Volume 1, Issue 1

 

ارسال های اخیر

  • Social Media and Politics: Examining Indonesians’ Political Knowledge on Facebook 

    Molaei, Hamideh (University of Tehran on behalf of the "Cyberspace Research Policy Center" and the "UNESCO Chair on Cyberspace and Culture: Dual Spacization of the World", 2017-01-01)
    The Internet and social media have played a significant role in contemporarypolitical sphere of Indonesia. In particular, they have been widely usedfor political activism and discussion; but whether the discussions ...

  • O Brave New World: The Dark Side of Cyberspace 

    Asa Berger, Arthur (University of Tehran on behalf of the "Cyberspace Research Policy Center" and the "UNESCO Chair on Cyberspace and Culture: Dual Spacization of the World", 2017-01-01)
    This article focuses on some of the negative aspects of cyberspace andcyberculture. First, it offers an examination of the impact of our use ofsocial media, and Facebook in particular, on our psyches, pointing ...

  • The Impacts of Global Inequality in Social Networks: Examined in Three Major Theories 

    Mohsenian Rad, Mehdi (University of Tehran on behalf of the "Cyberspace Research Policy Center" and the "UNESCO Chair on Cyberspace and Culture: Dual Spacization of the World", 2017-01-01)
    The rapid growth of modern long-distance communication technologiesboth in term of quality and quantity and the consequent emergenceof cyberspace in parallel with the real world, has led to new forms of

  • Culture, Lifestyle and the Information Revolution in the Middle East and Muslim World 

    Anderson, Jon W. (University of Tehran on behalf of the "Cyberspace Research Policy Center" and the "UNESCO Chair on Cyberspace and Culture: Dual Spacization of the World", 2017-01-01)
    For over two decades, the ‘information revolution' in the MiddleEast has been framed overwhelmingly in terms of media, more of it,and in comparisons to mass media – from the advent of any-to-anycommunication ...

  • Dual Spacization of Cultures: Problematization of Cyberspace and Cultural Matters 

    Ameli, Saied Reza (University of Tehran on behalf of the "Cyberspace Research Policy Center" and the "UNESCO Chair on Cyberspace and Culture: Dual Spacization of the World", 2017-01-01)
    This paper examines the problematization of cultural issues related tothe dual spacization of life. The emergence of the second space of lifeover the first place of life combining local and translocal, national ...

  • Online Community and Democracy 

    Feenberg, Andrew (University of Tehran on behalf of the "Cyberspace Research Policy Center" and the "UNESCO Chair on Cyberspace and Culture: Dual Spacization of the World", 2017-01-01)
    The debate over the contribution of the Internet to democracy is farfrom settled. Some point to the empowering effects of online discussionand fund raising on recent electoral campaigns in the US to argue that

  • A Reflection on Shaping the Virtual Space Based on Religious Values 

    Babaii, Saeedeh؛ Taqavi, Mostafa (University of Tehran on behalf of the "Cyberspace Research Policy Center" and the "UNESCO Chair on Cyberspace and Culture: Dual Spacization of the World", 2017-01-01)
    This paper initially examines theories proposed by Feenberg abouttechnical systems and alternative modernity, analyzes his thoughts, andconcludes that a framework of values needs to be provided in shaping