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Kultura tradicionale në hapësirën virtuale
Traditional culture in cyberspace

Author(s): Leontina Gega - Musa
Subject(s): Anthropology, Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Theory of Communication, Sociology of Culture, Sociology of Politics
Published by: Univeristeti i Prishtinës, Fakulteti i Filologjisë
Keywords: cyberspace; communication; traditional culture; spiritual culture; authenticity;

Summary/Abstract: In the era of fast information that we are in, cyberspace has created the possibility for a new dominant form of communication between internet users. Communication appears in new forms, as are various sites like Google and Youtube, than various social networks, and various information portals. This new form of communication is also becoming the bearer of traditional culture in general, including spiritual in particular, which is beforehand being reconstructed by changing the traditional practice of performing, by being adapted to an auditor wishing to see them off. This phenomenon in media literature has been labelled as 'staged authenticity', meaning that in media it is intended to be broadcast only what viewers might like, or what is considered to be authentic by stage managers (in this case, choreographers, directors...). Therefore in the internet are shown old values, or those that are build on them, as well as completely new creations, often alienated, offering and creating opportunities to access, analyze and study them, especially from perspective of social and humane fields.The aim of this paper is to review the report that cyberspace dictates in transmitting a new form of traditional culture and to what extend it jeopardizes the authenticity and content specificity of traditional forms of culture.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 35
  • Page Range: 885 - 890
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: Albanian