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Instaworthy? Examining the Effects of (Targeted) Civic Education Ads on Instagram Instaworthy？考察Instagram上（有针对性的）公民教育广告的效果

IF 3.1 2区文学

Media and Communication Pub Date : 2023-06-29 DOI: 10.17645/mac.v11i3.6614

Emilia Errenst, Annelien Van Remoortere, Susan A. M. Vermeer, S. Kruikemeier

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引用次数: 1

Media Concentration Law: Gaps and Promises in the Digital Age 媒体集中法:数字时代的差距与承诺

IF 3.1 2区文学

Media and Communication Pub Date : 2023-06-28 DOI: 10.17645/mac.v11i2.6393

T. Seipp

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引用次数: 2

Wellbeing Amid Digital Risks: Implications of Digital Risks, Threats, and Scams on Users’ Wellbeing 数字风险中的健康：数字风险、威胁和骗局对用户健康的影响

IF 3.1 2区文学

Media and Communication Pub Date : 2023-06-28 DOI: 10.17645/mac.v11i2.6480

Bindiya Dutt

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引用次数: 3

Datafied Societies: Digital Infrastructures, Data Power, and Regulations 数据化社会：数字基础设施、数据权力和法规

IF 3.1 2区文学

Media and Communication Pub Date : 2023-06-28 DOI: 10.17645/mac.v11i2.7317

Raul Ferrer-Conill, Helle Sjøvaag, Ragnhild Kr. Olsen

引用次数: 0

“I Think Quality is More Important Than a Lot of Data” in Cities Datafication 在城市数据化中“我认为质量比大量数据更重要”

IF 3.1 2区文学

Media and Communication Pub Date : 2023-06-28 DOI: 10.17645/mac.v11i2.6510

Carl Chineme Okafor

引用次数: 1

Digitalised Welfare: Access, Usage, and Outcomes Among Older Adults 数字化福利:老年人的获取、使用和结果

IF 3.1 2区文学

Media and Communication Pub Date : 2023-06-22 DOI: 10.17645/mac.v11i3.6694

Tobias Olsson, Dino Viscovi

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引用次数: 1

The Limits of Social Media Mobilization: How Protest Movements Adapt to Social Media Logic 社交媒体动员的局限：抗议运动如何适应社交媒体逻辑

IF 3.1 2区文学

Media and Communication Pub Date : 2023-06-22 DOI: 10.17645/mac.v11i3.6635

Marlene Schaaf, Oliver Quiring

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引用次数: 1

Social Media Influencers’ Role in Shaping Political Opinions and Actions of Young Audiences 社交媒体影响者在塑造年轻受众的政治观点和行动中的作用

IF 3.1 2区文学

Media and Communication Pub Date : 2023-06-20 DOI: 10.17645/mac.v11i3.6750

Christina Peter, Luisa Muth

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引用次数: 2

Elder People and Personal Data: New Challenges in Health Platformization 老年人与个人数据:健康平台化的新挑战

IF 3.1 2区文学

Media and Communication Pub Date : 2023-06-19 DOI: 10.17645/mac.v11i3.6838

A. Rivoir, Katherine Reilly

{"title":"Elder People and Personal Data: New Challenges in Health Platformization","authors":"A. Rivoir, Katherine Reilly","doi":"10.17645/mac.v11i3.6838","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17645/mac.v11i3.6838","url":null,"abstract":"In Uruguay, as in many countries around the world, healthcare providers are looking to digital technologies to enhance service provision. This includes introducing new data-intensive systems that facilitate connections between healthcare providers and patients and maintaining records of these interactions. This article considers the numeric ability of older citizens to critically assess the implications of platformization and datafication within the Uruguayan healthcare system with a view to identifying implications for digital literacy programs. The ability of older people to manage their personal data within healthcare systems shapes their ability to enact citizenship and human rights. This reality came into sharp relief during the recent Covid-19 pandemic, demonstrating the extent to which core social services have become datafied and digitally mediated, as well as their potential to deepen digital divides where senior citizens are concerned. Critical perspectives on technological change, well-being, and ageing offer useful perspectives on this challenge. Drawing inspiration from these perspectives, in this article, we explore the results of a digital literacy initiative that worked with 16 seniors to explore their experiences of personal data collection within Uruguay’s new National Comprehensive Health System. Our approach simultaneously worked to build digital literacy while also revealing the complex relationships and disconnections between the ontological frameworks mapped onto healthcare by systems designers and the reality of older people. In the conclusions, we consider the implications of these observations for seniors’ digital literacy interventions that foster seniors’ critical understanding of their data subjectivity in the context of local healthcare systems.","PeriodicalId":18348,"journal":{"name":"Media and Communication","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2023-06-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41734198","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 2

The Perception of Older Adults Regarding Socio-Political Issues Disseminated on Social Networks 老年人对社交网络上传播的社会政治问题的认知

IF 3.1 2区文学

Media and Communication Pub Date : 2023-06-19 DOI: 10.17645/mac.v11i3.6748

M. Sánchez-Valle

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