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Abstract of Articles in January 2014 Issue
Abstract of Articles in January 2014 Issue
Visual
Proof: Identifying a Pattern in Photographic Coverage of a Social Movement
Michael B. Friedman
University of
Tennessee at Chattanooga, USA
This study compared the photographic news coverage
of the Occupy Wall Street protests from two competing New York City tabloid
newspapers on opposite sides of the political spectrum, the New York Post
(conservative) and the Daily News (liberal). The purpose of the study was to
determine if there were any differences in the photographic coverage of the Occupy
Wall Street protests between the two media outlets. A content analysis was conducted to detect
and confirm any statistically significant differences in photographic coverage.
Results showed that the differences in photographic coverage were significantly
different suggesting that each media outlet may have presented the photographs
to express a specific opinion of the protests. The study also determined that
social proof is a useful theory for detecting a pattern of selection in
photographic coverage of a social movement.
Articulations
of Gender Ideology: A Discourse
Analysis of Online Public Comments on the Delhi Gang-Rape on Firstpost.Com
Ruchi Jaggi
Symbiosis
Institute of Media & Communication, Pune, India
On December 16, 2012, a 23 year-old girl was
brutally gang-raped by six men, including one minor, on a moving bus while her
male friend was assaulted in Delhi. Both of the victims were attacked with an
iron rod and the girl was severely injured and later died. The media was quick
to hype cringe-worthy comments made by people in the limelight. The discourse
around status of women in the society, patriarchal norms, gender sensitivity
and umpteen related constructs became the content of comment threads on various
web pages. The articulation of these discourses on a digital medium is both
conflicting and intriguing. This paper will attempt to conduct the discourse
analysis of the comment threads on few websites that posted updates around this
mishap. Since the online medium gives people the advantage of anonymity which
may not otherwise be available to them in the public sphere, the constructs of
identity and ideology become even more critical. This research paper will
attempt to identify the dominant discourses, analyse their ideological context
and the potential and the role of digital media in these constructions. Does
the digital media ecosystem reinforce the hegemonic ideologies or does it
provide the space for liberal and alternative ideologies? Do perceptions of
gender and sexuality assume fluid meanings or get re-negotiated in the digital
media context? This research will attempt to use the discourse analysis of the
web comment threads around the brutal mishap to discuss and analyse these
questions.
Connect to Conspire: Scope of Social
Media in Gorkhaland Statehood Movement
Sharda
Chhetri
All India
Women’s Conference, Darjeeling, India
The recent ‘Gorkhaland movement’ offered a story in
contrast to the previous movement of the mid-eighties which had lasted for over
22 months and had resulted in the death of over 1,200 people. This time it
lasted for slightly over a month and highlighted by the death of a youth who
immolated himself in a busy public square. Both were fired by the imagination
of a people in their ideological “search for identity.” But how were the two
different? Social media played a big role and Facebook, Twitter and other
blogspots became war zones where battles were fought and enemies vanquished. An
interesting form of communication in which people voiced dissent by locking themselves
up inside homes in the Ghaar Bhitra Junta movement was seen. Leaders made use
of the social media at a time when the administration had shut down the
broadcast of the local channels. It makes a good study in mob-mobilisation and
cyber-psychology. Twenty-seven years ago, during the previous movement when
internet was unheard of, people had resorted to ingenious means of
communication. This paper will try to bring forth the contrast and the changes
that new Information and Communication Technologies have brought in social
movements.
The ‘Rise of the Rest’: Schumpeter’s
Theory of Creative Destruction in the Age of Digital Media
Mohanmeet
Khosla
Panjab
University, Chandigarh, India
The advent of ICT brought about a process of
industrial mutation that, clubbed with the recent economic turmoil, has seen
markets, businesses and managements focus on mobility, ubiquity and
entrepreneurial innovation as survival strategies. This paper analyses the fall
of the media moghuls against the rise of the twitteratti; it argues that we are
at the edge of a blast wave of consumer-driven change, one that is tight on
performance but loose on tactics; it focuses on the paradox of digital
convergence on the one hand and content diversity on the other. How can we best
define the role of mediated communication in its multiple technological
avatars? Is it becoming a God of Small Things, particularly where social
justice is concerned? Or is it just another instance of cultural imperialism?
Is it confirming or challenging the public service orientation of the media? Is
it creating tipping points that shift relationships among social, financial,
and political systems? Or is it becoming a Tower of Babel in the name of
alternative voices and discourses? – are the other specifics addressed. Given
the global interconnectedness of media today, the paper primarily seeks to take
Schumpeter’s theory of Creative Destruction out of the purview of economics
alone and link it to the larger issue of change as the new constant for our
next evolutionary leap– as cyborgs.
Technology Synergy Eco-System between
HD Video DSLR and New Social Media Platform
Gary Chong
Khin Jin & N V Prasad
School of
Communication, Universiti Sains Malaysia
This paper will engage with the concept of a
‘technology synergy eco-system’ which blends together the two core elements of
HD video DSLR and the new social media platform to determine, if this could
actually be a potent formula for the emergence of a potential alternative
virtual cinema. This alternative virtual cinema has both connotations as a
medium of transmission of a certain film to the masses and also elements of
film techniques in terms of aesthetics and etc. It is beyond a shadow of a
doubt that in this current day and age, we can see that the social new media
has impacted practically every facet of society. The question beckons then,
what about cinema? Does the level of interactivity in which the social new
media provides, combined with the affordability and ease of using a HD video
DSLR to produce videos with high production values and cinematic quality
nuances serve as a precursor to the trends and patterns which might lead up to
an alternative virtual cinema? With these exciting questions in mind, it is of
great interest to us as modern day filmmakers, in exploring and giving an
exposition into this subject matter, to deconstruct the elements and see if the
possibility is viable or merely an idealistic notion.
Culture
and Globalisation: The Indian
Creative Industries
Mrinmoy Majumder
Mudra Institute of Communications Ahmedabad, India
The processes of globalization have stirred
different cultural practices resulting in cultural homogenization where local
cultures are merged into a single macro cultural domain. This macro cultural
domain is a result of the fusion of different cultures that have given the
local cultures a new order and form. Here the local cultures seem to have lost
their own identity and representation. Furthermore, due to the ambiguous nature
of the global cultural flow other cultures that are in local or national form
have sought to find their space among the chaos of global culture. Similar
effects have been felt in the creative industries due to the proliferation of
globalization further causing an air of change in the creative content and
production. Hence, this conceptual study will look into two cases of Bollywood
cinema and Indian rock music both facing an ongoing tension related to content
creating ambiguity and imbalance, among its (content) creators and audiences.
Escape
and Re-Colonization of Waka Waka:
Shakira’s Performance at the 2010 World Cup
MARK
GOODMAN & DANAE CARLSON
Mississippi State University, USA
Mississippi State University, USA
In 2010, Waka Waka was chosen as the anthem for the
FIFA World Cup held in South Africa, and Shakira, a well known vocal artist,
was appointed the task of performing. The lyrics of the song present a message
of world unity. But, a semiotic reading
of the official video presents a different interpretation. This paper examines
the conflicts between Waka Waka’s lyrics and its cinematography, while delving
deeper into its underlying colonialism.
Role of Wikis in School Education
Hemant
Shrivastava
Indian
Institute of Management, Indore, India
The main agenda of this paper is to provide a
review of literature on the role of Web 2.0 or social software tools
particularly wikis in school education because it is an under-researched area.
Though it is a versatile tool to leverage the information in multimodal
environment, including video, sound, animation, as well as, static text and
image it has not been actively used in the context of school education
especially in the Indian context. Today’s educators are hesitant in using the
web 2.0 technology because they feel overwhelmed by the range of choices it
offers. The paper tries to evolve framework that can be employed to use wikis.
It examines the issues that have surfaced from the review especially those that
affect pedagogy due to adoption of web 2.0 technologies. The advantages of
wikis to students, educators and institutions as well as the challenges that
accompany such initiative and the host of problems that need to be addressed in
using wikis in school education is enumerated. This paper incorporates the
analysis out of the review and highlights the different pedagogical roles of
web2.0 technologies with reference to communication, innovation, and
collaborative learning and challenging the imagination of children. The
analysis answers the concerns of academicians about the inclusion of web 2.0
technologies and the findings can influence learning and teaching strategies in
various echelons of education. The paper integrates the perspective by
consolidating a variety of literature sources from academic publications,
recent Newspaper and magazine reports on social network sites and commentaries
and views on social media itself. A major limitation of this paper is lack of
empirical evidences in the Indian context for rigorous analysis and does not
analyse the reason for this paradoxical situation.
Revisiting the Contours of Media
Education: A Study in the Indian Context
Kapil Kumar
Bhattacharya
Centre
for Journalism & Mass Communication, Visva-Bharati, India
Media
education should not be merely about making media professionals. It should
rather be about enlightening the citizens. The problem lies in the basic
approach to media education which is essentially considered to be a vocational
course. This approach in itself results in segmentation of the students from
the very beginning. While all students of political Science do not end up
becoming politicians and all students of Sociology do not end up becoming
sociologists, Media Education, unfortunately, is essentially projected as a
subject whose primary focus is upon producing media professionals. However,
just as the primary focus of teaching political Science and Sociology is
creating political and social sensibility, the primary focus of teaching media
education should be creating media sensibility/ awareness among the youth of
the nation as the media has emerged as a force to reckon with in today’s
scenario. Thus, they need to be aware of the powers and functions of the media
so that they may judge the stance taken by the media in regional, national and
even the international affairs. This paper shall strive to throw some light
upon such issues through both theoretical and practical approaches such as
content analysis and surveys.
Cultural Diversity in Television
Advertisements in Entertainment Channels
Daivata
Patil
University
of Mumbai, India
Social attitudes towards multiculturalism can be
checked by measuring representations of ethnicity in television advertisements.
The current research conducts a quantitative content analysis of television
commercials. The researcher first recorded the frequency of representation of characters
from varied culturally diverse backgrounds in television advertisements and
then examined the nature of role portrayals on the basis of religion and skin
tone of the characters. The sampling technique used is purposive wherein
advertisements broadcasted during prime time of two leading entertainment
channel—Star Plus and Colors were recorded and analysed. The criteria for
selection of units of analysis in ads was that all the characters selected had
at least one line of dialog or they appeared on screen for at least five
seconds.
The Dialectical Cinema of Tomas
Gutierrez Alea: Insights for Indian Cinema
Ira
Sahasrabudhe
One
cannot hope to create meaningful popular dialectical cinema by accusing
mainstream cinema of being vacuous, of having sold out to the lowest
denominator, or of functioning as a narcotic for the masses. Neither can
opposing mass aesthetics or desire for delusion swing the other extreme where
‘meaningful’ cinema gains only from its purported opposition to mass-cinema,
forcing the viewer into a discussion he might be resistant to. Lastly, a medium
of mass consumption cannot be successfully co-opted under the program of
‘instruction’ alone. I believe traditional methods of trying to qualify cinema
by framing it within an oppositional paradigm of form and content are absurd,
as they are both intertwined. The journey from mass amusement to mass
instruction or of belonging to a niche group is doomed from the beginning.
Rather than trapping the viewer into a debate, cinema can explore its potential
better by drawing him into a contemplation and discussion about the film, in
other words, making him a more participative, meaning-making entity.
Tuesday, 10 December 2013
Media Watch: Call for papers May-2014
Media Watch: Call for papers May-2014: Call for Papers: Journal of Media Watch -2014 April - May issue Trendy transitions and turbulent times in the Media Spectrum The J...
Call for papers May-2014
Trendy transitions and turbulent
times in the Media Spectrum
The Journalism and Mass Communication spectrum is undergoing a
swift yet strategic metamorphosis. Amidst the growing number of media companies
fighting for existence, the mediated world is on a mad rush for new operating
systems and apps. The role and responsibility of the journalists are being
redefined in the increasing digitalization and the influx of media companies.
Technological up-gradations and e-revolutions put forth a challenging as well
as a convenient avenue for the mass communicators. The Broadcasting companies
now encourage the audience to send and share pictures through Instagram and progressively
support the citizen video on their websites and news reporting. CNN started the
move now followed by all the major players.BBC is undergoing massive
restructuring and digitalization on its famous headquarters to its reporting
outlets in order to face the growing challenges of social media turned
community based news disseminators. Fox news is compelled to redefine its
political manipulative and business gimmicks.
Social-networking sites are ruling the process of news
dissemination and discourse initiation accelerating a novel way of
participation. 140 characters revolutionize the news world- Twitter gone public
issue with the much hyped and celebrated stock exchange listing. Fight for
survival and success continues in the social world with Snap Chat, the latest
image-sharing application through mobile apps boldly rejected the 3 billion
takeover offers from Facebook.
Themedia management sector is not devoid of vicissitudes and
revolution. Millionaires are increasingly turning their attention to media
companies that in turn redefine the objectives of the firm - one of the contemporaries
include the millionaire Gina Rinehart, the mining heiress in Australia who have
a significant stake holdings in the media companies. Gina’s predatory buy out
of newspapers and news media against carbon tax is continuing. Those under her
ownership are facing the cannibalistic future. Media moguls continue to expand
their horizon through crossovers and mergers - Ted Turner turned 75, still have
a successive career in the news world with more and more ventures in his
bouquet. Merging and acquisition theories of media world are still a puzzle
with this theory.
Jeff Boze the online
Amazon retailers grabbed the celebrated Washington Post through a dream
bidding. Jeff declared and demonstrated unmanned drones for newspaper
distribution. His Amazon stuck the deal with India Post for speedy and
efficient delivery system of all value added news goods. Newsweek and Forbes
magazines are once again for sale. Blumberg Business world surviving with push
and pull. Wall Street Journal lost its identity by the Murdochian renaissance. Neither a broadsheet nor a tabloid any more
but to a snippet format for easy-go-readers. Rebekah Brooks, his trusted
adopted daughter is facing serious legal trial on intrusion into privacy and
telephone hacking for news sensationalism.
Media is the Middle East is celebrating their liberation due
to the much celebrated and squandered world cup football to happen in the green
oasis. They are going global by quality printing not by content. The jasmine
revolution from the Arab spring through social media is yet to bloom in the
social life. Guardian and Edward Snowden leakage is still making the trouble in
the British parliament. The most respected editor of guardian Alan Rusbridger,
was summoned to testify in front of the British Parliament committee about his
paper’s reporting on the leaks.
On a contrary to all the developments human resources in
media force have been faced with grave challenges and criticisms in the recent
days leading to anapprehension on ethics and morality in the media field.To
quote some -Tarun Tejpal to Rupert Murdoch is under the legal tentacles and
public hatred; the Maha Vishnu on Mount Road,The Hindu,is back again in the hands of family kitchen business.
Debt ridden Time Inc. filed for a public issue, expecting angel investors to
revive it. Slate, Salon, Democracy Now, GigaMedia, News Laundry are still
popular with the news teasers. Times of India style of ‘presstitution’ for
stake hold on advertisers are still thriving like a monolith in the Indian
media scenario.
Considering all the recent changes occurring in the mass
communication and journalism field, this issue of Media Watch focuses on a
wider area of communication not limiting to specific themes and subjects.The topic
includes, but not limited to,
Theoretical issues in
media/communication field (Television, Print, Web, and Film)
Journalism and Journalists – changing
concepts& practices
Media management – trends techniques and
dynamics
News media – Politics, Policies and
regulations
Communication - Moral issues and ethical
concerns
Citizen journalism – challenges,
prospects and diversions
Technologies – Process and products
Web journalism- data journalism to apps
Social Media - networking sites and news
opportunities
Convergent Media – access and reach
opportunities
Film studies- New wave and New
Generations
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Media Watch Communication Journal Abstract of Articles of September 2013 Issue
Media Watch Communication Journal
Abstract of Articles of September 2013 Issue
Critical
Media Literacy in Media Education: A Debate on the Contribution to Democracy
A. Fulya Sen
Firat University, Turkey
The convergence of media and technology in a global culture is changing
the way we learn about the world and challenging the very foundations of
education. Today, the general trend concerning the main stream media literacy
has focused more on the protectionist approach. This study is aimed at
discussing the importance of critical citizenship awareness by media literacy.
It is argued that critical citizenship and participative democracy are not able
to acquire without seeing the ownership structure of media in the capitalist
system. This study was based on cultural studies, political-economy and
critical pedagogy theories where the concept of media literacy was discussed as
a combination of approaches of critical media and pedagogy.
Media
Education in India and United Kingdom:
A
Comparative Study
Anuradha Mishra Gaur
Vivekananda Institute of Professional Studies,
Delhi, India
It is possible to gain a lot of media literacy by mere exposure to the
media. In that sense, there is no need for any formal media education. That,
however, is not sufficient to gain professional proficiency in this field. A
lot of systematic training is required to maintain the standards expected from
this fourth pillar of democracy. Presently, the existing structure of media
education is at a crossroads. With the changing technology, social structure
and international relations the rationale behind the media education in India
is getting changed. Under these circumstances we need to form an opinion on
what should be the corresponding changes in media education system in India. This
paper has compared the media education system of India with some universities
of United Kingdom so as to discover the most appropriate path for the future
growth of media education in India.
Exploring
Interdisciplinarity in Indian Media Education and Research: An Analysis
NIDHI
SHENDURNIKAR TERE
Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, India
ARCHANA
CHANUVAI NARAHARI
Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, India
The discipline of media and communication studies
has demonstrated its ability to borrow and integrate knowledge from various
theoretical strands in political science, sociology, economics, psychology,
cultural studies and anthropology. The inter-disciplinary nature of media
studies has enabled its growth, expansion and stature as a discipline and field
of academic inquiry in its own right. The inter-disciplinary thrust of media
education owes much to the media’s basic nature and need of being reliant on
social, political, economic and cultural forces in its surrounding environment.
The core argument of the paper favours an inter-disciplinary approach to media
studies and media research for the discipline to flourish. In this paper, the
authors examined four key areas of inter-disciplinary research and education
i.e., political communication, media economics, sociology of communication, and
cultural communication that have contributed to furthering the scope of media
studies. To substantiate this line of thinking, the authors examined course
curriculums of media studies offered by universities in Gujarat.
De-Westernizing
Media and Communication Education in India
Vemulakonda Sai Srinivas
Osmania University, India
Post World War II, many countries liberated themselves from colonial
rule, started looking up to western media as role models. Later they realized
that there has been an information imbalance. NAM also emphasized on
alternatives to western news values. India is one such country which vied to
establish individuality, create an identity and, an image for itself in the
backdrop of its bitter past experience. In this process, developing countries
in general and India in particular started developing alternative perspectives.
In this context, Indian theories of communication such as Sadharanikaran, which
existed 500 B.C., came into prominence. In this background, endeavors to
de-westernize media and communication education started by incorporating
alternative media, traditional folk media, community radio, Indian theories of
communication etc., in the curriculum of mass communication courses. This paper
analyses in detail how efforts are made to de-westernize media and
communication education in India.
Small
Screen in the Indian Subcontinent: A Study on Five Decades of Doordarshan
Rohini S. Kumar
Monash University, Malaysia
The obligation of a public service broadcasting media is very much
crucial and tricky in a fast developing
country like India, where it
has to cater diverse audiences, cultures and languages. Historically, public
service broadcasting has been vested with certain roles—an educator,
entertainer and informer. But this concept is losing ground as 24 hour
satellite channels are altering entertainment and educational needs and
perceptions of the public to a greater extent which result in the tapering
demarcation between commercial and public service broadcasting in India.
The article tries to analyze or review
the progress of Doordarshan (Indian Television) in its 54 years of its journey.
Text to Memory: A Study on Comprehension and Oral Reading
Fluency
Susan R. Massey
St. Thomas University, Florida, USA
Research was conducted to test the hypothesis that there is a
reciprocal relationship between reading comprehension and oral reading fluency.
Previous research indicates that oral reading fluency can aid reading
comprehension. However, more recent
models have questioned the uni-directionality of this relationship. This
research examines this hypothesis by analyzing second grade students’ oral
reading of connected texts. A summary previewing condition was manipulated in
an experiment and the effects on students’ passage reading times were
evaluated. Grade level students were randomly assigned to one of two groups, an
experimental group and a control group. Analyses of Covariance were performed
to test the effects of prosodic modeling on oral reading fluency as measured in
correct words per minute (CWPM) and prosodic reading, while controlling for
students overall achievement in reading as measured by the common state test
score. The results showed differences in CWPM indicating the summary preview
over the no-preview condition for students at lower levels of fluency
performance.
Resistive Reading of Anti-Islam Movies by Educated American
Audience: An Analysis
Hamid Abdollahyan
University of Tehran, Iran
Niloofar Hooman
University of Tehran, Iran
University of Tehran, Iran
Niloofar Hooman
University of Tehran, Iran
This article provides an assessment
of the dominant meaning inserted in Hollywood movies that offer anti-Islamic
content, compared to the meaning that the American audience attaches to these
movies. Framed by a theoretical synthesis of Gadamer’s approach to reception
and Said’s notion of Orientalism, we employ such concepts as lived experience,
inter-cultural communication and media literacy to indicate how the American
audience is taking a resistive orientation. This analytical model suggests that
any typical American audience seeks to expand their understanding of the lived
experience with Muslims based on their inter-cultural experience with Muslims
and apply it to their readings of the popular anti-Islamic movies. To examine the paper’s theoretical claims we
used an internet-based in-depth interview technique in which 12 women and 10
men participated. Some of the findings reveal that the educated American
audience may not perceive Hollywood fiction as a reliable source of information
about either Muslims or Islam, and that they engage in alternate and resistive
interpretations of movie content.
Relationship
between Facebook Usage and Self-Efficacy among Collegiate Athletes
JONGSUNG KIM
St. Thomas University, Florida, USA
This research investigates the relationship
between Facebook usage and self-efficacy in collegiate athletes. The sample for
this study are St. Thomas University athletes in the United States. The
variables used to represent Facebook usage, Facebook frequency of use, Facebook
number of friends, and Facebook frequency status updates are measured using
Facebook Intensity Scale (Ellison, Steinfield, & Lampe, 2007). The
dependent variable used in this study is self-efficacy which is measured using
the General Self-efficacy (GSE) developed by Jerusalem and Schwarzer (1995).
Data analyses indicate a statistically significant relationship between the
number of Facebook friends and self-efficacy. The data also indicates a
significant inverse relationship between Facebook frequency status updates and
self-efficacy. The results of the correlation analysis indicate inverse
relationships between frequency status updates and frequency of use, and
frequency status updates and Facebook number of friends. These findings suggest
that once the coaches, administrators, and professors attend to the issue of
Facebook usage for collegiate athletes, it may enhance self-efficacy and
psychological benefits.
Public
Perception and Role of Mass Media in Fight Against Corruption in Nigeria
Barry Nnaane
Afe Babalola University, Nigeria
Afe Babalola University, Nigeria
This paper examined how the Nigerian public perceived the role of the
mass media in the fight against corruption. The research design used was
survey, while Benin metropolis in Edo State, South-South, Nigeria, was the area
of study. The two sampling techniques used were cluster sampling and purposive
sampling techniques. Four hundred and fifty (450) copies of questionnaire were
administered, while 418 copies representing 92 per cent response rate were
retrieved. Majority of the respondents agreed that the media in the country
have played a positive role in the fight against corruption. The study
recommends, among others, that media professionals should be
socially-responsible and abide by the ethics of the profession, so that they
can fight corruption in the country without fear or favour.
Identification
and Analysis of Images in Anjathey
Nithin Kalorth
Mahatma Gandhi University, India
Tamil cinema has undergone a cycle of changes from storytelling to
production technology and marketing strategies. This article finds out the film
language and grammar of movie Anjathey directed by Mysskin. 36 images/shots
were selected from the movie and they have been analyzed on the basis of film
language, narrative aspects of the story
cinematography, sound, and editing. Attempts have been made to understand the
use of visual language and grammar to express the story by the use of
mise-en-scene.
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Inevitable
Social Media and Technological Determinism in a Wired World
Arab springs to the jasmine
revolution, mars exploration to unmanned drones, instant messaging to live
tweets, tumbler to instagram, and robotics to cybernetics the rare nexus of
technology and the tools of communication are making far reaching influence and
impacts in our daily routines. Started with a cool notion of connecting and
networking in a community or a society, social media now paves the wide paths
of withering away of the states and nations. Proved to be a power centre of
unifying and disseminating information social media became the inevitable
presence on our daily rhythms. Content and apps are competing in a world were data
always proved to be the undisputable king. The communication circles of social
media, technology, content and application software’s are in a dynamic flux and
is evolving. The traditional concept of reach, access, noise, feedback,
reception are improvised every now and then on the emerging communication
circle. The new players in the evolving communication circles are already
proven complimentary and contributory to each other but still there exist
hegemony for the power structure in determining each variables importance.
Digital revolution and technological
upgradations have placed mankind at an amazingly challenging juncture, where
they are made to take the way that the technologies are chasing for them.
Though the proponents of sociological theory, mainly those who still uphold the
human-centric models like ‘Social Construction of Technology’ and
‘Actor-network Theory’, denounce the medium-oriented theory, the recent social
media explosion unquestionably shows the capacity of a medium in defining and characterising
the cultural of a society from the inherent properties of these technologies.
This never means that human will surrender to technology, neither does it mean
technology seizes the power from mankind, but mankind is slipping into a
dependency level on technology where they are left with no choice, but to
accept and incorporate the media-specifies in their daily life.
On one side, when scientists are busy
replacing man power with digital human machines and robots, one the other side
is the proliferation of social media platforms that more or less makes humans a
self-developed android-robot dancing with the tune of technology. In the
initial stage of the development of a social media, social constructivists
claimed this as a mechanism developed by the society’s need and action.
However, as social media platform became cluttered the positions of these
proponents are taking a back seat, and there is a strong wave of a social-media
culture, where people are in a constant search of personalisation and ubiquitousness
for such a platform. Social media platform have reached such a point that they
have detached themselves from the static computer and laptop, to mobile devices
which enhances their connectivity and reach. Mobile phone marketing and
research are based on these social-connectivity mechanisms, and made
decision-making a process based on incessant connectivity with the
fellow-beings. Paradoxically, when a group of people complain the detachment of
man from social life with the inflow of technology, these same technology are
determining them to be social in a cyber-world, unravelling from the worldly
life. From ‘Facebook’ to ‘Wats app’, people are seeking to connect and converse
with the world in an anonymous and self-proclaimed identity. As the characteristics
of these social media goes – connected throughout the world – the main aim of
the users also is to connect and converse with as many as possible, with least
botheration about context and reason for conversing. The most radical
aspect of this medium-centred theory is that is this impact of technology on
the characteristics of the user.
This volume of the Journal of Media
Watch invites papers on this contemporary issue of social media and
technological determinism. The issue is not limited to the below but can cover
the board spectrum of human and social communications.
·
Social media and cultural
change
·
Technology and community
engagement
·
Cultural impact of social media
·
Social media and activism
·
Technological intervention and
human society
·
Public and private space in a
social media world
·
Personalization of social media
– from computer to mobile phones
·
Medium theory – does it
substitute the social constructivist theory
·
Technology and Culture – who
rules who?
·
Social media, public sphere and
technology
·
Diversity, race, sexuality,
ethnicity and social media
·
Pedagogy and the social media
·
Market forces and communication
technology
·
Social media and organisation
communication
Contributors are encouraged to query the editors (sonyjraj@gmail.com, mediajournal@ymail.com,
mediawatchjournal@gmail.com) in a short e-mail describing their
paper to determine suitability for publication. Journal of media watch will
only accept true, original and pure fundamental and empirical research papers
which were not published before in any publications. Media Watch will not
accept book review, commentary without any proper referencing and citations.
Length: As the journal is primarily print-based, we encourage articles
or manuscripts, including references, tables, and charts, should range between
20-30 pages (7000-8000 words).
Deadlines: Once the Abstract is reviewed
and if it is found suitable, you will be asked to submit a completed manuscript
by September 15, 2013. Review of the papers will be completed
before October 15, 2013.
Style: References should also follow
APA style (6th Edition).
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Guidelines for submission are available
at:
http://www.mediawatchglobal.com/instructions-for-authors/
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Review
Process: Authors are informed when
manuscripts are received. Each manuscript is pre-viewed prior to distribution
to appropriate reviewers. Manuscripts are anonymously reviewed. Once all
reviews are returned, a decision is made and the author is notified.
Manuscripts should consist of original material, and not currently under
consideration by other journals. Author(s) have to submit the copyrights
declaration permission to Media Watch before final consideration of the paper.
Cover
Page: (for review purposes): Include
title of manuscript, date of submission, author’s name, title, mailing address,
business and home phone number, and email address. Please provide a brief
biographical sketch and acknowledge if the article was presented as a paper or
if it reports a funded research project.
Software
Format: Submit papers in both Word (.doc) and Pdf.
Information: For further information and
inquiries about the proposed issue and journal, in case of need, please do not
hesitate to contact the co-editor of the journal, Dr. Sony Jalarajan Raj via
e-mail: sonyjraj@gmail.com
Indexing
& Citations: Journal of Media Watch is indexed and citied in 15
international database, citation and indexing agencies including Ulrich, Ebscos, J-Gate, Proquest, Google Scholar, ResearchBib,
MIAR etc.
Journal of Media Watch is subscribed in major university library data base in
Asia, Europe and USA. Journal of Media Watch is considered for inclusion by the
famous database such as ISI, Thomson Reuters, Dove Jones, and Nature.
Plagiarism
Check: All the submitted papers will undergo mandatory online
plagiarism check through plagiarism software’s such as Turnitin and Safe
Assign. Contributors are encouraged to do plagiarism check before they submit
for the publication. Any submitted paper with more than 7 % match will be
rejected without any feedback from the editorial board.
Submission
& Acceptance: Any paper published in any
journals, book chapters, monograms or abstracts presented in any conference or
published in any conference proceedings will not be published. We strongly
discourage on the submission of any such.
We strongly recommend you share this
call for papers among researchers who you think may be interested in submitting
papers for the issue of the journal.
If any
organizations and institutions are interested to associate with Media Watch
journal, please write to the Publisher:deepakranjanjena@yahoo.com
Dr.
Sony Jalarajan Raj
Editor-in-Chief, The Journal of Media Watch
Graduate Coordinator
St. Thomas University, Florida, USA
Email: sonyjraj@gmail.com
Tel: 001-786-204-1031
Editor-in-Chief, The Journal of Media Watch
Graduate Coordinator
St. Thomas University, Florida, USA
Email: sonyjraj@gmail.com
Tel: 001-786-204-1031
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