Special Issue: DIGITAL CULTURE: MEDIATIZATION, SURVEILLANCE AND PUBLIC SPACE

Editors: Silvia Valencich Frota (Faculdade de Letras, da Universidade de Lisboa) and Nuno Medeiros (Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa)

Languages: Portuguese; English; Spanish

Deadline for submission: 7 July 2024

Abstract

The transformation in culture, promoted by both the digital technology and the development of media, information, and communication systems, represents one of the greatest challenges of modern societies. Understanding such profound changes and their impacts becomes part of the everyday life of communication professionals and citizens in general. In this context, what challenges, risks and opportunities arise? What new public spaces for interaction and socialization are being promoted? Using a transdisciplinary approach, the objective of this special issue is to reflect on the impact of the new technologies in a society based on the abundance of information and data, that coexists with the potential of rupture and instability, with a deep and widespread crisis of confidence as a result.