1) The document discusses the relationship between governments and citizens in a democratic society, specifically regarding the flow of information.
2) It argues that an unfettered flow of freely available electronic information accessible to every citizen could form the backbone of future democracy by allowing for better evaluation of the government and participation in the political process.
3) However, it also acknowledges challenges in managing, storing, and providing secure access to large amounts of electronic information.
Research-Open Access-Social Media: a winning combination, presented by Eileen Shepherd at the Open Access Symposium on 21 October 2014 - Rhodes University Library
Research-Open Access-Social Media: a winning combination, presented by Eileen Shepherd at the Open Access Symposium on 21 October 2014 - Rhodes University Library
WEBINAR: Joining the "buzz": the role of social media in raising research vi...HELIGLIASA
Joining the ‘buzz’ : the role of social media in raising research visibility: Traditional bibliometric methods of evaluating academic research, such as journal impact factors and article citations, have been supplemented in the past 5-10 years by the development of altmetrics (alternative metrics/article level metrics). Altmetrics measures aspects of the impact of a work, such as references in data and knowledge bases, article views, downloads and mentions in social media and news media.
This webinar (based on a presentation of the same name at the LIASA conference on 24th September 2014) gives a brief background to altmetrics and demonstrates how Rhodes University, Grahamstown, librarians are using social media to raise the visibility of the research output of their institution.
Presented by Eileen Shepherd, Principal Librarian, Science & Pharmacy, Rhodes University Library
Research-Open Access-Social Media: A winning combinationEileen Shepherd
This presentation endeavours to show that social media and open access are a great couple, to provide a brief introduction to altmetrics – a non-traditional form of measuring scholarly impact and to demonstrate the use of social media in raising awareness and visibility of Rhodes University research
Joining the ‘buzz’ : the role of social media in raising research visibility ...Eileen Shepherd
[This presentation is based on my previous presentation, of the same title, at the LIASA 2014 conference. It was presented as a webinar for LIASA Higher Education Libraries Interest Group on 6/11/2014]
Traditional bibliometric methods of evaluating academic research, such as journal impact factors and article citations, have been supplemented in the past 5-10 years by the development of altmetrics (alternative metrics or article level metrics). Altmetrics measures impact of research, data and publications, such as references in data and knowledge bases, article views, downloads and mentions in social media and news media. This presentation gives a brief background to altmetrics and demonstrates how Rhodes University librarians are using social media to raise the visibility of the research output of their institution. (Rhodes University is in Grahamstown, South Africa)
International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Invention (IJHSSI)inventionjournals
International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Invention (IJHSSI) is an international journal intended for professionals and researchers in all fields of Humanities and Social Science. IJHSSI publishes research articles and reviews within the whole field Humanities and Social Science, new teaching methods, assessment, validation and the impact of new technologies and it will continue to provide information on the latest trends and developments in this ever-expanding subject. The publications of papers are selected through double peer reviewed to ensure originality, relevance, and readability. The articles published in our journal can be accessed online
Surviving in the Academy:Issues and Challenges in Gender (In)Equality in Sc...WiMBE_IFMBE
E. Kaldoudi, Surviving in the Academy:Issues and Challenges in Gender (In)Equality in Science & Engineering Higher Education, presented at Women in Medical & Biological Engineering Session, 5th European IFMBE MBEC, Budapest, September 14-18, 2011
In the current society where development has been taking place at a fast pace, a large number of people turn to their electronic devices that range from Social Media to predictions of weather (Curran 2010). As websites of social networking has been exploding and smart phones have been development, technology has quickly started to become the key way in order to receive information. The dependence on new technology for information have been providing huge benefits such as instant notification of emails and news allowing member of the society for being aware about what events are taking place across the globe in only a fraction of seconds.
A number of research papers have documented the rapid success and growth of minority or ethnic media across a number of areas throughout the world, being most prominent in Western Europe and North America. This trend has been attributed by scholars with the tendency of expressing the increased patterns of migration across the globe (Bloomsbury 1992). A crucial awareness about an extremely participatory culture of global media across multi- cultural societies has been established as a significant tool for explaining the impact and success of minority or ethnic media, along with embracing the changing methods by which there is use of media by people (Sanders 2009). Being a profession extremely centralized to the sense of self across the society, there lies a crucial significance for understanding the impacts of changing conditions on labour, cultures of professionalism, and the technologies in appropriation. These factors form the crucial attribute of work within the profession of journalism. It has been argued by a number of researchers that the continuously converging technologies undermine the basic standards and skills of journalism, while the so- called multiple tasking is fostered within newsrooms, which is seen as the outcome of economy based pressures cutting back over resources while the work loads are increased (Curran et al. 2012).
It was a humble presentation we had today together ;narjes and i did our best to make sure that every body is acknowledged and satisfied...I honestly thank my teacher, partner and all my true freinds
Strategic use of Twitter in Local Government: A Northern Ireland StudyUlster University
This paper presents the results of a survey of Twitter usage in Northern Ireland’s twenty-six councils. The data was gathered in Summer 2012. The research questions were developed from a review of the literature on use of social media by government and focused on the role of social media as a communication channel to local government, examining the dialogue between government and citizen and the sentiment of such dialogue. The results show significant heterogeneity in Twitter use amongst the councils; with many not engaging at all, while a small number were highly engaged with their citizens. Regardless of the perspectives of the councils, there was evidence that there was a demand from the citizens for conversations that was not being met by the councils. The paper recommends that councils need to define a social media strategy in order to maximise the use of social media, but reflects that the councils should find it easy to engage with citizens by simply asking them via Twitter.
Social Media in Australia: A ‘Big Data’ Perspective on TwitterAxel Bruns
Invited presentation at the University of Melbourne, 4 April 2017.
Twitter research to date has focussed mainly on the study of isolated events, as described for example by specific hashtags or keywords relating to elections, natural disasters, public events, and other moments of heightened activity in the network. This limited focus is determined in part by the limitations placed on large-scale access to Twitter data by Twitter, Inc. itself. This research presents the first ever comprehensive study of a national Twittersphere as an entity in its own right. It examines the structure of the follower network amongst some 4 million Australian Twitter accounts and the dynamics of their day-to-day activities, and explores the Australian Twittersphere’s engagement with specific recent events.
Media in Authoritarian and Populist Times: Post Covid-19 scenarioAI Publications
This paper is analytical in approach and draws various conclusions from the present-day media and its functioning. Media plays critical role in strengthening of Democracy but at the same time can be impediment also if not properly managed and given enough freedom to operate. Media is also called the fourth pillar of Democracy and gives space to criticism, dissent and questioning skill to electorate against the people in power. This paper argues that media in times of populism and authoritarianism is in for a serious overhaul and change. Media is very difficult to be found independent and working in conducive environment. Populism and authoritarians stifles dissent and criticism and manages the media in order to sell its own agenda. Post Covid-19 this phenomenon has gotten worse and the pandemic has aggravated the situation.
Draft slides for Dec. 8 presentation as part of the National Academies Roundtable on Public Interfaces in the Life Sciences. bit.ly/1fYaBTc #NASInterface
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WEBINAR: Joining the "buzz": the role of social media in raising research vi...HELIGLIASA
Joining the ‘buzz’ : the role of social media in raising research visibility: Traditional bibliometric methods of evaluating academic research, such as journal impact factors and article citations, have been supplemented in the past 5-10 years by the development of altmetrics (alternative metrics/article level metrics). Altmetrics measures aspects of the impact of a work, such as references in data and knowledge bases, article views, downloads and mentions in social media and news media.
This webinar (based on a presentation of the same name at the LIASA conference on 24th September 2014) gives a brief background to altmetrics and demonstrates how Rhodes University, Grahamstown, librarians are using social media to raise the visibility of the research output of their institution.
Presented by Eileen Shepherd, Principal Librarian, Science & Pharmacy, Rhodes University Library
Research-Open Access-Social Media: A winning combinationEileen Shepherd
This presentation endeavours to show that social media and open access are a great couple, to provide a brief introduction to altmetrics – a non-traditional form of measuring scholarly impact and to demonstrate the use of social media in raising awareness and visibility of Rhodes University research
Joining the ‘buzz’ : the role of social media in raising research visibility ...Eileen Shepherd
[This presentation is based on my previous presentation, of the same title, at the LIASA 2014 conference. It was presented as a webinar for LIASA Higher Education Libraries Interest Group on 6/11/2014]
Traditional bibliometric methods of evaluating academic research, such as journal impact factors and article citations, have been supplemented in the past 5-10 years by the development of altmetrics (alternative metrics or article level metrics). Altmetrics measures impact of research, data and publications, such as references in data and knowledge bases, article views, downloads and mentions in social media and news media. This presentation gives a brief background to altmetrics and demonstrates how Rhodes University librarians are using social media to raise the visibility of the research output of their institution. (Rhodes University is in Grahamstown, South Africa)
International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Invention (IJHSSI)inventionjournals
International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Invention (IJHSSI) is an international journal intended for professionals and researchers in all fields of Humanities and Social Science. IJHSSI publishes research articles and reviews within the whole field Humanities and Social Science, new teaching methods, assessment, validation and the impact of new technologies and it will continue to provide information on the latest trends and developments in this ever-expanding subject. The publications of papers are selected through double peer reviewed to ensure originality, relevance, and readability. The articles published in our journal can be accessed online
Surviving in the Academy:Issues and Challenges in Gender (In)Equality in Sc...WiMBE_IFMBE
E. Kaldoudi, Surviving in the Academy:Issues and Challenges in Gender (In)Equality in Science & Engineering Higher Education, presented at Women in Medical & Biological Engineering Session, 5th European IFMBE MBEC, Budapest, September 14-18, 2011
In the current society where development has been taking place at a fast pace, a large number of people turn to their electronic devices that range from Social Media to predictions of weather (Curran 2010). As websites of social networking has been exploding and smart phones have been development, technology has quickly started to become the key way in order to receive information. The dependence on new technology for information have been providing huge benefits such as instant notification of emails and news allowing member of the society for being aware about what events are taking place across the globe in only a fraction of seconds.
A number of research papers have documented the rapid success and growth of minority or ethnic media across a number of areas throughout the world, being most prominent in Western Europe and North America. This trend has been attributed by scholars with the tendency of expressing the increased patterns of migration across the globe (Bloomsbury 1992). A crucial awareness about an extremely participatory culture of global media across multi- cultural societies has been established as a significant tool for explaining the impact and success of minority or ethnic media, along with embracing the changing methods by which there is use of media by people (Sanders 2009). Being a profession extremely centralized to the sense of self across the society, there lies a crucial significance for understanding the impacts of changing conditions on labour, cultures of professionalism, and the technologies in appropriation. These factors form the crucial attribute of work within the profession of journalism. It has been argued by a number of researchers that the continuously converging technologies undermine the basic standards and skills of journalism, while the so- called multiple tasking is fostered within newsrooms, which is seen as the outcome of economy based pressures cutting back over resources while the work loads are increased (Curran et al. 2012).
It was a humble presentation we had today together ;narjes and i did our best to make sure that every body is acknowledged and satisfied...I honestly thank my teacher, partner and all my true freinds
Strategic use of Twitter in Local Government: A Northern Ireland StudyUlster University
This paper presents the results of a survey of Twitter usage in Northern Ireland’s twenty-six councils. The data was gathered in Summer 2012. The research questions were developed from a review of the literature on use of social media by government and focused on the role of social media as a communication channel to local government, examining the dialogue between government and citizen and the sentiment of such dialogue. The results show significant heterogeneity in Twitter use amongst the councils; with many not engaging at all, while a small number were highly engaged with their citizens. Regardless of the perspectives of the councils, there was evidence that there was a demand from the citizens for conversations that was not being met by the councils. The paper recommends that councils need to define a social media strategy in order to maximise the use of social media, but reflects that the councils should find it easy to engage with citizens by simply asking them via Twitter.
Social Media in Australia: A ‘Big Data’ Perspective on TwitterAxel Bruns
Invited presentation at the University of Melbourne, 4 April 2017.
Twitter research to date has focussed mainly on the study of isolated events, as described for example by specific hashtags or keywords relating to elections, natural disasters, public events, and other moments of heightened activity in the network. This limited focus is determined in part by the limitations placed on large-scale access to Twitter data by Twitter, Inc. itself. This research presents the first ever comprehensive study of a national Twittersphere as an entity in its own right. It examines the structure of the follower network amongst some 4 million Australian Twitter accounts and the dynamics of their day-to-day activities, and explores the Australian Twittersphere’s engagement with specific recent events.
Media in Authoritarian and Populist Times: Post Covid-19 scenarioAI Publications
This paper is analytical in approach and draws various conclusions from the present-day media and its functioning. Media plays critical role in strengthening of Democracy but at the same time can be impediment also if not properly managed and given enough freedom to operate. Media is also called the fourth pillar of Democracy and gives space to criticism, dissent and questioning skill to electorate against the people in power. This paper argues that media in times of populism and authoritarianism is in for a serious overhaul and change. Media is very difficult to be found independent and working in conducive environment. Populism and authoritarians stifles dissent and criticism and manages the media in order to sell its own agenda. Post Covid-19 this phenomenon has gotten worse and the pandemic has aggravated the situation.
Draft slides for Dec. 8 presentation as part of the National Academies Roundtable on Public Interfaces in the Life Sciences. bit.ly/1fYaBTc #NASInterface
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The impact of digital media on the distribution of power and the weakening of traditional gatekeepers has gained considerable attention in recent years. The adoption of digital technologies and the internet has resulted in declining influence and power for traditional gatekeepers such as publishing houses and news organizations. Simultaneously, digital media has facilitated the emergence of new voices and players in the media industry. Digital medias impact on power decentralization and gatekeeper erosion is visible in several ways. One significant aspect is the democratization of information, which enables anyone with an internet connection to publish and share content globally, leading to citizen journalism and bypassing traditional gatekeepers. Another aspect is the disruption of conventional media industry business models, as traditional organizations struggle to adjust to the decrease in advertising revenue and the rise of digital platforms. Alternative business models, such as subscription models and crowdfunding, have become more prevalent, leading to the emergence of new players. Overall, the impact of digital media on the distribution of power and the weakening of traditional gatekeepers has brought about significant changes in the media landscape and the way information is shared. Further research is required to fully comprehend the implications of these changes and their impact on society. Dr. Kusum Lata "The Impact of Digital Media on the Decentralization of Power and the Erosion of Traditional Gatekeepers" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-8 | Issue-1 , February 2024, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd64544.pdf Paper Url: https://www.ijtsrd.com/humanities-and-the-arts/political-science/64544/the-impact-of-digital-media-on-the-decentralization-of-power-and-the-erosion-of-traditional-gatekeepers/dr-kusum-lata
Twenty Years of Evolving Models of Science CommunicationMatthew Nisbet
Carl Sagan and Neil deGrasse Tyson have come to symbolize the dominant "popularization" approach to science communication, a model that has been embraced with renewed enthusiasm among young scientists as they have experimented with and developed a variety of digital and social media tools. Yet this dominant approach to science communication is not without several key imitations, pitfalls and trade-offs.
In a March 29, 2014 talk as part of the "Sharing Science" conference held at the University of British Columbia, I reviewed major areas of research, analysis and debate relevant to twenty years of evolving models and approaches to science communication. At the link below you find related readings and studies on each of the models reviewed.
http://climateshiftproject.org/2014/03/28/university-of-british-columbia-sharing-science-conference-twenty-years-of-evolving-models-of-science-communication/
Lectures: Scientists & Advocacy / Models of Science CommunicationMatthew Nisbet
Slides from class lectures and discussion in the American University course COM 589: "Communication, Culture and the Environment," Spring 2014.
http://climateshiftproject.org/com-589-communication-culture-and-the-environment-spring-2014/
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"News vs. Entertainment: How Increasing
Media Choice Widens Gaps in Political
Knowledge and Turnout"
Markus Prior
Although everyone has contact with the government nearly every day—attending
a public school, driving on public roads, using government-regulated electricity, and
so on—few citizens have direct contact with the policymaking process. Because of
this distance between the public and policymakers, the behavior of intermediaries
between the government and the governed is a significant issue in a democratic
polity. The media, in particular the news media, are among the most significant of
these intermediaries that tell the people what the government is doing and tell the
government what the people want.
In today's media environment, information is more abundant than ever, Markus
Prior notes, yet participation and knowledge levels have remained stagnant. Rather
than enhancing participatory democracy, as advocates of new media suggest is
the norm, the onset of cable television and the Internet has worsened information
and participation gaps between those individuals who like to follow the news and
those who are more interested in entertainment. Prior argues that the spread of
additional news choices, which sounds democratic, has had nondemocratic effects.
Newshounds can dig ever deeper into the news, but other members of the public are
increasingly able to ignore the news. Other critics have made a similar argument
that new media tend to exacerbate public polarization because readers, viewers, and
listeners gravitate to outlets presenting opinions they agree with and ignore those
sources that would challenge their views.
The rise of new media has brought the question of audience fragmentation and selective exposure to the forefront of scholarly and popular
debate. In one of the most widely discussed contributions to this debate.
Sunstein has proposed that people's increasing ability to customize their
political information will have a polarizing impact on democracy as media
users become less likely to encounter information that challenges their
partisan viewpoints. While this debate is far from settled/ the issue which
precedes it is equally important and often sidestepped: as choice between
different media content increases, who continues to access any type of
political information? Cable television and the Internet have increased
"News vs. Entertainment" 317
media choice so much in recent decades that many Americans now live in
a high-choice media environment. As media choice increases, the likeli
hood of "chance encounters" with any political content declines signifi
cantly for many people. Greater choice allows politically interested people
to access more information and increase their political knowledge. Yet
those who prefer nonpolitical content can more easily escape the news
and therefore pick up less political information than they used to. In a
high-choice environment, lack of mot.
For thousands of years, humans moved their knowledge of medicine forward through informal, anecdotal, experimental, sometimes very dangerous methods. It was not until the mid-20th century that organized clinical research trials became a central element of medical progress, and since that time, millions of people around the world have benefited from the careful, safe study and approval of medications and other treatment methods for negative health conditions of all types.
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tion of the citizens of a country. Special interest groups,
previously regarded as the minority, are poised to become
central to themajority of the active electorate. It is easy to
see that campaign strategies that target selected electoral
groupsenjoy higherefficiency and may produce a feedback
loop, allowing non-mainstream ideas/trends to gain anel-
evated influence. Once manifest in coalitions and/or gov-
ernmental policies, this evokes the critique of citizens and
the feeling that individual voices do not count. In the
extreme, opposing parties may form cartels to secure their-
graspon power. This departure from the original political
conviction and the desire to occupy the mandate for a pro-
longed time can result in an increased number of votes for
non-mainstream parties and/or radical alternatives. Inev-
itably, this shake-up of the establishment results in a more
genuine representation of the concerns of citizens in the
long run, while imposing inconveniences over the short
course. Taking a more philosophical approach, this is sim-
ply a wake-up call, issued by theelectorate, and intended
to re-vitalize democracy inits true meaning, assuming that
democratic forms of self-governance are not obsolete. As
stated at the beginning of this paragraph, participation, by
any means, is essential for a healthy democracy and sim-
ply blaming the government forpoor decisions has little
merit as long as the participation of the full electorate in
self-governance is missing.
Conclusion
Why is there so little participation in self-governance?
When confronted with a comfortable sofaversus ahard
chair in a public hearing and seemingly endless discus-
sions about alternatives, one may simply trust the elected
representative to do the right thing. To avoid an obvious
argument, elected representatives are fallible as any ordi-
nary citizen and depend on critical evaluation and infor-
mation from the constituency. Is it a coincidence that
electoral districts with little or no communication with
representativeshave more frustrated citizens? Is it that the
choice of convenience, hence lack of control, leaves
elected representatives to the influence of lobbying
groups? Finally, how much are we willing to pay for con-
venience? Arguing furtherthatevery aspect of a givenpoliti-
cal platform can rarely be captured in a slogan, simplified
messages are often used to substitute for the vast amount
of information, available to everyone. Leaving the prob-
lem of organizing, storing, presenting and accessing infor-
mation aside, as well as the dilemma of ad-hoc decisions
versus long-term planning, the paradox ofcapturing the
interest of the electorateand dealing with a complex mat-
ter has to be addressed. A rebuttal for this, although far
from comprehensive, is that scholars have the obligation
to make their findings accessible to the public, free of
charge, in a way such that newspapers and/or other appro-
priate media arethen able topresent alternatives, new
trends and critique of current main-stream endeavors to
the broader public, while referring to scholarly papers
and/or other articles. As with the Open Access movement
gaining momentum, one may see the Internet, in its neu-
trality, as a forum for discussion and gathering informa-
tion, or, in other words, the library of the public.
Competing interests
SM declares that there are no competing interests. CS is
deputy editor of Molecular Cancer and receives no remu-
neration for his efforts.
Authors' contributions
SM and CSdrafted, finalized and approved of the final
form of this manuscript. Both authors read and approved
the final manuscript.
Acknowledgements
CS is indebted to Philip W Tucker, Mark A Brown, Gregory C. Ippolitoand
Martin P Kracklauer for critical review of this manuscript.