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This book explores how the Internet presents radical ways of organising and producing media that offer political and cultural alternatives, both to ways of doing business and to how we understand the world and our place in it. The book is characterised by in-depth case studies. Topics include the media of new social movements and other radical political organisations (including the far right); websites produced by fans of popular culture; and media dedicated to developing a critical, 'public' journalism. It locates these studies in appropriate theoretical and historical contexts, while remaining accessible to a student audience. Major themes: *The use of the Internet by political groups such as the anti-capitalist and environmental movements, as well as the far right *Radical forms of creativity and distribution: the anti-copyright and sampling/file-sharing movements, and their role as cultural critics in a corporate world *The development and maintenance of a global, 'digital public sphere' of protest through such practices as 'hacktivism' *The use of new media technologies to transform existing media forms and practices, such as news media and Internet radio. This is the first book devoted entirely to 'alternative' ways of political organisation and cultural production on the Internet. The author is one of the leading international experts in the study of alternative media, and this book is an authoritative guide to all aspects of these phenomena: the cultural, the political, the economic and the social. The range of topics covered will make it an attractive text for a wide range of media and cultural studies and computing courses

The article presents the cognitive semantic analysis of stratification metaphors observed in the German political communication. Nominations of occupation, ethnonyms, anthroponyms and toponyms are reported to possess a set of constant meanings that describe various facets of Germany's social reality. ; В статье представлен лингвокогнитивный анализ семантики стратификационной метафорики, функционирующей в немецкой политической коммуникации. Профессиональная, национальная и социальная номинации обладают различным набором постоянных значений, описывающих аспекты социальной реальности ФРГ.

<p>Aquest article d'investigació assenyala que els treballadors socials presenten el seu exercici com a resultat de tres grans in!uències: a) els condicionaments del context social i institucional, b) la projecció d'un mateix i c) la projecció disciplinària.</p><p>El primer moviment de l'article descriu els aspectes que con"guren aquestes tres categories i dóna raons de per què es generen.</p><p>Quan els treballadors socials s'expliquen sobre el treball social també expressen desitjos. Amb això esbossen un veritable projecte de transformació del treball social i ens descobreix una altra cara de les seves representacions complementàriament i explicativa necessària. Aquesta és la segona aportació descriptiva.</p><p>L'article, en un últim moviment, fa un contrast entre aquesta representació de desitjos i el tipus d'interpretacions amb què els professionals operen en el seu exercici quotidià (que ja es van investigar prèviament). </p>

This edited volume brings together leading social scientists who address recent evidence and debates about public engagement and trust in experts. The chapters consider different methods of public consultation for a variety of new technologies, including genetically modified foods, mobile telecommunications, nanotechnology, and hydrogen energy

Considers methodological alternatives available for studies of gender & social change in the context of international development, drawing on research conducted in the La Cocha region of Colombia, which focused on the kinds of social change likely to be caused by development projects in the division of labor & their effects on gender relations. Difficulty in pursuing this question involved accounting for both structures of daily life & the complexity of social relations for women. Resolution came in the form of a three-level methodology that dissociates the structural arena, the daily life of individuals, & the social arena of organizations & associations, thus allowing for analysis of their independent formation & mutual interaction. The notion of hierarchy was employed to make direct connections between these levels of analysis in particular contexts. It is concluded that, conceived in this manner, the complexity of social change is both accessible & not reduced to simplistic phenomena. D. M. Smith

An Introduction to the Circuit -- 1. How to Make a Soldier into a Medium: Docile Bodies in the Signaling Circuit -- 2. Soldiers in the Circuit: Media and Medicine in the First World War -- 3. Police Circuits: Render Automatic All the Mechanisms of Society -- 4. Circuitous Maximus: Automobility, Flow, and Driverless Futures -- 5. How We All Were Committed: Automating Medial Madness from Eyeglasses to Google Glass -- 6. Media Genealogical Method

The article reveals the actual aspects of the digital economy. With its appearance, people form new habits, needs, and the structure of the spheres of the state changes. Therefore, it is logical that the government developed and adopted the program "Digital Economy of the Russian Federation" in 2019. The digital ecosystem will ensure the transition of enterprises to digital document management, connect customers and process participants through a common platform, create a new product through common efforts. In the article, the authors examined crowdinvesting and crowdfunding platforms. The first are projects for investment; the second are projects of social, creative, charitable orientation. The article highlights and describes another trend - online transfers and payments. As a consequence of this trend, the authors describe the creation of a trial model of the digital ruble. In conclusion, the article names the problems and threats that the digitalization of the economy carries. ; В статье раскрываются актуальные аспекты цифровой экономики. С её появлением у людей формируются новые привычки, потребности, меняется структура сфер государства. Поэтому логично, что правительством разработана в 2019 г. и принята к исполнению программа «Цифровая экономика РФ». Цифровая экосистема обеспечит процесс перехода предприятий на цифровой документооборот, свяжет клиентов и участников процесса, посредством общей платформы, создаст новый продукт через общие усилия. В статье авторы рассмотрели краудинвестинговые и краудфандинговые площадки. Первые представляют собой проекты для инвестирования; вторые – проекты социальной, творческой, благотворительной направленности. В статье выделяется и описывается ещё один тренд – онлайн переводы и платежи. Как следствие этого тренда, авторы описывают создание пробной модели цифрового рубля. В заключение называются проблемы и угрозы, которые несет в себе цифровизация экономики.

Preliminary Material -- Introduction: Aesthetic Capitalism /Peter Murphy and Eduardo de la Fuente -- 1 From the Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism to the Creative Economy: Reflections on the New Spirit of Art and Capitalism /David Roberts -- 2 The Artefacts of Capitalism and the Objecthood of Their Aesthetics /Vrasidas Karalis -- 3 The Aesthetic Spirit of Modern Capitalism /Peter Murphy -- 4 The Visual Experience Economy: What Kind of Economics? On the Topologies of Aesthetic Capitalism /Anders Michelsen -- 5 Aesthetic Capital: Hermeneutic Speculation, Economic Themes, and the Dismal Science /Ken Friedman -- 6 The Social Negotiation of Aesthetics and Organisational Democracy /Antonio Strati -- 7 Neo-Modernism: Architecture in the Age of Aesthetic Capitalism /Eduardo de la Fuente -- 8 The Aesthetics of Fiscal Consolidation /Carlo Tognato -- 9 The Innovative Role of Art in the Time of the Absence of Myth /Dominique Bouchet -- Index.

Learn about the advances in longevity, genetics, nanotech, and robotics that can make a superior you possible very soon. Discussion includes questions such as What are the social and ethical implications of all this? What will your government say about all this? Will super villains raise havoc with tomorrow's technology enhanced humans?, etc

1. Genealogies of emotions, intimacy and desire : theories of changes in emotional regimes from medieval society to late modernity -- 2. Foucault's genealogy of sexuality : Foucault, sex and power -- 3. Narratives of romantic love -- 4. "Mapping intimacy through sex in twentieth century colonial cultures" : the work of Laura Ann Stoler and Anne McClintock -- 5. Love and intimacy in late modernity : the transformation of intimacy -- 6. "The intelligence of emotions" : intimacy, emotions and the "turn to affect" : feminist interventions -- 7. Intimacy, emotions and the public sphere : from sentimental ideology to "the queen of America" : the public and the private in the work of Lauren Berlant.

1. Sensitive Social Work Research -- 2. The Philosophy of Sensitive Social Work Research -- 3. The Ethical Aspects of Sensitive Social Work Research -- 4. Skills Required for Sensitive Social Work Research -- 5. Risk Assessment and Management for Sensitive Social Work Research -- 6. Managing Emotion for Sensitive Social Work Research -- 7. Collecting Data for Sensitive Social Work Research -- 8. Analysing Data for Sensitive Social Work Research -- 9. Interpreting and Presenting Findings for Sensitive Social Work Research.

The article analyzes the dynamics of perception of the migration situation by the host population in the Republic of Mordovia. Public opinion is being monitored on potential problems created by immigrants when moving to the region, on their impact on ethno-confessional relations and the social and criminogenic situation.
The empirical base included the results of annual regional sociological studies of the ethno-confessional and migration situation conducted in the period 2021–2023. The sociological survey was conducted in accordance with the Methodological Recommendations for Conducting Sociological Research in the subjects of the Russian Federation proposed by the Federal Agency for Nationalities of the Russian Federation (FADN of Russia). This methodology makes it possible to carry out sociological monitoring of key indicators of the state of ethno-confessional relations and migration processes in the Russian Federation. The volume of the sample population was n = 700 people, the representative features were gender, age, place of residence and nationality. As a tool for collecting primary information, a quantitative method was used — an individual face-to-face interview at the respondent's place of residence using a paper questionnaire (PAPI).
It was revealed that in Mordovia, the attitude towards immigrants is gradually changing: the share of the population concerned about the problems of competition in the labor market, the deterioration of ethno-confessional relations, experiencing anxiety from the presence of migrant workers is decreasing. It is determined that the presence of immigrants in the region does not provoke an aggravation of ethnic conflicts and the idea of restricting/reducing the entry of migrants is becoming less popular.
The author concludes that the attitude of the receiving population to immigrants is determined by the level of socio-economic development of the region.

Introduction -- Child athletes in the People's Republic of China -- Race and social channelling of African Americans into sport -- Corporate sports socialisation and habitus : adventure racing and dragon boating -- Muslim women in sport -- Women in eSports -- The case of intersex athletes -- (Dis)empowerment for Para-Olympians -- Women who fight -- Young athletes and character development -- Conclusion to case studies in sport socialisation and future cases.