Travel and distinction: The cultural currency of mobility in post-egalitarian context

The article focuses on tourist practices in the context of social differentiation and distinction. It examines the cultural significance of travel as classification practice and thereby its role in constituting and reproducing class hierarchies in contemporary globalized (or de-territorialized) world, characterized with increasing transnational patterns of communication and mobility. Using the case of Slovenia, characterized by post-egalitarian sentiment, it argues that class today is constituted also through class-specific and intersecting modes of travelling and dwelling. The results show that in post-egalitarian Slovenia social groups reproduce their status also by monopolizing distinct travel practices and travel aspirations, while on the other hand many are limited or constrained in such (voluntary) mobilities. We thus demonstrate that class matters for how people orient themselves as regards travel and (physical/geographical) mobility, although in the results only the fundamental tension between the (global) mobility of the advantaged and the (local) fixedness of the non-privileged that is structured by cultural capital/class position is recognized, along with the highest travel aspirations of those in the middle of social structure. In general, the paper calls for accounts on mobility in relation to class identity formation to be sensitive to both its symbolic and material aspects

Travel and distinction: The cultural currency of mobility in post-egalitarian context

The article focuses on tourist practices in the context of social differentiation and distinction. It examines the cultural significance of travel as classification practice and thereby its role in constituting and reproducing class hierarchies in contemporary globalized (or de-territorialized) world, characterized with increasing transnational patterns of communication and mobility. Using the case of Slovenia, characterized by post-egalitarian sentiment, it argues that class today is constituted also through class-specific and intersecting modes of travelling and dwelling. The results show that in post-egalitarian Slovenia social groups reproduce their status also by monopolizing distinct travel practices and travel aspirations, while on the other hand many are limited or constrained in such (voluntary) mobilities. We thus demonstrate that class matters for how people orient themselves as regards travel and (physical/geographical) mobility, although in the results only the fundamental tension between the (global) mobility of the advantaged and the (local) fixedness of the non-privileged that is structured by cultural capital/class position is recognized, along with the highest travel aspirations of those in the middle of social structure. In general, the paper calls for accounts on mobility in relation to class identity formation to be sensitive to both its symbolic and material aspects

R)evolucija perspektiva o interaktivnosti: od pristupa orijentiranog na medije do pristupa orijentiranog na novinare

The proliferation of new media since the late 1990s has launched a new period of revitalising the concept of interactivity but from very different angles and with several empirical research perspectives. The article’s main aim is to show the variety of ways in which researchers have conceptualised, examined and analysed interactivity within media and journalism studies. The paper provides insights into the various readings of the changes within the field and offers a cautious view of the concept’s potential. Based on a selective meta-analysis of different approaches, we propose to distinguish three perspectives on interactivity: communication- and media-centred perspectives, audience- or user-centred perspectives, and production- or journalist-centred perspectives. This distinction enables us to differentiate between what is considered interactive, and who this interaction involves according to several scholars within media and journalism studies.Proliferacija novih medija od kasnih 90-ih pokrenula je novi period revitaliziranja koncepta interaktivnosti, ali iz prilično različitih kutova i iz nekoliko perspektiva u empirijskom istraživanju. Glavni je cilj ovog rada pokazati različite pristupe kojima istraživači konceptualiziraju, ispituju i analiziraju interaktivnost u području medijskih studija i novinarstva. Rad pruža uvid u različita tumačenja promjena unutar polja i kritički gleda na potencijal toga koncepta. Mi predlažemo razlikovanje triju perspektiva o interaktivnosti na temelju selektivne metaanalize različitih pristupa: perspektive orijentirane na komunikaciju i medije, perspektive orijentirane na publiku ili korisnike i perspektive orijentirane na produkciju ili novinare. Ta distinkcija, prema nekoliko autora iz područja medijskih studija i novinarstva, omogućuje nam da razlikujemo ono što se smatra interaktivnim od onoga koga ta interakcija uključuje

Komunikativne figuracije v času karantene

Karantena je kot spopad z epidemijo prinesla transformacijo prostorsko-časovne dimenzije vsakdanjega življenja. Porušila se je fizična in družbena diferenciacija prostorov v vsakdanjem življenju (delo, počitek, zabava, zasebno, javno, ospredje, ozadje ...). Obenem so bili ukinjeni običajni interakcijski rituali, ko je digitalno komuniciranje potisnilo ob stran telesni vidik družbenosti in utelešeno interakcijo med ljudmi. Življenje v karanteni se tako prevladujoče dogaja v sintetičnih situacijah. Avtorji analizirajo medijske prakse »komunikativne figuracije« skupine študentov – sošolcev, pri čemer se osredotočajo na spremembo komunikacijskih praks v obdobju najstrožnjih omejitev v času epidemije v kontekstu intenzivne mediatizacije. Ugotavljajo, da je permanentna raba medijev okrepila integracije tehnologije in praks občinstvenja v vsakdanje življenje, naturalizacijo digitalne družbenosti in fragmentacijo pozornosti. To je spletna predavanja na platformi Zoom spremenilo v eno od številnih enakovrednih medijskih praks. Predavanja so tako zaradi tesne integracije v siceršnjo medijsko pro-trošnjo izgubila svojo ritualno distinktivnost in lokacijo zunaj komodificirane digitalne kulture

Nove tehnologije, spremenjena občinstva, stare vrednote

Avtor se v prispevku osredotoča na vprašanje novinarske identitete, in sicer predvsem v luči tehnoloških sprememb. Zanima ga, kako, če sploh, na spremembe v definiranju in redefiniranju novinarstva, njegovih standardov in vrednot vplivajo razprave o t. i. blogerskem izzivu in potencialih novinarstva na spletu, ki v tujih akademskih in poljudnih razpravah že par let naraščajo in prevzemajo pobudo. Prispevek se loteva obravnave tega vprašanja z analizo tekstov o novinarstvu, pri čemer se avtor omeji na intervjuje in komentarje v osrednjih slovenskih časnikih in revijah (Delo, Dnevnik, Večer, Mag in Mladina) v letih 1995, 2005 in 2006. Tovrstna analiza razkriva, kako se novinarstvo kot profesija definira in organizira skozi čas, kakšen je konsenz v nekem časovnem obdobju, kaj sploh je novinarstvo in kaj konstituira dobro oziroma slabo novinarstvo, razkriva pa tudi, kako je sestavljen proces tega definiranja in kako ta posledično vpliva na delovanje novinarstva. Pri tem avtor izhaja iz predpostavke, da novinarji skozi diskurz ustvarjajo skupne interpretacije dogodkov in družbenih sprememb, ki osmislijo njihovo poklicno življenje.The paper focuses on the question of journalistic identity from the perspective of technological and social changes. The author tries to reveal how the debate about the potential of online journalism influences the process of defining and redefining journalism, its standards and values. To answer this question, texts about journalism are analysed: the analysis focuses on interviews and commentaries about journalism in Slovenian quality press in 1995, 2005 and 2006 (the papers Delo, Dnevnik, Večer and political magazines Mag and Mladina are included). The analysis shows how journalism is defined and organised as a profession and what constitutes good or bad journalism in a certain historical period. It is based on a premise that journalists create and share interpretations of events and social change through discourse and thus make sense of their professional life