This document discusses how new communication technologies impact social movements and protests in different countries. It analyzes three cases: the 2009 Iranian protests, 2009 Moldovan protests, and 2009 G-20 protests in Pittsburgh. In each case, Twitter was used differently by protesters and authorities. The use of new media makes the actions and motivations of each group more visible. Instead of focusing on the role of new media, we should examine how technologies are used and what this reveals about the social structures and desires of those involved in negotiations of power. New media artifacts can provide insights into protests in a way that was not previously possible.
What’s in a boundary? Exploring the subcultural dynamics that protect the Ami...LindsayEms
This talk reveals a snapshot of my dissertation project in its current, pre-proposal form. Today, all kinds of subcultures are coalescing online—from from support groups to, fan groups, to activist groups, to hobby guilds, to political parties, to tinkerer groups, to philanthropy groups, etc. Prior to industrialization, humans largely lived in and made sense of the world through an association to a tribe or small group, so this tendency may not be surprising. The reasons people are drawn into subcultural associations today, however, are different from before. In addition to kinship ties, styles of dress, and language, today, shared technological practice acts to identify members as part of a subculture. The dynamic process of subcultural boundary-making through technology use will be illuminated in this project by drawing on ethnographic data collected on preliminary site visits to Indiana Amish communities. The Amish provide a particularly illustrative example of the dynamic mechanisms that govern subcultural boundary-making today because of their history of developing (often enigmatic) rules about technology use that govern their interactions with people outside their subculture.
What’s in a boundary? Exploring the subcultural dynamics that protect the Ami...LindsayEms
This talk reveals a snapshot of my dissertation project in its current, pre-proposal form. Today, all kinds of subcultures are coalescing online—from from support groups to, fan groups, to activist groups, to hobby guilds, to political parties, to tinkerer groups, to philanthropy groups, etc. Prior to industrialization, humans largely lived in and made sense of the world through an association to a tribe or small group, so this tendency may not be surprising. The reasons people are drawn into subcultural associations today, however, are different from before. In addition to kinship ties, styles of dress, and language, today, shared technological practice acts to identify members as part of a subculture. The dynamic process of subcultural boundary-making through technology use will be illuminated in this project by drawing on ethnographic data collected on preliminary site visits to Indiana Amish communities. The Amish provide a particularly illustrative example of the dynamic mechanisms that govern subcultural boundary-making today because of their history of developing (often enigmatic) rules about technology use that govern their interactions with people outside their subculture.
Media materiality theorists cast social movement theories in a new lightLindsayEms
This paper presented at the 2012 European Association of Antropologigists conference in Nanterre, France considers the role that media have played in shaping the structure and
outcomes of revolutions and revolutionary events. Inspired by the debate about the
role of social media tools like Twitter and Facebook in recent protests and revolutions in northern Africa and the Middle East, this paper turns to existing literature on social movements by sociologists, in which communication tools go
largely unnoticed, and puts it in dialogue with the work of media theorists. Setting
these theoretical bodies next to one another enables a different kind of discussion to
emerge; a discussion which offers a new lens through which to see social
movements in the digital age. Theories of media materiality help augment existing
social movement theories by making the experience, image and outcome of a social
movement dependent (to an extent) on the communication technologies used to
make it happen. Findings suggest that geography becomes just another aspect of the story told about or experience of a social movement today as our worldviews
increasingly adopt characteristics of the technologies we use to communicate.
E-politics from the citizens’ perspective. The role of social networking tool...Przegląd Politologiczny
The progress of civilization, supported by the development of new technologies, has led
to a series of social, economic and political changes. The information society, in its expectations and
through access to knowledge, has significantly affected a change in the model of democracy, causing
a kind of return to the original forms of communication in citizen-government relations. This has been
accompanied by a shift of social and civic activism from the real to the virtual world. In literature,
the use of information and communication technologies in the democratic system is named electronic
democracy. One of its forms is e-politics, which is implemented at several levels: institutional, system
and civil. A good example of the last type are the new social movements that in recent years have had
a significant impact on politics.
The basic research problem in this paper concerns e-politics from the citizens’ perspective, through
the activities of the new social movements, especially of a political nature. The main research goal
is therefore to present the role of social networking tools in influencing citizens and their subsequent
activities that have triggered changes in the political system. The methods used in the paper are case
study and comparative analysis.
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.
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The slides tell how technology and politics complement and contradict each other, as well as how technology is used as a tool to serve particular political interest. The slides also show how technology can be perceived in a different context of a country's culture and priority.
A Strategic Approach: GenAI in EducationPeter Windle
Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies such as Generative AI, Image Generators and Large Language Models have had a dramatic impact on teaching, learning and assessment over the past 18 months. The most immediate threat AI posed was to Academic Integrity with Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) focusing their efforts on combating the use of GenAI in assessment. Guidelines were developed for staff and students, policies put in place too. Innovative educators have forged paths in the use of Generative AI for teaching, learning and assessments leading to pockets of transformation springing up across HEIs, often with little or no top-down guidance, support or direction.
This Gasta posits a strategic approach to integrating AI into HEIs to prepare staff, students and the curriculum for an evolving world and workplace. We will highlight the advantages of working with these technologies beyond the realm of teaching, learning and assessment by considering prompt engineering skills, industry impact, curriculum changes, and the need for staff upskilling. In contrast, not engaging strategically with Generative AI poses risks, including falling behind peers, missed opportunities and failing to ensure our graduates remain employable. The rapid evolution of AI technologies necessitates a proactive and strategic approach if we are to remain relevant.
How to Build a Module in Odoo 17 Using the Scaffold MethodCeline George
Odoo provides an option for creating a module by using a single line command. By using this command the user can make a whole structure of a module. It is very easy for a beginner to make a module. There is no need to make each file manually. This slide will show how to create a module using the scaffold method.
Strategies for Effective Upskilling is a presentation by Chinwendu Peace in a Your Skill Boost Masterclass organisation by the Excellence Foundation for South Sudan on 08th and 09th June 2024 from 1 PM to 3 PM on each day.
This presentation includes basic of PCOS their pathology and treatment and also Ayurveda correlation of PCOS and Ayurvedic line of treatment mentioned in classics.
Biological screening of herbal drugs: Introduction and Need for
Phyto-Pharmacological Screening, New Strategies for evaluating
Natural Products, In vitro evaluation techniques for Antioxidants, Antimicrobial and Anticancer drugs. In vivo evaluation techniques
for Anti-inflammatory, Antiulcer, Anticancer, Wound healing, Antidiabetic, Hepatoprotective, Cardio protective, Diuretics and
Antifertility, Toxicity studies as per OECD guidelines
June 3, 2024 Anti-Semitism Letter Sent to MIT President Kornbluth and MIT Cor...Levi Shapiro
Letter from the Congress of the United States regarding Anti-Semitism sent June 3rd to MIT President Sally Kornbluth, MIT Corp Chair, Mark Gorenberg
Dear Dr. Kornbluth and Mr. Gorenberg,
The US House of Representatives is deeply concerned by ongoing and pervasive acts of antisemitic
harassment and intimidation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Failing to act decisively to ensure a safe learning environment for all students would be a grave dereliction of your responsibilities as President of MIT and Chair of the MIT Corporation.
This Congress will not stand idly by and allow an environment hostile to Jewish students to persist. The House believes that your institution is in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, and the inability or
unwillingness to rectify this violation through action requires accountability.
Postsecondary education is a unique opportunity for students to learn and have their ideas and beliefs challenged. However, universities receiving hundreds of millions of federal funds annually have denied
students that opportunity and have been hijacked to become venues for the promotion of terrorism, antisemitic harassment and intimidation, unlawful encampments, and in some cases, assaults and riots.
The House of Representatives will not countenance the use of federal funds to indoctrinate students into hateful, antisemitic, anti-American supporters of terrorism. Investigations into campus antisemitism by the Committee on Education and the Workforce and the Committee on Ways and Means have been expanded into a Congress-wide probe across all relevant jurisdictions to address this national crisis. The undersigned Committees will conduct oversight into the use of federal funds at MIT and its learning environment under authorities granted to each Committee.
• The Committee on Education and the Workforce has been investigating your institution since December 7, 2023. The Committee has broad jurisdiction over postsecondary education, including its compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, campus safety concerns over disruptions to the learning environment, and the awarding of federal student aid under the Higher Education Act.
• The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is investigating the sources of funding and other support flowing to groups espousing pro-Hamas propaganda and engaged in antisemitic harassment and intimidation of students. The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is the principal oversight committee of the US House of Representatives and has broad authority to investigate “any matter” at “any time” under House Rule X.
• The Committee on Ways and Means has been investigating several universities since November 15, 2023, when the Committee held a hearing entitled From Ivory Towers to Dark Corners: Investigating the Nexus Between Antisemitism, Tax-Exempt Universities, and Terror Financing. The Committee followed the hearing with letters to those institutions on January 10, 202
How to Add Chatter in the odoo 17 ERP ModuleCeline George
In Odoo, the chatter is like a chat tool that helps you work together on records. You can leave notes and track things, making it easier to talk with your team and partners. Inside chatter, all communication history, activity, and changes will be displayed.
7. Where social and technological forces collide:
New protest tools reveal authoritarian regimes fumbling to
maintain political power.
8. Social Media and Social Movement Analysts – 3 Perspectives
1.) Communication technologies impact social movement’s success or failure
2.) Emphasize social forces & downplay the importance of communication tools
3.) Both perspectives are essential to understanding recent phenomena
9. The goal:
It will be suggested in this paper, that
by side-stepping the distinction
between the technical and the
social a different kind of inquiry can
unfold— one which sees technologies
as artifacts which reveal the
motivations and actions of the people
and institutions using them.
17. Conclusions
1. Twitter was used differently in each of the three cases.
2. The use of new communication technologies makes the
actions and motivations of each party visible in a way
not possible before. Note: This is often an advantage for
protesters not governments.
3. Information flows from the bottom up.
4. Online protesters provide support in the form of
sympathetic capital.
18. Contribution
Instead of asking what role do new media play in protest
events, we should ask:
1.) In what way are new media being used in protest events?
2.) What does this tell us about social structures and the
motivations/desires of players in specific negotiations of
power.
19. To recap: By side-stepping the
distinction between the
technical and the social we
are able to see new
communication technologies
as artifacts which reveal the
motivations and actions of
the people and institutions
using them in ways we
couldn’t before.
Thanks everyone for being here. It is humbling to see so many colleagues and professors whom I admire very much, here to listen to me talk about one of my projects.
Writing this paper has been an iterative process for me. It started it in 2009 as a seminar paper and has been presented in different forms at NCA, ICA, CHI. I’ve worked on fine tuning the paper in multiple seminars since its inception and am currently working with my advisor Harmeet on polishing it up to send out for review very soon. I say all of this because, before I send it out, I’d love to hear your questions or feedback after the presentation so I can incorporate those into my final draft of the paper. I also know some of you taking T600 right now are blogging and tweeting about the talks today, I’d love to hear any of your comments through those avenues if you’d like to send me links to them. Before I get started talking about the paper I’d like to talk a little about why I started out researching this topic and situate this project into a broader public discussion about the role of social media, in particular, micro-blogging tool Twitter, in recent protests. Back in 2009, though, I remember listening to my professors in class talk about ways that broadcast technologies and new media might or might not impact social power structures. I heard that over and over again throughout history, when a new medium was introduced people thought it would solve problems of inequality and bring about democracy and time and time again, the technology fell short. I guess I must have been particularly optimistic or naïve but I felt that the use of Twitter in recent protests might be in some way different than the communication tools used by activists of the past. So, I started piecing together stories of Twitter use in three recent protest events to see what was going on. So this is when I decided to write the first draft of this paper. The three cases are provide the empirical support for the claims I’ll outline in a few minutes. Recently, I recall talking to my friend Nic Matthews about the fact that when I started this project it was still kind of laughable to think that new media could impact protest movements. If I’d have said then that Twitter would play an important role in bringing down autocratic regimes in the Middle East, people would have thought I was crazy. Today, saying the opposite might warrant looks of skepticism.
In 2009 Many journalists and academics began to use the phrase “Twitter Revolution” in describing events in Moldova & Iran in that year.
While Iran’s government was not overturned in 2009, the ripple effect was felt across the Middle East and northern Africa. Because of a number of reasons, including the growing popularity, and number of skilled users of the Internet and media technologies, a huge number of young people have joined revolutionary movements and overturned governments like Egypt and Tunisia in the region. While new media, on its own, doesn’t determine a revolutions success or failure, it does play an active role especially in combination with other factors.
This work is inspired by a recent upsurge in attention on the part of journalists and academics about the role that new media have played in uprisings in Iran, Egypt, Tunisia. Recent Occupy Wall Street protests also add to the interest in this topic.
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Many of these theorists have suggested (perhaps too enthusiastically) that new communication technologies like microblogging tool Twitter have had an important impact on these social movements’ successes or failures.Other observers discuss the social forces responsible for the uprisings but downplay the importance of communication tools. Still others argue that both of these two perspectives are essential to understanding recent phenomena. Interestingly, all authors (even those who call for a more holistic approach) view these two entities as separate in their discussions of social media and social change. This has implications on what kinds of questions investigators can ask and what types of findings one can achieve.It will be suggested in this paper, that by side-stepping this distinction a different kind of inquiry can occur— one which sees technologies as artifacts which reveal the motivations and actions of the people and institutions using them.
by observing cases where the communication tools are put to use in negotiations of political power we can better understand the socio-technical processes in which the tools are embedded. In a sense, the communication tools become artifacts which reveal cultural and historical insights about the actions, motivations and orientations of those who put them to use.
In the interest of time, I’m not going to go into a whole lot of detail here, but I just want to identify a theory I use in my paper which guides much of my analysis. Media materiality theory suggests that two types of technologies have different social and technical constraints. I would like to emphasize though that this must not be a technologically deterministic perspective. Indeed, seeing technologies as artifacts, as I propose in this paper, allows us to see what social and cultural forces are embedded in technological objects and what forces they amplify in society. In short, media materiality theory helps us to see the place where the technical and the social become indistinguishable from one another.
Over the course of the rest of this presentation I will describe three 2009 protest events in which Twitter was used as a communication tool by protesters and close with some concluding thoughts. Case 1.) The aftermath of the 2009 Iranian elections which resulted in widespread protests in Iran,Case 2.) The protests following fraudulent elections in 2009 in Moldova Case 3.)The protests surrounding the G-20 Summit in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 2009. These cases have been chosen to illustrate the fact that Twitter is an extremely versatile tool put to use in multiple ways by different groups of protesters and governments. In other words, we’ll see that there is not one single use or result of Twitter-use in protest events. Most importantly, however, these cases have been chosen because variances in the use of a single tool helps to highlight the fuzzy distinction between the role that social forces and technological affordances play in social and political struggles. In these areas of fuzzy distinctions, however, one is clearly able to see the political motivations of governments, protesters and protest observers (mass media outlets, etc.) in ways not possible before.
In the case of Iran,
In Moldova,
And in the G-20 Summit protests in Pittsburgh in September of 2009,