The Digital Transformation of the Public Sphere

Athina Karatzogianni is Senior Lecturer in Media and Communication at the University of Leicester, UK. Her research focuses on the intersections between new media theory and the use of ICTs by social movements, protest, and insurgency groups.  Dennis Nguyen is Lecturer for the International Communication and Media programme at the Hogeschool Utrecht, the Netherlands. His research focuses on online public spheres and transnational political discourses in conflict and crisis situations.  Elisa Serafinelli is Research Associate at the School of Social Sciences, University of Hull, UK.  She completed her PhD at the University of Hull, UK with a research project on smart mobile technologies, visual communication and social practices. 

1.Introduction: The Digital Transformation of the Public Sphere. Athina Karatzogianni, Dennis Nguyen and Elisa Serafinelli.- Part I.Theorising Migration, Crisis, Culture and Conflict in the Digital Public Sphere.- 2.The Migration of Normative Principles and the Digital Construction of Transnational Ethics. Martin Gak- 3.The Digital Golden Dawn: Emergence of A Nationalist-Racist Digital Mainstream. Eugenia Siapera and Mariangela Veikou.- 4.From Bulletins to Bullets to Blogs and Beyond: The Karen’s Ongoing Communication War. Geff Green.- 5.Online Content Control, Memory, and Community Isolation. Artur Matos Alves.- 6.The Culture of Videology: Games and the Digital Transformation of the Public Sphere. Luke O’ Sullivan.- Part II.Cyberconflict and the Digital Diaspora: Nigeria, India, China, Mexico.- 7.Veterans of Diaspora Activism: An Overview of ICTs Use Among Nigerian Migrant Networks. Shola Olabode.- 8.Online Gender Activism in India and the Participation of the Indian Diaspora 2012-2015. Adrija Dey.- 9.Beyond the Great Wall: Locating Expatriate Media Environments in China. Fan Mai.- 10.Social Networks and Communicative Meaning in Mexican Migration Networks in the US. Joel Pedraza Mandujano.- Part III.Migration and Crisis Discourses in the EU Public Sphere.- 11.Analysing Transnational Web Spheres: The European Example During the Eurozone Crisis. Dennis Nguyen.- 12.Intercultural Conflict and Dialogue in the Transnational Digital Public Sphere: Findings from the MIG@NET Research Project (2010-2013). Karatzogianni, A., Morgunova, O., Kambouri, N., Lafazani, O., Trimikliniotis, N., Ioannou, G, and Nguyen, D.- 13. Understanding the Greek Crisis And Digital Media: A Cyberconflict Approach. Ioanna Ferra.- 14.Digital Ethnicities and the (Re-)Construction of Ethnic Identities on Social Media. Slavka Karakusheva.- 15.Frontex: Its Human Rights Obligations and the Role of the European Ombudsman. Nikos Vogiatzis.- Part IV.Digital Culture and Communication Shifts in the Public Sphere.- 16.Political Selfies: Image Events in the New Media Field. Achilleas Karadimitriou and Anastasia Veneti.- 17.Italian Migrants and Photosharing in the UK. Elisa Serafinelli.- 18.The Politics of Transformation: Selfie Production of the Visually Marginalised. Patricia Routh.- 19.YouTube, Migrant Rappers and the Early Cinema Aesthetics: Is there a Digital Public Sphere? Giacomo Nencioni.- 20.Banoptikon: Walking Through a Dystopia. European Project MIG@NET’s digital game. Ilias Marmaras