366 research outputs found
Family Life in Polymedia
This chapter explores the consequences of social and mobile media for families separated because of work. The way in which transnational families maintain long distance relationships has been transformed by the increasingly ubiquitous presence of communication environments, understood here as polymedia. Drawing on long-term ethnographic work with transnational families, I will argue that polymedia become integral to the way family relationships are enacted and experienced. Although communication technologies do not solve the problems associated with long-term separation they do engender new forms of co-presence and intimacy which have powerful emotional consequences - both positive and negative - for relationships at a distance. Transnational families come into being in (rather than with) polymedia, revealing aspects of mediation that are relevant for personal relationships more broadly
A second-order disaster? Digital technologies during the Covid-19 pandemic
One of the most striking features of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom has been the disproportionate way in which it has affected Black, Asian, ethnic minority, and working class people. In this article, I argue that digital technologies and data practices in the response to COVID-19 amplify social inequalities, which are already accentuated by the pandemic, thus leading to a βsecond-order disasterββa human-made disaster which further traps disadvantaged people into precarity. Inequalities are reproduced both in the everyday uses of technology for distance learning and remote work as well as in the public health response. Applications such as contact tracing apps raise concerns about βfunction creepββthe reuse of data for different purposes than the one for which they were originally collectedβwhile they normalize surveillance which has been traditionally used on marginalized communities. The outsourcing of the digital public health response consolidates the arrival of the privatized digital welfare state, which increases risks of potential discrimination
Mediating the nation: news, audiences and identities in contemporary Greece
This thesis investigates the relationship between media and identities in contemporary Greece. Acknowledging the diversity of Greek society, the study follows the circulation of discourses about the nation and belonging and contrasts the articulation of identities at a local level with the discourses about the nation in the national media. Through a series of case studies I examine how people of Greek, Cypriot and Turkish origins living in Athens articulate their identities through everyday practices and media use. At the same time I investigate the television news discourse which is nationalized, largely projecting an essentialist representation of identity that does not reflect the complexity of the society it claims to describe. The study follows the shifts in peoples' discourses according to context and observes that it is in their encounters with the news media, compared to other contexts, that some of the informants express a more closed discourse about difference and belonging. This points to the power of the media, through a number of practices, to raise the boundaries for inclusion and exclusion in public life. Hence, while for the majority of the Greek speakers the news is a common point of reference, for the Turkish speakers it is often a reminder of their `second class citizenship' and exclusion from public life. Public discourse, much dominated by the media in the case of Greece, is a complex web of power relations, subject to constant negotiation.
This is an interdisciplinary study that draws upon a number of theories and approaches by means' of a theoretical and methodological triangulation. The thesis aims to contribute primarily to two literatures, namely media and audience studies βparticularly the developments towards a theory of mediation β and the literature that addresses the relationship between media and identity. In the light of the analysis of the empirical findings the study argues that neither of the hitherto dominant paradigms in theorising the relationship between media and identity (namely, strong media/weak identities and weak media/powerful identities) is adequate to describe what emerges as a multifaceted process. What is proposed is an approach that takes into account both a top-down and a bottom-up perspective. Media and identities should be understood in a dialectical fashion where neither is foregrounded from the start. The concepts of culture and the nation are understood through a historical perspective that recognises their constructedness and diversity. Identity is conceptualised as relational and performative rather than fixed and stable
Polymedia: Towards a new theory of digital media in interpersonal communication / transl. from Eng. A. Paukova, V. Chumakova
This article develops a new theory of polymedia in order to understand the consequences of digital media in the context of interpersonal communication. Drawing on illustrative examples from a comparative ethnography of Filipino and Caribbean transnational families, the article develops the contours of a theory of polymedia. We demonstrate how users avail themselves of new media as a communicative environment of affordances rather than as a catalogue of ever proliferating but discrete technologies. As a consequence, with polymedia the primary concern shifts from the constraints imposed by each individual medium to an emphasis upon the social, emotional and moral consequences of choosing between those different media. As the choice of medium acquires communicative intent, navigating the environment of polymedia becomes inextricably linked to the ways in which interpersonal relationships are experienced and managed. Polymedia is ultimately about a new relationship between the social and the technological, rather than merely a shift in the technology itself
Polymedia Communication Among Transnational Families: What Are the Long-Term Consequences for Migration?
This chapter investigates the cumulative consequences of new communication technologies for the phenomenon of migration. Drawing on a seven-year-long comparative and multi-sited ethnography of long-distance communication within Filipino transnational families, I demonstrate that the recent convergence in new communication technologies has profound consequences not just for the migrants and their left-behind families but for the phenomenon of migration itself. Although new media cannot solve the fundamentally social problems of family separation, they are increasingly used as justifications for key decisions relating to migration or settlement in the host country. The chapter brings together research with migrants and institutional actors and shows that transnational communication through new media has become implicated in making female migration more socially acceptable while ultimately influencing patterns of migration
Ethics of Mediation and the Voice of the Injured Subject
In this chapter I argue that understanding the workings of mediation β a structurally different condition to face-to-face communication β is a prerequisite to any discussion of ethics of media. Drawing on OβNeillβs earlier critique of rights-based models of media ethics, I argue that a sociological analysis of the symbolic power of mediation highlights an additional reason why freedom of expression β an individual right β cannot be applied to media institutions. Drawing on the witness statements at the Leveson inquiry into the Culture, Practice and Ethics of the UK Press among other narratives of individuals who found themselves inadvertently exposed in the media I illustrate the asymmetries of mediation and observe that technological convergence can even heighten the symbolic power of mediation. Cases of mediated harm can even contribute to the problem of materialisation (Butler, 2005) and annihilation of voice
Humanitarian Technologies: Understanding the Role of Digital Media in Disaster Recovery
On November 8th 2013 Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines leaving a trail of destruction in its wake. To date, Haiyan remains the strongest storm ever recorded with over 6,300 casualties and more than 12 million people displaced or otherwise affected. Within minutes after Haiyanβs landfall, the web was also flooded with optimism, particularly about the promise of communication technologies in disaster recovery and humanitarian relief. Such optimism is recent although it predates Haiyan. The 2013 World Disasters Report uses the term \u27humanitarian technology\u27 to refer to the empowering nature of digital technologies such as mobile phones and social media for disaster recovery. It is claimed that interactive technologies enable affected communities to participate in their own recovery, respond to their own problems and βmake their voices heard.β Digital technologies are welcomed for their potential to catalyze a βpowerN shiftβ in humanitarianism by building feedback structures that empower local communities to hold humanitarian and government agencies into account. Despite the enthusiasm regarding the role of digital technologies as tools for disaster recovery there is little evidence to assess their impact. The βHumanitarian Technologies Projectβ examines the optimistic account of communication technologies by providing empirical evidence on the uses of communication technologies by affected populations as well as stakeholders involved in the Haiyan recovery. Funded by an Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Urgency Grant, our project investigated the consequences of communication technologies for disaster recovery in the following critical areas: 1) information dissemination; 2) collective problemNsolving; 3) redistribution of resources; 4) accountability and transparency of humanitarian efforts; 5) voice and empowerment of affected populations
ΠΠΎΠ»ΠΈΠΌΠ΅Π΄ΠΈΠ°: Π½ΠΎΠ²ΡΠΉ ΠΏΠΎΠ΄Ρ ΠΎΠ΄ ΠΊ ΠΏΠΎΠ½ΠΈΠΌΠ°Π½ΠΈΡ ΡΠΈΡΡΠΎΠ²ΡΡ ΡΡΠ΅Π΄ΡΡΠ² ΠΊΠΎΠΌΠΌΡ-Π½ΠΈΠΊΠ°ΡΠΈΠΈ Π² ΠΌΠ΅ΠΆΠ»ΠΈΡΠ½ΠΎΡΡΠ½ΠΎΠΌ ΠΎΠ±ΡΠ΅Π½ΠΈΠΈ / ΠΏΠ΅Ρ. Ρ Π°Π½Π³Π». Π.ΠΠ°ΡΠΊΠΎΠ²ΠΎΠΉ, Π. Π§ΡΠΌΠ°ΠΊΠΎΠ²ΠΎΠΉ
Π ΡΡΠ°ΡΡΠ΅ ΡΠ°Π·Π²ΠΈΠ²Π°Π΅ΡΡΡ Π½ΠΎΠ²Π°Ρ ΡΠ΅ΠΎΡΠΈΡ ΠΏΠΎΠ»ΠΈΠΌΠ΅Π΄ΠΈΠ°, ΠΏΠΎΠ·Π²ΠΎΠ»ΡΡΡΠ°Ρ ΠΏΠΎΠ½ΡΡΡ ΠΏΠΎΡΠ»Π΅Π΄ΡΡΠ²ΠΈΡ ΠΈΡΠΏΠΎΠ»ΡΠ·ΠΎΠ²Π°Π½ΠΈΡ ΡΠΈΡΡΠΎΠ²ΡΡ
ΡΡΠ΅Π΄ΡΡΠ² ΠΊΠΎΠΌΠΌΡΠ½ΠΈΠΊΠ°ΡΠΈΠΈ Π² ΠΌΠ΅ΠΆΠ»ΠΈΡΠ½ΠΎΡΡΠ½ΠΎΠΉ ΠΊΠΎΠΌΠΌΡΠ½ΠΈΠΊΠ°ΡΠΈΠΈ. ΠΡΠ½ΠΎΠ²ΡΠ²Π°ΡΡΡ Π½Π° ΡΠ΅Π·ΡΠ»ΡΡΠ°ΡΠ°Ρ
ΡΡΠ°Π²Π½ΠΈΡΠ΅Π»ΡΠ½ΠΎΠΉ ΡΡΠ½ΠΎΠ³ΡΠ°ΡΠΈΠΈ ΡΠΈΠ»ΠΈΠΏΠΏΠΈΠ½ΡΠΊΠΈΡ
ΠΈ ΠΊΠ°ΡΠΈΠ±ΡΠΊΠΈΡ
ΡΡΠ°Π½ΡΠ½Π°ΡΠΈΠΎΠ½Π°Π»ΡΠ½ΡΡ
ΡΠ΅ΠΌΠ΅ΠΉ, Π°Π²ΡΠΎΡΡ Π½Π°ΠΌΠ΅ΡΠ°ΡΡ ΠΊΠΎΠ½ΡΡΡΡ ΡΠ΅ΠΎΡΠΈΠΈ ΠΏΠΎΠ»ΠΈΠΌΠ΅Π΄ΠΈΠ° ΠΈ ΠΏΠΎΠΊΠ°Π·ΡΠ²Π°ΡΡ, ΡΡΠΎ ΠΏΠΎΠ»ΡΠ·ΠΎΠ²Π°ΡΠ΅Π»ΠΈ ΡΠ°ΡΠΏΠΎΡΡΠΆΠ°ΡΡΡΡ Π½ΠΎΠ²ΡΠΌΠΈ ΠΌΠ΅Π΄ΠΈΠ° ΠΊΠ°ΠΊ ΠΊΠΎΠΌΠΌΡΠ½ΠΈΠΊΠ°ΡΠΈΠ²Π½ΠΎΠΉ ΡΡΠ΅Π΄ΠΎΠΉ Π°ΡΡΠΎΡΠ΄Π°Π½ΡΠΎΠ², Π° Π½Π΅ ΠΊΠ°ΠΊ ΠΏΠΎΡΡΠΎΡΠ½Π½ΠΎ ΡΠ°ΡΡΡΡΠΈΠΌ ΡΠΏΠΈΡΠΊΠΎΠΌ ΡΠ°Π·ΡΠΎΠ·Π½Π΅Π½Π½ΡΡ
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Π½ΠΎΠ»ΠΎΠ³ΠΈΠΉ. ΠΠ°ΠΊ ΡΠ»Π΅Π΄ΡΡΠ²ΠΈΠ΅, ΡΠ΅ΠΎΡΠΈΡ ΠΏΠΎΠ»ΠΈΠΌΠ΅Π΄ΠΈΠ° ΠΏΠΎΠ·Π²ΠΎΠ»ΡΠ΅Ρ ΡΠΌΠ΅ΡΡΠΈΡΡ Π°ΠΊΡΠ΅Π½Ρ Ρ ΠΎΠ³ΡΠ°Π½ΠΈΡΠ΅Π½ΠΈΠΉ, Π½Π°Π»Π°Π³Π°Π΅ΠΌΡΡ
ΠΊΠ°ΠΆΠ΄ΡΠΌ ΡΠΈΠΏΠΎΠΌ ΠΌΠ΅Π΄ΠΈΠ°, Π½Π° ΡΠΎΡΠΈΠ°Π»ΡΠ½ΡΠ΅, ΡΠΌΠΎΡΠΈΠΎΠ½Π°Π»ΡΠ½ΡΠ΅ ΠΈ ΠΌΠΎΡΠ°Π»ΡΠ½ΡΠ΅ ΠΏΠΎΡΠ»Π΅Π΄ΡΡΠ²ΠΈΡ Π²ΡΠ±ΠΎΡΠ° ΠΌΠ΅ΠΆΠ΄Ρ ΡΡΠΈΠΌΠΈ ΡΠ°Π·Π»ΠΈΡΠ½ΡΠΌΠΈ ΡΠΈΠΏΠ°ΠΌΠΈ. Π’Π°ΠΊ ΠΊΠ°ΠΊ Π²ΡΠ±ΠΎΡ ΡΡΠ΅Π΄ΡΡΠ² ΠΊΠΎΠΌΠΌΡΠ½ΠΈΠΊΠ°ΡΠΈΠΈ Π΄Π²ΠΈΠΆΠΈΠΌ ΠΎΠΏΡΠ΅Π΄Π΅Π»Π΅Π½Π½ΡΠΌ ΠΊΠΎΠΌΠΌΡΠ½ΠΈΠΊΠ°ΡΠΈΠ²Π½ΡΠΌ Π½Π°ΠΌΠ΅ΡΠ΅Π½ΠΈΠ΅ΠΌ, ΡΠΏΡΠ°Π²Π»Π΅Π½ΠΈΠ΅ ΠΏΠΎΠ»ΠΈΠΌΠ΅Π΄ΠΈΠ°ΡΡΠ΅Π΄ΠΎΠΉ ΡΡΠ°Π½ΠΎΠ²ΠΈΡΡΡ Π½Π΅ΡΠ°Π·ΡΡΠ²Π½ΠΎ ΡΠ²ΡΠ·Π°Π½Π½ΡΠΌ Ρ ΡΠ΅ΠΌ, ΠΊΠ°ΠΊ Π»ΡΠ΄ΠΈ ΠΏΠ΅ΡΠ΅ΠΆΠΈΠ²Π°ΡΡ ΠΎΡΠ½ΠΎΡΠ΅Π½ΠΈΡ ΠΈ Π²ΡΡΡΡΠ°ΠΈΠ²Π°ΡΡ ΠΈΡ
. Π ΠΊΠΎΠ½Π΅ΡΠ½ΠΎΠΌ ΡΡΠ΅ΡΠ΅ ΠΏΠΎΠ»ΠΈΠΌΠ΅Π΄ΠΈΠ° ΡΠΊΠΎΡΠ΅Π΅ ΠΏΠΎΠ·Π²ΠΎΠ»ΡΠ΅Ρ ΠΏΠ΅ΡΠ΅ΡΠΌΠΎΡΡΠ΅ΡΡ ΡΠΎΠΎΡΠ½ΠΎΡΠ΅Π½ΠΈΠ΅ ΡΠΎΡΠΈΠ°Π»ΡΠ½ΠΎΠ³ΠΎ ΠΈ ΡΠ΅Ρ
Π½ΠΎΠ»ΠΎΠ³ΠΈΡΠ΅ΡΠΊΠΎΠ³ΠΎ, Π½Π΅ΠΆΠ΅Π»ΠΈ ΠΊΠΎΠ½ΡΡΠ°ΡΠΈΡΡΠ΅Ρ ΠΎΡΠ΄Π΅Π»ΡΠ½ΠΎ Π²Π·ΡΡΡΠ΅ ΡΠ΅Ρ
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