A5031687360- Media Studies and Communication
- Social Media and Politics
- Cultural Industries and Urban Development
- Social and Educational Sciences
- Globalization and Cultural Identity
- Digital Games and Media
- Youth Education and Societal Dynamics
- Cinema and Media Studies
- Multimedia Communication and Technology
- Social and Cultural Dynamics
- Gender, Feminism, and Media
- ICT Impact and Policies
- Nostalgia and Consumer Behavior
- Crime, Deviance, and Social Control
- European Cultural and National Identity
- Ethics and Social Impacts of AI
- Visual Culture and Art Theory
- Digital Economy and Work Transformation
- Information Society and Technology Trends
- Privacy, Security, and Data Protection
- Media, Religion, Digital Communication
- Technology's Impact on Media
- Education, Sociology, Communication Studies
- Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy
- Intellectual Property Rights and Media
Södertörn University
2014-2024
Intelligence on mass media audiences was founded representative statistical samples, analysed by statisticians at the market departments of corporations. The techniques for aggregating user data in age pervasive and ubiquitous personal (e.g. laptops, smartphones, credit cards/swipe cards radio-frequency identification) build large aggregates information (Big Data) algorithms that transform into commodities. While former technologies were built socio-economic variables such as age, gender,...
Value is seldom discussed in its own right, though it of utmost importance to our relations with media texts and cultural objects, as we constantly make judgements various kinds respect them. This book focuses on how value - aesthetic, political social economic produced contemporary production. Contending that not constituted by the essence a thing, but rather relations, through negotiations justifications, Media discusses changes industries over past two decades, emphasising rise new,...
This article discusses the role of media and communications in contributing to social progress, as elaborated a landmark international project – International Panel on Social Progress. First, it analyses how digital platforms have contributed global inequality by examining access infrastructure across world regions. Second, looks at governance different mechanisms corporatized control over platforms, algorithms content. Third, examines democratization is key element struggle for justice. It...
Since the late 1990s, nation branding has attracted a lot of attention from academics, professional consultants and government actors. The ideas practices are frequently presented by advocates as necessary even inevitable in light changing dynamics political power influence globalised media-saturated world. In this context, some have argued that is way to reduce international conflict supplant ethno-nationalism with new form market-based, national image management. However, growing body...
If nation branding is about constructing and promoting national identity, what kind of 'identity' could it possibly be? This article analyses how the branded qualitatively differs from earlier forms imagined communities by focusing on tension between inward- outward-directed dimensions branding. A particular focus placed concept 'identity', which, argued, insufficiently problematized in previous research. The discussion takes its departure a case study Ukraine, where all attempts came to an...
In the wake of Covid-19 pandemic, many research projects were forced to adapt their design and conduct interviews online. This paper discusses benefits challenges using online focus groups with participants representing different generations cultural social backgrounds. Based on researchers’ experiences field notes from a three-country comparative project, aiming at analysing extent which previous experience state surveillance impacted attitudes commercial monitoring tracking behaviour among...
As research fields, mediatization and Human-Machine Communication (HMC) have distinct historical trajectories. While is concerned with the fundamental interrelation between transformation of media communications cultural societal changes, much younger field HMC delves into human meaning-making in interactions machines. However, recent wave “deep mediatization,” characterized by an increasing emphasis on general communicative automation rise AI, highlights a shared interest technology’s role...
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One component in the generational experience strongly related to media is intimate and often passionate relation that developed towards technologies content from one’s formative youth period: musical genres stars, as well reproduction such vinyl record, music cassette tapes, comics other now dead forms. Passion, however, a dialectic concept not only refers joyful desire intense emotional engagement of cherished objects but also includes its opposite form pain suffering. This passion, it...
Current media coverage surrounding ChatGPT, LaMDA, and Luminous has brought questions about the automation of communication into mainstream. Artificially intelligent are no longer merely mediating instances but themselves becoming communicative participants. This generated broad public discussion these systems others challenges they bring to domains such as education, discourse, journalistic production. Much this new “AI hype” revolves around question whether will soon “replace” humans...
With the expansion of European Union eastwards, nations have adopted various strategies for being included in community. This article discusses examples cultural technologies used by post-communist countries aligning with Western Europe. It is argued that phenomenon fact not new, as marketing has occurred since at least World’s Fairs 19th century. However, while addressed nation-states high industrialism, are features a post-industrialized context, where it more important to impress...
The 'active audience' has theoretically been conceptualized from two perspectives: in political economy, it is suggested that television audiences work for the networks while watching and they contribute to valorization process with their labour. Although contested, survived among media scholars, also feeding into discussion on web surveillance techniques. other conceptualization comes reception theory, ethnography cultural studies, where interpretive by seen as productive resulting...
Abstract This article reflects on the consequences of digitization for multiplatform television/media production, ways in which it affects textual expressions, and how this might have a bearing changing audience roles. It takes its departure empirically from two Swedish examples production: The Truth About Marika Labyrint, produced by SVT TV4, respectively. is argued that media texts challenge our conceptions categories such as work, text, program, etc., and, following that, also notions...
Abstract This article discusses value creation within the fields of cultural production. It departs from Bourdieu's field model, and seeks to develop it fit unrestricted production, for example television Bourdieu most part discussed production (or forms capital) in relation restricted that is, fine arts (e.g. art, literature). Although one his best known works dealt with television, cannot say he used possibilities inherent own theory thoroughly enough analyse this mass builds on recent...
This article compares the dissemination and usage of mobile phones in post-Soviet, transitional Estonia with patterns Sweden (a long-time Western democracy). Using a domestication perspective, study examines use voice calls compared texting by youths (aged 18—24) to probe role Estonia’s transition from state-controlled market economy shaping usage. Results show that while mobiles among young Swedes Estonians is similar, calling are not. In (as Japan even USA), people text more than they...