Personalization of Mass Media and the Growth of Pseudo-Community

Beniger, James R.

doi:10.1177/009365087014003005

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“…For example, online communities of patients with various kinds of terminal or serious illnesses can supply both the anonymity and objectivity that patients cannot or may not receive from family and friends, who may try to protect the patient by not providing complete feedback, or who may not feel either comfortable, or experienced enough, to provide insight about the patient's condition (Rice & Katz, 2001). However, mediated communication and information-seeking may decrease social capital as weak ties replace former strong, kinship-based ones (Magdol & Besser, 2003), and as physical and social distance are ruptured (Beniger, 1987;Calhoun, 1986;Crow et al, 2002;Gergen, 1991;Turkle, 1996).…”

Section: Online Health Information As Social Capitalmentioning

confidence: 99%

Influences, usage, and outcomes of Internet health information searching: Multivariate results from the Pew surveys

Rice

2006

International Journal of Medical Informatics

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Section: Online Health Information As Social Capitalmentioning

confidence: 99%

Influences, usage, and outcomes of Internet health information searching: Multivariate results from the Pew surveys

Rice

2006

International Journal of Medical Informatics

644

454

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“…Television networks profit, in part, through similar simulations of sincerity and connection, which evoke a sense of belonging through viewers' development of "parasocial" relationships with programs and characters -despite the lack of relational reciprocity (Beniger, 1987;Derrick, Gabriel, & Hugenberg, 2009). Consider the substantial efforts producers of shows like American Idol expend in order to symbolically frame viewers as active participants within a collective.…”

Section: Generative Justicementioning

confidence: 99%

Generating community, generating justice? The production and circulation of value in community energy initiatives

Dotson

Wilcox

2016

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In this paper, we explore the potentialities and interconnections between existing and hypothetical community energy systems and the concept of generative justice. New York State's more recent official energy plan, for instance, includes provisions for community-scale value generated by distributed renewable energy back to the community producing it.However, most currently conceived and implemented community energy systems recirculate value in very narrow and limited ways. Building upon an analysis of New York energy policy and on-the-ground cases, we explore community energy's potential. What kinds of value are being generated by community energy systems and for whom? How could such efforts be more generative of justice across a broad range of values, not just electrons and dollars? Through the attempt to broaden thinking not only about community energy systems but also the concept of generative justice, we connect technological and organizational configurations of community energy systems and the forms of value they have the potential to generate:including, the production of grassroots energy and organizational expertise, the capacity for local and personal autonomy in energy planning and decision-making, and the enhancement of an affective sense and embodied experience of community. Finally, we examine some of the barriers to realizing more generatively just community energy systems. KEYWORDSCommunity energy; Generative Justice; reconstructivism; thick community. RESUMENEn este artículo exploramos las posibilidades e interconexiones entre los sistemas comunitarios de energía, existentes e hipotéticos, con el concepto de la Justicia Generativa. El plan energético del Estado de Nueva York, por ejemplo, incluye disposiciones para las microrredes eléctricas, y varios países europeos proporcionan ayuda financiera a los ciudadanos interesados en la generación distribuida de electricidad. Tales esfuerzos y tecnologías parecen ofrecer posibilidades para la promoción de la Justicia Generativa: una gran parte del valor generado se devuelve a la comunidad que lo ha producido. Sin embargo, la mayoría de los sistemas comunitarios de energía puestos en práctica generan una circulación muy limitada del valor socialmente creado. A través de un análisis de la política energética de Nueva York y de otros casos concretos, examinamos el potencial de los sistemas comunitarios de energía. ¿Qué tipo de valor generan estos sistemas de energía y para quién? ¿Pueden estos sistemas "generar justicia" de formas que vayan más allá de los dólares y los electrones? Nuestra intención en este artículo es profundizar en el conocimiento de los sistemas comunitarios de energía y la Justicia Generativa. Para ello, analizamos la relación entre el carácter técnico y organizativo de estos sistemas y los tipos de valor que pueden producir, tales como: movimientos sociales de base, difusión del conocimiento técnico entre los ciudadanos, aumento de la autonomía local y personal sobre la planificación energética, y el fortalecimiento del sentid...

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“…Singh (2010) argues that with the advent of the internet, individuals are inducted into "virtual cultures," technological, homogenized entities not grounded in time or space. Beniger (1987) refers to these virtual cultures as pseudo-communities as opposed to traditional organic communities, which are bound by physical space and rely on face-to-face communication. These virtual cultures can alter pre-existing cultural identities, according to Singh, threatening traditional indigenous identifications that are co-created, negotiated, and developed in concert with social identity theory.…”

Section: Cultural Identitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Intercultural New Media Studies: The Next Frontier in Intercultural Communication

Shuter¹

2012

Journal of Intercultural Communication Research

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Personalization of Mass Media and the Growth of Pseudo-Community

Cited by 212 publications

References 3 publications

Influences, usage, and outcomes of Internet health information searching: Multivariate results from the Pew surveys

Influences, usage, and outcomes of Internet health information searching: Multivariate results from the Pew surveys

Generating community, generating justice? The production and circulation of value in community energy initiatives

Intercultural New Media Studies: The Next Frontier in Intercultural Communication

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