The Digital Transformation of the Public Sphere: Conflict, Migration, Crisis and Culture in Digital Networks

ISBN-13: 9781349953844 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 433 str.

Karatzogianni, Athina

Opis

Bringing together contributions from the fields of sociology, media and cultural studies, arts, politics, science and technology studies, political communication theory and popular culture studies, this volume engages both with theoretical debates and detailed empirical studies, showcasing how the public sphere is transformed by digital media, and in turn how this digital public sphere shapes and is shaped by debates surrounding crisis, conflict, migration and culture. Case studies from Bulgaria, Nigeria, China, Greece, Italy, Cyprus, UK, Mexico and India are discussed in detail.

Spis treści

1.Introduction: The Digital Transformation of the Public Sphere. Athina Karatzogianni, Dennis Nguyen and Elisa Serafinelli.- Part I.Theorising Migration, Crisis, Culture and Conflict in the Digital Public Sphere.- 2.The Migration of Normative Principles and the Digital Construction of Transnational Ethics. Martin Gak- 3.The Digital Golden Dawn: Emergence of A Nationalist-Racist Digital Mainstream. Eugenia Siapera and Mariangela Veikou.- 4.From Bulletins to Bullets to Blogs and Beyond: The Karen’s Ongoing Communication War. Geff Green.- 5.Online Content Control, Memory, and Community Isolation. Artur Matos Alves.- 6.The Culture of Videology: Games and the Digital Transformation of the Public Sphere. Luke O’ Sullivan.- Part II.Cyberconflict and the Digital Diaspora: Nigeria, India, China, Mexico.- 7.Veterans of Diaspora Activism: An Overview of ICTs Use Among Nigerian Migrant Networks. Shola Olabode.- 8.Online Gender Activism in India and the Participation of the Indian Diaspora 2012-2015. Adrija Dey.- 9.Beyond the Great Wall: Locating Expatriate Media Environments in China. Fan Mai.- 10.Social Networks and Communicative Meaning in Mexican Migration Networks in the US. Joel Pedraza Mandujano.- Part III.Migration and Crisis Discourses in the EU Public Sphere.- 11.Analysing Transnational Web Spheres: The European Example During the Eurozone Crisis. Dennis Nguyen.- 12.Intercultural Conflict and Dialogue in the Transnational Digital Public Sphere: Findings from the MIG@NET Research Project (2010-2013). Karatzogianni, A., Morgunova, O., Kambouri, N., Lafazani, O., Trimikliniotis, N., Ioannou, G, and Nguyen, D.- 13. Understanding the Greek Crisis And Digital Media: A Cyberconflict Approach. Ioanna Ferra.- 14.Digital Ethnicities and the (Re-)Construction of Ethnic Identities on Social Media. Slavka Karakusheva.- 15.Frontex: Its Human Rights Obligations and the Role of the European Ombudsman. Nikos Vogiatzis.- Part IV.Digital Culture and Communication Shifts in the Public Sphere.- 16.Political Selfies: Image Events in the New Media Field. Achilleas Karadimitriou and Anastasia Veneti.- 17.Italian Migrants and Photosharing in the UK. Elisa Serafinelli.- 18.The Politics of Transformation: Selfie Production of the Visually Marginalised. Patricia Routh.- 19.YouTube, Migrant Rappers and the Early Cinema Aesthetics: Is there a Digital Public Sphere? Giacomo Nencioni.- 20.Banoptikon: Walking Through a Dystopia. European Project MIG@NET’s digital game. Ilias Marmaras 

O autorze

Athina Karatzogianni is Senior Lecturer in Media and Communication at the University of Leicester, UK. Her research focuses on the intersections between new media theory and the use of ICTs by social movements, protest, and insurgency groups. 

Dennis Nguyen is Lecturer for the International Communication and Media programme at the Hogeschool Utrecht, the Netherlands. His research focuses on online public spheres and transnational political discourses in conflict and crisis situations. 

Elisa Serafinelli is Research Associate at the School of Social Sciences, University of Hull, UK.  She completed her PhD at the University of Hull, UK with a research project on smart mobile technologies, visual communication and social practices. 

Blurb

‘People are on the move, and so is technology. In this turbulent account of a breathtaking global range, we discover a treasure trove of bottom-up case studies on community-based social media use. Using the lens of migration we get a unique insight into diaspora networks and the rise of conflicts in the digital realm. The collected stories prove that the public sphere is no longer a given and is being rebuilt as we speak on the net.’

Geert Lovink, Institute of Network Cultures, the Netherlands

 

‘Through a series of diverse and intriguing cross disciplinary case studies of digital activism set against the background of migration and austerity this vibrant collection of essays problematises the idea of the digital public sphere. What emerges is a demonstration of the nuances of digital activism and the range of disciplinary theoretical resources implicated in the study of the digital public sphere.’

 Peter Lunt, University of Leicester, UK

 

‘With breathtaking conceptual and geographical scope, this volume explodes our notion of digital politics. In its comprehensive approach to studying technology as narratives, users and infrastructures in crisis and conflict situations, this carefully curated book provokes lively dialogue about risks and opportunities of our contemporary public sphere’

 Jonathan Ong, University of Leicester, UK

 Bringing together contributions from the fields of sociology, media and cultural studies, arts, politics, science and technology studies, political communication theory and popular culture studies, this volume engages both with theoretical debates and detailed empirical studies, showcasing how the public sphere is transformed by digital media, and in turn how this digital public sphere shapes and is shaped by debates surrounding crisis, conflict, migration and culture. Case studies from Bulgaria, Nigeria, China, Greece, Italy, Cyprus, UK, Mexico and India are discussed in detail.