"Fake News, Hate Speech und Rassismus im Netz: Soziale Medien bieten Menschen und Organisationen auch dafür eine Plattform. Wie kann man gegensteuern und selbst aktiv für Demokratie, Meinungsvielfalt und die Entgiftung des gesellschaftlichen Klimas eintreten? Said Rezek, Politikwissenschaftler und
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Journalist, bezieht seit Jahren als Blogger Stellung gegen Rassismus und Hass im Netz. In diesem Buch vermittelt er das Handwerkszeug dazu: Was macht einen reichweitenstarken Blog aus? Zu welchen Themen und Anlässen lohnt sich die Positionierung? Welche Beitragsformen – z.B. Tweets, Memes, Listicles oder Offene Briefe - kann man speziell in Social Media einsetzen? Wie arbeitet man selbst gleichermaßen rechtssicher und kompetent und schützt sich vor Verletzungen der eigenen Privatsphäre? Das Buch bietet zahlreiche praktische Beispiele, wie, wann und wofür es sich zu bloggen lohnt, um Gegnern einer vielfältigen, friedlichen und demokratischen Gesellschaft nicht das Feld zu überlassen." (Buchrücken)
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"For Palestine's diaspora and exiled communities, the internet has become an important medium for the formation of Palestinian national and transnational identity. Miriyam Aouragh looks at the internet as both a space and an instrument for linking Palestinian diasporas in Palestine, Jordan and Leban
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on. She closely examines the uses and limits of internet technology under conditions of war, along with the ways in which virtual participation enables the generation of new ideals for political reconciliation and self-determination. Through the internet, participants reconstruct a virtual 'Palestinian homeland', gain a space for recovering the past, for overcoming issues of mobility, and for generating social change. This book provides a new angle on those affected by the Israeli-Palestine conflict, and furthers understanding about the connection between electronic media, politics and national identity more widely." (Publisher description)
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"We investigate the extent to which new media impacts upon political processes in Indonesia and the factors that affect it. Reflecting on the Indonesian political systems and structure, and detailing some empirical case studies on new media use, we argue that most uses of social media, including tho
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se aimed at influencing political processes, are ad hoc. There is an imminent need for strategising the use of new media in civil society in order to enable them address societal changes at large in a more sustained, engaged civic activism." (Abstract)
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"There seems little evidence that the rise and increasing availability and range of new media have given real reason to expect different political outcomes on grounds of new patterns of mobilization, particularly given a persistent “digital divide.” What has been happening, though, is an increas
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e in politicization broadly, and especially among urban youth, who form a formidable and aggressively-courted portion of the voting public. Those young voters with a partisan preference are more likely now than previously to exercise that preference, not just by voting, but also by finding and engaging with information and likeminded communities online or off. At any time, media are critical to movements for sociopolitical change, beyond elections. The spread of online news sites, blogs, social networking sites, and other new media increases the odds of media coverage of all sorts of engagement going forward, and may shift the locus of framing away from the state. All the while, the quantum of information in circulation—unfiltered and constant—grows accordingly, begging strategies for selecting what to read and what to ignore. The result is unlikely to be revolutionary, and could simply entrench existing patterns of identity politics all the more deeply, but is more likely to make Malaysia more participatory, and hence, more democratic in its politics." (Abstract)
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"This investigation is about how Chinese overseas online commentators (COOCs) respond to political discourses on China. COOCs present the ideological heterogeneity of Chinese overseas. Their diverse responses to different ideological debates show patterns that manifest how the Chinese diaspora enact
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their positional cultural identification. The analysis of the data showed that on both sides of the divide, the debate leads commentators to assume positions of attachment to, or detachment from, their Chinese cultural affiliations not in a set of binary oppositions but as a continuum with varying degrees. Along this division line, internal fragmentation can be further identified by different views of China’s external tension with other world powers. The notable internal complexity can arguably represent the nation’s maturation." (Abstract)
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"Wie hat das Internet die individuelle politische Kommunikation von Bürgerinnen und Bürgern verändert? Und welche konkreten Entwicklungen sind zu beobachten? Das von 2002 bis 2009 laufende DFG-Projekt »Politische Online-Kommunikation« geht diesen Fragen nach: Auf der Grundlage einer breit angel
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egten empirischen Studie dokumentieren die Autoren die Entwicklung der politischen Kommunikationsaktivitäten der befragten Bürger im zeitlichen Verlauf. Untersucht werden sowohl Informationsaktivitäten wie das Lesen politischer Internetseiten als auch die interpersonale politische Online-Kommunikation sowie politische Partizipationsaktivitäten im Internet." (Verlagsbeschreibung)
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"Mediated forms of communication increasingly influence the social relations and different spheres of life in the regions of South Asia, Southeast Asia and in the Arab-speaking region. In order to understand the profound social and political changes that go hand in hand with these medialisation proc
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esses, an independent and systematic media perspective needs to be generated from within the disciplinary framework of Area and Islamic Studies. This volume has a strong focus on the internet and on the diversity of internet-based communication in the three regions mentioned above. Furthermore, it stresses the need for a new cross-media approach that goes beyond the analysis of single media and helps to understand the transnational and local dynamics of an increasing media convergence." (Publisher description)
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Offers a policy-focused overview of the state of online political participatory media in Tunisia, Egypt, Ethiopia, Eritrea and Uganda.
"Popular Media, Democracy and Development in Africa examines the role that popular media could play to encourage political debate, provide information for development, or critique the very definitions of 'democracy' and 'development'. Drawing on diverse case studies from various regions of the Afric
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an continent, essays employ a range of theoretical and methodological approaches to ask critical questions about the potential of popular media to contribute to democratic culture, provide sites of resistance, or, conversely, act as agents for the spread of Americanized entertainment culture to the detriment of local traditions. A wide variety of media formats and platforms are discussed, ranging from radio and television to the Internet, mobile phones, street posters, film and music." (Publisher description)
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"Through case studies of blogs written in English, Chinese, Arab, French, Russian, and Hebrew, this book explores the way blogging is being conceptualized in different cultural contexts. The authors move beyond the most highly trafficked sites to shed light on larger developments taking place online
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, calling into question assumptions that form the foundation of much of what we read on blogging and, by extension, on global amateur or do-it-yourself media. This book suggests a more nuanced approach to understanding how blogospheres serve communication needs, how they exist in relation to one another, where they exist apart as well as where they overlap, and how they interact with other forms of communication in the larger media landscape." (Publisher description)
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"[...] ¿En qué medida [los políticos] saben aprovechar de la mejor manera del ciberactivismo, sobre todo durante las campañas electorales? ¿Qué espacio queda desaprovechado y dónde se hacen usos contrarios a las exigencias democráticas? El Programa Medios de Comunicación y Democracia en Lat
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inoamérica de la Fundación Konrad Adenauer consideró importante analizar estos aspectos. Por eso se financió un primer análisis latinoamericano. El trabajo siguió la idea de la autora, Carmen Beatriz Fernández, quien es conocida dentro de la red OCPLA de consultores políticos en la subregión como experta en esta área. En esta publicación se aclaran aspectos adicionales en varios capítulos, que apuntan a hacer conocer no sólo las mejores prácticas sino también las trampas, los fundamentos básicos para la organización de la ciberpolítica y cómo resolver la paradoja de ser masivo y a la vez personal." (Presentación, página 7-8)
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"Los sitios en internet de organizaciones vinculadas a las dinámicas del conflicto y de la paz en Colombia expresan una pugna por la visibilidad social, la legitimación de discursos y prácticas, y la construcción de identidad. Son testimonio de la decisión política de confrontar y debatir medi
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ados por la comunicación y el lenguaje. Son intentos por hacer resistencia y, al mismo tiempo, socavar y competir con los discursos de los medios y la mediación social alcanzada por ellos. La guerra es representada como eje dinamizador de la vida social pasada, presente y futura, y como un factor que copa todos los lugares y tiempos. La paz es vista como un ideal, un sueño sin referentes propios ni definiciones, un correlato de la guerra. El discurso de la guerra crea víctimas y victimarios e identifica hechos injustos que comprometen la dignidad de sus agentes y sirven para justificar o motivar su participación o su aislamiento de la guerra. Los victimarios son los únicos responsables de las afrentas, y al lado de las víctimas, emergen los mártires, salvadores o mesías llamados a responderlas y a construir un nuevo orden social. El discurso dramático sobre la guerra muestra la historia sin finales, ni cierres, pero mantiene un signo trágico permanente en el tiempo. El potencial de esta investigación fue asistir analíticamente a un proceso, el comunicativo e informativo, desde una perspectiva cultural, y desde allí poder decir que el conflicto colombiano mantiene un trasfondo político que se ha opacado públicamente, así como algunos de sus análisis. La paz se ve como un discurso etéreo y desgastado. En este sentido, estar o no estar en guerra parece minúsculo al preguntarse cómo se llegó allí, y cómo encontrar salidas a sus múltiples causas. Lo que "Internet, guerra y paz en Colombia" hizo fue encontrar algunas pistas para entender cómo y por qué seguimos enfrascados allí." (Cubierta del libro)
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