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Online Anti-Rape Activism examines the nature, use and scope of online spaces for anti-rape activism. Drawing on semi-structured interviews with activists from around the world, survey data from participants in these spaces, and a content analysis of social media pages, weblogs and websites, this book explores the complexities, contradictions, possibilities and politics that underscore the ways these online spaces are engaged with, regulated and their potential to contribute to social change.

In the wake of the #MeToo movement, this book offers a critical commentary on the limitations and potentials of online anti-rape campaigning. It provides a foundation for understanding the emergence of #MeToo and sheds light on the complex history associated with keeping rape on the public agenda and the enduring tension between the personal and the political within feminist activism.

The interdisciplinary and international approach makes this book suitable for a broad audience, including academics, students and activists working in the fields of gender and women's studies, media studies, politics, sociology and criminology worldwide.

Online Anti-Rape Activism examines the nature, use and scope of online spaces for anti-rape activism. Drawing on semi-structured interviews with activists from around the world, survey data from participants in these spaces, and a content analysis of social media pages, weblogs and websites, this book explores the complexities, contradictions, possibilities and politics that underscore the ways these online spaces are engaged with, regulated and their potential to contribute to social change. In the wake of the #MeToo movement, this book offers a critical commentary on the limitations and potentials of online anti-rape campaigning. It provides a foundation for understanding the emergence of #MeToo and sheds light on the complex history associated with keeping rape on the public agenda and the enduring tension between the personal and the political within feminist activism. The interdisciplinary and international approach makes this book suitable for a broad audience, including academics, students and activists working in the fields of gender and women's studies, media studies, politics, sociology and criminology worldwide.

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- List of contributors -- Introduction to international perspectives on digital media and early literacy -- Part 1 Learning and interaction with digital devices -- 1 Promising interactive functions in digital storybooks for young children -- 2 Cognitively activating and emotionally attuning interactions: their relevance for language and literacy learning and teaching with digital media -- 3 Exploring media practices in inclusive early childhood settings -- 4 The caregiver's role in keeping a child-robot interaction going -- 5 Beyond words: children's multimodal responses during word learning with a social robot -- Part 2 (Early) literacy learning with digital media -- 6 Promising interactive functions in digital storybooks for young children -- 7 A look into the future: how digital tools may advance language development -- 8 Designing apps to facilitate first and second language acquisition in children -- 9 Digital children's literature in the interplay between visuality and animation: a model for analyzing picture book apps and their potential for children's story comprehension -- 10 DAZonline.ch: a gallery of annotated interactive pictures for cross-situational language learning -- Index.

As technology advances rapidly, media literacy education plays a crucial role in supplying individuals with the skills and knowledge to navigate the complex media landscape. The article examines the ethical implications of AI algorithms highlighting the importance of critical awareness among users. AI-driven recommendation systems have considerable influence over individuals' information consumption and worldview, which requires media literacy education to foster a deep understanding of biases, limitations and potential risks associated with these algorithms. This paper points to the need for ethical behaviour to govern AI algorithms, ensuring transparency, accountability and fairness in content curation. Additionally, the article brings examples that indicate how algorithms work and what consequences they can leave in our social life and actions if we do not create them according to certain ethical values, or if we consume their messages without critical awareness. New media literacy education should empower individuals to make informed decisions about their privacy and develop a critical stance toward data collection practices. Concepts such as informed consent, data anonymity, and the implications of targeted advertising should be addressed in media literacy education. Furthermore, the paper emphasizes the responsibilities of media literacy educators themselves. Teachers and institutions must ensure that media literacy programs promote inclusivity, diversity, and a global vision. By incorporating ethical frameworks into the curriculum, educators can cultivate responsible digital citizenship and encourage critical thinking about the social impact of AI and digital media. Media literacy education in the context of AI and digital media must address the ethical dimensions inherent in these technologies. By equipping individuals with the necessary tools to critically analyse algorithms, navigate data privacy concerns, and foster responsible digital citizenship, media literacy education can facilitate an informed and ethical engagement with AI and digital media.

The advancing digitalization and media convergence demands TV broadcasting companies to adjust their content to various platforms and distribution channels. The internet, as convergent carrier medium, is increasingly taking on a central role for additional media. Classical linear TV is still important, but for some audiences it has been developing from a primary medium to a secondary medium. Owing to the growing melding of classical-linear TV contents with online offerings (e.g. video-on-demand platforms or Web–TV), a great dynamic can be seen which has triggered numerous discussions about the future of TV for some time now. This article will summarize the results of two different audience studies. Film and television shows are meanwhile distributed online via Video-on-Demand platforms such as Netflix or
Amazon Prime Video. The first audience study has dealt with the use of VoD-platforms in Germany investigating user rituals, user motivation to watch films and TV shows on these platforms, and the meaning of VoD in everyday life. Most of the participants in this study reported that they mainly watch TV drama series at Netflix or Amazon Prime. Therefore, the second audience study focused the online use of television drama series of individuals and couples elaborating the
phenomenon of binge watching. In relating the audience practice to the new structures of the television market the article will shed light on the future of television. (author's abstract)

AbstractFocusing on fansubbing, the production of unauthorized subtitles by fans of audiovisual media content, this paper calls for a more serious sociolinguistic analysis of the political economy of digital media communication. It argues that fansubbing's contentious position within regimes of intellectual property and copyright makes it a useful context for considering the crucial role of language ideology in global capitalism's expanding reach over communicative activity. Through a critical analysis of Korean discourses about fansubbing, this paper considers how tensions between competing ideological conceptions of fansub work shed light on the process by which regimes of intellectual property incorporate digital media communication as a site for profit. Based on this analysis, the paper argues for the need to look beyond the affordances of digital media in terms of translingual, hybrid, and creative linguistic form, to extend our investigations towards language ideologies as a constitutive element in the political economy.

The speed and scale of mobilization in many contemporary protest events may reflect a transformation of movement organizations toward looser ties with members, enabling broader mobilization through the mechanism of dense individual-level political networks. This analysis explores the dynamics of this communication process in the case of U.S. protests against the Iraq war in 2003. We hypothesize that individual activists closest to the various sponsoring protest organizations were (a) disproportionately likely to affiliate with diverse political networks and (b) disproportionately likely to rely on digital communication media (lists, Web sites) for various types of information and action purposes. We test this model using a sample of demonstrators drawn from the United States protest sites of New York, San Francisco, and Seattle and find support for our hypotheses. Adapted from the source document.

Wissenschaftskommunikation und gesellschaftliches Engagement mit der Wissenschaft wurden in den letzten Jahren wiederholt gefordert, insbesondere während der COVID-19-Pandemie. Die Akademien der Wissenschaften Schweiz haben daher die ExpertInnengruppe «Communicating Sciences and Arts in Times of Digital Media» mit einem doppelten Mandat eingesetzt: Erstens sollte sie den Status quo von Wissenschaftskommunikation und gesellschaftlichem Engagement mit der Wissenschaft in der Schweiz systematisch erfassen. Zweitens sollte sie Verbesserungspotenziale identifizieren und entsprechende Empfehlungen erarbeiten. Die Empfehlungen sind in dieser Broschüre zusammengestellt. Sie thematisieren die Rolle kommunizierender WissenschaftlerInnen, institutionelle Wissenschaftskommunikation, Wissenschaftsjournalismus und weitere Aspekte. Sie richten sich an Stakeholder und EntscheidungsträgerInnen aus Wissenschaft und Hochschulen, an Förderinstitutionen und Stiftungen, an Politik, Medienhäuser und andere Akteure. ; Akademien der Wissenschaften Schweiz (2021) Förderung der Wissenschaftskommunikation und des gesellschaftlichen Engagements mit der Wissenschaft in der Schweiz. Empfehlungen der ExpertInnengruppe «Communicating Sciences and Arts in Times of Digital Media» In Science in the Swiss Public. The State of Science Communication and Public Engagement with Science in Switzerland. Swiss Academies Reports 16 (8).

This study intends to describe the efforts of the District Government Public Relations. Sleman in building public trust in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic situation. Hoax information results in a decrease in public trust in the government because there is a lot of miss information related to COVID-19 and miss information related to government policies, causing a crisis of trust. Therefore, Government Public Relations has the main task of conveying true information and must be able to build public trust and deal with crisis situations. This type of research is descriptive research with a qualitative approach. Data collection techniques were carried out by in-depth interviews with the Public Relations of the District Government. Sleman and literature study. The concept of Public Relations (Cutlip & Center) and the Dimensions of Public Trust (Rawlins) help researchers to explain public relations efforts to build public trust during the COVID-19 pandemic. The results showed that the Public Relations of the District Government. Sleman has been in building public trust and fighting hoaxes by providing fast information through online media, delivering clear, consistent messages and coordinating efforts to build trust. Nevertheless, the researcher considers the efforts to build public trust carried out by the Public Relations of the District Government. Sleman is not yet fully maximized. This is because there is no clear measurement by the Public Relations of the District Government. Sleman to evaluate performance and efforts to build trust in the community regarding the COVID-19 pandemic.

This thesis seeks to investigate young immigrants and ethnic minorities' (IEM) perceptions of media portrayals of their cultural groups, with a focus on IEM's understandings regarding the construction of cultural identity in their context in Barcelona. Further, it intends to examine the ways in which young IEM, both as consumers and as producers of media texts, use digital media and media literacy to contest stereotyped portrayals of cultural groups and to construct cultural identities in their own terms. The relationship between media, representation and identity is explored through an examination of the theoretical body of work on identity politics, and of previous empirical studies focusing specifically on the portrayal of IEM in the media, at both the transnational and Spanish levels. Additionally, special attention is given to media discourses regarding multiculturalism and the multicultural society, with the aim of examining participants' positions towards cultural and identity politics. Approaches to audience studies, in terms of to what audiences do with media rather than what media do to audiences, are examined and evaluated with regards to their relevance to this study. A discussion of critical methodologies involving ethnographic and visual methods within social research, introduces the research activities carried out as part of this study. A paradigm based on the assumption of a universal capacity for language and communication informs this study's methodological choices and eliminates the hierarchy between 'researcher' and 'researched', as both are seen as participants in a mutual learning process. A total of sixteen young people (18-33 years old) from diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds, living in Barcelona between 2006 and 2008, participated in this study. They were part of a natural group of media-makers in an ongoing artistic and intercultural project called 'Roots and Routes', which was the inspiration for this thesis title. Seven audio-visual texts produced by the participants were ...

While the majority of previous research suggests there are positive relationships between digital media use and political participation and knowledge, most studies have relied on cross-sectional surveys and have thus not been able to firmly establish the chain of causality. Also, there is little research investigating use of different forms of digital media and their relative effects on political participation and knowledge. This study examines (a) the effects of digital media use on political participation and knowledge and (b) whether different forms of digital media use affect people differently. Drawing on two representative panel surveys, the study demonstrates that there are only weak effects of digital media use on political learning, but that the use of some digital media forms has appreciable effects on political participation.

The purpose of this article is the study and analysis the changes that have occurred in the mass media in the context of the right of access to new information technologies. Thus, the research consists of studying the on-line platformas used by the mass media and indepent media, as well as the implications that arise with the use of intermediary platforms in the dissemination of fake news and hate speech. The meeting of the tutelage on the human right to communication, the foundation national legislation based on national and international legislation and the principles of digital media vehicles. ; El propósito de este artículo es el estúdio y análisi de los câmbios que se han producido em los médios de comunicación en el contexto del derecho de acceso a las nuevas tecnologias de la información. Por lo tanto, la investigación coniste em estudiar la plataforms em línea utilizadas por los médios de comunicación y los médios independientes, así como las implicaciones que surgen com el uso de plataformas intermediarias em la difusión de noticias falsas y dicursos de ódio. La reunión de la tutela sobre el derecho humano a la comunicación, la base de la legislación nacional basada em la legislación nacional e internacional y los princípios de los vehículos de médio digitales. ; O presente artigo tem por objeto de estudo a análise das transformações ocorridas em meio à mídia de massa sob o contexto do direito de acesso às novas tecnologias de informação. Nesse sentido, a pesquisa abarca o surgimento das plataformas on-line utilizadas pelos veículos de comunicação e da mídia independente, bem como, as implicações surgidas com o uso de plataformas intermediárias na disseminação de fake news e a propagação do discurso do ódio. Tem-se o encontro da tutela do direito humano à comunicação e como fundamento a legislação pátria e comparada e princípios defendidos pelos veículos digitais de mídia.

[eng] This thesis seeks to investigate young immigrants and ethnic minorities' (IEM) perceptions of media portrayals of their cultural groups, with a focus on IEM's understandings regarding the construction of cultural identity in their context in Barcelona. Further, it intends to examine the ways in which young IEM, both as consumers and as producers of media texts, use digital media and media literacy to contest stereotyped portrayals of cultural groups and to construct cultural identities in their own terms. The relationship between media, representation and identity is explored through an examination of the theoretical body of work on identity politics, and of previous empirical studies focusing specifically on the portrayal of IEM in the media, at both the transnational and Spanish levels. Additionally, special attention is given to media discourses regarding multiculturalism and the multicultural society, with the aim of examining participants' positions towards cultural and identity politics. Approaches to audience studies, in terms of to what audiences do with media rather than what media do to audiences, are examined and evaluated with regards to their relevance to this study. A discussion of critical methodologies involving ethnographic and visual methods within social research, introduces the research activities carried out as part of this study. A paradigm based on the assumption of a universal capacity for language and communication informs this study's methodological choices and eliminates the hierarchy between 'researcher' and 'researched', as both are seen as participants in a mutual learning process. A total of sixteen young people (18-33 years old) from diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds, living in Barcelona between 2006 and 2008, participated in this study. They were part of a natural group of media-makers in an ongoing artistic and intercultural project called 'Roots and Routes', which was the inspiration for this thesis title. Seven audio-visual texts produced by the participants were analysed, together with accompanying reflective commentaries, interviews and life narratives. The analysis reveals that young IEM are fully aware of the negative portrayals in the media of cultural groups, and articulately identify consequences for their daily lives. The study highlights the double hazard for IEM of mainstream media constructions of cultural identity, as participants cannot escape the identities imposed on them, and at the same time they are forced to constantly prove themselves to the locals. However, deeper analysis shows how IEM construct their own cultural and gendered identities in coming to terms with their 'routes' in an urban and intercultural context, rather than falling back on their 'roots', despite attempts by media discourses to focus attention on cultural differences in terms of origin, ethnicity, nationality or religion. Additionally, the study illustrates how IEM are able to break the 'circle of representation' by creating alternative imagery and distributing it by means of online social networks, the pitfalls of the so-called 'social web' notwithstanding. ; [cat] ARRELS I CAMINS'. JOVES DE PROCEDÈNCIES ETNO-CULTURALS DIVERSES CONSTRUEIXEN LA SEVA IDENTITAT MITJANÇANT EL VÍDEO DIGITAL .TEXT:Aquest estudi parteix del fet que els mitjans construeixen la imatge de l'altre mitjançant discursos exclusors basats en les diferències culturals. Les imatges de 'nosaltres' i 'ells' dominen la representació mediàtica dels grups culturals, freqüentment estudiada des del punt de vista de l'anàlisi del discurs. Aquest estudi busca investigar, però, la percepció que tenen els immigrants i les minories ètniques (IME) de les seves representacions mediàtiques, amb un enfoc específic en les seves creences i opinions sobre la construcció de la identitat cultural. La tesi vol mostrar com els joves IME fan servir el mitjà digital, tant com a consumidors com com a productors de textos mediàtics, per tal de contestar representacions estereotipades dels grups culturals, i com construeixen una identitat cultural des de la seva pròpia realitat. La relació entre mitjans, representació i identitat s'explora a través del cos teòric sobre polítiques d'identitats, relacions de poder i representació de grups culturals, i a través dels estudis empírics enfocats específicament en les representacions mediàtiques dels IME a nivell trans-nacional i local. Adicionalment, l'estudi donarà una especial atenció a com es posicionen els participants en els discursos mediàtics sobre la societat multicultural. En total, setze adults emergents d'entre 18 i 33 anys, de procedències ètniques i culturals diverses, van participar en aquest estudi. Tots vivien a Barcelona entre els anys 2006 i 2008, i formaven part d'un grup natural de joves interessats en el vídeo dins del projecte Roots and Routes ('arrels i camins'), el qual va donar nom a aquesta tesi. Es van analitzar set textos audiovisuals produïts pels participants, amb els seus respectius comentaris auto-reflexius i addicionalment es van analitzar narratives de vida i entrevistes amb els setze participants. L'anàlisi de les dades mostra que els joves IME són plenament conscients de la imatge negativa dels grups culturals als mitjans, i que identifiquen amb precisió les conseqüències dels estereotips negatius per a la seva vida diària: l' estigmatització, la discriminació i la exclusió principalment. L'estudi assenyala el doble parany per a IME que suposen les construccions mediàtiques de la identitat cultural, donat que els participants no podien 'escapar' de les identitats imposades sobre ells, a la vegada que havien de demostrar continuadament a la població que ells 'no són així'. Una anàlisi més profunda, però, mostra com els IME construeixen les seves identitats culturals i de gènere mirant cap endavant (els seus 'camins') més que mirant cap enrere (les seves 'arrels'), malgrat els intents dels discursos mediàtics d'enfocar l'atenció sobre les diferències culturals relacionades amb nocions d'etnicitat, d'origen, de nacionalitat o de religió. Finalment, l'estudi mostra com els IME són capaços de trencar el 'cercle de la representació' exclusor i crear imatges alternatives i distribuir-les mitjançant xarxes socials online, malgrat els paranys de la invisibilitat en el web 2.0 o el web social.

American scholar Negroponte points out in "Digital Survival" that digital technology's impact on our lives, work, education, and entertainment and its worth thinking about are the best guides to a new digital world. Nowadays, digital technology has accelerated the evolution and development of human society, and digitization is quietly integrating into all fields of production and life. Through combing the historical origin of Chinese culture and analyzing the practical difficulties faced by Chinese culture in digital age, exploring an effective way to enable Chinese culture to spread.