Hofheinz, Albrecht (2010) The elusive quest for revolution. What about the next generation? In: Cultural Attitudes towards Technology and Communication 2010 Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Cultural Attitudes towards Technology and Communication Vancouver, Canada, 15-18 June 2010. School of Information Technology Murdoch University, Murdoch, pp. 187-197.
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Abstract
Research on the impact of the internet in the Middle East has been
dominated by a focus on politics and the public sphere, and oscillated between the
hope for ‘revolutionary’ change and the admission that regime stability in the
region has not easily been unsettled by media revolutions alone. Obsession with
the new and with the latest technologies has helped to obscure more long-term
socio-cultural developments. This paper is a plea for a shift of paradigm: to study
more seriously the social and cultural effects of internet and mobile phone use; to
find out what impact the use of these media has on conceptions of the individual
and its role in the construction of knowledge and values; and how these dynamics
are embedded in more long-term historical developments promoting a greater role
for the individual vis-à-vis established authorities.
Item Type: | Book Section |
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Subjects: | Cultural Attitudes Towards Communication and Technology, Proceedings > CATaC Conference 2010 |
Depositing User: | sandra subito |
Date Deposited: | 06 Dec 2020 15:57 |
Last Modified: | 06 Dec 2020 15:57 |
URI: | http://sammelpunkt.philo.at/id/eprint/3548 |