Understanding Media and Society in the Age of Digitalisation

Acknowledgements
Contents
Notes on Contributors
List of Figures
List of Tables
Part I: Challenges and Opportunities in Media and Communication Studies
	Introduction: Understanding Media and Society in the Age of Digitalisation
		Overview of Chapters
		References
	Media and Communication Studies in the Age of Digitalization and Datafication: How Practical Factors and Research Interests Determine Methodological Choices
		Introduction
		Rise of Data-Driven Approaches
		Main Challenges of Computerizing and Digitalizing Media and Communication Studies
			Practical Restriction in Skills and Resources
			Practical Restrictions to Access
			Challenges Deriving from the “Quantitative-Qualitative Divide”
			Practical Challenges in Bridging Theory and Digital Empiricism
			Challenges Related to the Quality of Data
			Ethical Issues
		Outlook: How to Practise Media and Communication Studies?
		References
	User Tactics and Algorithms: A Digital Humanities Approach to YouTube and Tumblr
		Introduction
		Studying Data, Tactics and Platforms
		Digital Humanities and Methodology
		Tumblr and Filtering
		YouTube and Algorithm Tactics
		Conclusion
		References
			User-Generated Content
	Making Sense of the (Internet) Archive: Negotiating Meaning, Memory and History in Artistic Practice
		The Discursive Archive
		The Literal Archive
			Re-presencing the Past: A Media Archaeology Goal
		All the Memory of the World—Part One
			Revisiting the Visual Database of Aby Warburg in the Age of the Internet
			Blaufuks’ Medium Specificity
			Re-presencing the Past
		Conclusion
		References
	Slow Tourism Joining New Media in Global Sustainability and Environmental Communication: Inspiring Individual and Industry Travel Practices and Media Expressions
		Introduction
		Slowness Transferring from Cultural Movements to Travel and Tourism
		Slow Tourism’s Environmental Sustainability Considerations
		Slow Tourism, Framing, and Information Technology
		Slow Tourism Related to New Media Forms and Expressions
		Conceptual and Methodological Frameworks of Environmental Communication
		Environmental Communication’s Constructionism and Discursiveness
		Environmental Journalism’s News Holes, Media Subsidies, and Gatekeepers
		Environmental Reporting’s Objectivity, Balance, and Advocacy Journalism
		Environmental Media’s Frames, Agendas, and Construction of Reality
		Airline and Business Travel’s Environmental Sustainability Aspirations
		Student and Religious Travel’s Environmental Sustainability Considerations
		Recommendations for Slow Tourism’s Marketing and New Media Strategies
		Recommendations for Slow Tourists’ Experiential and New Media Strategies
		References
Part II: Researching Meaning, Representation, and Politics in Digital Media
	Combining Qualitative and Digital Methods for Exploratory Framing Analyses: The Case of Alternative Video Coverage of the Syrian War on YouTube
		Introduction
		The Syrian War and Social Media: The Case of Khan Sheikhoun in 2017
		YouTube as a Digital Public Sphere and the Framing of Conflict
		Method and Data
		Results
			Qualitative Results
			Level 1: Denotative Systems
			Level 2: Stylistic Conventions and Technical Transformations
			Level 3: Connotative Systems
			Level 4: Ideological
			Quantitative Results
		Conclusion
		References
	Mediating Fear by Breaking News: A Case Study of CNN Türk and NTV
		Introduction
		The Concept of Fear and Media
		The Concept of Breaking News
		Digital Capitalism and News Media
		Methodology
			Content Analysis of Breaking News Tweets
			Critical Discourse Analysis of Breaking News TV Screenshots
		Strengths and Limitations of the Research Design
		Findings
			General Tweet Activity and Breaking News
			General Overview of Breaking News on Television
			Four Themes in Breaking News
			Instantaneity
			Alarmism
			Security
			Authority
		Summary and Discussion
		References
	Visual Framing and Migrant Discourses in Social Media: The Story of Idomeni on Instagram
		Introduction
		Social Networking Media in the Refugee Crisis
		Social Networking Media and Visual Framing
		Method and Data
			Data Collection
			Instagram Data
			Visual Framing Analysis
		Findings
			Part 1: Co-hashtag Network Analysis
			Hashtags Groupings
			Part 2: Image Content Analysis
			Visual Framing of the Crisis
			Aesthetics and Image Manipulation
		Discussion
		References
Part III: Analysing How Digital Media Changes Interaction
	A Quantitative and Qualitative Approach to Analysing Cyberbullying in Classmates’ WhatsApp groups
		Introduction
		Background
		Literature Review
			WhatsApp: The New Social Network
			Cyberbullying in WhatsApp Groups
			Age Differences in Cyberbullying
			Measurement of Cyberbullying
			The Present Study
		Method
			Participants and Procedure
			Measures
		Results
			Quantitative Analysis
			Qualitative Analysis
		Discussion
			Strengths, Limitations, and Recommendations for Future Research
		References
	Technology Experience, Health Beliefs or Background? Examining the Factors Affecting the Intention to Use Social Media for Health Purposes
		Introduction
			Social Media
			Internet, Social Media and Health
			Behavioural Intention and the Current Study
		Literature Review
			Technological Perspective: Technology Experience
			Health Perspective: Health-Related Perceptions
			Sociodemographic Perspective
		Methodology
			General Description
			Instrument
			Population
			Procedure
			Variables
				Dependent Variable
				Independent Variables: HBM Constructs
				Independent Variable: Search for Information
				Independent Variables: Sociodemographic Background
			Statistical Analyses
		Results
			Bivariate Analysis
			Multivariate Analysis
		Discussion
			Discussion of Findings
			Discussion of Methodology
			Limitations
		References
	Constructing 24/7 Madness. The Pathology Behind Schizophrenia in Western Urban Screen Cultures
		Introduction
		Remaking Attention
		Psychopathology Excluded
		Case: Schizophrenia
		Method
			Approach
		Analysis
			Delusional Disorder
			Brief Psychotic Disorder
			Schizophrenia
		Conclusion
		References
Index