Digital Platforms and Cultural Exchange in Asia: A Social Science Perspective on Technology's Role in Fostering Cross-cultural Understanding

Priyant Banerjee; Monalisa Hati; Vishwa Jadhav; Rushabh Dorage; Utkarsh Mhatre

Digital Platforms and Cultural Exchange in Asia: A Social Science Perspective on Technology's Role in Fostering Cross-cultural Understanding

Author(s)	Priyant Banerjee, Monalisa Hati, Vishwa Jadhav, Rushabh Dorage, Utkarsh Mhatre
Country	India
Abstract	This research examines how digital platforms facilitate cross-cultural exchanges throughout Asia in the intersection of social science and computer science. Digital platforms have, mostly enabled a facilitation for cultural exchanges within much of Asia's dynamic cultural contexts, characterized by a time of rapid technological development. These platforms enable the distribution of cultural artifacts, traditions, contemporary expressions, and commercially available goods that represent these identifications. This research studies how such places facilitate cross-cultural understanding and are driven mostly by algorithms, data analytics, and interface designs made with a view to raising the level of user interaction. The paper also reveals how different regions within Asia have used digital means to project knowledge of their culture by discarding distances and weight of historical disputes. However, this paper follows specific arguments that emanate from perspectives such as cultural studies, communication, and sociology in explaining certain controversial benefits associated with the idea of digital interactions, including improvement of intercultural awareness, encouragement of inclusivity, and development of a more cohesive regional identity. These problems include but are not limited to representation; algorithmic bias; the commercialization of culture across digital platforms; and the yet-existing digital divide, which continues to thwart access for some groups. The ethics of digital cross-cultural exchange, where cultural elements of one community can be easily digested and commodified, are also discussed. Finally, the article underlines how much technology can change in fostering connections across cultural divides and, in so doing, opens central questions regarding the sustainability and equity of digital mediation in intercultural interaction.
Keywords	artificial intelligence, digital wellbeing, cultural exchange, social connectivity, networking
Field	Computer Applications
Published In	Volume 6, Issue 6, November-December 2024
Published On	2024-11-19
Cite This	Digital Platforms and Cultural Exchange in Asia: A Social Science Perspective on Technology's Role in Fostering Cross-cultural Understanding - Priyant Banerjee, Monalisa Hati, Vishwa Jadhav, Rushabh Dorage, Utkarsh Mhatre - IJFMR Volume 6, Issue 6, November-December 2024.

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