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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!
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