New Languages and New Consumers: Changing Italian "Media-Scapes"

Autor/in	Milic, Enrico Maria
Titel	New Languages and New Consumers: Changing Italian "Media-Scapes"
Quelle	In: Journal of Urban Technology, 13 (2006) 3, S.139-147 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1063-0732
Schlagwörter	Subcultures; Democracy; Internet; Mass Media Use; Use Studies; Information Services; Access to Information; Agenda Setting; Political Attitudes; Ethnography; Hypermedia; Foreign Countries; Italy + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Subculture; Subkultur; Demokratie; Mediennutzung; Benutzerschulung; Informationstätigkeit; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Ethnografie; Ausland; Italien
Abstract	This research aims to point out some of the behavior, interests, and relationships within the public sphere of young Italian users of the Internet. The topics of analysis were the motivations of the users in expressing themselves through their blogs, their online and offline behavior towards what is offered by the ruling class for consumption, traditional media messages, and the legal framework. This research makes use of Appadurai's concept of "media-scape," meaning the entirety of media representations--one of the most influential contexts in the culture of a group. This research and further studies could show how personal media is now supporting the development of a new state of affairs, in which borders are blurring and subcultures are sprawling, often in search of political acceptance. Young Internet users are starting to represent themselves through their new media tools, caring for their community language, games, rituals, and exchanges and ignoring or not being bothered by what is addressed by Parliament or academic views of democracy. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10