Critical Security Studies in the Digital Age - Joseph Downing

Critical Security Studies in the Digital Age

Social Media and Security

(Autor)

Buch | Hardcover
XI, 265 Seiten
2023 | 1st ed. 2023
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-031-20733-4 (ISBN)
128,39 inkl. MwSt

This book demonstrates that the disciplinary boundaries present within international relations approaches to security studies are redundant when examining social media, and inter- and multi-disciplinary analysis is key. A key result of the analysis undertaken is that when examining the social media sphere security scholars need to "expect the unexpected". This is because social media enables users to subvert, contest and create security narratives with symbols and idioms of their choice which can take into account "traditional" security themes, but also unexpected and under explored themes such as narratives from the local context of the users' towns and cities, and the symbolism of football clubs. The book also explores the complex topography of social media when considering constructions of security. The highly dynamic topography of social media is neither elite dominated and hierarchical as the Copenhagen School conceptualises security speak. However, neither is it completely flat and egalitarian as suggested by the vernacular security studies' non-elite approach. Rather, social media's topography is shifting and dynamic, with individuals gaining influence in security debates in unpredictable ways. In examining social media this book engages with the emancipatory burden of critical security studies. This book argues that it remains unfulfilled on social media and rather presents a "thin" notion of discursive emancipation where social media does provide the ability for previously excluded voices to participate in security debates, even if this does not result in their direct emancipation from power hierarchies and structures offline.

Joseph Downing is Senior Lecturer in International Relations and Politics, Aston University, UK, and Visiting Fellow in the European Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK. He was previously Marie-Curie Fellow at the Laboratoire méditerranéen de sociologie, CNRS, Université Aix-Marseille Marseille, and the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. He has published and consulted widely on politics and security.

Chapter 1. Introduction to Social Media and Critical Security Studies in the Digital Age.- Chapter 2. Conceptualizing Social Media and Critical Security Studies in the Digital Age.-  Chapter 3. Social Media, Digital Methods and Critical Security Studies.- Chapter 4. Social Media, Security and Terrorism in the Digital Age.- Chapter 5. Social Media and Vernacular Security in the Digital Age.- Chapter 6. Social Media, Security and Democracy in the Digital Age.- Chapter 7. Social Media, Security and Identity in the Digital Age.- Chapter 8. Conclusions on Social Media and Security in the Digital Age.

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie New Security Challenges
Zusatzinfo XI, 265 p. 1 illus.
Verlagsort Cham
Sprache englisch
Maße 148 x 210 mm
Gewicht 487 g
Themenwelt Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung Europäische / Internationale Politik
Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung Vergleichende Politikwissenschaften
Schlagworte Critical security • Digitalization • digital warfare • Facebook • Mediatization • Snapchat • Social Media • terrorism • Twitter • war and media • war and social media • world politics in the digital age
ISBN-10 3-031-20733-5 / 3031207335
ISBN-13 978-3-031-20733-4 / 9783031207334
Zustand Neuware
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