Showing papers in "International Journal of Cultural Studies in 2020"
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors assess the effects of social media on moral panics and emergent media systems, and find that the relationship between moral panic and social media can be traced back to the emergence of the internet.
Abstract: Answering calls for deeper consideration of the relationship between moral panics and emergent media systems, this exploratory article assesses the effects of social media – web-based venues that e...
52 citations
TL;DR: Wang et al. as mentioned in this paper traced the formation of popular music idol industries in China and the emergence of data fandom, charting the growth of digital platforms and historicizing the commercial and geopoliti...
Abstract: This article traces the formation of popular music idol industries in China and the emergence of data fandom. It charts the growth of digital platforms and historicizes the commercial and geopoliti...
37 citations
TL;DR: This article portrays the data-ization of online fandom in China, arguing that the traffic data has been dematerialized as new affective object in fan–object relations, while digital fan culture has been constructed into a type of algorithmic culture.
Abstract: The digitalization of fandom and fan culture has become significant topic in recent studies, yet there is a lack of examination of the nuance between specific fan performance and the affordance, in...
31 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigate the role of eSports beyond sports and games, regarding it as a meta-change in the overall sports and game culture, and find that the emerging realm of eSports has become an inescapable part of overall sports culture.
Abstract: The emerging realm of eSports has become an inescapable part of overall sports and game culture. However, this study investigates eSports beyond sports and games, regarding it as a meta-change in t...
26 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors focused on the role of digital media practices as producing and sustaining transnational families, and the importance of transnational media practices in transnational family maintenance.
Abstract: Digital media are widely recognised as essential to the maintenance of transnational families. To date, most accounts have focused on the role of digital media practices as producing and sustaining...
25 citations
TL;DR: In this article, an empirical investigation of the production of subjectivity in the context of coworking spaces' sociality is presented. But the authors do not consider the relationship between subjectivity and sociality.
Abstract: This article adds to contemporary studies of neoliberalism by offering an empirical investigation of the production of subjectivity in the context of coworking spaces’ sociality. Coworking spaces a...
20 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors highlighted that incidents of sexual violence frequently occur at live music events and that sexual violence has significant impacts on the health of those who experience it, yet...
Abstract: Recent media reporting has highlighted that incidents of sexual violence frequently occur at live music events. Sexual violence has significant impacts on the health of those who experience it, yet...
19 citations
TL;DR: The authors brings together key themes that integrate the scholarship on migration, digital media, and emotion, drawing from a variety of conceptual, theoretical, and methodological traditions, including the work of The authors.
Abstract: This collection brings together key themes that integrate the scholarship on migration, digital media, and emotion. Drawing from a variety of conceptual, theoretical, and methodological traditions ...
19 citations
TL;DR: The authors argue that the live tweeting of reality television allows the creation of an imagined community, bounded by national borders, in an era of audience fragmentation and time-shifting of reality TV.
Abstract: This article argues that the live tweeting of reality television allows the creation of an imagined community, bounded by national borders. In an era of audience fragmentation and time-shifting of ...
15 citations
TL;DR: Cultural studies is a future-oriented discipline, but it at best maintains tangential connections to futurism, a field of study devoted to the systematic study of the future as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: Cultural studies is a future-oriented discipline, but it at best maintains tangential connections to futurism, a field of study devoted to the systematic study of the future. Why? This essay endeav...
15 citations
TL;DR: The importance of kin relations and neighbourhoods has received considerable attention in research on transnational migration as discussed by the authors, and research in transnational families and digital media highlighted the importance of kinship relations and neighborhoods.
Abstract: The importance of kin relations and neighbourhoods has received considerable attention in research on transnational migration. Further, research in transnational families and digital media highligh...
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors draw upon social media ethnography to describe the emotional complexity of migration for unaccompanied refugee youth in an emotionally complex process involving mediated experiences and expressions of emotions and affect.
Abstract: Migration for unaccompanied refugee youth is an emotionally complex process involving mediated experiences and expressions of emotions and affect. This article draws upon social media ethnography c...
TL;DR: In 2016, the A&E cable network partnered with the Clark County Jail in Jeffersonville, Indiana, to incarcerate seven volunteers as undercover prisoners for two months as mentioned in this paper, and the volunteers were released after two months.
Abstract: In 2016, the A&E cable network partnered with the Clark County Jail in Jeffersonville, Indiana, to incarcerate seven volunteers as undercover prisoners for two months. This article takes the realit...
TL;DR: The authors reconstructs the ways in which the organizational elites of the Quantified Self and Maker movements curate their respective pioneer communities based on a media ethnognostic approach to collect information.
Abstract: The aim of this article is to reconstruct the ways in which the organizational elites of the Quantified Self and Maker movements curate their respective pioneer communities. Based on a media ethnog...
TL;DR: In this paper, a critical analysis of the loosely defined death positivity movement is presented, which presents itself as oppositional and liberating, gaining legitimacy by reference to the concept of death.
Abstract: In this article I offer a critical analysis of the loosely defined death positivity movement. Death positivity presents itself as oppositional and liberating, gaining legitimacy by reference to the...
TL;DR: In this article, a post-Celtic Tiger Irish government aligned with elite interests has doubled down on its commitment to corporate citizens by employing a framework of commercial nationalism, which is similar to ours.
Abstract: Employing a framework of commercial nationalism, this article analyses how a post-Celtic Tiger Irish government aligned with elite interests has doubled down on its commitment to corporate citizens...
TL;DR: The concept of home relates to feelings of belonging coupled with emotionally meaningful relationships as mentioned in this paper, and the concept of belonging is associated with a sense of belonging and belonging to a community of people.
Abstract: The concept of home relates to feelings of belonging coupled with emotionally meaningful relationships. In protracted refugee situations, the concept of home is re-signified by the material and sym...
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors foreground the granular movements that determine the ubiquitous nature of India's new media economy created by the advent of streaming media platforms and the emergence of region-based region-aware services.
Abstract: In this article, I foreground the granular movements that determine the ubiquitous nature of India’s new media economy created by the advent of streaming media platforms and the emergence of region...
TL;DR: In this article, the assumed relationships between media, culture and civilization are discussed, and how the concept of civilization has been framed, and the assumptions made about the relationship between media and culture.
Abstract: This article is intended to provoke debate around the assumed relationships between media, culture and civilization. To begin with, it considers how the concept of civilization has been framed, and...
TL;DR: Wang et al. as mentioned in this paper focused on the tension between state and individual creativity, overlooking the more dynamic and popular expression in China's complicated cultural production, and pointed out the importance of popular expression.
Abstract: Previous studies on China’s cultural production have concentrated on the tension between state and individual creativity, overlooking the more dynamic and popular expression in China’s complicated ...
TL;DR: In this paper, the role that narrative plays in the emergence of cultural movements from the networked interactions of users with the algorithmic structures of social media platforms is investigated. But the role of narrative is not discussed.
Abstract: This article investigates the role that narrative plays in the emergence of cultural movements from the networked interactions of users with the algorithmic structures of social media platforms. It...
TL;DR: Online social networks produce a visuality that reflects the attention economy governing this space, and what is seen becomes elevated into prominence by networked publics that 'perform' affective expressions.
Abstract: Online social networks produce a visuality that reflects the attention economy governing this space. What is seen becomes elevated into prominence by networked publics that ‘perform’ affective expr...
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the ritual work in terrorist news events, using the Berlin truck attack as a case in point, connecting with the larger cluster of anthropologically inspired comm...
Abstract: This article investigates the ritual work in terrorist news events, using the Berlin truck attack as a case in point. The article connects with the larger cluster of anthropologically inspired comm...
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated how commercial and government-based sectors in the Philippines deploy emotive mechanisms to promote the importance of connectivity services in addressing the affective and affective issues.
Abstract: This article investigates how commercial and government-based sectors in the Philippines deploy emotive mechanisms to promote the importance of connectivity services in addressing the affective and...
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors propose a post-digital cultural studies look like, identifying economies of attention is central to the study of media and culture, and there is a renewed focus on attention as power.
Abstract: What should a postdigital cultural studies look like? Identifying economies of attention is central to the study of media and culture Calling for renewed focus on attention as power, this article
TL;DR: In this article, the ways in which counter-hegemony is expressed in performance art dealing with notions of public space and the publics are examined in two works of art from Lebanon.
Abstract: This article is about the ways in which counter-hegemony is expressed in performance art dealing with notions of public space and the publics. The article examines two works of art from Lebanon: Ra...
TL;DR: In this article, a critical discourse analysis of Google's three-year process to gain permission to extract greater amounts of water from an aquifer in South Carolina located near one of its...
Abstract: This article draws from a critical discourse analysis of Google’s three-year process to gain permission to extract greater amounts of water from an aquifer in South Carolina located near one of its...
TL;DR: This article investigated the link between mobilities, subalternity, emotions and digital economies through multi-situated and virtual ethnography, drawing on the case study of Chinese migrant women.
Abstract: Through multi-situated and virtual ethnography, this article investigates the link between mobilities, subalternity, emotions and digital economies. Drawing on the case study of Chinese migrant wom...
TL;DR: The cultural studies tradition is a big tent that is defined by academic realpolitik and feelings of affinity or disaffinity as much as anything else as discussed by the authors, which is why it is easy to get lost in it.
Abstract: The cultural studies tradition is a big tent that is defined by academic realpolitik and feelings of affinity or disaffinity as much as anything else. This article recounts my own introduction to a...
TL;DR: In this article, three types of artistic memorialization of monumental socialist public works transform these into examples of socialist modernism in Eastern Europe, and the authors analyze how these memorialization can be used to generate examples of modernism.
Abstract: This article analyses how three types of artistic memorialization of monumental socialist public works transform these into examples of socialist modernism in Eastern Europe. First, it tackles the ...