Digital Disconnect: how capitalism is turning the internet against democracy

Hardy, Jonathan

doi:10.1080/21670811.2013.838412

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“…The news readers should give adequate attention to the news headings and other design elements to ensure that they understand the journalist's intention. According to Robert McChesney, vigorous journalism in a democratic system must anchor on the opinion of individuals in authority and who wish to be in power, must comprise the choice of opinions and must regard the information needs of the people, (McChesney, 2013). Often time, the discussions on whether journalists should be hypothetical, objective or neutral on arguments include the fact that journalists produce news out of and as part of a particular social context, and that they are guided by professional codes of ethics and do their best to represent all legitimate points of view.…”

Section: The Concept Of Iot Drone Journalismmentioning

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News Reporting in Drone Internet of Things Digital Journalism

Nwanakwaugwu

Matthew

Okey

et al. 2023

International Journal of Interactive Communication Systems and Technologies

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The current study investigated several innovations for drone technology adoption in journalistic expeditions for intelligence and news gathering purposes. The necessity to leverage technologies to improve the direct involvement of eyewitnesses especially in violence-prone areas where physical and direct human involvement would be impossible or with high risk of survivability expectations is the motivating factor that directed the current research. The paper surveys the adoption of autonomous sensing drone systems in internet of things journalism and amalgamated the theoretic ingredients from the academic standpoint with realistic technological advancements from the global perspective and eventually expanded the propositions for conceivable adoption in the credible societal applications. The paper envisioned the future journalism and mass media practices and how drone innovation can revolutionize the journalism profession for the purpose of news and intelligence gathering with practical and technical realism with reduction of journalistic casualties.

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Section: The Concept Of Iot Drone Journalismmentioning

confidence: 99%

News Reporting in Drone Internet of Things Digital Journalism

Nwanakwaugwu

Matthew

Okey

et al. 2023

International Journal of Interactive Communication Systems and Technologies

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“…Selwyn and Jandrić, 2020), of facial recognition and datafication. As exemplified by the Snowden revelations or the Cambridge Analytica scandal, this is an age when Internet corporations, which collect, track and profile users' data for advertising purposes, can work closely with governments or political parties (McChesney, 2013). In addition, not only do private interests prevail within public debate online, but also those who participate are predominantly male, white and well educated, which makes the Internet elitist (Hindman, 2009).…”

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Internet users’ utopian/dystopian imaginaries of society in the digital age: Theorizing critical digital literacy and civic engagement

Polizzi

2021

New Media & Society

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This article proposes a theoretical framework for how critical digital literacy, conceptualized as incorporating Internet users’ utopian/dystopian imaginaries of society in the digital age, facilitates civic engagement. To do so, after reviewing media literacy research, it draws on utopian studies and political theory to frame utopian thinking as relying dialectically on utopianism and dystopianism. Conceptualizing critical digital literacy as incorporating utopianism/dystopianism prescribes that constructing and deploying an understanding of the Internet’s civic potentials and limitations is crucial to pursuing civic opportunities. The framework proposed, which has implications for media literacy research and practice, allows us to (1) disentangle users’ imaginaries of civic life from their imaginaries of the Internet, (2) resist the collapse of critical digital literacy into civic engagement that is understood as inherently progressive, and (3) problematize polarizing conclusions about users’ interpretations of the Internet as either crucial or detrimental to their online engagement.

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“…Data have become a driver of the digital economy along with the spread of digital platforms in several economic sectors (International Labour Organization [ILO], 2021). However, digital capitalism may cause uneven development and increase social inequality (Betancourt, 2016; Cammaerts & Mansell, 2020; Chakravartty & Schiller, 2010; Lukacs, 2019; McChesney, 2013; Schiller, 1999, 2011). Digital capitalism can be found within one country or across nations, and within a given society, it may translate to class segregation in which those who have more digital capital can more effectively compete in the digital economy.…”

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Digital policy in European countries from the perspective of the Digital Economy and Society Index

Liu

2021

Policy & Internet

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The concept of digital economy has gained currency in recent years and has caught the attention of policymakers and the public. This study uses the 2017 Digital Economy and Society Index indicators—connectivity, human capital, use of Internet services, integration of digital technology, and digital public services—to determine the digital policy performance of various European countries. It uses the co‐plot method to visualize and classify countries based on their correlations with similar variables. The top‐performing European Union (EU) countries have strong correlations with at least one of these indicators. By ranking these countries in this way, policymakers can ascertain their development levels and make changes to infrastructure, human resources, and regulations to develop their digital economy.

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Digital Disconnect: how capitalism is turning the internet against democracy

Cited by 20 publications

References 1 publication

News Reporting in Drone Internet of Things Digital Journalism

News Reporting in Drone Internet of Things Digital Journalism

Internet users’ utopian/dystopian imaginaries of society in the digital age: Theorizing critical digital literacy and civic engagement

Digital policy in European countries from the perspective of the Digital Economy and Society Index

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