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Digitalization of Society and Socio-political Issues 2
Digital, Information, and Research
Éric George (Edited by), E George (Author)
9781786304988, Wiley
Hardback, published 21 February 2020
256 pages
16.5 x 13 x 2.3 cm, 0.522 kg
Digitalization is a long socio-historic process in which all areas of society�s activities are reconfigured. In the first volume of Digitalization of Society and Socio-political Issues, there is an examination of the transformations linked to the development of digital platforms and social media which affect cultural and communicational industries. The book also analyzes the formation of Big Data, their algorithmic processing and the societal changes which result from them (social monitoring and control in particular). Through diverse critical reflections, it equally presents different ways that digital participates in relations of power and domination, and contributes to eventual emancipatory practices. Following on, the second volume examines the transformations that are linked to digital practices that affect the production, circulation and consumption of information, as well as new forms that are taken by social mobilizations. It treats several important issues in the digital era that are more likely to become the subject of public debates, among which one can include the renewed relationship between research and digital. Through diverse critical reflections, it equally presents different ways that digital participates in relations of power and domination, and contributes to eventual emancipatory practices.
Acknowledgments xi Introduction xiii Part 1. The Digital and Information 1 Chapter 1. New News Formats on/by Digital Social Networks 3 1.1. Framework for the exploratory analysis 4 1.2. Media temporalities 6 1.2.1. Signifying time 6 1.2.2. The media agenda 7 1.3. Media territories 10 1.3.1. Broadcasting tactics on Konbini 10 1.3.2. Tactics and dependencies for Brut and Le Monde 11 1.4. Conclusion 12 1.5. References 13 Chapter 2. New Information Practices and Audiences in the Digital Age 15 2.1. Understanding the reality of media change in a context of digital transition 15 2.2. A new media contract 17 2.2.1. Redefining the problematic figure of an audience 18 2.2.2. What is the real place and involvement of the audience? 20 2.3. The new intermediate figures of information (the partition of participation) 21 2.4. Conclusion 23 2.5. References 23 Chapter 3. The Effects of Innovation on the Careers of Journalists 27 3.1. Theoretical framework 27 3.1.1. Profession and segments 27 3.1.2. A transnational identity for online journalists? 28 3.2. Methodology 30 3.3. Results 31 3.3.1. Ideological injunctions to innovation 31 3.3.2. Innovation discourses found in careers 34 3.3.3. An international circulation of discourses on innovation? 37 3.4. Conclusion 37 3.5. References 38 Chapter 4. Virtual Reality and Alternative Facts: The Subjective Realities of Digital Communities 41 4.1. Social media and alternative facts 41 4.2. VR: a surrogate reality 42 4.3. Convergence of social and virtual realities 45 4.4. Virtual reality as a vector of empathy 46 4.5. Conclusion 47 4.6. References 48 Chapter 5. Professional Structuring of Political Content Creators on YouTube 51 5.1. Being political on the Internet 53 5.1.1. Algorithms and buzz 53 5.1.2. Moderation and openness 53 5.1.3. To take on or not to take on politics 55 5.2. New grammars and old practices 56 5.2.1. Doing politics differently (Interview 7, 2018) 56 5.2.2. Journalists and videographers: “rival partners”? 57 5.3. Conclusion 59 5.4. References 59 Chapter 6. When Vlogging Educates in Politics: The French Case of “Osons Causer” 61 6.1. Theoretical anchoring 62 6.1.1. Computer-mediated multimodal communication and digital discourse analysis 62 6.1.2. Multimodal interactive platforms and participatory culture 63 6.2. Purpose of the research and methodological approach 64 6.2.1. The vlog “Osons Causer” 64 6.2.2. The methodological approach 64 6.3. Analyses 65 6.3.1. Digital writing and building an ethos 65 6.3.2. Educating for politics: digital rhetoric and elements of didacticity 67 6.3.3. Relationality of native digital discourse 70 6.4. Conclusion 75 6.5. References 76 Part 2. Digital and Mobilizations 79 Chapter 7. El dia de la mùsica: The Digital Organization of the 2017 Catalan Referendum 81 7.1. Context: the organization of Catalan civil society 82 7.2. The alternative organization of the Catalan referendum 85 7.2.1. Broadcast: IPFS protocol to bypass censorship 86 7.2.2. Mobilization and tactical communication: Telegram Messenger, official ANC channel 88 7.2.3. Voting: the “computer heroes” of October 1 89 7.3. Conclusion 91 7.4. References 92 Chapter 8. Digitalization and Civic Engagement for the Environment: New Trends 93 8.1. Case study and methodology 95 8.2. Results and analyses 97 8.2.1. News/monitoring 98 8.2.2. Contact/networking 98 8.2.3. Mobilization/action 98 8.2.4. Sharing of know-how and knowledge 98 8.3. Conclusion 100 8.4. References 101 Chapter 9. Online Antifeminist Discourse and the Republican Left 103 9.1. Republican feminism, universalist feminism 104 9.1.1. Liberty, equality, fraternity 104 9.1.2. Thinking about secularism 105 9.1.3. A differentiated citizenship? 106 9.2. The case of Jean-Luc Mélenchon 108 9.2.1. On communitarianism 108 9.2.2. About Jeuxvideo.com’s forum 18-25 109 9.3. Conclusion 110 9.4. References 111 Chapter 10. Digital Social Media and Access to Public Sphere 113 10.1. Research question 114 10.2. Public space and its challenges 114 10.3. Methodological design 115 10.4. Demonstration of evidence 116 10.5. Results 118 10.5.1. Visibility and consultation 119 10.5.2. The interaction 119 10.5.3. The follow-up 119 10.6. Reminder of the approach 120 10.7. Discussion 121 10.8. Conclusion 122 10.9. References 122 Chapter 11. Civil Society and Online Exchanges: Some Digital Contingencies 123 11.1. Materialistic approach and transindividual communication milieu 123 11.2. Apparatuses and mediation through technology 124 11.3. Three digital contingencies 126 11.4. Conclusion 128 11.5. References 129 Part 3. Digital: Some Major Issues to Conclude 133 Chapter 12. Transparency, the Public’s Right to Information versus Security and State Secrecy in the Digital Age 135 12.1. Relationships of power and domination between fields: research questions 137 12.2. Illustrative case studies of power relationships 139 12.2.1. The sponsorship scandal: a Canadian case study 139 12.2.2. The unique and specific case of WikiLeaks: freedom of information versus the need for state security 143 12.3. Conclusion 145 12.4. References 146 Chapter 13. Information Commons and the Neoliberal State 149 13.1. The history and evolution of the commons 150 13.1.1. Legal and economic concepts of common goods 150 13.1.2. Political economy of the commons: the commons as institutional arrangements 151 13.1.3. The socio-politics of the common: the common as a political principle 152 13.2. The relationship between the commons and the neoliberal state 153 13.2.1. Article 8 of the Digital Republic Bill 153 13.2.2. The European Digital Summit 154 13.3. Conclusion 156 13.4. References 157 Chapter 14. Digitalization of Society: Elements for an Ecology of Solicitation? 159 14.1. Social computerization, digitalization of society: two different processes or a new step in the same rationalization process? 160 14.2. Relevance of communication studies to understand the process of social computerization (digitalization) 160 14.3. Outline of a new research orientation: moving towards an ecology of solicitation? 162 14.4. Which approach should be adopted? 164 14.5. Conclusion 165 14.6. References 165 Chapter 15. What is the Concept of Humanities in Francophone Digital Humanities? 169 15.1. The emergence of Francophone digital humanities 169 15.2. Digital humanities in the changing world of universities and HSS 171 15.3. Towards a critical theory of the humanities in the digital age: experience, interpretation and speculative thinking 174 15.4. Conclusion 178 15.5. References 178 Chapter 16. The Digital Humanities as a Sign of Their Time 181 16.1. Breaking down the barriers between digital humanities 183 16.2. Actuality 184 16.3. Theory and practices 186 16.4. Conclusion 189 16.5. References 190 Conclusion 193 List of Authors 205 Index 207
Éric GEORGE
Éric GEORGE
Valérie CROISSANT and Annelise TOUBOUL
Pascal RICAUD
Fábio Henrique PEREIRA
Louis-Philippe RONDEAU
Alexis CLOT
Christelle COMBE
Philippe-Antoine LUPIEN
Ghada TOUIR
Sklaerenn LE GALLO
Raymond CORRIVEAU and France AUBIN
Martin BONNARD
Ndiaga LOUM
Lisiane LOMAZZI
Dominique CARRÉ
Christophe MAGIS
Luiz C. MARTINO
Michel SÉNÉCAL
Subject Areas: Computer science [UY]
