Both Sides of the Story: Communication Ethics in Mediatized Worlds

Current transformations in the media landscape are challenging contemporary communication and media ethics in at least 2 ways. First, digitization of the media creates new ethical problems that stimulate calls for a redefinition of the norms and values of public communication. Second, new instruments of web-based media observation introduce new possibilities for media (self-)regulation and accountability, thus complementing the initiatives of traditional institutions like press councils. The article retraces those conflicting developments by reference to 2 comparative studies, representing the diverging traditions of conventional communication ethics and media accountability research. In bridging over the conceptual gap between the 2 forms of research, the article develops new perspectives for ethical reflection in the mediatized worlds of the digital ag

The Necessity and Importance of Incorporating Media and Information Literacy into Holistic Metaliteracy

Digitalization and the emergence of the Internet have resulted in escalating access to information and communication. Given the circumstances that soaring access to information amounts to the intensification of misinformation and disinformation, a set of critical skills to navigate and critically assess the information is necessary. This paper outlines the significance of these skills, and provides a perspective on metaliteracy as a supplement to media and information literacy, and argues that the ability to conceptualize, access, comprehend, analyze, and use information is crucial in achieving inclusive, pluralistic, and participatory knowledge societies

Efectos de la ruptura digital en prácticas de medios populares en Brasil

This article discusses the digital disruption in popular media practices in Brazil. It is based on interviews conducted from 2014 to 2016 with 55 communicators attached to 20 social movements and community associations all over the country. The results show a prevalence of analogical media that coexist with different grades of appropriation of digital technologies. The lack of resources explains part of this coexistence, so socioeconomic conditions still represent a barrier for the development of popular media. But there are also practical and strategical reasons that justify these choices. Mainly, it is important to observe how digital disruption is a long standing process that transforms practices both in the level of technical options but also in the sense of developing media for social change.Este artículo analiza los efectos de la ruptura digital en las prácticas de medios populares en Brasil. Se basa en entrevistas realizadas entre 2014 y 2016 con 55 comunicadores vinculados a 20 movimientos sociales y asociaciones comunitarias en todo el país. Los resultados muestran una prevalencia de medios analógicos que coexisten con diferentes grados de apropiación de tecnologías digitales. La falta de recursos explica parte de esta convivencia, ya que las condiciones socioeconómicas aún representan una barrera para el desarrollo de los medios populares. Pero también hay razones prácticas y estratégicas que justifican las elecciones. Principalmente, es importante observar cómo la disrupción digital es un proceso a largo plazo que transforma las prácticas tanto en el nivel de opciones técnicas como en el sentido de desarrollar medios para el cambio social

Citizen Journalist to Activist: the Language Behind Black Lives Matter

This study explores the discourse surrounding an event in the social movement, Black Lives Matter, to gain insights into how digital literacy practices influence and mediate participation in the 21st century civil rights movement for a new generation of activist. This study examines three points of engagement, (1) the experience of the event as it is initially interpreted and shared online, (2) the intermingling of consciousness through social media, and (3) the post social media interpretation and action. Data was collected from Twitter analyzed using discourse analysis

CULTURE CHANGE OF USERS INFORMATION ACCESS IN FRAME MEDIATION AND MEDIATIZATION

The emergence of new media impact on culture change user information access. Mediation and mediatization in the library media theory viewed from the perspective of interest to be described and discussed. Media technology enables instant communication with user anywhere and anytime, so that interaction does not require the parties to be in the same room and at the same time. This paper aims to explain the concept of mediation and mediatization, knowing where mediatization in the library, as well as identifying culture user information access behavior has changed. The discussion refers mediatization and spectacle theories, then try to articulate to explain how the new media exposure affects the library. Mediation is more highlight the technical aspects of how communication takes place. Mediation is often too general, while mediatization is specific. Mediatization in the library discussed with a view to understanding the importance of the media in media relations related to the cultural and socio-cultural change in the library. Information access behavior is now mediated by technology. Mediatization deals with the influence of media, namely as a social process characterized user become saturated and flooded by media technology, causing between media and user can no longer be separated. That is a change of social relations or interactions that changed the way of communication and interaction between librarians and users. Progress and development of media technology in the library have an impact on behavior change user in accessing information. Likewise, media changes cause changes in the library. The culture change behavior mediatization information associated with the library can be identified from various aspects, such as availability of collection, space of library, networking, reference, competence, and social interaction

Mediatization of Emotion on Social Media: Forms and Norms in Digital Mourning Practices

This article provides the theoretical background for this Special Issue which explores the mediatization of emotion on social media as attested in different digital mourning practices. The overview discusses the affective and emotional turn alongside the mediatic turn in relation to key trends and foci in the study of affect/emotion. Our discussion points to a shift in conceptualizations of affect/emotion from mediated to mediatized practice, embedded in other social practices and subject to media and social media logics, affordances, and frames, which are worthy of empirical investigation. The article also presents key insights offered in the four articles of this Special Issue and foregrounds current and future directions in the study of mediatization, emotional sharing, and digital mourning practices