Sociología de la comunicación

From the precocious charms of Shirley Temple to the box-office behemoth Frozen and its two young female leads, Anna and Elsa, the girl has long been a figure of fascination for cinema. The symbol of (imagined) childhood innocence, the site of intrigue and nostalgia for adults, a metaphor for the precarious nature of subjectivity itself, the girl, caught between infancy and adulthood, between objectification and power, speaks to many strands of interest for film studies: feminist questions of cinematic representation of female subjects; historical accounts of shifting images of girls and childhood in the cinema; and philosophical engagements with the possibilities for the subject in film. This collection considers the specificity of girls' experiences and their cinematic articulation through a multicultural feminist lens which cuts across the divides of popular/art-house, Western/non Western, and north/south. Drawing on examples from North and South America, Asia, Africa, and Europe, the contributors bring a new understanding of the global/local nature of girlhood and its relation to contemporary phenomena such as post-feminism, neoliberalism and queer subcultures. Containing work by established and emerging scholars, this volume explodes the narrow post-feminist canon and expands existing geographical, ethnic and historical accounts of cinematic cultures and girlhood.

Este volumen presenta una obra interesante, original y muy necesaria para descubrir la realidad de las mujeres científicas en España, su percepción social y su representación en las informaciones de los más relevantes diarios de la prensa nacional e Internet. Se trata, sin duda, de una importante monografía cimentada en el Proyecto de Investigación para el Fomento de la Igualdad de Género en la Información Científica, financiado por el Instituto de la Mujer y el Fondo Social Europeo. En sus páginas se muestra, de forma categórica, la lamentable falta de visibilidad de las mujeres científicas en nuestro país, además de una serie de importantes consideraciones que abren un sugerente debate sobre el papel que juegan los medios de comunicación en España como agentes de socialización de la ciencia y sus protagonistas.

Alrededor de los videojuegos existen diversas comunidades activas donde las personas se reúnen para compartir, intercambiar o debatir ideas de manera regular y donde su principal actividad o medio es “el juego”, y es el principal motivo que les mantiene unidos. Las redes sociales son un producto de estas comunidades y operan en espacios tanto reales como virtuales, permitiendo escalar la cooperación y la colaboración hasta lograr diversas acciones en conjunto porque gracias a ellas es posible que todo se disemine y crezca exponencialmente. Entender cómo funcionan las redes, es una forma de entender lo que acontece con cada jugador y con los grupos que conforman a las comunidades. Es además un paso necesario para comprender las nuevas formas de interacción social que existen en la era digital.

What can queer feminist writing strategies such as parody and irony do to outsmart the sexism of smart objects, environments and materials and open out the new dialecticism of structure and scale, critique and creativity? Drawing on science and technology studies and feminist theory, this book examines the gendering of current and future media technologies such as smart phones, Google glass, robot nurses, tablets and face recognition. Kember argues that there is a tendency to affirm and celebrate the existence of smart and often sexist objects, environments and materials in themselves; to elide writing and other forms of mediation; and to engage in disembodied knowledge practices. Disembodied knowledge practices tend towards a scientism that currently includes physics envy and are also masculinist. Where there is some degree of convergence between masculinist and feminist thinking about objects, environments and materials, there is also divergence, conflict and the possible opening towards a politics of imedia. Presenting a lively manifesto for refiguring imedia, this book forms an often neglected gender critique of developments in smart technologies and will be essential reading for scholars in Communication Studies, Cultural and Media, Science and Technology and Feminism.

Humans of the advanced world are the most violent beings of all times. This violence is evident in the conditions of perpetual warfare and the accumulation of the most powerful and destructive arsenal ever known to humankind. It is also evident in the devastating impact of advanced world economy and cultural practices which have led to ecological devastation and the current era of mass species extinction. -one of only six mass extinction events in planetary history and the only one caused by the actions of a single species, humans. This violence is manifest in our interpersonal relationships, and the ways in which we organize ourselves through hierarchical systems that ensure the wealth and privilege of some, against the penury and misery of others. In this new and highly original book, Jeff Lewis argues that violence is deeply inscribed in human culture, thinking and expressive systems (media). Lewis contends that violence is not an inescapable feature of an aggressive human nature. Rather, violence is laced through our desires and dispositions to communalism and expressive interaction. From the near extinction of all Homo sapiens, around 74,100 years ago, the invention of culture and media enabled humans to imagine and articulate particular choices and pleasures. Organized intergroup violence or warfare emerged through the exercise of these choices and their expression through larger and increasingly complex human societies. This agitation of amplified desire, hierarchical social organization and mediated knowledge systems has created a cultural volition of violent complexity which continues into the present. Media, Culture and Human Violence examines the current conditions of conflict and harm as an expression of our violent complexity.

In 1921 W.E.B. Du Bois cited the damnation of women as linked to the devaluation of motherhood. This dilemma, he argues, had a crushing blow on Black women as they were forced into slavery. Black womanhood, portrayed as hypersexual by nature, became an enduring stereotype which did not coincide with the dignity of mother and wife. This portrayal continues to reinforce negative stereotypes of Black women in the media today. This book highlights how Black women have been negatively portrayed in the media, focusing on the export nature of media and its ability to convey notions of Blackness to the public. It argues that media such as rap music videos, television dramas, reality television shows, and newscasts create and affect expectations of Black women. Exploring the role that racism, misogyny and media play in the representation of Black womanhood, it provides a foundation for challenging contemporary media’s portrayal of Black women.

Is Democracy overrated? Does power corrupt? Or do corrupt people seek power? Do corporate puppet masters pull politicians strings? Why does Frank talk to the camera? Can politics deliver on the promise of justice? House of Cards depicts our worst fears about politics today. Love him or loathe him, Frank Underwood has charted an inimitable course through Washington politics. He and his cohorts depict the darkest dealings within the gleaming halls of our most revered political institutions. These 24 original essays examine key philosophical issues behind the critically-acclaimed series questions of truth, justice, equality, opportunity, and privilege. The amoral machinations of Underwood, the ultimate anti-hero, serve as an ideal backdrop for a discussion of the political theories of philosophers as diverse as Plato, Aristotle, Nietzsche, Machiavelli, Hobbes, and Marx. From political and corporate ethics, race relations, and ruthless paragmatism to mass media collusion and sexual politics, these essays tackle a range of issues important not only to the series but to our understanding of society today.

Con l’avvento della rete e dei social network e con il sempre più deciso affermarsi della dimensione gaming del digitale, l’universo mediale è stato attraversato da forme intense di interattività: dal semplice commento, risposta e scrittura dei forum dei blog e dei social, fino a pratiche di storytelling partecipato. La televisione diventa smart e si fa interattiva, il cinema si ibrida in rete con i game e nascono forme di cinema, di web serie e di web documentari interattivi. L’uso di sensori come Kinect e di microchip rendono performativa la fruizione trasformando definitivamente lo spettatore in utente. E l’interactive design produce software e interfacce sempre più aperte alla manipolazione da parte dell’utente. L’interattività coinvolge il mondo dei media, il web e l’universo mobile e si insinua nelle pratiche: giornalismo, comunicazione pubblica, pubblicità, performing art e così via.

Almost everything that matters to humans is derived from and through communication. Just because people communicate every day, however, does not mean that they are communicating competently. In fact, evidence indicates that there is a substantial need for better interpersonal skills among a significant proportion of the populace. Furthermore, "dark side" experiences in everyday life abound, and features of modern society pose new challenges that make the concept of communication competence increasingly complex.

The Handbook of Communication Competence brings together scholars from across the globe to examine these various facets of communication competence, including its history, its essential components, and its applications in interpersonal, group, institutional, and societal contexts. The book provides a state-of-the-art review for scholars and graduate students, as well as practitioners in counseling, developmental, health care, educational, intercultural, and human resource management contexts, illustrating that communication competence is vital to health, relationships, and all collective human endeavors.

How relevant is the three-tiered model of public sphere for the theory and empirical analysis of communication studies research on public spheres? The contributions to this volume deal with women's and feminist public spheres from a historical perspective, reflect the effects of political public spheres, and discuss the relation between private and public matters on the internet. Furthermore, the three-tiered model is put into the context of participatory and deliberate public sphere models, and further developments are proposed.