media and Communication; Vol 10, No 1 (2022): Digital Child- and Adulthood: Risks, Opportunities, and Challenges; 329-338
2183-2439
10.17645/mac.i284
eng
https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/4707/2591
Copyright (c) 2022 Lauren Levitt
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oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/3224
2020-06-25T09:30:16Z
mediaandcommunication:COM
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Science Journalism and Pandemic Uncertainty
Dunwoody, Sharon
Covid-19; information processing; information seeking; science journalism; social media
Novel risks generate copious amounts of uncertainty, which in turn can confuse and mislead publics. This commentary explores those issues through the lens of information seeking and processing, with a focus on social media and the potential effectiveness of science journalism.
Cogitatio Press
n/a
2020-06-25
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/3224
10.17645/mac.v8i2.3224
Media and Communication; Vol 8, No 2 (2020): Health and Science Controversies in the Digital World: News, Mis/Disinformation and Public Engagement; 471-474
2183-2439
10.17645/mac.i179
eng
https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/3224/1600
Copyright (c) 2020 Sharon Dunwoody
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oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/6710
2023-07-18T09:21:47Z
mediaandcommunication:ART
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Digital Media Domestication and Job Paths Among Older People: An Ethnographic Investigation
Carlo, Simone
Buscicchio, Giulia
active ageing; digital media; gender differences; information technology; job status; seniors’ communication
While it is true that ageing dramatically affects the sustainability of welfare systems, increasing life expectancy in most Western countries is also seen as an opportunity to live longer and better: The healthiest older people are also the most dynamic in terms of work activity and social and cultural capital. In this debate, media and communication technologies are often seen as tools to enable older people to age actively, thanks to their potential for inclusion. The empowerment of older people through the use of communication technologies is strongly influenced by the social and family context in which digital media are used and by the formal and informal contexts in which their use is learned. Starting from this context, this article investigates the relationship between career paths and the use of digital media among older people. We conducted 20 in-depth interviews and ethnographic sessions with Italian internet users aged over 65. The results show how their current condition (retired or employed) and the job previously held have a fundamental impact in both the processes of domestication of technologies and internet use, but also in the structuring of the home itself and the positioning and use of technologies in the domestic space of older people.
Cogitatio Press
2023-07-18
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/6710
10.17645/mac.v11i3.6710
Media and Communication; Vol 11, No 3 (2023): Communication for Seniors’ Inclusion in Today’s Society; 29-39
2183-2439
10.17645/mac.i364
eng
https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/6710/3261
Copyright (c) 2023 Simone Carlo, Giulia Buscicchio
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oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/4391
2021-12-22T09:35:07Z
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The Voice of Silence: Patterns of Digital Participation Among Palestinian Women in East Jerusalem
de Vries, Maya
Majlaton, Maya
Facebook; Israeli-Palestinian conflict; Jerusalem; participation; women
Facebook is one of the world’s largest social networks, with more than 2,7 billion active users globally. It is also one of the most dominant platforms and one of the platforms most commonly used by Arabs. However, connecting via Facebook and sharing content cannot be taken for granted. While many studies have focused on the role played by networked platforms in empowering women in the Arab world in general and on feminist movements in the Arab Spring, few have explored Palestinian women’s use of Facebook. During and after the Arab Spring, social media was used as a tool for freedom of expression in the Arab world. However, Palestinians in East Jerusalem using social media witnessed a decrease in freedom of expression, especially after the Gaza war in 2014. This article focuses on the Facebook usage patterns and political participation of young adult Palestinian women living in the contested space of East Jerusalem. These women live under dynamic power struggles as they belong to a traditionally conservative society, live within a situation of intractable conflict, and are under state control as a minority group. Qualitative thematic analysis of 13 in-depth interviews reveals three patterns of usage, all related to monitoring: state monitoring, kinship monitoring, and self-monitoring. The article conceptualises these online behaviours as “participation avoidance,” a term describing users’ (non-)communicative practices in which the mundane choices of when, why, and how to participate also mirror users’ choices of when, why, and how to avoid.
Cogitatio Press
The Swiss Center for Conflict Reserch
The Smart Family Institute of Communications
2021-12-17
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info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/4391
10.17645/mac.v9i4.4391
Media and Communication; Vol 9, No 4 (2021): Ten Years after the Arab Uprisings: Beyond Media and Liberation; 309-319
2183-2439
10.17645/mac.i275
eng
https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/4391/2432
Copyright (c) 2021 Maya de Vries, Maya Majlaton
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oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/7
2023-12-27T09:04:56Z
mediaandcommunication:ART
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Impact of Social Media on Power Relations of Korean Health Activism
Shim, KyuJin
e-mobilization; health communication; Korean health activism; NGO communication; patient activism; social media
This case study explores how the Korea Leukemia Patient Group (KLPG) uses social media in its internal communication strategy and how that empowers its relationship with external counterparts. This study’s findings indicate that the communication strategy of the local health Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) is changing in response to the increased effectiveness and impact of social media. Using social media (e.g., Twitter) the KLPG can quickly and effectively construct an issue-based advocacy group. Consequently, more legitimacy and representativeness through collected support from the general public have further empowered the KLPG. Yet, the sustainability component in the relationships built through social media use was not evidenced in the current findings. The effects of social media use were analyzed based on data from interviews with top-level KLPG executive members and general members, and from documentation and archival materials. Limitations and suggestions for future research are included.
Cogitatio Press
2014-07-24
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/7
10.17645/mac.v2i2.7
Media and Communication; Vol 2, No 2 (2014): Multidisciplinary Studies in Media and Communication; 72-83
2183-2439
10.17645/mac.i17
eng
https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/7/54
oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/1283
2020-07-21T09:49:01Z
mediaandcommunication:ART
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The Dialectics of Care: Communicating Ethical Trade in Poland
Polynczuk-Alenius, Kinga
care; discourse-theoretical analysis; ethical trade; fair trade; interviews; metageography; moral education; Poland
This article is an empirical exploration of how ethical trade organisations draw on and appropriate in their communication the moral repertoire of ethical trade. Theoretically, it employs the notion of the “dialectics of care” to examine the tactics used in ethical trade communication to reconcile care for oneself and one’s close ones with care for distant producers. Empirically, this article is based on the discourse-theoretical analysis of two interviews with the representatives of Polish ethical trade organisations: (1) a fair trade firm, Pizca del Mundo, and (2) an NGO, the Institute for Global Responsibility. The analysis finds that ethical trade organisations seek to harmonise care for distant producers with the interests of the Polish public through (1) embedding it into the discourse of product quality, or (2) linking it to care for oneself, one’s family and society while raising awareness of the global interconnectedness.
Cogitatio Press
Finnish Cultural Foundation
2018-06-29
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/1283
10.17645/mac.v6i2.1283
Media and Communication; Vol 6, No 2 (2018): Media and Communication between the Local and the Global; 199-209
2183-2439
10.17645/mac.i96
eng
https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/1283/831
Copyright (c) 2018 Kinga Polynczuk-Alenius
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oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/6111
2023-06-26T15:48:50Z
mediaandcommunication:ART
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Between Calls for Action and Narratives of Denial: Climate Change Attention Structures on Twitter
Meyer, Hendrik
Peach, Amelia Katelin
Guenther, Lars
Kedar, Hadas Emma
Brüggemann, Michael
climate change; content analysis; discursive features; network analysis; politicized debates; Twitter
The threats posed to society by climate change often fail to become priorities for voters and policymakers. Nevertheless, it has been shown that merely paying online attention to climate change can increase the perceived severity of the associated risks and thus encourage climate action. Therefore, we focus on public discourse on Twitter to explore the interplay of “triggers” and discursive features that stimulate attention to climate change. We collected data from 2017 to 2021, identified each year’s top five “peak” events of climate attention, and applied manual content (N = 2,500) and automated network analyses (N = ~17,000,000). The results show that while specific events and actors may not trigger and maintain attention permanently, there are discursive features (types of domains, discourses, users, and networks) that continuously shape attention to climate change. Debates are highly politicized and often call for action, criticize administrations, stress negative future scenarios, and controversially debate over the reality of climate change. Attention thereby is amplified within hybrid discourses which merge different triggers, being dominated by political, cultural, and journalistic media accounts: Political events trigger posts that stress the reality of climate change, whereas tweets on protests and cultural events are amplified if they call for action. However, antagonism and backlashes to such posts are essential features of the peaks investigated. Accordingly, attention is often connected to controversial debates regarding focusing events, polarizing figures (such as Greta Thunberg or Donald Trump), and the formation of counter-public networks. Which content is amplified highly depends on the subnetworks that users are situated in.
Cogitatio Press
Fenja De Silva-Schmidt
2023-03-27
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/6111
10.17645/mac.v11i1.6111
Media and Communication; Vol 11, No 1 (2023): Science Communication in the Digital Age: New Actors, Environments, and Practices; 278-292
2183-2439
10.17645/mac.i340
eng
https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/6111/3131
https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/downloadSuppFile/6111/3194
Copyright (c) 2023 Hendrik Meyer, Amelia Peach, Hadas Emma Kedar, Lars Guenther, Michael Brüggemann
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oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/3180
2020-06-23T08:08:59Z
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Youth Digital Participation: Now More than Ever
Kligler-Vilenchik, Neta
Literat, Ioana
covid-19; digital opportunities; digital participation; digital risks; online learning; screen time; youth; youth political participation
One of the far-reaching implications of the current global COVID-19 pandemic has been the sudden boost in use of digital media due to social distancing and stay-at-home orders. In times of routine, youth are often the first to adopt new technologies and platforms, to experiment with modes of production and practices of sharing, and often spend significant time and energy socializing online. Now such digital practices have become common among much wider demographics. Moreover, the move to online learning in schools and the spurt of innovative digital experiences offered has abruptly shifted the rhetoric of concern often associated with youth’s so-called “screen time.” The articles in this thematic issue—though written long before the COVID-19 pandemic—address many of the questions that now are significantly brought to the forefront. What are the potentials and opportunities offered by youth digital participation for learning, for self-expression, for identity formation, and for social connection? How does digital participation shape civic and political life? And finally, especially when digital participation is so ever-present, what are barriers to youth participation online, and what are the challenges and risks it poses?
Cogitatio Press
2020-05-19
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/3180
10.17645/mac.v8i2.3180
Media and Communication; Vol 8, No 2 (2020): Youth Digital Participation: Opportunities, Challenges, Contexts, and What’s at Stake; 171-174
2183-2439
10.17645/mac.i178
eng
https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/3180/1538
Copyright (c) 2020 Neta Kligler-Vilenchik, Ioana Literat
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oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/1053
2020-07-21T09:48:41Z
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Brand New Images? Implications of Instagram Photography for Place Branding
Thelander, Åsa
Cassinger, Cecilia
Instagram; photography; place branding; practice; social media; strategic communication; visual
The aim of this article is to develop an understanding of what happens when Instagram photography is used for branding a place. Questions raised are which photographs are taken and published, does the practice result in novel ways of representing a place, and, in turn the image of a place. A practice approach to photography is used where focus is directed to the performative aspect of photography. Fifteen qualitative interviews were conducted with participants in an Instagram takeover project concerning their photographs. The study shows that adopting a communication strategy based on visual social media is dependent on the participants’ competencies and that it is embedded in everyday life. Moreover, the participants’ photographic practices were found to be influenced by social conventions, which resulted in the city being imagined differently by different participants. To use visual social media such as Instagram for branding purposes does not necessarily mean that novel images are generated, but that they are choreographed according to the conditions of Instagram as medium.
Cogitatio Press
2017-12-21
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/1053
10.17645/mac.v5i4.1053
Media and Communication; Vol 5, No 4 (2017): Visual Communication in the Age of Social Media: Conceptual, Theoretical and Methodological Challenges; 6-14
2183-2439
10.17645/mac.i77
eng
https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/1053/663
Copyright (c) 2017 Åsa Thelander, Cecilia Cassinger
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oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/4152
2021-09-16T10:00:33Z
mediaandcommunication:ART
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Let’s Get Loud: Intersectionally Studying the Super Bowl’s Halftime Show
Van Bauwel, Sofie
Krijnen, Tonny
discourse analysis; intersectionality; Latinidad; listening; popular culture; Super Bowl Halftime Show
The study of popular culture has always been closely related to the study of class, gender, race, and sexuality. An increasing number of authors have called for an intersectional approach. However, the contradictory, fluid meanings articulated in popular culture render such an approach difficult, and many ignore the call for intersectional analysis. We will not. We will try to engage with an intersectional analysis of popular culture, using Shakira and Jennifer Lopez’s performance at the 2020 Super Bowl Halftime Show as a case to study the intersections of identity markers. We aim to bridge the different meanings attributed to their performance and to understand them as different elements in the intersectional configuration. A discourse analysis of the performance, and of reviews thereof, was performed to unravel five elements highlighted in the discourse: the quality of the show, Shakira and Lopez’s empowered performances, the incorporation of Latinidad elements, the performers’ sexiness, and perceived political messages. Our aim to understand how the contradictory discourses about these elements arose urges the reader to use listening to grapple with the complexity of intersectional analysis. Truly listening includes putting effort into opening up academic cultures, finding other voices. It is important to recognize global gender inequity, but we need to start investing far more to understand the politics of media representations as a transnational affair that causes multiple conceptions of gender (and other related) concepts to clash, mesh, and integrate.
Cogitatio Press
2021-09-13
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/4152
10.17645/mac.v9i3.4152
Media and Communication; Vol 9, No 3 (2021): From Sony’s Walkman to RuPaul's Drag Race: A Landscape of Contemporary Popular Culture; 209-217
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10.17645/mac.i255
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/4152/2272
Copyright (c) 2021 Sofie Van Bauwel, Tonny Krijnen
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oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/2873
2023-01-31T18:46:54Z
mediaandcommunication:EDI
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Introduction: Rethinking Safety of Journalists
Orgeret, Kristin Skare
Tayeebwa, William
gender; journalism; press freedom; safety of journalists; threats
The introductory chapter to the thematic issue, entitled “Rethinking Safety of Journalists,” shows how promoting the safety of journalists is closely related to press freedom. It presents the articles of the thematic issue and highlights how the safety of journalists is no longer a concern of individuals or individual nation states only, but is now also a global concern, whereby the international community is obliged to come to the defense of journalists’ safety.
Cogitatio Press
2020-02-25
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/2873
10.17645/mac.v8i1.2873
Media and Communication; Vol 8, No 1 (2020): Rethinking Safety of Journalists; 1-4
2183-2439
10.17645/mac.i161
eng
https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/2873/1401
Copyright (c) 2020 Kristin Skare Orgeret, William Tayeebwa
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oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/6703
2023-06-26T15:45:25Z
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Referendum Campaigns in the Digital Age: Towards (More) Comparative Analyses in Hybrid Media Systems
Udris, Linards
Eisenegger, Mark
digitalization; direct democracy; hybrid media system; news media; referendum campaigns; social media; tech platforms
Referendum campaigns, which happen in many countries on the national or sub-national level, are highly important and special periods of political communication. Unlike elections, however, referendum campaigns are understudied phenomena. This thematic issue addresses patterns of referendum campaigns, which increasingly take place in digital and hybrid media environments, where political actors conduct campaigns through various channels, news media react to and shape debates on social media, and citizens receive a large share of political information from traditional and digital media. In this editorial, we provide a short overview of how research on referendum campaigns has evolved and how it has started to shift its attention away from news coverage and toward the role of campaign actors and the citizens who use (or engage with) search engines and social media platforms. The articles in this thematic issue reflect this shift but also show that news media remain important actors in referendum campaigns. Finally, we outline further research steps, which should include even more holistic analyses of the hybridity of referendum campaigns and hopefully more comparisons across cases.
Cogitatio Press
2023-01-31
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/6703
10.17645/mac.v11i1.6703
Media and Communication; Vol 11, No 1 (2023): Referendum Campaigns in the Digital Age; 1-5
2183-2439
10.17645/mac.i343
eng
https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/6703/3056
Copyright (c) 2023 Linards Udris, Mark Eisenegger
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oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/4264
2021-04-08T02:43:34Z
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Critical Theory and Being Critical: Connections and Contradictions
Gutsche, Jr., Robert E.
critical theory; digital media; journalism
This editorial responds to a professionalization and constrained notion of “critical theory” to argue for an academic and humanist-centered approach to developing debates and discussions around the future of critical theory and “being critical.”
Cogitatio Press
2021-04-06
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/4264
10.17645/mac.v9i2.4264
Media and Communication; Vol 9, No 2 (2021): Critical Theory in a Digital Media Age: Ways Forward; 86-87
2183-2439
10.17645/mac.i242
eng
https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/4264/2044
Copyright (c) 2021 Robert E. Gutsche, Jr.
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oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/7497
2024-02-29T10:28:35Z
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Securing the Future of UK Public-Interest News: Navigating Change With Foresight and Innovation
Nel, François
Rymajdo, Kamila
action research; foresight; news innovation; public-interest news; track 2 diplomacy; trust in news
This article delves into the factors driving change in the UK’s public-interest news sector, pinpointing key uncertainties that shape its future. Through a participatory action research approach and scenario planning, the study News Futures 2035, seeks to answer the pivotal question: How can the UK ensure the ongoing supply of trustworthy, public-interest news? It stands out for its unique focus, enriching the debate among industry, academia, policymakers, and civil society on safeguarding the sector’s future. The research identified two primary, unpredictable elements with significant influence: the realm of policies, regulations, and governance; and the industry’s capacity for innovation to maintain the relevance of public-interest news for all stakeholders. The study highlights the indispensable role of collaborative action research and continuous dialogue among key stakeholders. It emphasizes the need for structured, cooperative efforts to navigate the complexities of policy, regulation, and consumer relevance, introducing the concept of back-channel deliberations, akin to track 2 diplomacy, as a valuable strategy for engaging diverse stakeholders in informal yet structured discussions. This method promises to foster a platform for innovative solutions and mutual understanding, addressing the challenges to the future supply of public-interest news. The participants’ commitment to advancing this dialogue through a dedicated forum underlines the importance of ongoing stakeholder engagement to ensure the sector’s relevance, sustainability, and societal impact.
Cogitatio Press
Google News Initative
2024-02-29
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/7497
10.17645/mac.7497
Media and Communication; Vol 12 (2024): Unpacking Innovation: Media and the Locus of Change
2183-2439
10.17645/mac.i397
eng
https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/7497/3651
Copyright (c) 2024 François Nel, Kamila Rymajdo
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oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/932
2020-07-21T09:48:20Z
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Post-Snowden Internet Policy: Between Public Outrage, Resistance and Policy Change
Pohle, Julia
Audenhove, Leo Van
digital; intelligence agency; Internet policy; policy change; privacy; Snowden; surveillance; whistleblowing
This editors’ introduction provides a short summary of the Snowden revelations and the paradoxical political and public responses to them. It further provides an overview of the current academic debate triggered by the Snowden case and the documents leaked by him and introduces the articles featured in this issue on post-Snowden Internet policy.
Cogitatio Press
2017-03-22
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/932
10.17645/mac.v5i1.932
Media and Communication; Vol 5, No 1 (2017): Post-Snowden Internet Policy; 1-6
2183-2439
10.17645/mac.i59
eng
https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/932/495
Copyright (c) 2017 Julia Pohle, Leo Van Audenhove
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oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/5796
2022-10-31T14:57:08Z
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Another Violent Protest? New Perspectives to Understand Protest Coverage
Proust, Valentina
Saldaña, Magdalena
Chile; Estallido Social; generic frames; issue-specific frames; protest; Radio Bío Bío
This study assesses the relationship between two well-established sets of frames to better understand the news coverage of massive political protests. By relying on Semetko and Valkenburg’s generic frames and McLeod and Hertog’s protest frames, this study aims to identify whether certain generic frames emphasized in news stories increase the tendency to delegitimize protest movements. To this end, we analyzed the news coverage of Chile’s Estallido Social, a series of massive political demonstrations that developed across the country from October to December 2019. Data for this study come from stories published by Radio Bío Bío, the most trusted news outlet in the country, according to Reuters Institute. By analyzing a sample of 417 stories, we found the coverage replicated patterns that usually delegitimize protest movements, as many of the stories focused on violent acts and depicted demonstrators as deviant from the status quo. We also found a direct relationship between generic frames and protest frames, in which the presence of the former determines that of the latter. Generic frames provide information about how the news media interpret and package the news, which in turn affects demonstration-related features that the news media pay attention to. As such, we argue that combining both generic and issue-specific frames is a helpful approach to understanding the complexities of protest news coverage.
Cogitatio Press
Chile’s National Agency for Research and Development (ANID)
Millennium Science Initiative Program—Code ICN17_002
2022-10-28
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/5796
10.17645/mac.v10i4.5796
Media and Communication; Vol 10, No 4 (2022): Protesting While Polarized: Digital Activism in Contentious Times; 18-29
2183-2439
10.17645/mac.i329
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/5796/2886
https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/downloadSuppFile/5796/2489
Copyright (c) 2022 Valentina Proust, Magdalena Saldaña
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oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/2136
2019-08-09T03:46:25Z
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AMEND: Open Source and Data-Driven Oversight of Water Quality in New England
Sanders, Nathan Edward
advocacy; databases; environmental data; environmental justice; Massachusetts; open source; policy; water quality
The advent of government transparency through online data publication should provide a transformative benefit to the information gathering practices of civic organizations and environmental advocates. However, environmental agencies and other reporters often disseminate this critical data only in siloed repositories and in technically complex, inconsistent formats, limiting its impact. We have developed a new open source web resource, the Archive of Massachusetts ENvironmental Data or AMEND, which curates information relating to federal, state, and local environmental stewardship in Massachusetts, focused on water quality. We describe the construction of AMEND, its operation, and the datasets we have integrated to date. This tool supports the development and advocacy of policy positions with published analyses that are fully reproducible, versioned, and archived online. As a case study, we present the first publicly reported analysis of the distributional impact of combined sewer overflows on Environmental Justice (EJ) communities. Our analysis of the historical geospatial distribution of these sewer overflows and block-level US Census data on EJ indicators tracking race, income, and linguistic isolation demonstrates that vulnerable communities in Massachusetts are significantly overburdened by this form of pollution. We discuss applications of this analysis to the state-level legislative process in Massachusetts. We believe that this approach to increasing the accessibility of regulatory data, and the code underlying AMEND, can serve as a model for other civic organizations seeking to leverage data to build trust with and advocate to policymakers and the public.
Cogitatio Press
Mystic River Watershed Association
2019-08-06
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/2136
10.17645/mac.v7i3.2136
Media and Communication; Vol 7, No 3 (2019): Civic Organizations in an Age of Distrust; 91-103
2183-2439
10.17645/mac.i128
eng
https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/2136/1188
Copyright (c) 2019 Nathan Edward Sanders
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oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/387
2020-07-21T09:47:51Z
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Revisiting National Journalism Cultures in Post-Communist Countries: The Influence of Academic Scholarship
Harro-Loit, Halliki
academic scholarship; actor approach; CEE countries; discursive institutionalism, journalism culture
The aim of this exploratory study is to develop the concept of the actor approach and journalism culture by adding a factor that has been more or less overlooked: academic scholarship. The paper also proposes to use the concept “discursive institutionalism” in order to clarify what knowledge and opinions about media are formed in the interaction of media institutions and academia with other institutions in society (e.g. educational, political and judicial). The concept “discursive institutionalism” includes the role of academia in providing new knowledge by conducting and disseminating research on the national and international levels, and this deserves greater attention. Although it is a common understanding that the role of academia is to prepare young professionals, it is less discussed how national media research and journalism education, in synergy, can create and maintain a collective understanding regarding the role and performance of national journalism in turbulent times. The paper is a meta-analysis of published research, and the empirical part of the study includes a close reading of academic articles, reports and conference presentations that are available in English about media in Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries. Examples of research from selected CEE countries provide a descriptive view of problems and tendencies concerning media performance in these countries. The proposed analytical approach aims to connect these problems and provide ideas for further research.
Cogitatio Press
Centre of Excellence in Cultural Theory, CECT, European Regional Development Fund
2015-12-29
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/387
10.17645/mac.v3i4.387
Media and Communication; Vol 3, No 4 (2015): Turbulences of the Central and Eastern European Media; 5-14
2183-2439
10.17645/mac.i35
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/387/259
Copyright (c) 2015 Halliki Harro-Loit
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oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/1743
2020-07-21T09:49:12Z
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Commentary on News and Participation through and beyond Proprietary Platforms in an Age of Social Media
Katz, James E.
comparative methodology; critical studies; journalism; research agenda; social media
The far-seeing collection in this issue is arrayed across the terrain of journalism infused with social media. The authors take deep dives into the material and in the process contribute significantly to the research community’s corpus on social media and proprietary platforms in journalism. In their wake, they leave an ambitious albeit hazy roster of research topics. My aim is to offer a brief critique of the articles and conclude with a few hortatory words.
Cogitatio Press
Boston University
2018-11-08
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10.17645/mac.v6i4.1743
Media and Communication; Vol 6, No 4 (2018): News and Participation through and beyond Proprietary Platforms in an Age of Social Media; 103-106
2183-2439
10.17645/mac.i111
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/1743/910
Copyright (c) 2018 James E. Katz
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oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/4771
2022-03-02T10:00:36Z
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Narrative of Young YouTubers From the Andean Community and Their Media Competence
Rivera-Rogel, Diana
Rodríguez-Hidalgo, Claudia
Beltrán-Flandoli, Ana María
Córdova-Tapia, Rebeca
Andean Community; digital literacy; media competence; narratives; social media; YouTube
Young people spend an increasing amount of time in front of a screen, developing new forms of content consumption and production. In this context, the so-called YouTubers emerge. They are the new actors of the information society, who acquire prominence specially in the creation of audiovisual content. This article studies the narrative of YouTubers and the media competition behind the process. To accomplish this task we have selected the 10 most relevant young YouTubers in the Andean Community (Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru), ranked by number of followers. Their products were analyzed with the following criteria: the narrative that they use, the impact that they generate, and the media competence that they demonstrate. The research we have made is descriptive and uses a mixed-methods approach, which employs technical datasheets that collect general information on the channels studied and the impact of their accounts. In general terms, we have observed that the videos contemplate new standards, which are not related to the contents of traditional media; the narrative is self-referential and through it, YouTubers manage to identify with niches of younger audiences, that can see in them similar life experiences. An interesting aspect is that a good part of the language used is violent and even foul, considering that young people are a vulnerable population group on the internet. Finally, the use and mastery of technological tools is evident on YouTubers, as well as the interest in self-training in content production processes.
Cogitatio Press
Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja, Ecuador, Agency of the Ministry of Science
2022-02-24
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/4771
10.17645/mac.v10i1.4771
Media and Communication; Vol 10, No 1 (2022): New Narratives for New Consumers: Influencers and the Millennial and Centennial Generations; 272-285
2183-2439
10.17645/mac.i283
eng
https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/4771/2529
Copyright (c) 2022 Diana Rivera-Rogel, Claudia Rodríguez-Hidalgo, Ana María Beltrán-Flandoli, Rebeca Córdova-Tapia
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oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/2859
2020-06-25T09:30:15Z
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Health and Scientific Frames in Online Communication of Tick-Borne Encephalitis: Antecedents of Frame Recognition
Kohler, Sarah
Koinig, Isabell
framing; health communication; science communication; tick-borne encephalitis; vaccination
In a period characterized by vaccine hesitancy and even vaccine refusal, the way online information on vaccination is presented might affect the recipients’ opinions and attitudes. While research has focused more on vaccinations against measles or influenza, and described how the framing approach can be applied to vaccination, this is not the case with tick-borne encephalitis, a potentially fatal infection induced by tick bites. This study takes one step back and seeks to investigate whether health and scientific frames in online communication are even recognized by the public. Moreover, the influence of selected health- and vaccine-related constructs on the recognition of frames is examined. Study results indicate that health frames are the most easily identified and that their use might be a fruitful strategy when raising awareness of health topics such as vaccination.
Cogitatio Press
2020-06-25
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/2859
10.17645/mac.v8i2.2859
Media and Communication; Vol 8, No 2 (2020): Health and Science Controversies in the Digital World: News, Mis/Disinformation and Public Engagement; 413-424
2183-2439
10.17645/mac.i179
eng
https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/2859/1591
Copyright (c) 2020 Sarah Kohler, Isabell Koinig
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oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/6412
2023-07-10T07:54:30Z
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Experiencing Political Advertising Through Social Media Logic: A Qualitative Inquiry
Echeverría, Martin
digital advertising; digital campaigns; mediatization; political advertising; reception studies; social media logic
The allocation of political advertising in social media is rising in Western campaigns. Yet audiences, unlike those of television advertising, are no longer isolated and passive consumers of linear discourses from politicians; users can now interact, share, and merge political advertising with other messages. Literature has dealt with the effects of such affordances separately, yet not in an integrative, holistic way that makes it possible to observe how they interact with each other. Hence, this article explores qualitatively how users experience, engage with, and make sense of political advertising in social media, and how its affordances mediate the attitudes, responses, and meanings users bring to political advertising and its sponsors. Under the lenses of the theory of social media logic, which points out the properties of social media—popularity, programmability, datafication, and connectivity—that structure users’ experiences, we conducted six focus group sessions with Mexican users (n = 34) during the 2021 federal campaigns. Findings show the fuzziness of digital advertising for users, which blurs with other formats like infographics or memes, the crucial role of individual linkages for advertising attention and attitude formation, a mismatch between the platform’s political feed and citizens’ information needs, and the tactics users perform to tame or avoid political content, disengaging them from campaigns.
Cogitatio Press
2023-05-16
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/6412
10.17645/mac.v11i2.6412
Media and Communication; Vol 11, No 2 (2023): Political Communication in Times of Spectacularisation: Digital Narratives, Engagement, and Politainment; 127-136
2183-2439
10.17645/mac.i352
eng
https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/6412/3231
Copyright (c) 2023 Martin Echeverría
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oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/1321
2020-07-21T09:48:53Z
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The Form of Game Formalism
Willumsen, Ea C.
aesthetic formalism; game formalism; game studies; research methods; research ideologies; Russian Formalism
This article explores how the concept of formalism and the resulting method of formal analysis have been used and applied in the study of digital games. Three types of formalism in game studies are identified based on a review of their uses in the literature, particularly the discussion of essentialism and form that resulted from the narratology-ludology debate: 1) formalism focused on the aesthetic form of the game artifact, 2) formalism as game essentialism, and 3) formalism as a level of abstraction, related to formal language and ontology-like reasoning. These three are discussed in relation to the distinctions between form and matter, in the Aristotelian tradition, to highlight how the method of formal analysis of games appears to be dealing with matter rather than form, on a specific fundamental level of abstraction, and in turn how formal analysis becomes a misleading concept that leads to unnecessary confusion. Finally, the relationship between game essentialism and the more computer science-centric approach to ontology is studied, to account for the contemporary trend of identifying the unique properties of games and opposing them with properties of, e.g., traditional storytelling media like literature and film, explored through their aesthetic form.
Cogitatio Press
2018-06-07
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/1321
10.17645/mac.v6i2.1321
Media and Communication; Vol 6, No 2 (2018): Games Matter? Current Theories and Studies on Digital Games; 137-144
2183-2439
10.17645/mac.i91
eng
https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/1321/788
Copyright (c) 2018 Ea C. Willumsen
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oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/4241
2021-11-22T11:49:29Z
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One Recommender Fits All? An Exploration of User Satisfaction With Text-Based News Recommender Systems
Wieland, Mareike
Nordheim, Gerret von
Kleinen-von Königslöw, Katharina
algorithm-based recommenders; diversity; news recommender design; recommender field experiment; reliable surprise
Journalistic media increasingly address changing user behaviour online by implementing algorithmic recommendations on their pages. While social media extensively rely on user data for personalized recommendations, journalistic media may choose to aim to improve the user experience based on textual features such as thematic similarity. From a societal viewpoint, these recommendations should be as diverse as possible. Users, however, tend to prefer recommendations that enable “serendipity”—the perception of an item as a welcome surprise that strikes just the right balance between more similarly useful but still novel content. By conducting a representative online survey with n = 588 respondents, we investigate how users evaluate algorithmic news recommendations (recommendation satisfaction, as well as perceived novelty and unexpectedness) based on different similarity settings and how individual dispositions (news interest, civic information norm, need for cognitive closure, etc.) may affect these evaluations. The core piece of our survey is a self-programmed recommendation system that accesses a database of vectorized news articles. Respondents search for a personally relevant keyword and select a suitable article, after which another article is recommended automatically, at random, using one of three similarity settings. Our findings show that users prefer recommendations of the most similar articles, which are at the same time perceived as novel, but not necessarily unexpected. However, user evaluations will differ depending on personal characteristics such as formal education, the civic information norm, and the need for cognitive closure.
Cogitatio Press
2021-11-18
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/4241
10.17645/mac.v9i4.4241
Media and Communication; Vol 9, No 4 (2021): Algorithmic Systems in the Digital Society; 208-221
2183-2439
10.17645/mac.i253
eng
https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/4241/2378
Copyright (c) 2021 Mareike Wieland, Gerret von Nordheim, Katharina Kleinen-von Königslöw
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oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/70
2023-12-27T09:05:12Z
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Understanding Social Media Logic
van Dijck, José
Poell, Thomas
Facebook; mass media; media activism; platform analysis; social media; Twitter; viral
Over the past decade, social media platforms have penetrated deeply into the mechanics of everyday life, affecting people's informal interactions, as well as institutional structures and professional routines. Far from being neutral platforms for everyone, social media have changed the conditions and rules of social interaction. In this article, we examine the intricate dynamic between social media platforms, mass media, users, and social institutions by calling attention to social media logic—the norms, strategies, mechanisms, and economies—underpinning its dynamics. This logic will be considered in light of what has been identified as mass media logic, which has helped spread the media's powerful discourse outside its institutional boundaries. Theorizing social media logic, we identify four grounding principles—programmability, popularity, connectivity, and datafication—and argue that these principles become increasingly entangled with mass media logic. The logic of social media, rooted in these grounding principles and strategies, is gradually invading all areas of public life. Besides print news and broadcasting, it also affects law and order, social activism, politics, and so forth. Therefore, its sustaining logic and widespread dissemination deserve to be scrutinized in detail in order to better understand its impact in various domains. Concentrating on the tactics and strategies at work in social media logic, we reassess the constellation of power relationships in which social practices unfold, raising questions such as: How does social media logic modify or enhance existing mass media logic? And how is this new media logic exported beyond the boundaries of (social or mass) media proper? The underlying principles, tactics, and strategies may be relatively simple to identify, but it is much harder to map the complex connections between platforms that distribute this logic: users that employ them, technologies that drive them, economic structures that scaffold them, and institutional bodies that incorporate them.
Cogitatio Press
2013-08-12
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/70
10.17645/mac.v1i1.70
Media and Communication; Vol 1, No 1 (2013): Multidisciplinary Studies in Media and Communication; 2-14
2183-2439
10.17645/mac.i11
eng
https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/70/60
oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/6344
2023-06-09T17:35:14Z
mediaandcommunication:ART
driver
Music as Soft Power: The Electoral Use of Spotify
Quevedo-Redondo, Raquel
Rebolledo, Marta
Navarro-Sierra, Nuria
electoral campaign; politainment; political playlists; pop politics; soft power; Spain; Spotify
The changes brought by new technologies and the ensuing rapid development of the communication field have resulted in an increasing number of studies on politicians’ use of the internet and social media. However, while election campaigns have been the predominant research area in political communication scholarship, music has not yet been taken as an object of study alongside spectacularisation and politainment. Aside from some preliminary studies, systematic research on music in politics is scarce. The literature holds that music is a universal language. Music in politics can therefore be deemed to be an identification tool that can help politicians connect with voters and bring together positions between the different actors of international relations. This is an exploratory study about the use of music in political campaigning. It is focused on the role played by the Spotify playlists created by the main political parties in recent election campaigns in Spain. The initial hypothesis is that some of the candidates strategically selected songs to be shared with their followers. A quantitative content analysis (N = 400) of some Spotify playlists showed that there were significant differences in the selection of songs among the different political parties. This research contributes to the understanding of how Spotify has been used for electoral campaigning, as well as shedding some light on the current communication literature on music and politics.
Cogitatio Press
Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation
European Commission
2023-05-16
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/6344
10.17645/mac.v11i2.6344
Media and Communication; Vol 11, No 2 (2023): Political Communication in Times of Spectacularisation: Digital Narratives, Engagement, and Politainment; 241-254
2183-2439
10.17645/mac.i352
eng
https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/6344/3109
Copyright (c) 2023 Raquel Quevedo-Redondo, Marta Rebolledo, Nuria Navarro-Sierra
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oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/2757
2020-04-17T05:02:38Z
mediaandcommunication:ART
driver
Data Journalism as a Service: Digital Native Data Journalism Expertise and Product Development
Appelgren, Ester
Lindén, Carl-Gustav
boundary work; data journalism; digital native; Finland; journalism; peripheral actors; Sweden
The combined set of skills needed for producing data journalism (e.g., investigative journalism methods, programming, knowledge in statistics, data management, statistical reporting, and design) challenges the understanding of what competences a journalist needs and the boundaries for the tasks journalists perform. Scholars denote external actors with these types of knowledge as interlopers or actors at the periphery of journalism. In this study, we follow two Swedish digital native data journalism start-ups operating in the Nordics from when they were founded in 2012 to 2019. Although the start-ups have been successful in news journalism over the years and acted as drivers for change in Nordic news innovation, they also have a presence in sectors other than journalism. This qualitative case study, which is based on interviews over time with the start-up founders and a qualitative analysis of blog posts written by the employees at the two start-ups, tells a story of journalists working at the periphery of legacy media, at least temporarily forced to leave journalism behind yet successfully using journalistic thinking outside of journalistic contexts.
Cogitatio Press
2020-04-16
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/2757
10.17645/mac.v8i2.2757
Media and Communication; Vol 8, No 2 (2020): Digital Native News Media: Trends and Challenges; 62-72
2183-2439
10.17645/mac.i174
eng
https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/2757/1498
Copyright (c) 2020 Ester Appelgren, Carl-Gustav Lindén
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oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/979
2020-07-21T09:48:33Z
mediaandcommunication:ART
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Forgetting History: Mediated Reflections on Occupy Wall Street
Daubs, Michael S.
Wimmer, Jeffrey
discursive content analysis; media logic; mediatisation; Occupy Wall Street; protest movement
This study examines how Occupy Wall Street (OWS) protestors’ practices and stated understanding of media act on social perceptions of networked media. It stems from a discursive content analysis of online commentary from OWS protestors and supporters, using different sources from the first Adbusters blog in July 2011 until May 2012. We demonstrate how the belief in the myth of an egalitarian Internet was incorporated into the offline structure of OWS and led OWS participants to adopt rhetoric that distances the movement from past protest actions by stating the movement was “like the Internet”.
Cogitatio Press
2017-09-22
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/979
10.17645/mac.v5i3.979
Media and Communication; Vol 5, No 3 (2017): Acting on Media: Influencing, Shaping and (Re)Configuring the Fabric of Everyday Life; 49-58
2183-2439
10.17645/mac.i70
eng
https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/979/611
Copyright (c) 2017 Michael S. Daubs, Jeffrey Wimmer
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oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/4013
2021-09-13T10:17:58Z
mediaandcommunication:ART
driver
Keep the Fire Burning: Exploring the Hierarchies of Music Fandom and the Motivations of Superfans
Edlom, Jessica
Karlsson, Jenny
fandom; fan community; fan hierarchy; engagement; music industry; superfan; value co-creation
The Internet has changed how music fans come together and how the music industry connects to and communicates with fans. To understand the incentives for becoming a fan and why fans take part in an artist brand, this article considers the diversity in a particular fan community, including its hierarchy and roles. Fans have different levels of engagement, knowledge, and status, both inside and outside a fan community. To extend the existing research on fan hierarchies into the digital promotional culture, this study focuses on the case of the Swedish music artist Robyn and her Facebook fan community Konichiwa Bitches. To gain insights into a complex online research arena, we use a qualitative and digital ethnographic approach in both online and offline contexts. The article provides an understanding and conceptualization of fan hierarchies, focusing on the top of the hierarchy, superfans and executive fans, and on their incentives for engagement. These high-level fans function as a key connecting point between the brand management and the fans, thus taking fandom a step further and enhancing the brand.
Cogitatio Press
Research project Music Ecosystems Inner Scandinavia, funded by EU Interreg Sweden-Norway, Karlstad University, Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, Innlandet Fylkeskommune County Council, Arvika municipality, Region Värmland
2021-08-05
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/4013
10.17645/mac.v9i3.4013
Media and Communication; Vol 9, No 3 (2021): Complexity, Hybridity, Liminality: Challenges of Researching Contemporary Promotional Cultures; 123-132
2183-2439
10.17645/mac.i256
eng
https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/4013/2221
Copyright (c) 2021 Jessica Edlom, Jenny Karlsson
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oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/2388
2020-01-20T08:03:36Z
mediaandcommunication:ART
driver
Modality-Specific Effects of Perceptual Load in Multimedia Processing
Fisher, Jacob Taylor
Hopp, Frederic René
Weber, René
media psychology; modality; multimedia processing; perceptual load; resource availability
Digital media are sensory-rich, multimodal, and often highly interactive. An extensive collection of theories and models within the field of media psychology assume the multimodal nature of media stimuli, yet there is current ambiguity as to the independent contributions of visual and auditory content to message complexity and to resource availability in the human processing system. In this article, we argue that explicating the concepts of perceptual and cognitive load can create progress toward a deeper understanding of modality-specific effects in media processing. In addition, we report findings from an experiment showing that perceptual load leads to modality-specific reductions in resource availability, whereas cognitive load leads to a modality-general reduction in resource availability. We conclude with a brief discussion regarding the critical importance of separating modality-specific forms of load in an increasingly multisensory media environment.
Cogitatio Press
2019-12-20
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/2388
10.17645/mac.v7i4.2388
Media and Communication; Vol 7, No 4 (2019): Video Games as Demanding Technologies; 149-165
2183-2439
10.17645/mac.i133
eng
https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/2388/1357
https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/downloadSuppFile/2388/679
Copyright (c) 2019 Jacob Taylor Fisher, Frederic René Hopp, René Weber
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oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/5712
2022-12-30T17:23:16Z
mediaandcommunication:ART
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Intergenerational Perspectives on Media and Fake News During Covid-19: Results From Online Intergenerational Focus Groups
Oliveira, Ana Filipa
Brites, Maria José
Cerqueira, Carla
fake news; information disorders; intergenerationality; media habits; online focus groups; Portugal
This article reflects on intergenerational perspectives on media habits and fake news during Covid-19. Active participation is closely linked to the citizens’ media literacy competencies. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, inequalities in access, use, and understanding of the information conveyed by the media became more evident. Digital skills are essential to encourage co-learning and active ageing among different generations. This article relies on data collected during two online intergenerational focus groups with family pairs of different ages (grandparents and grandchildren) conducted in Portugal in the context of the European project SMaRT-EU. The focus groups addressed subjects such as news, fake news, critical perspective towards social networks and digital communication, and younger and older people’s perspectives regarding these matters. The thematic analysis of the Portuguese data suggests that, by placing grandparents and grandchildren side by side, the online intergenerational focus groups promoted sharing and exchange of knowledge, valuing the intergenerational encounter and the voices of one of society’s most fragile groups. Data also shows that participants have different perspectives on communication and digitally mediated interaction, mainly related to age factors and media literacy skills. As for fake news, although grandparents and grandchildren show awareness of the phenomenon, for the youngest participant it was complex to identify characteristics or the spaces where they are disseminated. The young adult participant was the most proficient and autonomous digital media user. Results further indicate that, although the online environment contributed to continuing research in times of pandemic, bringing together family members with different media literacy skills and ages poses difficulties related to the recruitment of participants.
Cogitatio Press
European Commission/ Preparatory Action – Media Literacy for All
2022-12-28
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/5712
10.17645/mac.v10i4.5712
Media and Communication; Vol 10, No 4 (2022): Inclusive Media Literacy Education for Diverse Societies; 277-288
2183-2439
10.17645/mac.i328
eng
https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/5712/2999
Copyright (c) 2022 Ana Filipa Oliveira, Maria José Brites, Carla Cerqueira
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oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/3997
2021-04-06T04:34:14Z
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Contemporary Research on Gender and Media: It’s All Political
Bauwel, Sofie Van
Krijnen, Tonny
#MeToo; gender; gender politics; media; post-feminism; representation
Recent global social changes and phenomena like #MeToo and Time’s Up Movement, the visibility of feminism in popular media (e.g., Beyonce or the TV series Orange is the New Black), the increase of datafication and fake news have not only put pressure on the media and entertainment industry and the content produced, but also generated critique, change and questions in the public debate on gender in general and (the backlash on) gender studies around the world. But are these phenomena also game changers for research on media and gender? In this thematic issue we want to provide insight in recent developments and trends in research on gender and media. What are the dominant ideas and debates in this research field and how do they deal with all of the changes in the media scape (e.g., platformization, the dominance of algorithms and datafication, slacktivism, and gender inequalities in media production). Moreover, how do current debates, theoretical insights and methods communicate with those in the past? The research field has changed rapidly over the last 10 years with repercussions on the conceptualisation of gender, its intersections with other identities markers (e.g., age, ethnicity, class, disabilities, sexualities, etc.), and media audiences’ responses to these developments. We welcome contributions within the scope of gender and media and which are topical in the way they introduce new concepts, theoretical insights, new methods or new research subjects.
Cogitatio Press
2021-03-23
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/3997
10.17645/mac.v9i2.3997
Media and Communication; Vol 9, No 2 (2021): Gender and Media: Recent Trends in Theory, Methodology and Research Subjects; 1-4
2183-2439
10.17645/mac.i244
eng
https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/3997/2012
Copyright (c) 2021 Sofie Van Bauwel, Tonny Krijnen
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oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/7427
2024-02-29T10:28:35Z
mediaandcommunication:ART
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Can’t Fix This? Innovation, Social Change, and Solutionism in Design Thinking
Richterich, Annika
design thinking; inequality; innovation; social change; solutionism; techno-fix; technological solutionism
Design thinking is commonly presented as a solution-oriented approach to innovation. It aims to solve so-called “wicked problems,” with various textbooks and toolkits promising to equip their readers with the skills needed to do so. By rendering design thinking as a magic bullet for problem-solving towards innovation and social change, some of its proponents fall back on a solutionist position. This is despite a growing body of research highlighting critical approaches to design thinking. Drawing on, and adding to, such literature, this article examines how innovation and social change are concretely conceptualised in design thinking guides. Using a cultural media studies approach, the article first contrasts design thinking literature with critical design research, emphasizing the notion of (technological) solutionism. It then zooms in on a purposively selected case: a design thinking textbook aimed at tertiary students. Based on an interpretative analysis of this example, it discusses what understandings of innovation and social change are encouraged in the envisioned design thinking. In linking the reviewed literature and observations from the case study, the analysis highlights two main arguments: First, complex interrelations between innovation and social change are causally simplified in outlining design thinking, thereby fostering techno-fix approaches and mindsets: Readers are encouraged to not merely select but in fact construct solvable “problems,” in turn avoiding confrontations with substantive issues that cannot be fixed through the envisioned design thinking. Second, innovation is conflated with corporate activities and normative questions of innovation, (in-)equality, privilege, and social change are neglected, in turn suggesting a misleading symbiosis between economic and societal interests.
Cogitatio Press
2024-02-29
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/7427
10.17645/mac.7427
Media and Communication; Vol 12 (2024): Unpacking Innovation: Media and the Locus of Change
2183-2439
10.17645/mac.i397
eng
https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/7427/3570
Copyright (c) 2024 Annika Richterich
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oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/695
2020-07-21T09:48:14Z
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Mediatisation, Marginalisation and Disruption in Australian Indigenous Affairs
McCallum, Kerry
Waller, Lisa
Dreher, Tanja
mediatisation; Indigenous constitutional recognition; Indigenous media; participation; political communication
This article considers how changing media practices of minority groups and political and media elites impact on democratic participation in national debates. Taking as its case study the state-sponsored campaign to formally recognise Indigenous people in the Australian constitution, the article examines the interrelationships between political media and Indigenous participatory media—both of which we argue are undergoing seismic transformation. Discussion of constitutional reform has tended to focus on debates occurring in forums of influence such as party politics and news media that privilege the voices of only a few high-profile Indigenous media ‘stars’. Debate has progressed on the assumption that constitutional change needs to be settled by political elites and then explained and ‘sold’ to Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. Our research on the mediatisation of policymaking has found that in an increasingly media-saturated environment, political leaders and their policy bureaucrats attend to a narrow range of highly publicised voices. But the rapidly changing media environment has disrupted the media-driven Recognise campaign. Vigorous public discussion is increasingly taking place outside the mainstream institutions of media and politics, while social media campaigns emerge in rapid response to government decisions. Drawing on a long tradition in citizens’ media scholarship we argue that the vibrant, diverse and growing Indigenous media sphere in Australia has increased the accessibility of Indigenous voices challenging the scope and substance of the recognition debate. The article concludes on a cautionary note by considering some tensions in the promise of the changing media for Indigenous participation in the national policy conversation.
Cogitatio Press
2016-08-11
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/695
10.17645/mac.v4i4.695
Media and Communication; Vol 4, No 4 (2016): Political Agency in the Digital Age: Media, Participation and Democracy; 30-42
2183-2439
10.17645/mac.i48
eng
https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/695/372
Copyright (c) 2016 Kerry McCallum, Lisa Waller, Tanja Dreher
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oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/5623
2022-10-31T14:57:08Z
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States vs. Social Movements: Protests and State Repression in Asia
Lukito, Josephine
Cui, Zhe
Hu, An
Lee, Taeyoung
Ozawa, Joao V. S.
Asia; political repression; propaganda; protests; social movements
This study considers how governments use state-sponsored propaganda and state violence in tandem to repress social movements and, in so doing, exacerbate polarization. We specifically focus on cases in young and non-democracies in East and Southeast Asia: China and Hong Kong, the Free Papua Movement in Indonesia, and Myanmar’s more recent coup. Using a time series analysis, our analysis reveals a temporal relationship between state propaganda and violence; however, we do not find much evidence that these state actions Granger-cause social movement activities. The exception to this is in Myanmar, where we find that repressive state actions decrease activity in Facebook groups criticizing the Tatmadaw, which in turn increases offline protest activities.
Cogitatio Press
Institute for Data, Democracy and Politics
Open Society Foundations
Omidyar Network
the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
UT-Austin Good Systems
2022-10-28
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/5623
10.17645/mac.v10i4.5623
Media and Communication; Vol 10, No 4 (2022): Protesting While Polarized: Digital Activism in Contentious Times; 5-17
2183-2439
10.17645/mac.i329
eng
https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/5623/2856
Copyright (c) 2022 Josephine Lukito, Zhe Cui, An Hu, Taeyoung Lee, João V. S. Ozawa
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oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/2257
2019-08-09T03:46:25Z
mediaandcommunication:COM
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A Third Wave of Selective Exposure Research? The Challenges Posed by Hyperpartisan News on Social Media
Barnidge, Matthew
Peacock, Cynthia
democracy; hyperpartisan news; political communication; populism; public sphere; selective exposure; social media
Hyperpartisan news on social media presents new challenges for selective exposure theory. These challenges are substantial enough to usher in a new era—a third wave—of selective exposure research. In this essay, we trace the history of the first two waves of research in order to better understand the current situation. We then assess the implications of recent developments for selective exposure research.
Cogitatio Press
2019-07-30
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/2257
10.17645/mac.v7i3.2257
Media and Communication; Vol 7, No 3 (2019): Selective Exposure in a Changing Political and Media Environment; 4-7
2183-2439
10.17645/mac.i130
eng
https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/2257/1172
Copyright (c) 2019 Matthew Barnidge, Cynthia Peacock
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oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/7141
2024-02-07T12:04:55Z
mediaandcommunication:ART
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Advertising on Video-Sharing Platforms in the Toy and Food Categories in Spain
Nicolás-Ojeda, Miguel Ángel
Martínez-Pastor, Esther
advertising; food; influencers; kid influencers; media regulation; self-regulation; toys; YouTube
This article reviews the advertising content on the YouTube channels featuring kid influencers with the highest number of subscribers in Spain. The goal is to observe the evolution of the elements that define this type of content as advertising content, even though the vast majority of the advertising content is not labelled as such. An analysis was conducted of all the videos posted during the 2022 Christmas period on the 15 YouTube channels with the largest audiences, which produced a sample of 61 videos that possessed the pertinent characteristics. Content analysis was applied and the degree to which the content complied with food and toy advertising regulations was examined.
Cogitatio Press
2023-11-16
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/7141
10.17645/mac.v11i4.7141
Media and Communication; Vol 11, No 4 (2023): Digital Media and Younger Audiences: Communication Targeted at Children and Adolescents; 214-226
2183-2439
10.17645/mac.i368
eng
https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/7141/3447
Copyright (c) 2023 Miguel Ángel Nicolás-Ojeda, Esther Martínez-Pastor
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oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/3685
2021-01-08T05:55:12Z
mediaandcommunication:EDI
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Looking Ahead in Games Research: Entry Points into a Pragmatic Field of Inquiry
Siitonen, Marko
de la Hera, Teresa
Reer, Felix
digital games; game studies; methodology; serious games
This thematic issue presents a number of emerging scholarships into the study of digital gaming. The articles are based on a 2019 symposium on game studies hosted by the Digital Games Research section of ECREA. As the phenomena related to digital gaming keep on evolving and emerging, so must research keep up with the times and constantly challenge itself. Whether speaking about validating previously developed research methods, imagining totally new ones, or even challenging the whole philosophy of science on which research is being done, there is a constant need for reappraisal and introspection within games research. As a cultural medium that has become deeply embedded into the social fabric of the 2020s, digital gaming continues to excite and challenge academia. This thematic issue provides a collection of approaches to look into the future that addresses some of the challenges associated with game research.
Cogitatio Press
2021-01-06
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/3685
10.17645/mac.v9i1.3685
Media and Communication; Vol 9, No 1 (2021): Games and Communication—Quo Vadis?; 1-4
2183-2439
10.17645/mac.i198
eng
https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/3685/1916
Copyright (c) 2021 Marko Siitonen, Teresa de la Hera, Felix Reer
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oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/515
2020-07-21T09:48:02Z
mediaandcommunication:ART
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Teens, Health and Technology: A National Survey
Wartella, Ellen
Rideout, Vicky
Montague, Heather
Beaudoin-Ryan, Leanne
Lauricella, Alexis
adolescents; digital technology; health; information-seeking
In the age of digital technology, as teens seem to be constantly connected online, via social media, and through mobile applications, it is no surprise that they increasingly turn to digital media to answer their health questions. This study is the first of its kind to survey a large, nationally-representative sample of teens to investigate how they use the newest digital technologies, including mobile apps, social networking sites, electronic gaming and wearable devices, to explore health topics. The survey covered the types of health topics teens most frequently search for, which technologies they are most likely to use and how they use them, and whether they report having changed their behaviors due to digital health information. In addition, this survey explores how the digital divide continues to impact adolescents. Results of this study indicate that teens are concerned about many health issues, ranging from fitness, sexual activity, drugs, hygiene as well as mental health and stress. As teens virtually always have a digital device at their fingertips, it is clear that public health interventions and informational campaigns must be tailored to reflect the ways that teens currently navigate digital health information and the health challenges that concern them most.
Cogitatio Press
2016-06-16
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/515
10.17645/mac.v4i3.515
Media and Communication; Vol 4, No 3 (2016): Adolescents in the Digital Age: Effects on Health and Development; 13-23
2183-2439
10.17645/mac.i44
eng
https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/515/358
Copyright (c) 2016 Ellen Wartella, Vicky Rideout, Heather Montague, Leanne Beaudoin-Ryan, Alexis Lauricella
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