Digital Shutdowns and Social Media

Spatiality, Political Economy and Internet Shutdowns in India
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-3-030-67887-6
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 176 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 471 g

Reihe: Springer Geography

This book offers a spatial insights on the social mediasphere in the context of digital shutdowns and reflects the dimensions of political economy and of social media in general. Internet shutdowns have been found to be more prevalent in developing countries than in developed countries, with India leading in Internet shutdowns in the world. Internet shutdowns have occurred in India for several reasons, mainly to hinder the spreading of information through social media – this is discussed in detail along with political motives behind this and how this can conflict with government policies, such as the flagship program “Digital India” which is ostensibly meant to improve the infrastructure and expansion of digital information throughout the country. This book suggests new dimensions in the digital spatiality. Furthermore, the digital space is defined and discussed, including its role and how this might be reflected in concepts around spatiality and spaces.

More concretely,the book considers the following questions: How is social media reflected in spatial sciences? How does the space differ from more tangible spaces, such as the hydrosphere or atmosphere? How do (computer/mobile phone) screens behave as a space/place in the context of behavioural sciences? How is this reflected in what is shaping and reshaping the spatiality of digital gadgets? Do digital gadgets change the socialization process that’s often considered a path towards how we develop in society? How do internet shutdowns affect the political economy and what patterns can be seen in how individuals, companies and the internet industry in particular react to these shutdowns in India?

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Moinuddin, Shekh

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Humangeographie Wirtschaftsgeographie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Medien-, Informations und Kommunikationswirtschaft Informationstechnik, IT-Industrie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Kultur-, Wissenschafts- & Technologiepolitik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Kommunikationswissenschaften Digitale Medien, Internet, Telekommunikation
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftssysteme, Wirtschaftsstrukturen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Wirtschafts- und Finanzpolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Digital shutdown.- 2. Internet and Politics.- 3. Internet and Nationalism.- 4. Social Media and Shutdown Activism.- 5. Digital Politics and Internet.- 6. Internet and Territorial sovereignty.- 7. Social Media/Media governance.- 8. Livelihood and Digital shutdown.- 9. Politics of Digital Spatiality.- 10. Rules/Principles/Laws of Shutdown.- 11. Shutdown and Turnaround.- 12. Digital Transformation in Governance.- 13. Digital Manufacturing in Governance.- 14. Jammu & Kashmir Shutdown in India.- 15. Political Measures for shutdown.- 16. Digital India.- 17. And another topic.

Über Autor(innen)

Dr. Shekh Moinuddin is a media geographer and author of four books: Media Space and Gender Construction (2010), Mapping Media (2015), Mediascape and the State (2017) and The Political Twittersphere in India (2019). He has been teaching geography to UG, PG and MPhil/PhD students for the last ten years and successfully submitted six funded research projects. His research areas include media geography, social media, digital spatiality, cultural mappings, image-politics, digital shutdown, political economy of digital gadgets, digital loneliness, platform democracy, and digital religiosity in India.