Politiker och digitalisering : hur går det?
(2021) DIKK60 20211Division of ALM and Digital Cultures
- Abstract
- This thesis examines how forced digitized work has affected politicians in a regional board. Through interviews with elected politicians and observations of council meetings we have studied and analyzed the politicians’ attitudes towards the forced digitized changeover. The digitalization that was forced due to the corona pandemic has been perceived differently and can be linked to the idea of digital immigrants and digital natives. Digital immigrants and digital natives speak the digital language differently, since the digital natives were born into a digital society and have it as their mother tongue, whereas the digital immigrants have been forced into learning it and speak with a dialect (Prensky, 2001). This study argues the need to... (More)
- This thesis examines how forced digitized work has affected politicians in a regional board. Through interviews with elected politicians and observations of council meetings we have studied and analyzed the politicians’ attitudes towards the forced digitized changeover. The digitalization that was forced due to the corona pandemic has been perceived differently and can be linked to the idea of digital immigrants and digital natives. Digital immigrants and digital natives speak the digital language differently, since the digital natives were born into a digital society and have it as their mother tongue, whereas the digital immigrants have been forced into learning it and speak with a dialect (Prensky, 2001). This study argues the need to define a complementary capital - the digital capital - to Bourdieu’s earlier three (economic-, cultural- and social capital). We have investigated how it affects politicians who lack digital capital. Using Goffman's concept of dramaturgy, this thesis illustrates how there's been a change of the scripts in the working environment when the politicians have to learn new ways to behave and act in the digital rooms.
The thesis finds that most struggles related to the quick changeover towards digitalized work originate from the translation of physical methods and structures into digital. They have not been analyzed and adapted to what would best fit the new digital environment. The study shows that the lack of preparations towards a digitalized workplace is probably due to a structure built by digital immigrants for digital immigrants, who naturally find it challenging to use digital equipment. The thesis has also shown that most of our informants lack digital capital to fully benefit from the digital arena, resulting in difficulties translating their earlier working habits. This leads to lack of quality and lack of engagement towards their work. This study shows that various levels of digital capital create a distinction between individuals, where they no longer work under the same conditions. (Less)
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- author
- Sjöblom, Josefina LU and Hulting, Asta LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- DIKK60 20211
- year
- 2021
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Digital capital, politicians, digital immigrant, digital natives, digitalized work environment, digital divide, digital society, corona pandemic.
- language
- Swedish
- additional info
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abstract = {{This thesis examines how forced digitized work has affected politicians in a regional board. Through interviews with elected politicians and observations of council meetings we have studied and analyzed the politicians’ attitudes towards the forced digitized changeover. The digitalization that was forced due to the corona pandemic has been perceived differently and can be linked to the idea of digital immigrants and digital natives. Digital immigrants and digital natives speak the digital language differently, since the digital natives were born into a digital society and have it as their mother tongue, whereas the digital immigrants have been forced into learning it and speak with a dialect (Prensky, 2001). This study argues the need to define a complementary capital - the digital capital - to Bourdieu’s earlier three (economic-, cultural- and social capital). We have investigated how it affects politicians who lack digital capital. Using Goffman's concept of dramaturgy, this thesis illustrates how there's been a change of the scripts in the working environment when the politicians have to learn new ways to behave and act in the digital rooms.
The thesis finds that most struggles related to the quick changeover towards digitalized work originate from the translation of physical methods and structures into digital. They have not been analyzed and adapted to what would best fit the new digital environment. The study shows that the lack of preparations towards a digitalized workplace is probably due to a structure built by digital immigrants for digital immigrants, who naturally find it challenging to use digital equipment. The thesis has also shown that most of our informants lack digital capital to fully benefit from the digital arena, resulting in difficulties translating their earlier working habits. This leads to lack of quality and lack of engagement towards their work. This study shows that various levels of digital capital create a distinction between individuals, where they no longer work under the same conditions.}},
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note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Politiker och digitalisering : hur går det?}},
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