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- Svensson, Jakob, 1976-, et al.
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The Emergence of a New Media Logic : A Theoretical Approach
- 2013
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- In this paper we argue that online social media platforms operate with a decidedly different logic than traditional mass media. This has led to different ways of producing content, distributing information and the way recipients use media. The changes in the media and communication landscape are embedded in a larger societal transformation context of fragmentation, individualization and reflexivity, a late modern context that sustains the modus operandi of social media platforms. By discussing the differences between traditional mass media and social media platforms, we carve out the central elements of a new network media logic - that is, the inherent rules of the game on social media platforms - and this logic's consequences for political communication and political actors.
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- Strand, Cecilia, 1972-, et al.
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“Fake News” on Sexual Minorities is “Old News” : Study of Digital Platforms as Spaces for Challenging Inaccurate Reporting on Ugandan Sexual Minorities
- 2019
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Ingår i: Ecquid Novi. - : Taylor & Francis. - 0256-0054 .- 1942-0773. ; 40:4, s. 77-95
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- For sexual minorities in Africa, fake news is nothing new. However, with the arrival of self-controlled digital platforms, sexual minorities are presented with new ways to counter coverage that misrepresents the community. Inspired by affordance theory and agenda-setting theory, this study explores whether self-controlled digital platforms are used to challenge false media reports on sexual minorities in Uganda, and if so, to what extent. Through a cross-media research design, the largest English-language daily newspaper, the government-owned New Vision, is analysed and positioned against the main sexual minority network's (SMUG’s) public Facebook and Twitter accounts at two points in time in 2013/2014 and in 2018. The study finds that, although social media channels afford direct engagement with false media reports, the platforms are under-utilised as spaces regarding countering false reporting on LGBTQIs. Furthermore, this lack of engagement with the media was found to be stable over time.
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- Svensson, Jakob, 1976-
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Deliberation or Updating? : The Case of Southern Stockholm Activists Online
- 2012
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Ingår i: Proceedings of the 12<sup>th</sup> European Conference on eGovernment. - Reading : ACI Academic Conferences International. - 9781908272416 - 9781908272423 ; , s. 691-697
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Based on a (n)ethnographic inspired study of middle class activists in southern Stockholm, the aim is to understand contemporary political action and to discuss changing practices of participation in digital and late modernity. More specifically this paper addresses the Internet and its promise of deliberation. However instead of echoing techno-deterministic and optimist accounts of the Internet and online social networking affording a digital public sphere where deliberation can flourish, this paper argues that it is more accurate to understand the practices among the activists in southern Stockholm as updating. Updating is described here as a two-way practice,to be updated what is happening in your social networks as well as updating your social networks what is happening.These practices of updating are understood in light of late modern theories of reflexivity, identity negotiation and maintenance, practices that arguably are heightened in digital and networked societies. Hence to avoid determinism without resorting to the idea of technology as neutral, the paper is based in atechno-social dialectical understanding of our time as digital late modernity.The paper will end with a brief discussion of the implications of updating on political participation in digital late modernity. Even though not deliberation, practices of updating has consequences for participation and political action that perhaps could be considered positive and encouraging for democratic tradition in general.
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- Klinger, Ulrike, et al.
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The Emergence of Network Media Logic in Political Communication : A Theoretical Approach
- 2015
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Ingår i: New Media and Society. - : SAGE Publications. - 1461-4448 .- 1461-7315. ; 17:8, s. 1241-1257
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In this article we propose a concept of network media logic in order to discuss how online social media platforms change political communication without resorting to technological determinism or normalization. We argue that social media platforms operate with a distinctly different logic from that of traditional mass media, though overlapping with it. This is leading to different ways of producing content, distributing information and using media. By discussing the differences between traditional mass media and social media platforms in terms of production, consumption and use, we carve out the central elements of network media logic – that is, the rules/format of communication on social media platforms – and some consequences for political communication.
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- Svensson, Jakob, 1976-
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The Mediatization of Campaign Organizations : Social Media Practices in the Nina Larsson campaign
- 2014
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Ingår i: Organizations and the Media. - New Yotk : Routledge. - 9780415813655 - 9780203068052 - 9781135081645 ; , s. 205-219
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This chapter intends to discuss contemporary mediatization of campaign organizations. One starting point is in the contemporary rise of social media platforms and hype concerning campaign organizations. The other starting point is in theories of mediatization and media logics. The first question the chapter thus discusses is how media logics change with the contemporary rise of social media platforms. Given the argument that political organizations are especially aligned with the evolution of media, and given the hype around social media platforms in election campaigns, the subsequent question then becomes how do changing media logics interact with contemporary campaign organizations? To illustrate this contemporary mediatization of campaign organizations, the chapter will draw on a study of Nina Larsson. Larsson made extensive use of social media platforms to become re-elected to the Swedish Parliament in 2010. It is argued that discussing the Larsson campaign out of a theoretical horizon of changing media logics is beneficial for understanding campaign practices such as the amplification of news media texts, the recirculating of one’s own and others’ texts and performances on social media networks, as well as commending and supporting other party members.
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- Neumayer, Christina, et al.
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Activism and radical politics in the digital age : Towards a typology
- 2016
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Ingår i: Convergence. The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies. - : SAGE Publications. - 1354-8565 .- 1748-7382. ; 22:2, s. 131-146
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This article aims to develop a typology for evaluating different types of activism in the digital age, based on the ideal of radical democracy. Departing from this ideal, activism is approached in terms of processes of identification by establishing conflictual frontiers to outside Others as either adversaries or enemies. On the basis of these discussions, we outline a typology of four kinds of activists: the salon activist, the contentious activist, the law-abiding activist, and the Gandhian activist. The typology’s first axis, between antagonism and agonism, is derived from normative discussions in radical democracy concerning developing frontiers. The second axis, about readiness to engage in civil disobedience, is derived from a review of studies of different forms of online activism. The article concludes by suggesting that the different forms of political engagement online have to be taken into account when studying how online activism can contribute to social change.
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- Svensson, Jakob, 1976-, et al.
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The Promise of Double Living. Understanding Young People with Same-Sex Desires in Contemporary Kampala
- 2023
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Ingår i: Journal of Homosexuality. - : Taylor & Francis Group. - 0091-8369 .- 1540-3602. ; , s. 1-20
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Ugandan urban same-sex desiring individuals frequently encounter and navigate competing understandings of sexuality and sexual identity. Western essentialist understanding of sexual identity introduced by international development partners and transnational LGBT+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bi- and Transsexual) activism, as well as media, offer an alternative to Ugandan non-essentialist and fluid subject positions. This article seeks to understand how young individuals with same-sex -desires in Kampala navigate tensions between Western and local understandings concerning sexuality. We have interviewed 24 young individuals with same-sex desires (unaffiliated and individuals working in LGBT+ organizations) and asked how they approach their sexuality and experiences living with same-sex desires in contemporary Kampala. The results reveal how interview participants engaged in a complex navigation between local community expectations, their own same-sex desires, and embeddedness in a global LGBT+ culture. Although the participants engaged in what Westerners would label as a “double life,” the article problematizes the prescriptive norms of authenticity and “coming out.” The conclusion is that the fluid vs essentialist dichotomy is too simplistic to be helpful when trying to understand the lives and aspirations of young people with same-sex desires.
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