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Z prof. Małgorzatą Kowalską, prof. Małgorzatą Jacyno i Kajetanem Marią Jaksenderem rozmawia Magdalena Nowicka
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Z prof. Małgorzatą Kowalską, prof. Małgorzatą Jacyno i Kajetanem Marią Jaksenderem rozmawia Magdalena Nowicka
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The study starts from assumption that together with disinfomation, intoxication, and propaganda, the manipulation is a form of persuasion, a form of persuasive communication. The manipulation is a communicative action. By the way of meta-analytical method, we emphasize some ideas. The royal way of promoting the decisive interests is manipulation-, often accompanied by constraints and violence. The world is divided into amateur manipulators and professional manipulators. Professionals are those whose job is exactly to get something from the others. The action of manipulation is not an activity performed on inspiration, randomly and by ear. Manipulation is a structured, organised and planned persuasive intervention. As actants of manipulative communication are retained journalists, priests, businessmen, sellers, scholars, teachers, artists, writers, notabilities.
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Като част от тълпата, която обожава конференцията TED, аз се вдъхнових и започнах да организирам независимо събитие по модела на TED в НБУ. Taзи ми страст ме насочи към по-задълбочено изследване на феномена и така стигнах до тълпите в епохата на уеб 2.0, мъдростта на тълпата, нейните възможности и логично до това как всичкo казано по-горе може да се използва в сферата ми на компетентност – комуникациите и специалните събития. В настоящата студия правя преглед на развитието на феномените на 21 век краудсорсинг – възлагане на работа на тълпата, и на краудфъндинг – финансиране от тълпата. След като изяснявам произхода и смисъла на двата феномена, се насочвам към това как бихме могли ефективно да ги приложим в петте етапа на управление на специално събитие. И тази връзка между двата феномена на новата среда и теорията в областта на специалните събития е подкрепена с реални примери от практиката.“Има причини да вярваме, че настоящето присъствие на краудсорсинга е само прелюдия към много по-сериозна трансформация. В действителност, има поне 200 милиона причини да вярваме в това. Това е горе-долу броят на децата по света, които към момента имат достъп до интернет.”Джеф Хау, редактор в списание Wired.
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The issue of self (re)presentation rose over the time the interest of psychologists, sociologists, art historians and other social scientists. The current study will focus on clarifying the concepts of self-presentation and self-representation using the symbolic interactionism paradigm, and the dramaturgical approach, followed by an overview of the visual self-representations phenomenon in social networking systems. The analysis focuses on selfies as photographic objects (artefacts) and cultural practices.
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Security is one of the most important needs of man since the immemorial times. At the moment, one of the areas of security is the security of mass events which regularly take place in many countries of the world. Poland is no exception in this area, in which each year these events come, they are sports, concerts, organized demonstrations, etc. As shown by the Polish experience of previous years and the experience of other countries in this regard, mass events are characterized by a multitude of people among the participants involve a number of risks, both for the participants and for those responsible for their safety. An important role is played by the organizers of these events, as well as state authorities responsible for the supervision and control resulting from the provisions of the law.
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The heightened control of financial transactions in the post 9/11 society significantly curbed the fund-raising activities aimed at financing terrorism. Terrorist groups were forced to evolve and find new ways of financing their activities, while transnational criminal organizations adapted to the new circumstances by turning into powerful hybrid criminal-terrorist entities. These traditionally separate phenomena have begun to reveal many operational and organizational similarities. Globalization of the economy has created favorable conditions for terrorist organizations and criminal groups to coordinate their activities, to cooperate and share their resources, whereas both national and international legislation have unfortunately failed to keep pace with the evolving development of crime and terrorism. This article aims to examine the individual characteristics of organized crime and terrorism by pointing out to their similarities and differences, and to analyze the complexity of the crime-terror nexus. Adequate anti-terrorist and anti-criminal policy at the national level as well as globally rests on understanding each problem separately as well as their versatile correlations. Otherwise, there is a risk of a theoretical "fusion" of one problem into another which may generate problems in combating organized crime and terrorism. The author highlights the importance of acknowledging and understanding the link between crime and terror groups as the first step towards formulating an effective state response to this evolving threat.
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The aim of the article was to show the diversity of Daesh propaganda. It consists of the of political, religious and social narratives. They have one task – to convince the world that the newlycreated ‘caliphate’ is a fact: it has the ability to defend its territory, no matter of how great is theefforts of ‘crusaders’, moreover, is an efficient state, which is an ideal home for Sunnis. Brutalityis the element with which the propaganda Daesh primarily connotations, appears very frequently. It has specific role – to deter opponents. This reason why so often presents „hunting” onIraqi soldiers, and mass executions. This brutality, in connection with mercy, meeting the needsof justice and belonging, makes propagandas an efficient tool for building ‘caliphate’.
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Talas viđanja aviona jednokrilaca među stanovnicima britanske Južnoafričke Unije tokom 1914. godine proučava se kao slučaj masovne histerije. Ova pojava iskorišćena je za evaluaciju korisnosti Smelserove kategorije negativnih ili neprijateljskih manifestacija histeričnih uverenja unutar Smelserove teorije dodate vrednosti kolektivnog ponašanja, naime: strukturalne pogodnosti, strukturalne napetosti, rasta i širenja generalizovanih uverenja, mobilisanja učesnika na akciju i neadekvatne mere službi društvene kontrole. Utvrđeno je da je svaka od ovih kategorija prisutna neposredno pre ove kolektivne epizode i tokom njenog trajanja, što je u skladu sa Smelserovim objaš- njenjem. Međutim, Smelserov objektivistički pristup označava kolektivno ponašanje kao iracionalno i osim toga što daje generalni poredak stanja, uključenih u konkretnu kolektivnu akciju, ne pruža ništa više.
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The basic aim of this study is examining The Cretan Rebellion which is a turning point in our history in all aspects. The powerfull states' attitudes are very important in these kind of issues. Because, the powerfull states' politics effect the way of events going. In this study the importance of diplomacy in these kind of issues will be manifested with different examples. In this context especially France's policies will be examined. The Cretan Rebellion has an importance for understanding contemporary issues which are internationalised. For this reason, The Cretan Rebellion is a very important historical event which will be rethinked.
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In this article, we present some theoretical syntheses pertaining to the psychology of collective protests, concerning particular factors that determine adherence to and resignation from protest actions, the role of emotions and rituals in the collective protests and new forms of mobilization through online networks. Studies show that mobilization is significantly correlated with the degree of identification with the in-group, identity threat and perception of success, while resignation may be caused by uncertainty about the use of protest or by repressive measures imposed by security forces. One aspect scarcely clarified is what was called the paradox of participation – the persistence of protest despite failures, causing individuals to join again protest actions. Regarding the role of emotions, researchers found that negative emotions against the out-group have an essential role in maintaining the protest action on a longer period. Currently, researchers are particularly interested in the implications of online communication networks (forums, Twitter, Facebook) in the organization and unfolding of protest events.
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The article presents the analysis of the relations between the investor sentiment and the WIG returns on the weekly and monthly data in the period of 2011–2016. The study shows a positive, statistically significant relationship between the WIG changes and the investor sentiment index. The results obtained indicate that the WIG is the dominant variable, and the investor sentiment index depends on the WIG changes. Moreover, the Granger causality test suggests that the investor sentiment index is not the Granger cause for the WIG.
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Overall, the number of migrants transiting the Balkans is down sharply, although traffickers are blazing new trails in the region.
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The main purpose of this research is to examine relations between the mass and the individual as a social phenomenon, and their evolution through di fferent historical epochs and contexts. Special attention has been devoted to the novelty in the qualitative structure and aspect of these relations, which occurred when the mass became a relevant social factor that has a tendency to assume the role of the elite. in addition to clarifying basic concepts and providing a short prehistory of the issue, the paper deals with the spectacle which has become both the result and the goal, the fundamental manife station mode, as well as the core of modern society, thus equating the role of decor with essence of modern social community. The manipulated man who becomes a voluntary victim of manipulation is shown as a normal and natural consequence of the tautological character of the spectacle. The paper looks into the possible ways of rehabilitating the engaged individual who da res to live by the principles of permanent spiritual growth in the community, and examines the phenomenon of a passive elite whose inactivity contribu tes to the dehumanization of the world.
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A new study of Polish Twitter confirms the existence of distinct political “bubbles” and the power of traditional influencers, but sparks further questions.
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This article builds on recent sociological debates about the explanatory importance of claims-making contexts and the continuing challenges associated with subjectivism and objectivism in social problems research. The sociology of knowledge is used to illustrate how the contextual compromise that has sustained social problems theory and method for at least two decades is based on a number of erroneous assumptions about subjectivity and objectivity in the tradition of phenomenological analysis. To strengthen recent discussions about the contextual dimensions of claims-making activities and framing techniques, the article critically assesses the curious neglect and continuing misrepresentation of the sociology of knowledge in constructionist analyses of social problems.
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The research aims to identify and explain the dynamics of Blockupy radicalization. It explores the activity of the movement during the whole cycle of anti-austerity mobilization. The analysis addresses the research problems of why, despite the declared peaceful orientation, the movement radicalized immediately after its rise, what its dynamics of radicalization was, and what informed the radicalization processes.Research hypotheses are theory-driven and draw on the Political Opportunity Theory. According to the hypothesis, repression might have informed the dynamics of radicalization. The closer the protest policing was to the escalated force model, the higher was the extent of Blockupy radicalization. The adoption of features of negotiated management by the protest policing influenced the movement deradicalization. Finally, the duration of repression might have informed the dynamics of radicalization. The research uses the qualitative method of sources analysis and the technique of conceptual, qualitative content analysis. The sources are the information on Blockupy protest events provided by the Federal Ministry of the Interior (Germany) and GDELT datasets.The analysis revealed that during the first two phases of Blockupy radicalization, the police employed anextremely repressive type of protest policing, which was the escalated force model. Since the third phase of radicalization, the model took on the characteristics of the negotiated management model. The fact and duration of police repression informed the dynamics of Blockupy radicalization. The closer the protest policing was to the escalated force model, the higher was the extent of Blockupy radicalization. Still, the increase in radicalization occurred in the subsequent phases of contention rather than immediately. Despite the peaceful blueprint, the movement radicalized immediately after its risedue to the existing dominating model of repressive protest policing in Germany.
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The starting point of the paper makes a theoretical analysis of the phenomena of ideology and utopia from the classical opus by Karl Mannheim, which has been consequently confronted by the ideas from the Shmuel N. Eisenstadt treatise The Jacobin Component Of Fundamentalist Movements. The following synthesis repre-sents the theoretical model that can be used to follow the aforementioned “Jacobin component” in social movements, which seem to be fundamentally divergent. Different secular movements have been analyzed along similar critical lines. Opposite movements were selected for this analysis. Among secular movements there are anarchist and feminist movements. In conclusion, the indications are that, firstly both ideological and utopian stands are no strangers to divergent social knowledge structures, social action, intellectual and social processes. The second one underlines the fact that social knowledge, which is generated, distributed and sustained in diverse and divergent social environments, has actually similar sources, origins and structure.
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The article considers cyclical social change in the concepts of twentieth-century researchers. Social change can be described as a repeating cycle or a linear model. In the first case, events return to the starting point after some time. Cyclical theories of social change have a long tradition dating back to antiquity, but over the centuries this approach has not found many followers. The purpose of the article is not only to present contemporary cyclical theories but also an analysis of the mechanisms which divide cyclical theory. The article will analyse Oswald Spengler and Arnold Toynbee theories describing the mechanisms of change in relation to the development cycle and the fall of civilization. However, the work will not omit the most recognized sociological cyclical concepts – Vilfredo Pareto and Pitirim Sorokin concepts. The article will also analyze two cyclical theories from the turn of the 20th and 21st centuries. The concept of the Howe and Strauss generation cycle and the concept of the secular cycles by Peter Turchin. It is also important to compare these theories with the 20th-century cyclical concepts recognized in sociology.
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The aim of this article is to present the phenomenon of stalkerism (a kind of illegal tourism) in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. The article investigates the specificity of the stalker experience through the concept of transgression (Kozielecki 2007). The article broadens the perspective on the tourism experience by using a psychological concept that has not so far been widely used in tourism studies, even though it refers to classic ideas (liminality, rites of passage, transformation). The genesis and specificity of the phenomenon of stalkerism in the context of the development of organized tourism in the Zone are presented. Then the transgressions of stalkers during exploration of the Zone are described. Lastly, the article shows how stalkerism contributes to the transformation of tourism and the development of the Zone’s heritage.
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