The Case Study Of Yee. Com As An Epitome Of Diasporic Chinese Media

Also in Bryant Simon essay “Global Brands Contend with Appreciation for the Local” Simon argues that “global brands will erode national, regional and neighborhood distinctiveness.”(368) Ariela Garvett talks about internet democracy and social media and its potential. She focuses on the potential of worldwide social media and the amount of group power it can give.In Garvett essay “Tweets and Transitions: How the Arab Spring Reaffirms the Internet’s Democratizing Potential” she writes, “The Internet demonstrates the possibilities of change

The Internet has been changing the world since it is created. As a part of new media, social media is a fundamental shift in the way we communicate. It has been helped to create a digital global village that 26% of the world’s population is using social media and the number is keep increasing. (Qualman, 2013) This essay will attempt to discuss how has the social media changed the public sphere, mainly focus on the improvement of public participation, social relations and information dissemination. Also Mainland China is taken as an example to show that social media enabling democracy in a developing country. Social media is also being used in good ways to spread information. There are some disadvantages to be analyzed, too. The issues like lack of privacy, social media violence and social media out of control will be discussed in this essay.

In "The social media landscape: people, their perception, and presence on social media," the families in Panchagrami's showed a different interaction with social media compared to how many U.S. families are accustomed to in the 21st century. The article stated that most of Panchagrami consisted of strict families, where females were not allowed to have a Facebook account nor use it. As it becomes a more common activity there were still very few members whom could use it, especially for females. However, if they were allowed, it was under close family supervision (Venkatraman 38). Even in the high middle class, women who used Facebook more than their counterparts were careful of what they posted because of their concern to dishonor their family or caste groups (Venkatraman 39). Due to their belief that applications like Facebook discouraged the value of personal communication, the use of Facebook was still control by those in power in the community and household (Venkatraman 38). This illustrates a great example of how social media can be adequately used so that it doesn't have a great unfavorable impact on individuals and their community. In this case, because there was a balance of exerting family customs and use of modern social media, the individuals critically thought of information use and their access to information in

Writing and Inquiry Assignment 2 Dylan Hannah.

Power to the people? web 2.0, Facebook ,and DIY cultural citizenship in Aotearoa New Zealand. By Ian Goodwin. 

The aim of Ian Goodwin’s article “Power to the people? web 2.0, Facebook ,and DIY cultural citizenship in Aotearoa New Zealand” is to fuel a more informed and critically diverse debate on the values of web 2.0 as so far most of the conversation on this topic has been children 's safety on the internet .The target audience is fairly wide however given that the article is from MediaNZ it is safe to assume that the principle demographic this is aimed toward Media Studies students ,and teachers. Goodwin uses a range of strategies to fuel the broader discussion on the values of web 2.0: Repeated words with the purpose of accustoming the audience to the words, Target audience as a strategy with the purpose to gain a more informed and critical discussion and structural placement with the purpose of highlighting the global and local importance of web 2.0. 

The title is significant in revealing the authors intentions to make the article a debate rather than something with a correct ,or incorrect answer. The question mark is interesting because it is the first thing that the reader sees ,and it begins make them question what they already know and don 't know about this topic. It is already making them analyse where they stand on this issue ,and why. I tend to think that making the given audience already think before they

year of his life. This year, Shao will take the National University Entrance Examinations, which

Digital trends allow people to interact internationally and globally. “Nowadays, music, sport, and culture spread easily across the globe.” (“A Way To Explore and Build Relationships We Wouldn’t Otherwise Form”) Noa Gafni Slaney gives us examples throughout the article showing us how trends begin locally and slowly begin spreading globally. For example “ Chinese artist Ai Weiwei is the darling of the art world. Shakira’s fans go beyond Latin America. And even Black Friday sales are now a global phenomenon. “, said Noa Gafni Slaney. The Internet seeks out opportunities to connect with others.

In this current era, internet is having a massive impact on almost everything, but mostly on culture. Since the high usage of internet began, every individual around the world had something to do daily, which involved an access to internet. Culture on the other hand, had a major impact from the usage of internet, social networking on social culture. The incorporation of culture over the internet is considered as one of finest option, which is available to humankind in this era or technology. Several Countries have used internet as a source to earn money by selling their culture to other countries. The increasing usage of social media platforms has bought a huge change in almost every individual daily activities and social life. Scholars has even named these activities

It is difficult to find someone among the Internet users who do not have the profile in multiple social networks. The article by Gene Demby “On Social Media, As in Life, White People Are Way Less Likely To Talk About Race” draw the public attention to the issue of race factor in social media. Demby is an African-American and, the lead blogger for NPR's Code Switch team. The relevance of the studied subjects is regarded to the Internet functions as a powerful and comprehensive informational field, which presents a part of the informational sphere. Almost two-thirds of the world population today is active members of the social and global network society, which has impacts on racial issue.

Diaspora media, especially electronic media, with its facility of connection between locations, has successfully managed to improve the quality and speed of communication, as well as to shape its identity in local, national and transnational levels within a modern social context. Direct audio and visual experience allows audiences to get together and exchange opinions over a variety of topics such as languages, fashion, lifestyle, political viewpoints. This daily regular activity of sharing the same media has made people subconsciously advance the sense of belonging in a common unity (Anderson, 1983). From our living experiences, it is not hard to find out that there are so many resources of information to choose from, which means our world has been filled with media, and the diasporic space is no exception. Through all these media, people encode and decode information, accept and reject ideas, and (re)define (new) meanings of culture, community and identity. Electronic media shorten the distance between locations and helped dispersed people to share the culture of the same root, allow comparison, (re)construction of symbols, present and mediate meanings of Diasporas, localities, communities and identities. Therefore, “in media cultures social interaction and relations are no longer dependent on simultaneous spatial co-presence” (Lull, 2000. P97). Instead, they use symbols and direct visuality to carry the latter-day communal memories and offer new schedules for

Embassy’s blogs and micro-blogs begins to address the question of how nations can best use social media. The authors examined a blog series called “My Hometown - Introduction to the U.S. Cities.” The blog posts talked about housing in the United States. The entries received some negative reaction from the audience in China. The authors said “some Chinese accused blog posters of understating the cost of living in the U.S.” (Zong & Lu, 2011, p. 546). The authors noted that the entries were made when housing prices had sharply increased in China and had “become the hottest topic among ordinary Chinese people.” (Zong & Lu, 2011, p. 546). Although the posts garnered a lot of attention, the authors declared that “attention does not equal a favorable impression.” (Zong & Lu, 2011, p. 546). I believe we could learn more from this example by asking additional questions of the embassy leaders. Did they consider the possibility that the blog audience would react critically? Did they hold any discussions about the reaction? And did those discussions guide their future blog posts in any

I was considered a “Chinese-American” since birth and my knowledge of my heritage is minuscule. I decided to pick Shanghai as my host country for this reason and by doing so I will be able to explore more of my parents’ origin or the culture I am raised by. By learning more about the culture I’m raised by, I’ll gain more insight as to why my parents practice certain traditions which I deemed as futile. For instance, I never knew why they prayed to an “omniscient being” where there’s no proof of existence and I question some of their actions sometimes. Despite that, there are certain constituents of these traditions which I enjoy and they’ll most likely be in Shanghai as well. Also, being able to experience this summer abroad program is significant

However, the authors did not create an association between their diasporic identity and social media. How are immigrant adolescents effected by social media? What were the difference between the past and present for immigrant adolescents who were non-exposed to social media? Does exposing to social media positively or negatively affects immigrant adolescents’ life? This paper will contribute to the discussion on globalization by providing detailed explanation of the impacts social media has on immigrant adolescents’ diasporic identity. This paper will include the comparison of different interviews conducted by authors, and examples of immigrant adolescents’ daily activity logs explicitly on social media such as Facebook or Twitter, then illustrate the explicit reasons why immigrant adolescents can or cannot adapt to the local

Digital activism incorporates numerous sorts of new media, for example, online journals, Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube. These online networking sites have assumed a real part in different questionable political scenes. These sorts of new media have given important devices to activists looking to have a voice and to support flexibility and majority rule in government. Each instance of digital activism is its own particular story, and from nation to nation there are key elements that give the vital setting to why some social developments triumph and others fail. Digital activism has an exhibited, positive effect, particularly when the global community gathers and uses digital mediums that concentrate on the objective of changing government strategy. Digital activism, in general, is a peaceful undertaking. There are just a few situations when digital mediums have been used to empower roughness against their rivals but in general digital activism is centered on urban engagement, not hurting individuals or property.

In spite of their differences, both African and African-American culture have been able to connect in certain ways in recent years, as well as other cultures. Technology, specifically social media has allowed my generation to connect with one another even with our cultural differences. There is a chemistry that exists within my generation that my parent’s generation never could have imagined was possible. The International Association of Business Communicators says “At its core, social media are about sharing information across boundaries. We can now find out what we want from whomever we want. Social media is breaking down hierarchical, regional, age and cultural boundaries” (IABC). Things have changed socially, through digital means, and it’s a big part of what makes me and my generation unique. Today, people in the United States can interact and communicate with people from anywhere around the world. I listened to some weird electronic music from France one night and it is amazing that I can do that. The internet has

With the development of the Web 2.0 which made Internet participative, the Internet users are now capable of expressing themselves, interacting, and giving their opinion onto everything (products, services, brands, companies, cultural property) and on everybody, via multiple platforms on Internet. To criticize a restaurant on Cityvox, to note a seller on eBay, to denounce the actions of a brand or a company via a viral video on YouTube, to support a candidate for an election, to