Title

The Role Of Digital Media In Empowering Individuals: Public Diplomacy, The Blogosphere, And The Digital Divide

Keywords

Digital divide; Digital media; International relations; New media; Public diplomacy

Abstract

With the powerful presence of mass media sources reaching large-scale audiences and the rapid growth of multimedia sources available online, mass media industries have certainly had a prevailing effect on culture and communication, as well as public political views, both domestically and internationally. Today the consumers and receivers of media have power in terms of influencing the media as well as other members of society. The most dominant example of empowering the general public can be seen with the blogosphere. However, on the flip side of the idea that new communications technologies are empowering individuals, it is important to consider the digital divide. With a world increasingly dependent on electronic technologies, it is obvious that anyone without access to these technologies is being left behind. Not introducing computers to various pans of the world worsens inequality while access to cyberspace gives users freedom from certain social constraints.

Publication Date

1-1-2010

Publication Title

IMSCI 2010 - 4th International Multi-Conference on Society, Cybernetics and Informatics, Proceedings

Volume

2

Number of Pages

178-183

Document Type

Article; Proceedings Paper

Personal Identifier

scopus

Socpus ID

84896303634 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84896303634

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