2010-07-22

Connectivity in Media Platforms

"Notions of Connectivity across Media Platforms" was the theme of the last session of the International Communication section on IAMCR2010.

Carina Guyard, from the University of Sôdertôn, in Sweden, presented a paper about connections and disconnections between the public and a taxi call centre. The researcher studied the concept of "connectivity" in three dimensions: technical, organizational and cultural.

Janni Môller-Hartley, from the Roskilde University, in Denmark, studied online journals and the concept of connection in the new digital media. The user as a consumer, as a source or as citizen as types of user-reader constructions was another idea of this paper.

Julie Uldam, from the Copenhagen Business School, in Denmark, talked about global justice movement organisations and the online spaces where the political identities promote their work and try to gain new members or supporters.

Anne Kaun, from the University of Sôdertôn, in Sweden, presented a paper about playful public connectivity as a bigger project on public connection. The main idea of this presentation is that play is understood as transformative and therefore allowing for public connectivity.

Inês Espojeira and Sofia Gomes

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