ORCID Profile
0000-0003-2341-134X
Current Organisation
University of South Australia
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Publisher: Wiley
Date: 28-12-2012
DOI: 10.1002/9781444361506.WBIEMS163
Abstract: Mobile media are increasingly ubiquitous in the lives of children and young people worldwide. In this chapter, Damien Spry uses case studies from Japan and Australia to examine moral panics and regulatory responses to “children”s use of mobile media. Emphasizing the politicization of young people's mobile media use, he argues that “childhood” and “new media” are discursive sites where the hopes and fears about future generations are powerfully expressed and negotiated. While there is a great deal of public discourse about children and mobile media, Spry notes the relative absence of young people's voices from this discourse, and questions how their voices might be more audible in the debates that affect them.
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 18-07-2017
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 28-06-2018
Abstract: The utility of social media platforms as means for communication and engagement has become important for those responsible for public diplomacy. This article addresses this nexus between social media studies and diplomacy studies using original empirical research based on Facebook pages published by the diplomatic missions of 8 nations in 22 host nations. Data from 161 pages from January to December 2016 were extracted using Netvizz. A multi-stage mixed-methods approach uses quantifiable engagement data and qualitative content. The analysis varies from many previous studies by foregrounding social media as a communication environment and by including audiences/users as active participants. The findings suggest Facebook diplomacy is more relevant in countries that are smaller, poorer and closer. They categorise content using a four-part taxonomy of diplomatic discourse: outward-facing publicity, inward-facing publicity, engagement, and user-generated content. The article aims to develop the field of digital diplomacy studies by highlighting innovative findings and suggesting trajectories for further scholarship.
Publisher: Brill
Date: 18-09-2019
DOI: 10.1163/1871191X-15101067
Abstract: This article uses digital research methods to explore the use of Facebook by ministries of foreign affairs ( MFA s) in several Asian locations. It contextualises this analysis by considering four factors that contribute to the growing complexity confronting public diplomacy: environmental factors (digitalised, networked media) institutional factors (diplomatic norms and traditions, and MFA s’ policies and practices) algorithmic factors (the programming that organises social media content) audience factors (social media users). The analysis shows most Facebook content posted by MFA s is driven by institutional factors. Yet this content is not the most appealing to digital publics, who are more likely to engage with content they find relevant and useful, or emotionally resonant. The article concludes that Facebook, and digital media generally, can provide multiple small opportunities for outreach, if due consideration is given to audiences’ needs and motivations. These audience factors may be the most important, but least considered, by MFA s.
Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
Date: 2019
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 11-11-2021
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