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Internet meme as meaningful discourse: Towards a theory of multiparticipant popular online content
No full textDeparting from the cultural studies semiotic approach, this chapter seeks to analytically review shifts in roles of media users given increasingly participation-oriented media tools. Drawing upon the re-interpretation of Stuart Hall’s seminal encoding/decoding model of communication, the author proposes a theoretical concept of internet meme perceived as multiparticipant popular online content combining modalities of traditional vertical and culture industryoriginated and new horizontal and peer-reproduced modalities of media production and consumption. The author problematizes this concept by recontextualizing several aspects of Hall’s theory: 1 theoretical appropriation of four stages of Hall’s “chain of discourse” messages’ production, circulation, use, reproduction to a new — highly converged — media environment; 2 ambiguous status of internet meme’s authorship; 3 new contexts for analyzing internet memes, including: online pop-culture modalities, different strategies of “old” and “new” culture industries, Intellectual Property Rights policies
The unlikely advocates of media literacy education: Jean-Jacques Rousseau and John Stuart Mill Anamaria Neag
No full textMedia literacy is defined as a set of competencies that helps people critically analyze, understand and create media messages. Teaching children to become media literate emerged as a new field of education in the second half of the 20th century. While the pioneering work of Dewey, Freinet, Gerbner, Hall and Whannel as cited by Cappello et al., 2011 was infl uential in the development of media literacy, this article argues for the importance of positioning media literacy in a broader theoretical context. Th erefore, the article presents an analysis of media literacy education by relying on two of the founders of modern social thought: Rousseau and Mill. The article demonstrates how Rousseau’s treatise is as timely as ever when it comes to understanding the educational aims of media literacy. Similarly, Mill’s approach helps us in understanding the importance of media literacy education not only in school curricula, but also in many other aspects of social life
Bogusława Dobek-Ostrowska, Gunnar Nygren (eds.). (2015). Journalism in Change. Journalistic Culture in Poland, Russia and Sweden. Frankfurt, Berlin, Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Oxford and Warszawa: Peter Lang Publishing, pp. 333, ISBN: 978-3-631-64921-3.
No full textReduction of liberalism in Lithuanian media policy
No full textLithuanian governments had been conducting liberal economic policies regarding media subjects for almost two decades, till the end of 2008. However, the economic crisis in 2008 influenced the Lithuanian government to apply the measures of fi scal consolidation: in similar fashion, liberal media policy was adjusted with the state gaining more power. The aim of this article is to analyze Lithuanian media policy decisions and their effects on media sectors, organizations and workers during the period of the economic crisis and since then. The article claims that essentially reduced liberalization of taxation, slightly reduced commercialization of the national media environment and reinforced overly bureaucratic system of media regulation resulted in a lesser degree of liberalism in the Lithuanian media policy from the end of 2008 to 2015
Forms of local media relations in local communities — case studies
No full textThe local media market in Poland developed in very particular social conditions, conditions which Nowak 1979, 1981 described as a “social void”. As a result, it might be presumed that it was more likely that the new forms of society including local media were formed on the basis of the “bonding” type of social capital rather than the “bridging” type. Th is might be one of the reasons why tight and complex relationships between the local media and other social actors still exist. On the basis of my own qualitative research case studies conducted in four small towns in Poland, this article shows how complex the local relations are and describes the involvement of local journalists and local media owners in these networks of relations which might often be a cause of conflicts of interest individual or institutional or media bias
Silvio Waisbord (2013). Reinventing Professionalism. Journalism and News in a Global Perspective. Cambridge: Polty Press, pp. 280, ISBN: 978-07-456-5192-7.
No full textSergey Korkonosenko (ed.) (2014). Теории журналистики в России: зарождение и развитие [Journalism Theories in Russia: Genesis and Development]. St Petersburg: SPBU Publishing House, pp. 272, ISBN: 978-5-288-05529-4.
No full textCan a “Lone wolf ” quasi-investigative journalist substitute low functionality of the law enforcement system?
No full textThe present article analyzes a relatively unusual case, in which a quasi-investigative journalist, working in an entirely independent capacity, succeeded in uncovering and foiling an international money laundering attempt. This extremely significant story reveals the existence of a complex legal framework for tackling money-laundering operations in the EU. In this particular instance, local police and prosecutors were unable to take action against the perpetrator of illegal activity, as the case did not fulfill conditions of local legislation. The present study thus draws attention to the weakness of anti-corruption and anti-money laundering legislation. It provides evidence that a non-affiliated journalist can also be a great asset to society, although the actual mostly low coverage of the case indicates a poor media understanding of the social implications of crime detection across both the Czech Republic and Slovakia
Internet media as the digital public sphere: Possibilities and problems
No full textThis article tries to diagnose possibilities and limitations of the online media as a digital agora — a virtual space for citizens’ deliberation which could potentially strengthen and enhance democracy in Poland, as well as in other Central European countries. Considering the key features of the public sphere indicated by Habermas inclusiveness, rationality, autonomy, lack of hierarchy, the analysis focuses on three problem areas. Th e fi rst one includes the impact of digital exclusion upon availability of the digital public sphere for citizens. The second part of the study is devoted to rationality and interactivity of online discourse. The last part of the analysis addresses the impact of the relative anonymity of online communication on the equality and autonomy of citizens’ deliberation on the internet