Misunderstanding the Internet

Curran, James P.; Fenton, Natalie; Freedman, Des

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“…The view of the contemporary world as composed of passive and isolated individuals who are subject to the 'effects' of powerful propaganda messages has long been considered obsolete in communications research. While early debates about the power of audiences to resist media messages focused on the polysemy of the text (Morley, 1980;Hall, 1981), in the digital environment, conceptions of the 'audience' are being redrawn to reflect the greater potential for participation in public life (Jenkins 2006;Mossberger et al 2008) and the more 'interactive' relationship individuals have with the range of media at their disposal (Bruns, 2009;Poster, 2009) However, as Curran and others note in Britain, in spite of the potential offered by digital media, there is currently no demand for significant political or cultural change (Curran et al 2012), and strong evidence for the continuing role of the mass media in shaping public understanding (Davis, 2006;Philo and Berry, 2011;Briant et al, 2011).…”

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New approaches to understanding the role of the news media in the formation of public attitudes and behaviours on climate change

Happer

Philo

2015

European Journal of Communication

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This article examines the role of news media on climate change and sustainable energy in the shaping of audience opinions and beliefs and the possible relation of these to behaviours. It reports on a series of studies conducted between 2011-2014 which develop existing approaches to audience reception analyses by using innovative methodologies which focus specifically on the negotiation of new information in response to existing beliefs, perceptions and behavioural patterns -both in the short and long term. Audience groups are introduced to new information to which the range of responses are examined. This approach allows for an exploration of the interplay of socio-political and personal factors as well as the identification of the potential informational triggers for change. The findings suggest that media accounts are likely to have a shaping role in relation to behaviours under a range of specific and coinciding conditions.

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New approaches to understanding the role of the news media in the formation of public attitudes and behaviours on climate change

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Philo

2015

European Journal of Communication

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“…Ta revolucija, je međutim, individualna, i zavisi od prethodnog obrazovanja, sklonosti i radoznalosti pojedinca, ali i društvenog konteksta u kome pojedinac živi (Curran, Fenton, i Freedman, 2012).…”

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“…Fejsbuk omogućava i kontrolisane lične odnose s javnošću, što uveliko koriste preduzeća i javne ličnosti, slično kao i na tviteru (Twitter), za stvaranje i povećavanje lične popularnosti, i tako nudi i veće mogućnosti za odnose s javnošću nego tradicionalni mediji, na kojima pojedinci ili organizacije imaju manje kontrole nad svojom "slikom". Upitno je, međutim, koliko je fejsbuk sredstvo za razvijanje društvenosti, stvaranje funkcionalnih veza i zajednica, emancipaciju građana, te pozitivne društvene promjene (Curran, Fenton, i Freedman, 2012). Ali da je odlična platforma za velike korporacije i ličnu promociju gotovo da je neupitno.…”

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Nova Medijska Paradigma: Od Medijacije Do Medijatizacije Društvenog Komuniciranja

Bogdanić¹

2017

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The new media paradigm: from mediation to mediatizazion of social communication media, internet, mediated communication, mediatization, media convergence, anglicization, hypersensationalism, videocracy, decentralization, decontextualization Žurimo da uspostavimo telegrafsku vezu između Mejna i Teksasa, a možda Mejn i Teksas nemaju ništa važno da saopšte jedan drugom... Želimo da iskopamo tunel ispod Atlantskog okeana, i da Stari svijet za nekoliko nedjelja približimo Novom; a prva vijest koja će najvjerovatnije stići kroz taj tunel je da princeza Adelajda ima magareći kašalj.

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“…Some of these concern studies which analyze macro-level phenomena such as the digital divide (Guillén & Suárez, 2005;Norris, 2001;Notten, Peter, Kraaykamp, & Valkenburg, 2009); others focus on specific topics such as online safety (e.g., EU Kids Online: Livingstone, Kirwil, Ponte, & Staksrud, 2014;Lobe, Livingstone, Ólafsson, & Vodeb, 2011;Notten & Nikken, 2016) or the diffusion of internet jokes (Shifman, Levy, & Thelwall, 2014). Yet one of the core intrinsic properties that internet theorists have distinguished, the ability to increase democracy and 'global understanding' through its connectivity has hardly been empirically studied (Curran, Fenton, & Freedman, 2012;Zuckerman, 2013). One notable exception is the research by Norris and Inglehart Cosmopolitanism and openness toward foreign culture…”

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Internet usage and cosmopolitanism in Europe: a multilevel analysis

Verboord

2016

Information, Communication & Society

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Despite the transnational interconnected nature of the internet, cross-national comparisons in internet usage and their effects are still relatively scarce. Moreover, one of the core intrinsic properties that internet theorists have distinguished, the ability to increase democracy and 'global understanding' through its connectivity, has hardly been empirically studied. This paper examines how internet usage affects individuals' openness to other cultures: cosmopolitanism. I analyze two manifestations of such openness: first, the cosmopolitan orientation toward other cultures in the broad sense; second, the interest in foreign cultural expressions. Using Eurobarometer data on 29 European countries, the results show that interactive internet practices are positively associated with openness to foreign culture. Buying culture online is positively related to interest in concrete expressions, but negatively to cosmopolitan orientation. Importantly, individual effects on cosmopolitan orientation are often moderated by the country people live in, whereas effects on interest in foreign expressions are more stable across Europe. ARTICLE HISTORY

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Misunderstanding the Internet

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New approaches to understanding the role of the news media in the formation of public attitudes and behaviours on climate change

New approaches to understanding the role of the news media in the formation of public attitudes and behaviours on climate change

Nova Medijska Paradigma: Od Medijacije Do Medijatizacije Društvenog Komuniciranja

Internet usage and cosmopolitanism in Europe: a multilevel analysis

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