Think Locally, Act Globally: Reflections on Virtual Neighbourhoods

IF 1.7 3区 文学 Q2 COMMUNICATION
D. J. Elkins
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The article proposes to explore extrapolations of ideas previously applied to ethnic groups in light of advancements in telecommunication technologies. It briefly examines several related topics including the transformation of identities in diasporas, the shifting boundaries between public and private realms, how certain kinds of diversity may be sustained in the face of cultural imperialism, and some issues in policing the Internet or WWW. It explores the idea that the introduction of new technologies may enable the creation and maintenance of “virtual neighbourhoods,” which retain the sense of affinity among neighbours found in traditional small-scale, focused geographical neighbourhoods. This point emphasises the fact that affinity is based on focused interest rather than proximity. Telecommunication technologies used in the ways hypothesised here have effectively redefined the word “local” so that it now encompasses two senses; geographically focused (proximate) and focused (shared) interest. The resu...
本地思考,全球行动:对虚拟社区的思考
本文建议根据电信技术的进步,探索以前适用于少数民族的思想的外推。它简要地探讨了几个相关的主题,包括散居者身份的转变,公共和私人领域之间界限的变化,面对文化帝国主义如何维持某些种类的多样性,以及监管互联网或WWW的一些问题。它探讨了新技术的引入可能使“虚拟社区”的创建和维护成为可能,这种社区保留了传统的小规模、集中的地理社区中邻居之间的亲近感。这一点强调了这样一个事实,即亲和力是基于专注的兴趣而不是接近。以这里假设的方式使用的电信技术有效地重新定义了“本地”一词,因此它现在包含两种含义;地理聚焦(近似)和聚焦(共享)兴趣。结合……
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Javnost-The Public
Javnost-The Public COMMUNICATION-
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期刊介绍: Javnost - The Public, an interdisciplinary peer-reviewed social and cultural science journal published by the European Institute for Communication and Culture in association with the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, addresses problems of the public sphere on international and interdisciplinary levels. It encourages the development of theory and research, and helps understand differences between cultures. Contributors confront problems of the public, public communication, public opinion, public discourse, publicness, publicity, and public life from a variety of disciplinary and theoretical perspectives.
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