Joseph Downing

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Critical Security Studies in the Digital Age (eBook, PDF)

Social Media and Security

Beschreibung

This book demonstrates that the disciplinary boundaries present within international relations approaches to security studies are redundant when examining social media, and inter- and multi-disciplinary analysis is key. A key result of the analysis undertaken is that when examining the social media sphere security scholars need to "expect the unexpected". This is because social media enables users to subvert, contest and create security narratives with symbols and idioms of their choice which can take into account "traditional" security themes, but also unexpected and under explored themes such as narratives from the local context of the users' towns and cities, and the symbolism of football clubs. The book also explores the complex topography of social media when considering constructions of security. The highly dynamic topography of social media is neither elite dominated and hierarchical as the Copenhagen School conceptualises security speak. However, neither is it completely flat and egalitarian as suggested by the vernacular security studies' non-elite approach. Rather, social media's topography is shifting and dynamic, with individuals gaining influence in security debates in unpredictable ways. In examining social media this book engages with the emancipatory burden of critical security studies. This book argues that it remains unfulfilled on social media and rather presents a "thin" notion of discursive emancipation where social media does provide the ability for previously excluded voices to participate in security debates, even if this does not result in their direct emancipation from power hierarchies and structures offline.

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Autor

Joseph Downing is Senior Lecturer in International Relations and Politics, Aston University, UK, and Visiting Fellow in the European Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK. He was previously Marie-Curie Fellow at the Laboratoire méditerranéen de sociologie, CNRS, Université Aix-Marseille Marseille, and the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. He has published and consulted widely on politics and security.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer Nature Switzerland
• Seitenzahl: 265
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Januar 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783031207341
• Artikelnr.: 67340460

Rezensionen

The interconnectedness of the chapters creates a deep framework for understanding how social media not only influences security policy through the production and distribution of narratives but also shapes identities, discourses, and power dynamics in society. The book is very suitable for readers, including academics, students, researchers, and practitioners in the fields of security studies . Downing s work invites readers to think critically about the relationship between technology, media, and security. (Yasser Hidayat Hanafie, Muh. Akbar and Moehammad Iqbal Sultan, Critical Studies in Media Communication, November 6, 2025)