Watching Disaster News Online and Offline: Audiences Experiencing News about Far-away Disasters in a Postbroadcast Society

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doi:10.1177/1527476418821328

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“…Subtly different from other studies (e.g. Huiberts, 2020), the national identity of population politics plays a vital role in constructing family first sympathy and a communitarian culture in the Chinese authoritarian context.…”

Section: Deflecting Global Responsibility Away From Themselvescontrasting

confidence: 73%

Audiences of distant suffering in authoritarian regimes: Denial mechanisms and acts of moral justification

2023

Media, Culture & Society

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The study of the audiences of distant suffering in authoritarian regimes has received relatively little scholarly attention. This article begins to ameliorate this gap in knowledge by examining how Chinese audiences legitimise their unresponsiveness to mediated victims of global disasters. Drawing upon data from semi-structured interviews and focus groups with participants ( N = 81), the study discusses the dominant regimes of justification which inform audience inactivity, the associated argumentation strategies and patterns of reasoning, and their sociocultural and ideological underpinnings. We find that decision-making about the moral justification for inactivity is influenced by state-propaganda media narratives, preferences for ideologies, perceptions of national identity and global responsibility, and geopolitical imaginations. These findings have implications for expanding the ontological horizons of distant suffering studies that are currently embedded in Western spatial and ideological dimensions, particularly in a world of crises spawned by globalisation and mediatisation.

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Section: Deflecting Global Responsibility Away From Themselvescontrasting

confidence: 73%

Audiences of distant suffering in authoritarian regimes: Denial mechanisms and acts of moral justification

2023

Media, Culture & Society

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“…Hashtag trends can quickly highlight emerging crises, while geotagged posts can assist in pinpointing affected regions (Ghahremanlou et al, 2015;Huang and Carley, 2019). Moreover, platforms like Facebook's "Safety Check" allow individuals in disasterstricken areas to notify their network of their safety, providing invaluable peace of mind to families and communities (Diallo et al, 2017;Huiberts, 2020).…”

Section: The Role Of Social Media and Mobile Technologymentioning

confidence: 99%

The Role of Information and Communication Technology in Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation.

Onunka,

Orikpete,

Daraojimba

et al. 2023

Ecm. Cli. Chg.

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In an era marked by the escalating implications of climate change, the importance of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) cannot be overemphasised. This paper elucidates the multifaceted roles of ICT in both the mitigation of and adaptation to climate change. On the mitigation front, ICT offers tools for monitoring and modelling greenhouse gas emissions, optimising energy consumption, and facilitating the transition to renewable energy sources. In terms of adaptation, ICT enhances the prediction and management of climate-induced risks, supports real-time communication during extreme weather events, and aids in the planning and implementation of resilient infrastructure. Moreover, ICT bolsters the communication of climate science to diverse audiences, fostering education and advocacy. However, while the potential of ICT is significant, challenges such as e-waste, energy consumption of data centres, and digital divides necessitate holistic strategies to maximise ICT’s positive impact. This paper underscores the need for informed policy-making, integration with traditional ecological knowledge, and interdisciplinary collaboration to leverage ICT effectively in the global climate response.

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“…Linear to the concept, researchers point out that social media is becoming increasingly important to gather users' data, based on comparative cross-country surveys in eight countries. Essentially, any activity we do on the internet is a process of datafication of our virtual universe activities (Huiberts, 2020;Poom et al, 2020). Datafication has been done earlier on the many smartphones that support GPS and other GPS devices to raise new possibilities to let us enter vehicle trajectory data that contains reliable information.…”

Section: Data Interconnectivitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Utilization of Big Data Analysis Through Public Video, Virus Data Cooperation, and Social Media as the Surveillance to COVID-19 in Indonesia

Sirojjudin

2021

JSP

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This article discusses Big Data's use as a surveillance tool for the spread of Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), both in Indonesia and the world. In Indonesia, the range of COVID-19 is increasingly sporadic, causing mass panic and Indonesia's geographical characteristics, which will be difficult when this spread could not control quickly. Researchers are conducting several studies to overcome this pandemic, including supervision, features, handling, mobility, patient interaction, treatment evaluation, and the biological structure. These studies become data and lead to Big Data. This article explores how to use Big Data analysis to monitor the spread of COVID-19 as a communication process that reflects mediated communication as a form of mobility and spatial relationships in communication practices. The method used in this article is a literature review and uses meta-synthesis techniques as its analysis. The literature sources used are articles in highly reputable international journals. Based on the reports, various ways to monitor the virus's spread, through public video data, GPS, and social media tracking, trace the patient's movement. Big Data can also provide data collaboration for viruses and pathogens for further research as digital mediated communication is anchored by the diversity of places and the mobility of people, data, and objects.

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Watching Disaster News Online and Offline: Audiences Experiencing News about Far-away Disasters in a Postbroadcast Society

Cited by 7 publications

References 59 publications

Audiences of distant suffering in authoritarian regimes: Denial mechanisms and acts of moral justification

Audiences of distant suffering in authoritarian regimes: Denial mechanisms and acts of moral justification

The Role of Information and Communication Technology in Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation.

Utilization of Big Data Analysis Through Public Video, Virus Data Cooperation, and Social Media as the Surveillance to COVID-19 in Indonesia

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