In its introduction, the text presents the basis for a sociology of globalization at affirming that such a phenomenon is comprehensible not only in terms of interdependency and formation of exclusively global institutions but in regard to something within what is national. After overcoming a methodological nationalism it becomes possible to approach a growing number of cases of localization of what is global and others of denationalization of what is national which, meanwhile, opens a wide range of research possibilities in social sciences. Then, a study of global cities as a convenient space to test theoretical assumptions of such a sociology is undertaken since, in those cities, a new transnational geography serving as a space for new transnational politics emerges. ; El texto presenta en la introducción las bases para una sociología de la globalización en la que se afirma que dicho fenómeno es comprensible en términos no sólo de la interdependencia y la formación de instituciones exclusivamente globales sino en relación a algo que también reside en el interior de lo nacional. Al superar el nacionalismo metodológico, es posible entonces abordar un número creciente de casos de localización de lo global y de desnacionalización de lo nacional que, a su vez, abre para las ciencias sociales una amplia gama de posibilidades de investigación. A continuación, se aborda el estudio de las ciudades globales como un espacio propicio para poner a prueba los presupuestos teóricos de esta sociología en la medida en que, a través de aquellas, se crea una nueva geografía transnacional que al mismo tiempo constituye el espacio para una nueva política transnacional.
In its introduction, the text presents the basis for a sociology of globalization at affirming that such a phenomenon is comprehensible not only in terms of interdependency and formation of exclusively global institutions but in regard to something within what is national. After overcoming a methodological nationalism it becomes possible to approach a growing number of cases of localization of what is global and others of denationalization of what is national which, meanwhile, opens a wide range of research possibilities in social sciences. Then, a study of global cities as a convenient space to test theoretical assumptions of such a sociology is undertaken since, in those cities, a new transnational geography serving as a space for new transnational politics emerges. ; El texto presenta en la introducción las bases para una sociología de la globalización en la que se afirma que dicho fenómeno es comprensible en términos no sólo de la interdependencia y la formación de instituciones exclusivamente globales sino en relación a algo que también reside en el interior de lo nacional. Al superar el nacionalismo metodológico, es posible entonces abordar un número creciente de casos de localización de lo global y de desnacionalización de lo nacional que, a su vez, abre para las ciencias sociales una amplia gama de posibilidades de investigación. A continuación, se aborda el estudio de las ciudades globales como un espacio propicio para poner a prueba los presupuestos teóricos de esta sociología en la medida en que, a través de aquellas, se crea una nueva geografía transnacional que al mismo tiempo constituye el espacio para una nueva política transnacional.
The aim of this article is to argue about the transition from the risk society to the uncertainty society. In view of the fact that the pandemic from Covid 19 has shown that vulnerability could potentially become a permanent condition, it is appropriate to try to configure uncertainty by choosing a different epistemological key, capable, both to question some of the paradigms on which the organization of the current economic and social systems in industrialized countries insists and to define meanings usefull to build new models of global behavior. Without incurring the error of associating uncertainty with indeterminacy, the challenge inherent in the proposal of a sociology of uncertainty consists in a proof of refutability towards any kind of functionalist logic. Both with respect to analyzes supported by causal relationships and with reference to forms of cognitive rationality focused on the automatic absolutism of numbers, the sociology of uncertainty represents the heuristic bet in opposition to the determinism of any "simple" typology of rational thinking. Through the critical review of the dialectic within which risk sociology has elaborated most of its key concepts and suggested them to other disciplines, the sociology of uncertainty acquires an interesting interdisciplinary value. In addition to providing a meaningful and dynamic interpretation of reality, its interdisciplinary value is essential for assigning a specialized role to social research. Especially with regard to applied sociology, the issue of uncertainty allows to broaden the heuristic horizon and to combine sociology and economy to adopt an approach capable of keeping together the analysis of forms and processes of socialization with that of environmental problems and territorial, and to address the issue of the reduction of inequalities through solutions that guarantee the widening of participation and the increasing of deliberative practices. Upon a methodological approach based on much more awareness, the goal is the promotion of social learnig. This last is foundamental to allows sociology of uncertianty is the management of vulnerabilities in the view either of understanding and interpretation of social phenomena and of defining of local and global policies ; L'intento di questo articolo è argomentare sull'opportunità di un passaggio dalla società del rischio alla società dell'incertezza. In considerazione del fatto che la pandemia da Covid 19 ha dimostrato che la vulnerabilità potrebbe potenzialmente diventare una condizione permanente, è opportuno provare a configurare l'incertezza tramite la scelta di una diversa chiave epistemologica, in grado, tanto di mettere in discussione alcuni dei paradigmi sui quali insiste l'organizzazione degli attuali sistemi economici e sociali nei paesi industrializzati, quanto di procedere all'individuazione di significati intorno ai quali costruire nuovi modelli di comportamento globale. Di conseguenza, la sfida insita nella proposta di una sociologia dell'incertezza, senza in alcun modo incorrere nell'errore di associare l'incertezza con l'indeterminatezza, consiste in una prova di confutabilità nei confronti di ogni genere di logica di matrice funzionalista. Cosicché, sia rispetto alle analisi supportate da relazioni causali sia in riferimento a forme di razionalità cognitiva incentrate sull'automatico assolutismo dei numeri, la sociologia dell'incertezza rappresenta una scommessa euristica in opposizione al determinismo di qualsiasi tipologia pensiero raziocinante e, per così dire, necessariamente spiegazionista. Attraverso una revisione critica degli ambiti dialettici entro i quali la sociologia del rischio ha elaborato gran parte dei suoi concetti - chiave e li ha suggeriti ad altre discipline, la sociologia dell'incertezza acquista un valore interdisciplinare. Oltre che per fornire una interpretazione significativa e dinamica della realtà, il valore interdisciplinare è essenziale per assegnare alla ricerca sociale un ruolo specialistico. Soprattutto per quanto riguarda la sociologia applicata, il tema dell'incertezza permette di allargare l'orizzonte euristico e di combinare sociologia ed economia per adottare un approccio capace di tenere insieme l'analisi delle forme e dei processi di socializzazione con quello dei problemi ambientali e territoriali, e di affrontare la questione della riduzione delle disuguaglianze attraverso soluzioni che garantiscano l'ampliamento della partecipazione a la diffusione delle pratiche deliberative nei contesti di vita. Tale approccio metodologico di fonda su un incremento di consapevolezza. Per meglio dire, esso promuove la consapevolezza come traguardo intorno al quale organizzare gli stili di vita e le condizioni di benessere sociale. Nell'auspicio che la consapevolezza possa permettere l'adozione di strumenti utili a mettere su un piano di verità i fatti così come sono e non come ci piacerebbe che fossero, la sociologia dell'incertezza, non solo confronta con la dimensione della vulnerabilità, ma trae da essa informazioni al fine di affrontare con maggiore solidità empirica e rigore metodologico la comprensione e interpretazione di fenomeni e processi sociali, ovvero anche per fornire contenuti a misure locali di governance cosi come per la definizione di strumenti per policies economiche e politiche a livello globali.
Media attention on climate change (cc) in developing countries is crucial for understanding the discourses that exist in vulnerable zones. Past research has focused on printed media coverage of cc in western developed countries, but there is little knowledge on online media in developing countries. Using framing theory framework, this study analyses the way in which spanish-speaking online media frames news about cc. We carried out a quantitative content analysis of 889 news items from 97 online media outlets that published news about cc during cop16 (Cancun-2010) and cop17 (Durban-2011). Findings show that the principal sources are politicians and almost half of the news items came from news wire services. The analysis also indicated an association between the quoted source and the news frame. It is discussed that there exists a 'nationalistic domestication' and that media coverage does not respond to local needs. Further qualitative and comparative analyses are suggested
Este artículo se encuentra disponible en la siguiente URL: http://brajets.com/index.php/brajets/article/view/453/244 ; Today, Spain is an advanced country in the field of sport for people with disabilities. Thanks to social movement led by National Blind Organization (ONCE) since the mid-80s, the Paralympic Games in Barcelona in 1992, the birth of the Spanish Paralympic Committee in 1995 and the Paralympic Sport Support Plan (ADOP) by the Government, Spain is a Paralympic power and many athletes with disabilities are socially known and admired people. However, there are yet situations of social and economic discrimination. Surely the media have powerfully influenced for improve the image of these athletes with disabilities, but still they use to give the sport for people with disabilities much less coverage than they give to other sports. From a sociological point of view, the study of sport is consolidating as a scientific area and in recent decades it has highlighted the connections between sport and society in various fields. In particular, sport for people with disabilities has become one of the areas that has evolved, especially in relation to their physical, psychological and social benefits. However, the study area relating adapted sports and mass communication is poorly developed in Spain and the references are still sporadic. The aim of this article is to show the current state of studies on sport for people with disabilities from the point of view of sociology and communication sciences in Spain, as well as the relevance of deepening these studies to achieve understanding and, as far as possible, improve the situation of these people. / Hoje, a Espanha é um país avançado no campo do esporte para pessoas com deficiência. Graças ao movimento social liderado pela Organização Nacional das Cegas (ONCE) desde meados dos anos 80, os Jogos Paraolímpicos de Barcelona em 1992, o nascimento do Comitê Paralímpico Espanhol em 1995 e o Plano Paralímpico de Apoio Esportivo (ADOP) pelo Governo, a Espanha é um poder ...
Este artículo se encuentra disponible en la siguiente URL: http://brajets.com/index.php/brajets/article/view/453/244 ; Today, Spain is an advanced country in the field of sport for people with disabilities. Thanks to social movement led by National Blind Organization (ONCE) since the mid-80s, the Paralympic Games in Barcelona in 1992, the birth of the Spanish Paralympic Committee in 1995 and the Paralympic Sport Support Plan (ADOP) by the Government, Spain is a Paralympic power and many athletes with disabilities are socially known and admired people. However, there are yet situations of social and economic discrimination. Surely the media have powerfully influenced for improve the image of these athletes with disabilities, but still they use to give the sport for people with disabilities much less coverage than they give to other sports. From a sociological point of view, the study of sport is consolidating as a scientific area and in recent decades it has highlighted the connections between sport and society in various fields. In particular, sport for people with disabilities has become one of the areas that has evolved, especially in relation to their physical, psychological and social benefits. However, the study area relating adapted sports and mass communication is poorly developed in Spain and the references are still sporadic. The aim of this article is to show the current state of studies on sport for people with disabilities from the point of view of sociology and communication sciences in Spain, as well as the relevance of deepening these studies to achieve understanding and, as far as possible, improve the situation of these people. / Hoje, a Espanha é um país avançado no campo do esporte para pessoas com deficiência. Graças ao movimento social liderado pela Organização Nacional das Cegas (ONCE) desde meados dos anos 80, os Jogos Paraolímpicos de Barcelona em 1992, o nascimento do Comitê Paralímpico Espanhol em 1995 e o Plano Paralímpico de Apoio Esportivo (ADOP) pelo Governo, a Espanha é um poder ...
La difusión de los nuevos medios que el web 2.0 pone a disposición representa una posibilidad muy importante para los políticos que quieran modificar las reglas de la comunicación con los ciudadanos y trasmitir una propia imagen que no sea mediada por la televisión, los periódicos y otros medios de comunicación tradicionales. A través de un análisis de los perfiles de Twitter de algunos políticos italianos, podemos observar como ellos intenten difundir una "autopresentación" más espontánea y directa, aunque al origen de esta presentación haya una clara estrategia que mira a una propaganda personal. ; The new instruments made available by the web 2.0 represent an important opportunity for politicians who aim to change communication rules with citizens and to transmit a self-image not mediated by television, newspapers and other traditional mass media. Through an analysis of the Twitter profiles of a number of Italian politicians, we can observe their attempt to disseminate a more direct and spontaneous "presentation of self", although behind it there is a clear strategy pursuing a personal propaganda.
The relevance of the present study is predetermined by the widespread political propaganda of new technologies in the digital environment. Analysis of the consequences of their application in journalism is an urgent task for humanities and social practice. Therefore, the article aims, firstly, to reveal the facts of inadequate display of social reality in the media space, secondly, to consider the problems of compliance of the social object and its reflection in the digital environment, and thirdly, to understand the media technologies in terms of their value context. Methods. The essence of the topical issue predetermined the reliance on the methodology of value-based analysis of journalism that allowed considering the impact of media technologies on the humanistic essence of human communication. The research object is the student community as a social and political media audience. In this context, an international research project was prepared and implemented. In the framework of this project, students from Poland, Russia, and Serbia were interviewed. In total, more than 2,000 questionnaires were processed. Results. The article substantiates the following provisions: media technology is the rationalization of the transfer of socially significant texts from the communicator to the mass audience; in terms of value, the effectiveness of technology is ambivalent; the modern media environment is characterized by the dissemination of fakes, and post-truths; media facts and media events have become derivatives of pseudo-social media practice; functional relationship, historically developed in world culture between the object and its reflection in artistic and journalistic creativity, is broken; practice is replaced by media shadow. Conclusion. Materials presented in the article are of practical value for political functionaries and technologists, theorists of journalism, and mass media executives.
Nowadays, when thinking about communication media, it is very common to refer to a discouraging panorama of crisis, in which some journalists' vices seem difficult to erradicate. In the last twenty-five years, however, together with this perception, it has also emerged a growing tendency for solving this situation, which makes us think that, no matter the situation, there is a light at the end of the tunnel. The objective of this article is to describe two of these solution ideas: audience's defenders and media watch. Both are mechanisms which can be placed in the bigger context of media criticism and characterized by their idea for increasing media quality. The existence of each one of these mechanisms as well as the possibility for them to live together performing a hard work for making institutional media more democratic and transparent are described in the following pages. ; Cuando se piensa hoy en los medios, es frecuente aludir a un panorama desalentador, de crisis, en el cual algunos de los vicios de los periodistas parecen difíciles de erradicar. Sin embargo, junto a esta percepción, también existe en los últimos veinticinco años un número creciente de intentos de solución que nos hacen pensar en que, a pesar de todo, hay luz al final del túnel. El objetivo del presente capítulo es describir precisamente dos de estos intentos de solución: los defensores de la audiencia y los observatorios de medios. En ambos casos, se trata de mecanismos que pueden ser ubicados en el contexto mayor del media criticism y que se caracterizan por su voluntad expresa de incrementar la calidad de los medios. En las siguientes páginas, se describe la existencia de cada uno de estos mecanismos y se apuesta por la conveniencia de las dos figuras, en la difícil búsqueda por hacer de los medios instituciones más democráticas y transparentes.
Nowadays, when thinking about communication media, it is very common to refer to a discouraging panorama of crisis, in which some journalists' vices seem difficult to erradicate. In the last twenty-five years, however, together with this perception, it has also emerged a growing tendency for solving this situation, which makes us think that, no matter the situation, there is a light at the end of the tunnel. The objective of this article is to describe two of these solution ideas: audience's defenders and media watch. Both are mechanisms which can be placed in the bigger context of media criticism and characterized by their idea for increasing media quality. The existence of each one of these mechanisms as well as the possibility for them to live together performing a hard work for making institutional media more democratic and transparent are described in the following pages. ; Cuando se piensa hoy en los medios, es frecuente aludir a un panorama desalentador, de crisis, en el cual algunos de los vicios de los periodistas parecen difíciles de erradicar. Sin embargo, junto a esta percepción, también existe en los últimos veinticinco años un número creciente de intentos de solución que nos hacen pensar en que, a pesar de todo, hay luz al final del túnel. El objetivo del presente capítulo es describir precisamente dos de estos intentos de solución: los defensores de la audiencia y los observatorios de medios. En ambos casos, se trata de mecanismos que pueden ser ubicados en el contexto mayor del media criticism y que se caracterizan por su voluntad expresa de incrementar la calidad de los medios. En las siguientes páginas, se describe la existencia de cada uno de estos mecanismos y se apuesta por la conveniencia de las dos figuras, en la difícil búsqueda por hacer de los medios instituciones más democráticas y transparentes.
Along with a considerable increase of thepeople involved in studying Chinese culture andChinese language, Confucius Institute, initiallyfounded in 2004 in Seoul, South Korea,provoked different reactions regarding to themanagement and the activity held. Especiallyon American press, the debate focused on whatthe real aim of the project consists in, has beenretained responsible for political propagandaand a threat for the academic freedom. Soonthe debate involved reporters, journalists,Chinese Studies experts, sinologists andConfucius Institutes directors from every part ofthe world, leading the debate to aninternational dimension. 32 articles publishedsince 2010 on the Italian national newspapers,periodicals, specialized website and onlinechannels, have been collected and examined inorder to propose a critical analysis on how theimage of Confucius Institute is perceived in Italythrough examining the discourse of the Italianpress and the voices of the experts in the press.
Scientific literature on the perception of security has shown a lack of correlation between official crime statistics and people's perceptions. In planning security policy it is therefore important not only to study crime rates in a given area but also to analyse "uncontrollable" feelings of insecurity. Here we examined the role played by the media in this phenomenon. In recent years, the Italian media have paid special attention to security as an individual or collective state to safeguard against risks arising from crime and deviance. The attention of public opinion has concentrated largely on insecurity related to certain types of crime and certain well-defined social categories, underestimating others and risk factors with much graver implications for individual safety. We found two basic contradictions in the way the media has recently constructed the topic of security: 1. an increased sense of insecurity is not justified by an increase in crime rates which are actually in general decline; 2. certain concrete risk factors for personal safety are underestimated in favour of excessive emphasis on insecurity arising from certain types of criminality and the presence of certain social categories. It is therefore plausible that the media played a role in imposing and aggravating this distorted perception, both quantitatively and with regard to its causes. ; La letteratura scientifica riguardante la percezione della sicurezza ha evidenziato come non vi sia correlazione tra dato statistico ufficiale sulla criminalità e percezione di sicurezza dei cittadini. Nelle progettazione delle politiche di sicurezza appare allora importante non soltanto lo studio del quantum di pressione criminale in un determinato luogo, ma diventa almeno altrettanto importante l'analisi accurata delle "incontrollabili" logiche dei sentimenti di insicurezza. Lo studio qui presentato si interroga sul ruolo dei media su tale questione. Negli ultimi anni, infatti, i media italiani hanno enfatizzato il discorso sulla sicurezza attraverso l'adozione di una particolare attenzione di tale termine: quello di uno stato individuale e collettivo da tutelare dai rischi derivanti dalla criminalità e dalla devianza. In tale ottica, l'attenzione dell'opinione pubblica si è concentrata soprattutto sull'insicurezza derivante da alcune particolari fattispecie di reati e da alcune categorie sociali ben definite, sottovalutando invece altri e ben più gravi fattori di rischio per la safety individuale. Si evidenziano così due contraddizioni di fondo relative al modo in cui è stato costruito negli ultimi anni il tema della sicurezza da parte dei medi: da un lato, l'impossibilità di giustificare l'aumento del sentimento di insicurezza con un aumento della criminalità (smentito da un trend generalmente in calo) che normalmente viene associato ad esso; dall'altro, la sottovalutazione di alcuni concreti fattori di rischio per la safety a favore di una eccessiva enfatizzazione dell'insicurezza derivante da un particolare tipo di criminalità e dalla presenza di particolari categorie sociali. È dunque lecito ipotizzare che i media abbiano rivestito un ruolo decisivo nell'imporre questa idea di sicurezza e nell'alimentare una percezione distorta dell'insicurezza, sia dal punto di vista quantitativo che delle cause che la originano.
A series of wars over the last decade have produced complex emergencies that have led to various combinations of genocide, famine, destruction of infrastructure, enforced displacement of populations and regional destabilisation. There are now violent situations in around 30 countries, which produce over a thousand victims per year in battles over political power or territory. The leading actors in these conflicts are very often corrupt and repressive States and non-state armed groups. These wars are part of, and instrumental to, illegal economies based on resources such as diamonds, oil, timber, and on illicit trades of weapons and drugs. ; Peer reviewed
