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Journal of Asian Social Science Research, 2022 This article attempts to intervene the current trend in social media research that, to a certain degree, reflects the centrality of technology. Beyond the broad trend of technocentrism, I identify and outline four other major oversights or challenges in
Merlyna Lim
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It's online, it's news: appropriation of viral narratives by the digital press [PDF]
, 2019 At the crossway between information and entertainment, memes and newsgames are some of the news formats which, made viral in social networks, complement the informational experience and compete with the traditional news media in constructing alternative ...
Aguaded, Ignacio +3 more
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Social media censorship in times of political unrest: a social simulation experiment with the UK riots [PDF]
, 2012 Following the 2011 wave of political unrest, extending from the Arab Spring to the UK riots, the formation of a large consensus around Internet censorship is underway.
Casilli, Antonio A., Tubaro, Paola
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Shouting into the Void: A Database of the Alternative Social Media Platform Gab
International Conference on Web and Social Media, 2019 As social media platforms have increased their role as content moderators, alternative social media platforms have emerged with fewer rules and policies on moderating content.
Gabriel Fair, Ryan Wesslen
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Who Uses Right-Wing Alternative Online Media? An Exploration of Audience Characteristics
Politics and Governance, 2020 Accompanying the success of the radical right and right-wing populist movements, right-wing alternative online media have recently gained prominence and, to some extent, influence on public discourse and elections. The existing scholarship so far focuses
Heidi Schulze
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Studies in Communication, Media, 2023 Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, conspiracy beliefs about the virus spread quickly. Using an online-representative survey in Germany, this study examines the relationship between such conspiracy beliefs and media use with special regard to alternative ...
Natascha Hetzel +3 more
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Intersectional Technopolitics in Social Movement and Media Activism
International Journal of Communication, 2021 Emerging global social movement and media activist practices are integrating intersectional politics into technologically facilitated activism. Based on a multiyear empirical study, this article proposes a preliminary theoretical framework that maps 5 ...
Sandra Jeppesen
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Frontiers in Sociology, 2023 The phenomenon of deplatforming intended as the removal of social media accounts because of breaking rules on mainstream platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Instagram recently increased due to new terms and conditions of use of digital ...
Suania Acampa +2 more
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Updating the Social Network: How Outdated and Unclear State Legislation Violates Sex Offenders’ First Amendment Rights [PDF]
, 2017 Readily available on computers, phones, tablets, or television, social media has become a necessary platform of expression for many. But, for others, social media is an inaccessible tool whose very use has criminal repercussions.
Tolon, Elizabeth
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Agriculture and Human Values, 2020 Trust is often an assumed outcome of participation in Alternative Food Networks (AFNs) as they directly connect producers with consumers. It is based on this potential for trust “between producers and consumers” that AFNs have emerged as a significant ...
Leigh Martindale
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