Digital Unsettling

2023-04-11 Political Science

Author : Sahana Udupa
Release : 2023-04-11
Genre : Political Science
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Download or read book Digital Unsettling written by Sahana Udupa. This book was released on 2023-04-11. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How digital networks are positioned within the enduring structures of coloniality The revolutionary aspirations that fueled decolonization circulated on paper—as pamphlets, leaflets, handbills, and brochures. Now—as evidenced by movements from the Arab Spring to Black Lives Matter—revolutions, protests, and political dissidence are profoundly shaped by information circulating through digital networks. Digital Unsettling is a critical exploration of digitalization that puts contemporary “decolonizing” movements into conversation with theorizations of digital communication. Sahana Udupa and Ethiraj Gabriel Dattatreyan interrogate the forms, forces, and processes that have reinforced neocolonial relations within contemporary digital environments, at a time when digital networks—and the agendas and actions they proffer—have unsettled entrenched hierarchies in unforeseen ways. Digital Unsettling examines events—the toppling of statues in the UK, the proliferation of #BLM activism globally, the rise of Hindu nationalists in North America, the trolling of academics, among others—and how they circulated online and across national boundaries. In doing so, Udupa and Dattatreyan demonstrate how the internet has become the key site for an invigorated anticolonial internationalism, but has simultaneously augmented conditions of racial hierarchy within nations, in the international order, and in the liminal spaces that shape human migration and the lives of those that are on the move. Digital Unsettling establishes a critical framework for placing digitalization within the longue durée of coloniality, while also revealing the complex ways in which the internet is entwined with persistent global calls for decolonization.

Critical Approaches to Online Learning

2021-09-03 Education

Author : Julian McDougall
Release : 2021-09-03
Genre : Education
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Download or read book Critical Approaches to Online Learning written by Julian McDougall. This book was released on 2021-09-03. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Online learning has become an increasing presence in higher education course design, with most courses combining physical real time engagement with asynchronous learning activity. Now, however, there is a greater need for this one-stop guide to critical practice in this area, as we rethink the role of digital in the social practices of university learning and teaching. This book provides a critical and contemporary ‘deep dive’ into the socio-material, technological and pedagogical practices at work in virtual and digital higher education. Examples are drawn from across and between disciplinary pedagogies with a focus on blended and hybrid approaches and the pivot to fully online made urgent by Covid-19 but drawing on existing best practice. The Critical Practice in Higher Education series provides a scholarly and practical entry point for academics into key areas of higher education practice. Each book in the series explores an individual topic in depth, providing an overview in relation to current thinking and practice, informed by recent research. The series will be of interest to those engaged in the study of higher education, those involved in leading learning and teaching or working in academic development, and individuals seeking to explore particular topics of professional interest. Through critical engagement, this series aims to promote an expanded notion of being an academic – connecting research, teaching, scholarship, community engagement and leadership – while developing confidence and authority.

Fandom Is Ugly

2024-08-27 Literary Criticism

Author : Mel Stanfill
Release : 2024-08-27
Genre : Literary Criticism
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Download or read book Fandom Is Ugly written by Mel Stanfill. This book was released on 2024-08-27. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Highlights the importance of considering contemporary public culture through the lens of fan studies The Gamergate harassment campaign of women in video games, the “Unite the Right” rally where hundreds of Confederate monument supporters cried out racist and antisemitic slurs in Charlottesville, and the targeted racist and sexist harassment of Star Wars’ Asian American actress Kelly Marie Tran all have one thing in common: they demonstrate the collective power and underlying ugliness of fandoms. These fans might feel victimized or betrayed by the content they’ve intertwined with their own identities, or they may simply feel that they’re speaking truth to power. Regardless, by connecting via social media, they can unleash enormous amounts of hate, which often results in severe real-world consequences. Fandom Is Ugly argues that reactionary politics and media fandoms go hand in hand, and to understand one, we need to understand the other. Mel Stanfill pushes back on two mainstream assumptions: that media and the pleasure of consumption are frivolous and unworthy of study, and that fandoms are inherently progressive. Drawing on a corpus of angry social media posts, Fandom Is Ugly finds that ugly moments happen when deep emotional attachments collide with social structures and situations that have been misunderstood. By holistically examining the forms of ugly fandom in cases that touch upon race, gender, and sexuality, Fandom Is Ugly produces a comprehensive theory of the negative sides of fan attachments.

Chinese Creator Economies

2023-05-23 Business & Economics

Author : Jian Lin
Release : 2023-05-23
Genre : Business & Economics
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Download or read book Chinese Creator Economies written by Jian Lin. This book was released on 2023-05-23. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An account of the paradoxical lives lived by creative professionals in contemporary China"--

Voice Search Marketing. Strategies for the successful use of digital voice assistants

2021-09-08 Business & Economics

Author : Patricia Gomes Fernandes
Release : 2021-09-08
Genre : Business & Economics
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Book Synopsis Voice Search Marketing. Strategies for the successful use of digital voice assistants by : Patricia Gomes Fernandes

Download or read book Voice Search Marketing. Strategies for the successful use of digital voice assistants written by Patricia Gomes Fernandes. This book was released on 2021-09-08. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The application of digital voice assistants has been spreading in the US since 2015. In Germany, about one third of the population between the ages of 17 and 69 used such a tool in 2017. This not only creates new opportunities but also new challenges for businesses as the results of a voice search often only deliver a single result. How can businesses ensure the visibility of their product or brand regardless? According to Patricia Gomes Fernandes, dealers particularly fear that voice assistants don't play advertisements. For this reason, she explains how businesses best use applications for digital voice assistants. She offers recommendations for producers and dealers and shows how they can have voice assistants like Alexa present their products. In this publication: - Online Marketing; - Amazon; - Advertising; - Voice Search Marketing; - Customer Journey

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