Naslov
The Marriage of War and the Internet: The Croatian Experience

Autori
Petrić, Mirko ; Tomić-Koludrović, Inga

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
Wars of Former Yugoslavia: The Sociology of Armed Conflict at the Turn of the Millennium / - Zagreb : Hrvatsko sociološko društvo, 2002, 42-43

Skup
Wars of Former Yugoslavia: The Sociology of Armed Conflict at the Turn of the Millennium

Mjesto i datum
Zagreb, Hrvatska, 6-8.12.2002

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Domaća recenzija

Ključne riječi
war; the internet; Croatia

Sažetak
This paper discusses the interrelation of the war and the Internet. This interrelation is not conceived of in any metaphorical sense, implied by the phrases such as "the Internet wars". In contrast with the approaches focusing exclusively on communication and cultural aspects of an interactive digital medium, this paper approaches the Internet as a technology-in-the-world available in wartime in a specific historical context. Furthermore, rather than focusing on the social dimension of technological systems in a social constructivist manner, the paper attempts to analyze the impact and consequences of Internet use in a specific societal context. Croatia was the first country that had widespread access to the Internet technology during a period of conflict in which the civilian population was at risk. Topics discussed with regard to the interrelation of the war and the Internet in Croatia in the period between 1991 and 1995 include the emergence of the first national Internet service provider as an expression of civic nationalism (in a context in which ethnic nationalism gradually prevailed); the absence of formal censorship of the messages transmitted over this medium in the war circumstances but the existence of a "panoptic" self-surveillance of the potential users; the differences between BBS and Internet cultures as media of "continuation of war by other means" and the role of interactive technology as a means of intra-group rather than inter-group communication.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Sociologija

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