Construction of political image on social media: trends and the role of traditional mass media

La difusión de los nuevos medios que el web 2.0 pone a disposición representa una posibilidad muy importante para los políticos que quieran modificar las reglas de la comunicación con los ciudadanos y trasmitir una propia imagen que no sea mediada por la televisión, los periódicos y otros medios de comunicación tradicionales. A través de un análisis de los perfiles de Twitter de algunos políticos italianos, podemos observar como ellos intenten difundir una “autopresentación” más espontánea y directa, aunque al origen de esta presentación haya una clara estrategia que mira a una propaganda personal.The new instruments made available by the web 2.0 represent an important opportunity for politicians who aim to change communication rules with citizens and to transmit a self-image not mediated by television, newspapers and other traditional mass media. Through an analysis of the Twitter profiles of a number of Italian politicians, we can observe their attempt to disseminate a more direct and spontaneous “presentation of self”, although behind it there is a clear strategy pursuing a personal propaganda

Protests, media and “the margins”: a comparative study between greece and turkey

Large numbers of social actors around the world seized upon opportunities to organize collectively, occupy public spaces, and protest on the streets the last years. On the one hand, various studies point out the significant role of social media in the mobilization and coordination of a new paradigm of social movements, in terms of registering multifarious reactions against different facets of capitalist globalization. On the other hand, different perspectives evaluate the very context(s) (structural issues and dislocations) of the materialization of contemporary movements, and the role of different media formats in the implementation of oppositional practices, which complicate the picture. From this point of view, the paper focuses on two examples of the current wave of ‘spring protests’ – the one in Greece in 2011 and the other one in Turkey in 2013 – revealing relevant contradictions that have influenced the emergence and the prospects of these protests. By probing into the conventional structures of the two case studies in particular the paper evaluates different parameters and aspects of the resistances conveyed by ‘marginalized’ social actors respectively (‘Aganaktismenoi’ in Greece and ‘Çapulcu’ in Turkey), including: the character of the struggles (social, political, cultural) and their dimension (local, national, international); the role of pre-existing action repertoires and collective imaginations in inspiring the recent practices of contestation; and, the diverse uses (repressive and radical) of different media (mainstream and alternative ones), and their mutual interactions

The phenomenon of repair events. a movement in the bud?

L’obiettivo di questo intervento è quello di presentare una prima analisi di sfondo su un fenomeno recente, al quale ci si può riferire indicativamente con il termine “eventi di riparazione”. Gli eventi di riparazione fanno parte di un revival più generale della riparazione di beni di consumo, alla quale singoli e collettivi attribuiscono una molteplicità di significati di natura sociale, economica e culturale. Al fenomeno viene riconosciuto lo status di movimento, in particolare a livello mediale e dal punto di vista di alcuni suoi protagonisti e osservatori privilegiati. L’intervento si pone l’obiettivo di offrire alla discussione contenuti utili per valutare se il fenomeno possa essere ricompreso, da un punto di vista sociologico, nel novero dei movimenti sociali, da un punto di vista sociologico. A fronte di un fenomeno estremamente diffuso e parcellizzato si è scelto di svolgere l’approfondimento su un campione composto dalle quattro principali organizzazioni che a livello mondiale svolgono eventi di riparazione. Le quattro organizzazioni osservate presentano caratteristiche confrontabili e rappresentano i casi più discussi a livello mediale. Il paper ricostruisce il loro contesto di formazione e presenta le loro analogie e differenze. Attraverso un’analisi qualitativa sull’uso e la produzione di contenuti online da parte delle organizzazioni in questione, nei social media e nelle loro piattaforme proprietarie, è stato ricostruito il framework di significati cui queste fanno riferimento. L’analisi dei contenuti ha permesso inoltre di ricostruire il processo attraverso il quale è stato attribuito, al fenomeno, lo status di movimento. Ad una successiva trattazione sarà lasciato il compito di comprendere se e in quale misura, la realtà che connota e circonda il revival recente della riparazione, fatta di organizzazioni, pratiche e significati circolanti, già definita a livello mediale come “fixer movement”, abbia le caratteristiche necessarie per essere sociologicamente definita come movimento

Actas del IV Congreso Internacional Move.net sobre Movimientos Sociales y TIC

Proyecto de I+D «Sostenibilidad del Tercer Sector de la Comunicación. Diseño y Aplicación de Indicadores» (SOScom). Proyecto PID2020-113011RB-I00 financiado por MCIN/ AEI/10.13039/50110001103

Actas del III Congreso Internacional Move.net sobre Movimientos Sociales y TIC

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The new technologies of the information and communication and possibilities of political participation in non-democratic countries (the case of Belarus)

Treballs recents sobre la influència de les TIC en els processos de presa de decisions no han explorat totes les conseqüències de l’ús dels mitjans digitals en sistemes polítics no-democràtics. Malgrat la presència de múltiples restriccions imposades pel govern de Bielorússia a l’activitat de grups d’interès, evidències empíriques suggereixen que l’ús de les TIC obre noves possibilitats de compromís electrònic. Nosaltres plantegem que els actors polítics (ciutadans en particular) utilitzen les TIC per exercir influència en el procés de presa de decisions en el marc de règims no-democràtics, encara que l’abast del seu impacte varia profundament, segons el domini de les polítiques en què les solucions són considerades i acceptades.Recent work on employment of NTICs in order to influence decision-making has not explored all the consequences of digital media usage in non-democratic political systems. Despite the presence of multiple restrictions imposed by the government of Belarus on activity of interest groups, empirical evidences suggest that the usage of NTICs opens new possibilities of electronic engagement. We argue that political actors (citizens in particular) use NTICs to influence the decision-making in nondemocratic countries, though extent of this impact varies deeply depending on policy domains as to which solutions are considered and accepted

Inside Taiwan’s New Digital Democracy

Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad CSO2016-78386-

Actas del II Congreso Internacional Move.net sobre Movimientos Sociales y TIC

Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO) CSO2016-78386-

From activist networks to connected crowds. social mobilization, global protest and communication technologies

Uno de los primeros ejemplos de apropiación y uso de las tecnologías digitales para la acción colectiva fue el surgimiento espontáneo de una red transnacional de solidaridad con el Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional de México a mediados de los noventa. Unos años después, el movimiento altermundista tejió un poder de convocatoria global y marcó un cambio de época en la comunicación alternativa con los Indymedia y la emergencia generalizada del periodismo ciudadano. A partir de 2011 aparece una nueva fase de acción comunicativa: las multitudes conectadas que se manifiestan de forma intensiva en las redes sociales digitales y que toman las calles de distintas ciudades del mundo. Con todo este proceso ha emergido una cibercultura crítica global que ha transformado el activismo y que tiene que ver con la idea de red y con la creación de espacios de encuentro tanto in situ como on line, conectando lo local con los flujos globales de la indignación. Explorar los distintos momentos de esta relación entre comunicación y movilización en los últimos 20 años es el propósito de esta ponencia.One of the first examples of appropriation and use of digital technologies for collective action was the spontaneous emergence of a transnational solidarity network with the Zapatista Army of National Liberation in Mexico in the mid -nineties. A few years later, the global justice movement wove a global convening power and marked a new era in alternative communication with Indymedia and the emergence of citizen journalism. In 2011 a new phase of communicative action appears with connected crowds that use intensively social Networks and take the streets of different cities of the World. Through all this process a global critical cyberculture has emerged and transformed social movements activism. The idea of networking is creating meeting places both in situ and on line , connecting the local to the global flows of indignation. In this paper, I explore the different stages of the relationship between communication and mobilization in the last 20 years

Civic hacking: a retrospect and an analysis of collaboration participation in g0v.tw

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