@article { author = {Ameli, Saied Reza}, title = {Dual Spacization of Cultures: Problematization of Cyberspace and Cultural Matters}, journal = {Journal of Cyberspace Studies}, volume = {1}, number = {1}, pages = {1-18}, year = {2017}, publisher = {University of Tehran on behalf of the "Cyberspace Research Policy Center" and the "UNESCO Chair on Cyberspace and Culture: Dual Spacization of the World"}, issn = {2588-5499}, eissn = {2588-5502}, doi = {}, abstract = {This paper examines the problematization of cultural issues related tothe dual spacization of life. The emergence of the second space of lifeover the first place of life combining local and translocal, national andtransnational capacities and challenges. We discuss the capacities andopportunities occurring through the instant communication industrywhich made the spontaneous connection between absence and presencepossible which overcome the domination of place and distance. We willalso elaborate on the challenges and threats facing cultures because ofaccess to other cultures, subcultures and individuals around the worldwithout having enough time for nurturing the relationship betweeninner cultures and outer cultures as well as facing many abnormalities,distancing from genuine culture and natural communications.}, keywords = {dual spacization,virtual capacity,internet challenges,cyberspace,Culture}, url = {https://jcss.ut.ac.ir/article_59867.html}, eprint = {https://jcss.ut.ac.ir/article_59867_46196ceb8612a0ceb99aee4effbcbe0d.pdf} } @article { author = {Asa Berger, Arthur}, title = {O Brave New World: The Dark Side of Cyberspace}, journal = {Journal of Cyberspace Studies}, volume = {1}, number = {1}, pages = {19-35}, year = {2017}, publisher = {University of Tehran on behalf of the "Cyberspace Research Policy Center" and the "UNESCO Chair on Cyberspace and Culture: Dual Spacization of the World"}, issn = {2588-5499}, eissn = {2588-5502}, doi = {}, abstract = {This article focuses on some of the negative aspects of cyberspace andcyberculture. First, it offers an examination of the impact of our use ofsocial media, and Facebook in particular, on our psyches, pointing out thatusers of social media can be thought of as audiences. These audiencesand information about them can be sold to marketers and advertisers.Next, it offers a case study of a widespread social problem in Japan, morethan a million media-obsessed Japanese young men (and some youngwomen), the hikikomori, who shut themselves off from society for monthsor years at a time. This is followed by a discussion of the impact of mobiles,primarily smartphones, on American adolescents, some of whom textone hundred messages a day to their friends. The effects of the enormousamount of face-time young people spend with screens—around tenhours per day--are also considered. Finally, there is an examination of theimpact that Amazon.com, the leading e-commerce Internet site, has hadon American shopping practices and American culture and society. Thearticle concludes with a discussion of the work of Hubert Dreyfus aboutsome negative effects of the Internet and, by implication, cyberspace andcyberculture, which, he argues, drain life of meaning.}, keywords = {Facebook,Social media,hikikomori,smartphones}, url = {https://jcss.ut.ac.ir/article_59868.html}, eprint = {https://jcss.ut.ac.ir/article_59868_ef0c932ab357ec4df6258870230de69b.pdf} } @article { author = {Feenberg, Andrew}, title = {Online Community and Democracy}, journal = {Journal of Cyberspace Studies}, volume = {1}, number = {1}, pages = {37-60}, year = {2017}, publisher = {University of Tehran on behalf of the "Cyberspace Research Policy Center" and the "UNESCO Chair on Cyberspace and Culture: Dual Spacization of the World"}, issn = {2588-5499}, eissn = {2588-5502}, doi = {}, abstract = {The debate over the contribution of the Internet to democracy is farfrom settled. Some point to the empowering effects of online discussionand fund raising on recent electoral campaigns in the US to argue thatthe Internet will restore the public sphere. Others claim that the Internetis just a virtual mall, a final extension of global capitalism into everycorner of our lives. This paper argues for the democratic thesis withsome qualifications. The most important contribution of the Internetto democracy is not necessarily its effects on the electoral process butrather its ability to assemble a public around technical networks thatenroll individuals scattered over wide geographical areas. Medicalpatients, video game players, musical performers, and many otherpublics have emerged on the Internet with surprising consequences.}, keywords = {online community,Democracy,the information model,the consumption model,the community model}, url = {https://jcss.ut.ac.ir/article_59869.html}, eprint = {https://jcss.ut.ac.ir/article_59869_3cb0d2d350f8fdfb29ca921711e669b5.pdf} } @article { author = {Mohsenian Rad, Mehdi}, title = {The Impacts of Global Inequality in Social Networks: Examined in Three Major Theories}, journal = {Journal of Cyberspace Studies}, volume = {1}, number = {1}, pages = {61-87}, year = {2017}, publisher = {University of Tehran on behalf of the "Cyberspace Research Policy Center" and the "UNESCO Chair on Cyberspace and Culture: Dual Spacization of the World"}, issn = {2588-5499}, eissn = {2588-5502}, doi = {}, abstract = {The rapid growth of modern long-distance communication technologiesboth in term of quality and quantity and the consequent emergenceof cyberspace in parallel with the real world, has led to new forms ofinequality which can be interpreted in three different ways. Using thethree-generation theory of social networks (Oral networks; Longdistancenetworks; and, Digital networks), one can make domesticcomparisons, and find countries in which the majority of the populationare within the third category or the digital network. On the other sideof the extreme, are nations who are still under the limited conditionsof the first and second categories of oral and long-distance networking.This paper presents a chart using a combination of different statisticalindicators to illustrate the inequality in question. The focus of this paperhas been on the two countries of Iran and the United States as its casestudy. The conclusion at the end suggests that tackling and reducing theinequality in question has to do with ‘national will and national facilities’as well as ‘individual will and individual facilities’.}, keywords = {global inequality,communication power,oral networks,long-distance networks,digital networks}, url = {https://jcss.ut.ac.ir/article_59870.html}, eprint = {https://jcss.ut.ac.ir/article_59870_67ce1a53dddb97760034cc7eb01c5e1d.pdf} } @article { author = {Anderson, Jon W.}, title = {Culture, Lifestyle and the Information Revolution in the Middle East and Muslim World}, journal = {Journal of Cyberspace Studies}, volume = {1}, number = {1}, pages = {89-102}, year = {2017}, publisher = {University of Tehran on behalf of the "Cyberspace Research Policy Center" and the "UNESCO Chair on Cyberspace and Culture: Dual Spacization of the World"}, issn = {2588-5499}, eissn = {2588-5502}, doi = {}, abstract = {For over two decades, the ‘information revolution’ in the MiddleEast has been framed overwhelmingly in terms of media, more of it,and in comparisons to mass media – from the advent of any-to-anycommunication to ad hoc conceptualizations such as ‘crowd-sourcing’ or‘citizen journalism’ – that register the multiplication of voices, channelsand eroding boundaries in spheres of communication. The record hasexpanded more than conceptualizations of its sociologies in media andcommunications studies. It’s time for other questions that elicit additionaland more basic features of Internet practices from choices that shapeindividual repertoires and participation to continuities between usersand producers to how actual practices scale up, which actually link microand macro processes. To elicit these broader sociologies, and movebeyond the limited social physics of ‘impact’ of the Internet on culture andlifestyles, I draw on the related sociologies of reference group and networktheory, on Science-Technology-Society studies and sociolinguistics tobring disruption of existing institutions, on the one hand, and cooptationby them, on the other, into more unified theory of the play of informationrevolution in culture and lifestyles on the Internet.}, keywords = {Culture,lifestyle,information revolution,Middle East}, url = {https://jcss.ut.ac.ir/article_59871.html}, eprint = {https://jcss.ut.ac.ir/article_59871_d7babe4f10557b53de9dc8ede7adda1d.pdf} } @article { author = {Babaii, Saeedeh and Taqavi, Mostafa}, title = {A Reflection on Shaping the Virtual Space Based on Religious Values}, journal = {Journal of Cyberspace Studies}, volume = {1}, number = {1}, pages = {103-118}, year = {2017}, publisher = {University of Tehran on behalf of the "Cyberspace Research Policy Center" and the "UNESCO Chair on Cyberspace and Culture: Dual Spacization of the World"}, issn = {2588-5499}, eissn = {2588-5502}, doi = {}, abstract = {This paper initially examines theories proposed by Feenberg abouttechnical systems and alternative modernity, analyzes his thoughts, andconcludes that a framework of values needs to be provided in shapingtechnical systems. In a society like Iran, where policy makers are looking forthe realization of Islamic values, this framework of values is derived fromIslam. To explain the relationship between religion and technology, theconcept of concretization has been used up, according to which, all aspectsof civilization, including technical systems must be concretized based onIslamic values. Virtual space as a part of the technical systems must beconcretized with a holistic approach, based on Islamic values, and for thispurpose, there is no choice but a collective social life based on religiousvalues. The concluding section of the paper also tries to deal with anothersignificant issue which predicts the future of concretization at the level ofcivilizations which will be offered using the metaphor of the ‘sand desert’.}, keywords = {alternative thinking,value framework,concretization,virtual space,sand desert metaphor}, url = {https://jcss.ut.ac.ir/article_59872.html}, eprint = {https://jcss.ut.ac.ir/article_59872_7ce9e9803a89e3980c057b101e19429e.pdf} } @article { author = {Molaei, Hamideh}, title = {Social Media and Politics: Examining Indonesians’ Political Knowledge on Facebook}, journal = {Journal of Cyberspace Studies}, volume = {1}, number = {1}, pages = {119-139}, year = {2017}, publisher = {University of Tehran on behalf of the "Cyberspace Research Policy Center" and the "UNESCO Chair on Cyberspace and Culture: Dual Spacization of the World"}, issn = {2588-5499}, eissn = {2588-5502}, doi = {}, abstract = {The Internet and social media have played a significant role in contemporarypolitical sphere of Indonesia. In particular, they have been widely usedfor political activism and discussion; but whether the discussions areconstructive is another issue. Constructive political discussion requiresseveral preconditions; one of the most important requirements is rationalreasoning. Citizens must be equipped with some degree of politicalknowledge and competency to provide reasonable arguments andjustifications in discussions. The primary objective of this paper is to examinethe level of political knowledge of Indonesian Facebookers regardingcorruption which is currently a serious issue in Indonesia. An online surveywas conducted among the most active users of an anti-corruption Facebookgroup of Indonesians. The results of the study generally suggested that theparticipants were well informed about the current affairs of their societyand showed a high level of political knowledge in terms of the CorruptionEradication Commission and also the incumbent politicians; however, theresults indicated a low level of knowledge regarding laws and regulationssurrounding corruption as well as the issues related to the former politicians.}, keywords = {Social media,Facebook,political discussion,political knowledge,Indonesia,corruption}, url = {https://jcss.ut.ac.ir/article_59873.html}, eprint = {https://jcss.ut.ac.ir/article_59873_327d406fd039e5599a645fb05c98b2f4.pdf} }