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Disconnectivity in a Changing Media and Political Landscape: A Multi-Contextual and Interdisciplinary Lens

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  • Qinfeng Zhu

    (University of Groningen, The Netherlands)

  • Çiğdem Bozdağ

    (University of Groningen, The Netherlands)

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This thematic issue examines disconnectivity in a world where connectivity is often assumed to be the norm. Drawing on multiple areas of research, such as political unfriending, digital disconnection, migration studies, and media censorship, it delves into the complexities of disconnectivity, moving beyond its framing as voluntary choice and individual practice. Collectively, studies in this issue highlight disconnection as a compelled act for self-protection and a collective strategy to tackle systemic problems. By examining enforced and coerced disconnection, they also reveal disconnection’s dual role as control and resistance. Through a multi-contextual and interdisciplinary lens, this issue challenges the normative assumptions implicit in our current understandings of disconnection, and, in doing so, advances the field.

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  • Qinfeng Zhu & Çiğdem Bozdağ, 2024. "Disconnectivity in a Changing Media and Political Landscape: A Multi-Contextual and Interdisciplinary Lens," Media and Communication, Cogitatio Press, vol. 12.
    • Handle: RePEc:cog:meanco:v12:y:2024:a:9756
    DOI: 10.17645/mac.9756
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    1. Tom De Leyn & Alice Verlinden & Laura Lemahieu & Lore Geldof & Marthe Mennes & Arturo Cocchi & Marijn Martens & Mariek Vanden Abeele, 2024. "Unburdening the (Dis)Connected Individual? A Digital Disconnection Policy Paradox in Flanders (Belgium)," Media and Communication, Cogitatio Press, vol. 12.
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