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"Social media spark a revelation that we, the people, have a voice, and through the democratization of content and ideas we can once again unite around common passions, inspire movements, and ignite change." - Brian Solis
Identity & Social Behavior
Born Digital by Call Number: WSU Access ID & Password RequiredISBN: 9780465005154Publication Date: 2008-08-26In Born Digital , leading internet and technology experts John Palfrey and Urs Gasser offer a sociological portrait of this exotic tribe of young people who can seem, even to those merely a generation older, both extraordinarily sophisticated and strangely narrow.
Identity Technologies: Constructing the Self Online by Call Number: WSU Access ID & Password RequiredISBN: 9780299296438Publication Date: 2014-01-01Identity Technologies is a substantial contribution to the fields of autobiography studies, digital studies, and new media studies, exploring the many new modes of self-expression and self-fashioning that have arisen in conjunction with Web 2.0, social networking, and the increasing saturation of wireless communication devices in everyday life.
- Creating possible selves: information disclosure behaviour on social networks by Jenny BronsteinThis study investigates the creation of alternative identities or possible selves on social networks by examining self-presentation and self-disclosure as elements of the information disclosure behaviour of Facebook users.
- See you, see me: Teenagers’ self-disclosure and regret of posting on social network site by Wenjing Xiea & Cheeyoun KangbSelf-disclosure is popular on social network site (SNS). However, teenagers’ self-disclosure behavior and their regret of posting, a negative emotional experience, have been seldom studied. This study tries to investigate teenagers’ self-disclosure and regret of posting on SNS.
The Social Net by Call Number: Purdy-Kresge Library HM1017 . S62 2013ISBN: 9780199639540Publication Date: 2013-04-05The Social Net provides a comprehensive understanding of the social aspects of the Internet. It contains chapters on topics such as identity manipulation, online romantic relationships, online decision making, the internet and aggression, and online prejudice and discrimination.
Infostorms by Call Number: WSU Access ID & Password RequiredISBN: 9783319327655Publication Date: 2016-08-29Infostorms provides the nuts and bolts of how irrational group behaviour may get amplified by social media and information technology. If we could be collectively dense before, now we can do it at light speed and with potentially global reach. That's how things go viral, that is how cyberbullying, rude comments online, opinion bubbles, status bubbles, political polarisation and a host of other everyday unpleasantries start.
- Social norms and self-presentation on social network sites: Profile work in action by Suvi Uski, Airi Lampinen“Profile work,” that is strategic self-presentation in social network sites, is configured by both the technical affordances and related social norms. In this article, we address technical and social psychological aspects that underline acts of sharing by analyzing the social in relation to the technical.
- What makes us click “like” on Facebook? Examining psychological, technological, and motivational factors on virtual endorsement by Shu-Yueh Leea, Sara Steffes Hansena, & Jin Kyun Leeb,This study examines motives for virtually endorsing others on social media, focusing on the Facebook “like” function.
Digital Communities
Digital Cultures and the Politics of Emotion by Call Number: WSU Access ID & Password RequiredISBN: 0230391346Publication Date: 2012-03-13Fifteen thought-provoking essays engage in an innovative dialogue between cultural studies of affect, feelings and emotions, and digital cultures, new media and technology.
- Born Digital Folklore and the Vernacular Web: An Interview with Robert Glenn HowardWhat do pet cloning websites, YouTube videos of fans playing AC/DC’s “Gone Shootin'”, and discussions of the end times on UseNet all have in common? Answer: Robert Glenn Howard has studied and written about all of them in his ongoing study of the vernacular web.
- OMG! L2spell online: The creative vocabulary of cyberlanguage s(~_^)--bIncreasing use of the Internet has led to a proliferation of online communication and information sharing media. Interlocutors refashion general English into abbreviated and often pictographic representations of existing concepts.
Folklore and the Internet by Call Number: Purdy-Kresge Library GR 44 .E43 F65 2009ISBN: 9780874217506Publication Date: 2009-09-09A pioneering examination of the folkloric qualities of the World Wide Web, e-mail, and related digital media. These studies show that folk culture, sustained by a new and evolving vernacular, has been a key, since the Internet's beginnings, to language, practice, and interaction online.
Virtual Afterlives: Grieving the Dead in Twenty-First Century by Call Number: WSU Access ID & Password RequiredISBN: 0813145430Publication Date: 2014-05-28For millennia, the rituals of death and remembrance have been fixed by time and location, but in the twenty-first century, grieving has become a virtual phenomenon. Today, the dead live on through social media profiles, memorial websites, and saved voicemails that can be accessed at any time.
- Creating and sharing: teens' information practices in digital communities by Mary Ann HarlanIn a connected world youth are participating in digital content creating communities. This paper introduces a description of teens' information practices in digital content creating and sharing communities.
- From virtual travelers to real friends: Relationship-building insights from an online travel community by Werner Kunz and Sukanya SeshadriThe growing trend of online travel communities connects travelers worldwide. This study addresses whether or not these relationships lead to offline interactions.
Making Is Connecting by Call Number: Purdy-Kresge Library HM 741.G38 2011ISBN: 9780745650029Publication Date: 2011-04-11During the previous century, the production of culture became dominated by professional elite producers. But today, a vast array of people are making and sharing their own ideas, videos and other creative material online, as well as engaging in real-world crafts, art projects and hands-on experiences.
- Knowledge sharing in interest online communities: A comparison of posters and lurkers by Hui-Min Laia and Tsung Teng ChenbFew researchers have investigated the differences between posters and lurkers in terms of knowledge-sharing behavior. The authors propose that the driving factors of posters and lurkers are contextually different, and as such, a distinction between them is needed.
The Effects of Social Media
- Face it, don't Facebook it: Impacts of Social Media Addiction on Mindfulness, Coping Strategies and the Consequence on Emotional Exhaustion by Kanokporn SriwilaiThe aim of the present study is to investigate the impacts that social media addiction has on mindfulness and choice of coping strategy, as well as to explore the consequences on emotional exhaustion.
Are Social Networking Sites Harmful? by Call Number: WSU Access ID & Password RequiredISBN: 9780737771510Publication Date: 2014-10-23Offers a variety of perspectives-eyewitness accounts, governmental views, scientific analysis, newspaper and magazine accounts, and many more-to illuminate the issue. Extensive bibliographies and annotated lists of relevant organizations point to sources for further research.
- Facebook lurking makes you miserable, says study by Sean CoughlanA University of Copenhagen study suggests excessive use of social media can create feelings of envy. It particularly warns about the negative impact of "lurking" on social media without connecting with anyone.
Threat Talk : the Comparative Politics of Internet Addiction by Call Number: WSU Access ID & Password RequiredISBN: 9781409433958Publication Date: 2012-02-28Threat Talk exposes how US and Chinese scientists and policy-makers have understood and responded to the problem of internet addiction in their societies. Mary Manjikian's culturalist approach claims that the internet is neither inherently helpful, nor inherently threatening. Rather, its role and the dangers it poses may be understood differently by different societies.
- Students who use social media score lower in math, reading and science By Liana Heitin"Children who regularly use online social networks, such as Facebook, tend to obtain lower scores in math, reading, and science than students who never or hardly ever use these sites," the study found. "And the more students used social media, the worse their scores tended to be."
- Fighting Online Bullying, One Emoji At A Time by Alina Selyukh"When it comes to anti-bullying campaigns, Kortney Peagram has seen many: Wear this bracelet if you're not a bully, respond to something mean with something nice."
This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things by Call Number: WSU Access ID & Password RequiredISBN: 9780262328999Publication Date: 2015-03-20Internet trolls live to upset as many people as possible, using all the technical and psychological tools at their disposal. In this provocative book, Whitney Phillips argues that trolling, widely condemned as obscene and deviant, actually fits comfortably within the contemporary media landscape.
Cyberbullying by Call Number: WSU Access ID & Password RequiredISBN: 9780737755626Publication Date: 2011-11-11These books provide a range of opinions on a social issue; each volume focuses on a specific issue and offers a variety of perspectives, e.g., eyewitness accounts, governmental views, scientific analysis, newspaper accounts, to illuminate the issue.
Pew Research Center Statistics
Social Media Update 2016
A national survey of 1,520 adults conducted March 7-April 4, 2016, finds that Facebook continues to be America’s most popular social networking platform by a substantial margin: Nearly eight-in-ten online Americans 1 (79%) now use Facebook, more than double the share that uses Twitter (24%), Pinterest (31%), Instagram (32%) or LinkedIn (29%).
The Political Environment on Social Media
Some users enjoy the opportunities for political debate and engagement that social media facilitates, but many more express resignation, frustration over the tone and content of social platforms.
Social Media Conversations About Race
Some researchers and activists credit social media – in particular, Black Twitter – with propelling racially focused issues to greater national attention.
Social Media and the Workplace
New platforms can be tools for connection with colleagues and outside experts, but can also serve as distractions while on the job.
Social Media and the Cost of Caring
For women, awareness about stressful events in others’ lives was also likely to be related to sharing pictures online, use of Pinterest and Twitter. For men, awareness was particularly likely to be related to email, LinkedIn and text messaging on their cellphone.
News & Information in the Digital Age
- Bias in algorithmic filtering and personalization by Engin BozdagOnline information intermediaries such as Facebook and Google are slowly replacing traditional media channels thereby partly becoming the gatekeepers of our society. To deal with the growing amount of information on the social web and the burden it brings on the average user, these gatekeepers recently started to introduce personalization features, algorithms that filter information per individual.
Terms of Service by Call Number: Undergraduate Library Reserves HM 851 .S554 2015ISBN: 9780062282460Publication Date: 2015Jacob Silverman calls for social media users to take back ownership of their digital selves from the Silicon Valley corporations who claim to know what's best for them. Integrating politics, sociology, national security, pop culture, and technology, he reveals the surprising conformity at the heart of Internet culture, explaining how social media companies engineer their products to encourage shallow engagement and discourage dissent.
The Silent Revolution: how digitalization transforms knowledge, work, journalism and politics without making too much noise by Call Number: WSU Access ID & Password RequiredISBN: 9781137373502Publication Date: 2013Critically engaging, illustrative and with numerous examples, The Silent Revolution delivers a philosophically informed introduction to current debates on digital technology and calls for a more active role of humans towards technology.
Social Media and the Value of Truth by Call Number: WSU Access ID & Password RequiredISBN: 9780739174135Publication Date: 2013Current figures estimate there are more than 1 billion social media users worldwide with the ability to connect with people who share similar interests, to present themselves as experts on anything and everything no matter their qualifications, and to contribute the types of factual information formerly limited to professional communication outlets such as news agencies.
- Credibility of information in online communities by M. Nick HajliTwo themes are examined: online social support and credibility of online forums. Findings show accuracy and credibility of online communities – user profiles, ratings of posts and improved monitoring of content by advisors improve perceived credibility and trust in online forums and communities.
- Faux Your Entertainment: Amazon.com Product Reviews as a Locus of Digital Performance by Trevor J. BlankOver the last couple of years, numerous product pages on Amazon.com have been intentionally and collaboratively overrun with humorous fake customer reviews aimed at mocking the items for sale or what they symbolize. This essay examines how and why these commandeered product pages on Amazon proliferate, and analyzes how individuals interact with the digital space in pursuit of meaningful interaction online.
- Tall, Dark, and Loathsome: The Emergence of a Legend Cycle in the Digital Age by Andrew PeckBy sharing, discussing, and commenting on these artifacts using participatory media, users create legendary narratives and audio/visual "evidence" that present researchers with a new kind of digital folk practice. Enabled by the affordances of digital and social networks, this digital legend cycle serves as an example of a new form of digital folklore that combines the generic conventions of oral and visual storytelling with the collaborative potential of networked communication.
Politics & Social Movements
- Did Social Media Ruin Election 2016? by Sam Sanders"I've noticed two distinct ways social media have changed the way we talk to each other about politics. Clearly, they have changed a lot, maybe everything, but two fairly new phenomena stand out. One happens on Facebook all the time. Just about all of your friends are posting about the election, nonstop. And then on Twitter, there's the public shaming of those who dare disagree with or insult you."
- Social bots distort the 2016 U.S. Presidential election online discussion by Alessandro Bessi, Emilio Ferrara"Social media have been extensively praised for increasing democratic discussion on social issues related to policy and politics. However, what happens when this powerful communication tools are exploited to manipulate online discussion, to change the public perception of political entities, or even to try affecting the outcome of political elections?"
- Party differences in political content on social media by Emily VragaThe purpose of this paper is to clarify the relationships between types of political content exposure, especially congruent vs incongruent content, and its effects on political expression and participation. This study pays special attention to whether these relationships differ depending on whether an individual affiliates with the Republican or Democratic party.
Communication in the 2008 U. S. Election by Call Number: Undergraduate Library JA 85.2 .U6 C645 2011ISBN: 9781433109881Publication Date: 2010-11-11This book offers a landmark examination of the 2008 election from a global perspective, with emphasis on the wide range of digital media utilized by the campaigners and how campaign communication influenced young citizens.
Liberation Technology by Call Number: Purdy-Kresge Library JF 799 .L53 2012ISBN: 9781421405674Publication Date: 2012-06-26The revolutions sweeping the Middle East provide dramatic evidence of the role that technology plays in mobilizing citizen protest and upending seemingly invulnerable authoritarian regimes.
Momentum: igniting social change in the connected age by Call Number: Purdy-Kresge Library HM 851 .F55 2006ISBN: 9780787984441Publication Date: 2006A new and empowering way of looking at and organizing social change! How can we move from serving soup until our elbows ache to solving chronic social ills like hunger or homelessness? How can we break the disastrous cycle of low expectations that leads to chronic social failures? The answers to these questions lie within Momentum, a fresh, zestful way of thinking about and organizing social change work.
Tweeting to Power by Call Number: Purdy-Kresge Library JA 85.2 .U6 G35 2014ISBN: 9780199965076Publication Date: 2013-12-30Online social media are changing the face of politics in the United States. Beginning with a strong theoretical foundation grounded in political, communications and psychology literature, Tweeting to Power examines the effect of online social media on how people come to learn, understand andengage in politics.
- Daily Report: The Increasingly Tectonic Force of Social Media by Pui-Wing TamIn his new State of the Art column, Farhad Manjoo argues that social media — now collectively used by billions of people worldwide through services like Facebook, Snapchat, Twitter, WeChat and Weibo — has grown to a point where it is increasingly influencing the course of global events.
Privacy & Ethics
- The Death of Privacy by Alex PrestonGoogle knows what you're looking for. Facebook knows what you like. Sharing is the norm, and secrecy is out. But what is the psychological and cultural fallout from the end of privacy?
The Naked Future by Call Number: Undergraduate Library HM 851 .T83 2014ISBN: 9781591845867Publication Date: 2014In these pages you'll meet scientists and inventors who can predict your behavior based on your friends' Twitter updates. You'll learn how social networks like Facebook are using your data to turn you into an advertisement and why the winning formula for a blockbuster movie is more predictable than ever.
Intimacy at Work by Call Number: WSU Access ID & Password RequiredISBN: 9781629580944Publication Date: 2016According to some social critics, the digital age involves a retreat into the isolation of intelligent machines. Acclaimed scholar Stefana Broadbent takes another view, that digital technologies allow people to bring their private lives into the often alienating world of work.
- Privacy and Social Media by Theodore F. Claypoole"From every angle, social media is anathema to privacy. The very founding concept of paleolithic AOL chatrooms and Usenet newsgroups, and later Facebook, MySpace, and the earliest blogging sites was to provide a forum for people to share with each other [...] Newer sites simply broadened and deepened the sharing – Twitter users share commute times and coffee temperatures, Tumblers share memes galore, and Instagramites share a wealth of doctored photographs."
The crisis of presence in contemporary culture : ethics, privacy and speech in mediated social life by Call Number: WSU Access ID & Password RequiredISBN: 9781473910652Publication Date: 2016Focusing on the concept of presence, and the challenges that our changing presence poses to our ethics, privacy and public discourse, Miller illustrates how ubiquitous communication technologies have created a disjuncture between how we think we exist in the world and how we actually do exist through our use of such devices.
Internet and Surveillance by Call Number: Purdy-Kresge Library HM 851 .I5696 2012ISBN: 9780415891608Publication Date: 2011-09-23In a world of global economic competition, economic crisis, & fear of terrorism after 9/11, both corporations & state actors have a growing interest in accessing personal data. Contributors explore the changing online landscape, addressing topics such as commercial data collection, self-disclosure in the social web & surveillance of file-sharers.
Against the Hypothesis of the End of Privacy by Call Number: WSU Access ID & Password RequiredISBN: 3319024566Publication Date: 2013-11-21Several prominent public voices have advanced the hypothesis that networked communications erode the value of privacy in favor of a transparent connected existence. Especially younger generations are often described as prone to live "open digital lives". This hypothesis has raised considerable controversy, polarizing the reaction of its critics as well as of its partisans. But how likely is the "end of privacy"?
