New media and politics eu tr commission

Ismail H. PolatKadir Has University

Department of New Media

15.07.2012ISTANBUL

Ismail H. PolatKadir Has University

Department of New Media

15.07.2012ISTANBUL

A New Century

A New Generation

A New Media

The Evolution!

Agricultural Age →Industrial Age → New Age

Country → City →Metropolis

Ext. Family → Family →Individual

Nature → Building → Screen

Digital Natives

Digital Immigrants

Digital Dinosaurs

The Convergence

New Media; Cyberspace!

From a technology to a living space1980s → 19 90-2010 → 2010+

Info → Info+Comms → Info+Comms+Media

IT → ICT → ICM

Data → Data+Net → Data+Net+Content

Info. → Socialisation → Prod(Consump)tion

Cyber IndividualsInteractive

- Alone together

- Online Consumption/Production of emotions/thoughts

- Shareaholic

- Open (Transparent)

Digital

- New Forms, Productions and reproductions

- Virtualisation

- Personalisation

Time-Space Independent

- Anytime, Anywhere engagement (Mobilisation)

- Problems due to transition between physical and cyber spaces

Cyber Communities

Cyber Profiles (Real/Fake/Thing)

Independent from physical borders

Away from physical world’s rules, laws, etc.

Virtualisation of things

Birth of a new world and new rules

Cyber Stats

# Mobile Subs: 6.000 M (TR: 66 M)

- Mobile Internet: 1.000 M (TR: 9 M)

# Internet Users: 2.300 M (TR: 35 M)

Blogspot: 1.000 M (TR:0.05 M)

Facebook: 901 M (TR: 31 M)

Twitter: 240 M (TR: 7 M)

LinkedIn: 150 M (TR: 1M)

Physical vs Cyber

Clash of generations

- Lack of communication

Big Brother vs Little Brother

- Censorship vs Hacktivism

- Surveillance vs Anonymity

- Copyright vs Piracy

- Opacity vs Transparency

Examples

Music Industry

- Napster, The Pirate Bay, etc.

- Pirate Parties

- Piracy is a fact and will be considered as a business model of the future!

Examples

Redhack

- Turkish Hacker Community

- Hacked Min. of Foreign Affairs Servers

- Released docs and Identities

- Declared as ‘Terrorist Organisation’

Examples

Advertising

- Business without tax

- Governments complains but no response

ExamplesYoutube

- Banned for more than 2 years time

ShiftDelete.net

- A forum site with 150.000 daily visitors

- Banned due to a ‘music copyright violation’

Blogspot

- World’s most popular blogsite

- Banned due to a ‘sports copyright violation ’

ConsOut-of-date Internet Laws & Regulations

Ignorant Judicial System

Easy ban decisions

Conflicting judicial actions on freedom of expression on Internet

New Law Draft for Internet Media

Viral spread of defamation/Manipulations

Focus on Threats rather than Opportunities

Pros

So far, no or very few penalty of imprisonment for freedom of expression on Internet

New Media is still exempted from classical media

An alternative medium for the voices of oppositions/minorities

ConclusionsGlobal Cooperation is necessary to minimize the cyber problems

Consider a merge between cyber and physical spaces in all aspects

Prepare a national New Media Literacy Program

- Integration to education system

- Social Campaigns for raising the awareness

Thanks!

E-mail: ismail.polat@khas.edu.tr

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