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CFP: Platform Surveillance (Special Responsive Issue of S&S)
by Monahan, Torin 01 Oct '18

01 Oct '18

Call for Contributions: Platform Surveillance A special responsive issue of Surveillance & Society http://www.surveillance-and-society.org<http://www.surveillance-and-society.org/> edited by David Murakami Wood and Torin Monahan https://ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/surveillance-and-society/announcem… Responsive issues are a new initiative by Surveillance & Society to deal with urgent current global priorities and transformations. They present a larger number and range of contributions than for a typical issue but each contribution is typically much shorter (around 2500 words), more current and polemical, and written to a tighter deadline. The idea is that the issue will serve as a concise guide to a particular debate or development. Our first responsive issue was on ‘Surveillance and the Global Turn to Authoritarianism’,https://ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/surveillance-and-society/issue/view/authority. This issue of Surveillance & Society calls for short contributions from scholars analyzing the surveillance dimensions and politics of large-scale digital platforms. Recently, the profound influence digital platforms has been thrust—once again—into the public imaginary with controversies surrounding issues as diverse as Facebook’s data-sharing practices, censorship on Chinese social media, and cities’ profligate courtship of Amazon’s second headquarters, but surveillance-driven digital platforms possess the capacity to remake social, economic, political and cultural life in multiple arenas, typically without significant public awareness or debate. This responsive issue will feature papers that grapple with different dimensions or types of platform surveillance. Contributions can focus on: * specific platforms (e.g., Facebook, Twitch, Uber, Airbnb, etc.) * domains (e.g., policing, transportation, education, etc.) * concepts and technologies (internet of things, smart cities, blockchain, the cloud etc.) * practices (e.g., cultural production, consumption, appropriation etc.), or * politics (ideologies, democracy, cooperativism, utopianism, etc.) However, the emphasis should be on the surveillance functions and ramifications of digital platforms. We are especially interested in submissions that acknowledge the social, political and economic importance of platforms and do not fall back on simple technological determinist arguments (whether for or against). Submissions will be considered in a two-stage review process. 1. In the first instance, we invite brief proposals in the following format: * Name(s) * Affiliation(s) * Contact e-mail * Platform or Theme to be covered * Brief abstract (150 words) The deadline for proposals is October 24th 2018 to: dmw(a)queensu.ca <mailto:dmw@queensu.ca> <mailto:dmw@queensu.ca>The editors will then generally select one proposal per platform or theme (there may be exceptions for proposals which cover different aspects of a specific platform) and get back to the chosen authors by October 31st 2018. At this stage we may ask authors to adjust, narrow or expand their focus a little depending on other proposals. 2. Selected contributors should deliver papers of around 2500 (to a maximum of 4000) words by November 30th 2018. These should be uploaded to the website as any normal submission. See here: http://ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/surveillance-and-society/informatio… Papers will be mutually reviewed by another author in the same issue, so authors will be expected to review one other paper from the issue. This process will be complete by January 14th 2019. Any revisions will be expected by February 7th 2019. Issue publication: February 2019 https://ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/surveillance-and-society/announcem… Torin Monahan, Ph.D. Professor Director of Graduate Studies Department of Communication The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill www.torinmonahan.com<http://www.torinmonahan.com/> Co-Director, Surveillance Studies Network<http://www.surveillance-studies.net/> Editor-in-Chief, Surveillance & Society<http://www.surveillance-and-society.org/> Recent Publications: Monahan, T. 2018. Ways of Being Seen: Surveillance Art and the Interpellation of Viewing Subjects<http://publicsurveillance.com/papers/Monahan_Ways-of-being-seen.pdf>. Cultural Studies 32(4): 560-581. Monahan, T. 2018. Algorithmic Fetishism<http://publicsurveillance.com/papers/Algorithmic_fetishism.pdf>. Surveillance & Society 16(1): 1-5.

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MA Data, Culture and Society, University of Westminster (London) open evening 05/11
by Jacob Johanssen 30 Sep '18

30 Sep '18

Dear colleagues, I would be grateful if you could forward this to amy interested students *New MA course launching September 2019* *MA Data, Culture and Society* (University of Westminster) Information evening Monday, 5 November 5pm-6.30pm Room: C2.14, Cavendish Campus <https://www.westminster.ac.uk/about-us/our-locations/maps-and-directions/ca…> We live in an age where almost everything of what we do is connected to data. Big data and datafication pose great opportunities but also risks for contemporary societies. This new MA course addresses, explores and creatively utilises this transformation. We place an emphasis on current and future technologies and practices such as algorithms, artificial intelligence, big data, blockchain, data analytics and data mining, the Internet of Things, and others. This multidisciplinary course is the first of its kind in the UK in bringing together media / communication studies and computer science. It combines hands-on and applied approaches with theoretical learning and critical analysis. It will encourage collaboration, creative practice, group work and problem-based learning, with students applying tools and technologies to their own data challenges and projects, including from their existing professional or cultural, political, social and economic environments. More information and free registration here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/information-evening-ma-data-culture-and-soci… The Course Leader Jacob Johanssen can be contacted via j.johanssen(a)westminster.ac.uk

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Newsletter about Brazilian Journalism
by Moreno Cruz Osório 30 Sep '18

30 Sep '18

Hey folks! Colleagues may be interested in a new newsletter about Brazilian journalism. Brazilian Journalism Digest (BJD) is a weekly bulletin written in English and based on curation about what's happening in Brazilian journalism. Every Friday, BJD will offer a selection of links related to Brazilian journalistic ecosystem and a small review of one academic paper published on a Brazilian journal recently. The first two editions can be found here <https://mailchi.mp/b5b21e233c66/brazilian-media-digest-01-journalism-moveme…> and here <https://mailchi.mp/afa10b640b1d/brazilian-journalism-digest-02-brazilian-fa…>. Subscribe here <https://faroljornalismo.us8.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=101ab0aea503daeb89f…>. BJD is a English version of Newsletter Farol Jornalismo <https://faroljornalismo.us8.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=101ab0aea503daeb89f…> (NFJ), a weekly bulletin sent since 2014 and written in Portuguese about what's happening in Journalism all over the world. -- *Moreno Cruz Osório* Jornalista. Porto Alegre. Cel +55 (51) 9171 1183 - <http://faroljornalismo.cc/blog/>

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Recommendations on histories of 3 web communities
by Simon Murdoch 30 Sep '18

30 Sep '18

Hi all, Long time subscriber, first-time emailer. I consistently find this list is useful for my work in many unexpected ways, thank you all for this. I am a researcher at HOPE not hate<http://hopenothate.com>, Britain's largest anti-racism and anti-fascism organisation. As part of my work, I am currently researching the histories of three web communities with important ties to the alt-right. If anyone has any recommended reading on any of these three, it would be much appreciated. They are the 'manosphere', the 'reactosphere' or NRx community, and the broader online 'chan culture' associated with 4chan but which has a very broad and preexising scope. Any studies mapping constituent blogs/boards within these communities and their interactions over time would be especially helpful. Thanks again, Simon

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#SMSociety CFP: 2019 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE on SOCIAL MEDIA & SOCIETY (Toronto, July 19-21, 2019)
by agruzd＠gmail.com 29 Sep '18

29 Sep '18

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND SOCIETY Toronto, Canada (JULY 19-21, 2019) THEME: Rethinking Privacy and Trust in the Social Media Age IMPORTANT DATES Full papers (6-10 pages) Due: Jan. 28, 2019 WIP papers (1000-word extended abstract) Due: Jan. 28, 2019 Panels, Workshops, & Posters Due: Mar. 18, 2019 PUBLISHING OPPORTUNITIES Full papers presented at the Conference will be published in the conference proceedings by ACM International Conference Proceeding Series (ICPS) and will be available in the ACM Digital Library. All conference presenters will be invited to submit their work as a full paper to the special issue of the Social Media + Society journal (published by SAGE). SUBMISSION DETAILS: http://socialmediaandsociety.org/submit/ ABOUT THE CONFERENCE The <http://socialmediaandsociety.org/> International Conference on Social Media & Society (#SMSociety <http://socialmediaandsociety.org/> ) is an annual gathering of leading social media researchers from around the world. Now, in its 10th year, the 2019 conference is being held in Toronto, Canada from July 19 to 21. From its inception, the conference has focused on the best practices for studying the impact and implications of social media on society. Organized by the Social Media Lab <http://socialmedialab.ca/> at Ted Rogers School of Management <https://www.ryerson.ca/tedrogersschool/> at Ryerson University <https://www.ryerson.ca/> , the conference provides participants with opportunities to exchange ideas, present original research, learn about recent and ongoing studies, and network with peers. The conference's intensive three-day program features hands-on workshops, full papers, work-in-progress papers, panels, and posters. The wide-ranging topics in social media showcase research from scholars working in many fields including Management, Communication, Computer Science, Education, Journalism, Information Science, Political Science, and Sociology. CONFERENCE THEME: Rethinking Privacy and Trust in the Social Media Age Can we trust what we hear and see on social media? For a time, social media was viewed as a net positive for society. In their 2013 book, The New Digital Age, Google's Jared Cohen and Eric Schmidt wrote:"Never before have so many people been connected through an instantly responsive network." In 2015, Mark Zuckerberg, the co-founder and CEO of Facebook, wrote a glowing endorsement of the internet and social media calling it "a force for peace in the world." He argued that connecting people through social media would help to bring about a "shared understanding" of the human condition and build a "common global community." Fast forward to 2018, social media is now embroiled in a series of ongoing public scandals involving data abuse and misuse-with the most infamous scandal involving the UK data analytics firm Cambridge Analytica. More troubling is fact that social media has emerged as fertile ground for fostering anti-social behaviour and is an important vector for disinformation, misinformation, and manipulation operations. These realities have further raised users' privacy concerns and challenged public trust in social media, which has resulted in a revitalized call for new legislation and regulation. Considering this context, the <http://socialmediaandsociety.org/> International Conference on Social Media & Society invites scholarly and original submissions that explore key questions and central issues related (but not limited) to the 2019 theme of "Rethinking Privacy and Trust in the Social Media Age." We welcome research from a wide range of methodological perspectives employing established quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods as well as innovative approaches that cross interdisciplinary boundaries and expands our understanding of the current and future trends in social media research, especially research that seeks to explore: * What does 'privacy' and 'trust' mean in the social media age? * How can researchers study and operationalize these constructs? * What is the relationship between users' trust in social media platforms, their privacy concerns, and their social media adoption and use? * What are privacy protective technologies that can help to rebuild users' trust in social media? * Can and how AI-based applications help to rebuild trust in social media and improve the credibility of social media content? * How does social media manipulation affect political trust and tolerance? * How is social media being used to help build and strengthen trust in political, economic, social and cultural realms of society? * What roles do alternative social networking services-such as Diaspora, Mastodon, and Gab.ai-play in the current social media environment where hashtag campaigns-such as #DeleteFacebook, #MAGA and #MeToo-have become prevalent? * What theoretical and methodological tools can researchers rely on for ethical and privacy-protective collection, analysis, and sharing of social media datasets? * What are the consequences of data regulations such as GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) on the industry and users? Are these regulations effective? * What are emerging successful user engagement models for governments, journalists, financial institutions, marketers, and others in today's social media landscape? * What is the future of social media research without APIs? * How can we measure authentic (or organic) user engagement while properly accounting for bot-driven (or paid) interactions? * How does algorithmic architecture influence how we discover and interact with others? * What is the role of algorithms played in creating divisive culture in social media? * What are the ethical concerns of algorithms (inclusion, accessibility, discrimination, bots) and how to mitigate them? TOPICS OF INTEREST Social Media Impact on Society * Privacy * Trust & credibility * Political mobilization & engagement * Extremism & terrorism * Politics of hate and oppression * Health and well-being Social Media & Business * Brand communities * Influencer & marketing * Public & customer relations * Cybervetting and HR * Risk management Social Media & Public Sector * Government social media management * Adoption, use, strategies and policies * Trust towards public agencies * Citizens' engagement * Citizens' privacy & security concerns Social Media & Academia * Alternative metrics * Learning analytics * Teaching with social media * University branding Online/Offline Communities * Online community detection * Influential user detection * Identity and anonymity * Case studies Social Media & Mobile * Appification of society * Privacy & security issues in a mobile world * Encrypted messaging apps * Fake news & misinformation Theories & Methods * Qualitative approaches * Quantitative approaches * Mixed methods * Opinion mining & sentiment analysis * Social network analysis * Theoretical models Big & Small Data * Value of small data * Data mining and analytics * Sampling issues * Visualization * Scalability issues ORGANIZING COMMITTEE * Anatoliy Gruzd, Ryerson University, Canada - Conference Chair * Priya Kumar, Ryerson University, Canada - Conference Chair * Philip Mai, Ryerson University, Canada - Conference Chair * Jenna Jacobson, Ryerson University, Canada - Full Paper Chair * Raquel Recuero, Universidade Federal de Pelotas (UFPel), Brazil - Full Paper Chair * Hazel Kwon, Arizona State University, USA - WIP Chair * Jeff Hemsley, Syracuse University, USA - WIP Chair * Anabel Quan-Haase, Western University, Canada - Panel Chair * Luke Sloan, Cardiff University, UK - Panel Chair * Jaigris Hodson, Royal Roads University, Canada - Poster Chair ADVISORY BOARD * Susan Halford, University of Southampton, UK * Caroline Haythornthwaite, Syracuse University, USA * Zizi Papacharissi, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA * Barry Wellman, INSNA Founder, The NetLab Network, Canada

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ethnographies of UX testing?
by Anna Paukova 29 Sep '18

29 Sep '18

Hello, I am looking for some interesting samples of ethnographic research on usability testing industry (agencies, practices, standards etc). Any information will be welcome. Thanks in advance, Paukova Anna Higher School of Economics Moscow

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Two Tenure-Track Positions: Critical Media and Communication Studies, McMaster University, Canada
by Sara Bannerman 29 Sep '18

29 Sep '18

Assistant Professor, Critical Media and Communication Studies (2 appointments) Department of Communication Studies and Multimedia Faculty of Humanities McMaster University The Department of Communication Studies and Multimedia at McMaster University invites applications from qualified candidates for two tenure-track appointments in Critical Media and Communication Studies to commence July 1, 2019, at the rank of Assistant Professor. We are seeking applicants whose primary area of research is in Critical Race, Ethnicity, and/or Indigenous Studies in close intersection with one or some of the following areas: Queer/Trans Theory, Critical Disability Studies, Social/Environmental Justice, Post/Anti-colonial and/or Transnational Studies, Critical Data and Internet Studies, and/or Critical Media Studies. The successful candidates will have a completed PhD in Communication Studies (or cognate area). Candidates’ application materials should demonstrate a record of research success and potential to become a leading scholar in their field and to attract research funding. Previous experience teaching at the university level in Communication Studies is preferred. Teaching responsibilities will include undergraduate courses in Communication Studies and graduate courses and supervision in our MA program in Communication & New Media and our new PhD program in Communication, New Media & Cultural Studies. Applicants should identify undergraduate courses they are qualified to teach in our Communication Studies program. Housed in the Faculty of Humanities, the Department of Communication Studies and Multimedia is home to two BA Honours programs; the MA program in Communication and New Media; the McMaster-Syracuse Master of Communications Management program; and, jointly with the Department of English and Cultural Studies, the PhD program in Communication, New Media & Cultural Studies. The successful applicants will join a vibrant intellectual community at McMaster, an internationally ranked and comprehensive university committed to inclusion, collaboration, community engagement, and anti-oppressive practices. Communication Studies and Multimedia faculty boast dynamic research profiles spanning a wide range of fields, including digital and media studies; intellectual property; critical race, gender and queer studies; sound studies; popular music studies; international communication; political economy; environmental humanities; audience studies; experimental video; virtual worlds; digital game studies; live coding; physical computing; human computer interaction; and professional communication. CSMM also hosts the Centre for Networked Media and Performance, the Networked Imagination Laboratory, Pulse Lab, the Communications Governance Observatory, and the MacGRID Simulation Research Forum. As well, there are opportunities to engage with the numerous McMaster research and study centres including: the Indigenous Research Institute, the Gender Studies and Feminist Research Program, MacData, the Sherman Centre for Digital Scholarship, the Institute on Globalization and the Human Condition, the McMaster Centre for Scholarship in the Public Interest, and the McMaster Institute for Research on Aging (MIRA). All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply; however, Canadian citizens and permanent residents will be given priority. Hiring Manager: Dr. Andrew Mactavish Chair, Department of Communication Studies & Multimedia McMaster University, Faculty of Humanities, Togo Salmon Hall 330 1280 Main Street West Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8S 4M2 How To Apply Application package should include: a cover letter (addressing research, teaching and administrative experience), curriculum vitae, writing sample of no more than 20 pages, and the names and contact information of three referees whom the department may contact. Applicants are asked to describe, within their letter of application, their commitment to and demonstrated experience in research and teaching, and in advancing equity, diversity and inclusion in university or community settings. At a later stage in the selection process, additional documentation may be requested. Materials sent from applicants must be submitted through the University’s electronic portal at www.workingatmcmaster.ca/careers/(Job ID 22607). Queries should be addressed to Dr. Andrew Mactavish, Chair, Department of Communication Studies and Multimedia at cmstdir(a)mcmaster.ca. Applications received by November 15, 2018 will be assured of full consideration; however, applications will continue to be considered until the position is filled. For information about the Department of Communication Studies and Multimedia, see http://csmm.humanities.mcmaster.ca/. Employment Equity Statement In keeping with its Statement on Building an Inclusive Community with a Shared Purpose, McMaster University strives to embody the values of respect, collaboration and diversity, and has a strong commitment to employment equity. The diversity of our workforce is at the core of our innovation and creativity and strengthens our research and teaching excellence. The University seeks qualified candidates who share our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion. While all qualified candidates are invited to apply, we particularly welcome applications from women, persons with disabilities, First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples, members of visible minorities, and LGBTQ+ persons. Job applicants requiring accommodation to participate in the hiring process should contact the Human Resources Service Centre at 905-525-9140 ext. 222-HR (22247) to communicate accommodation needs. To comply with the Government of Canada’s reporting requirements, the University is obliged to gather information about applicants’ status as either Permanent Residents of Canada or Canadian citizens. Applicants need not identify their country of origin or current citizenship; however, all applications must include one of the following statements: Yes, I am a citizen or permanent resident of Canada No, I am not a citizen or permanent resident of Canada ============================================ Dr. Andrew Mactavish, Associate Professor, Multimedia Chair, Communication Studies and Multimedia McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada +1-905-525-9140 ext 23349 andrew.mactavish [at] mcmaster.ca ============================================

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Cornell Dept of Information Science - Tenure/Tenure Track Faculty Positions - Ithaca & NYC
by Julie A. Pagliaro 28 Sep '18

28 Sep '18

The Cornell University Department of Information Science invites applications for Tenure/Tenure track Faculty positions at Cornell's Ithaca campus and Cornell Tech - NYC. The job postings can be found here: Tenure/Tenure Track Faculty - Ithaca, NY https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/11886 Tenure/Tenure Track Faculty - NYC https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/11986 Evaluation of applicants will begin November 1, 2018 and continue until the position is filled.

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Communication Studies CFPs: Communicating Artificial Intelligence (AI): Theory, Research, and Practice
by Seungahn Nah 28 Sep '18

28 Sep '18

Dear Colleagues: I am delighted to share this call for papers and look forward to your submissions. http://explore.tandfonline.com/cfp/ah/rcst-cfp-si-communication-artificial-… All the best, SEUNGAHN ********************************************* *SEUNGAHN NAH, Ph.D.* Professor School of Journalism & Communication University of Oregon journalism.uoregon.edu snah(a)uoregon.edu || 541-346-2101 (office) ********************************************* <seungahn.nah(a)uky.edu>

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Re: [Air-L] Facebook's class divide - implications
by Jessika Tremblay 28 Sep '18

28 Sep '18

Daniel Miller wrote about this a few years ago as well (see link below), though it was less about class than it was about generational shifts. Teens in Europe were migrating from Facebook to a variety of social media platforms like what's app and Line to avoid their parents' presence (and also lack of prestige, as others on here have mentioned). https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/dec/27/facebook-dead-and-buried… best, Jessika Tremblay On Fri, Sep 28, 2018 at 3:09 AM <air-l-request(a)listserv.aoir.org> wrote: > Send Air-L mailing list submissions to > air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > air-l-request(a)listserv.aoir.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > air-l-owner(a)listserv.aoir.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Air-L digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: [EXT] Facebook's class divide - implications (Bell, Valarie) > 2. CFP: Studying Incidental News: Antecedents, Dynamics and > Implications (Hermida, Alfred) > 3. Re: Facebook's class divide - implications (Dimitris Gouscos) > 4. Re: Facebook's class divide - implications (Barett T. Christensen) > 5. Re: Facebook's class divide - implications (Chris Julien) > 6. RES: Facebook's class divide - implications (Ricardo Rohm) > 7. Re: Facebook's class divide - implications (Jannie M?ller Hartley) > 8. Re: Facebook's class divide - implications (Jenny Davis) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2018 20:35:29 +0000 > From: "Bell, Valarie" <Valarie.Bell(a)unt.edu> > To: David Brake <davidbrake(a)gmail.com>, AoIR mailing list > <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> > Subject: Re: [Air-L] [EXT] Facebook's class divide - implications > Message-ID: > < > SN1PR0101MB1566A0F7D1835F9C2EA5537D82140(a)SN1PR0101MB1566.prod.exchangelabs.com > > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" > > Hi David: as a matter of fact, I?m close to finishing a FB study largely > dealing with class issues. Please contact me at Valarie.Bell(a)unt.edu for > more details. > > Thanks, > > Dr. Valarie J. Bell > Computational Social Scientist, > Digital Communication Analytics, > Mayborn School of Journalism, > University of North Texas > Valarie.Bell(a)unt.edu > > Get Outlook for iOS<https://aka.ms/o0ukef> > ________________________________ > From: Air-L <air-l-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org> on behalf of David Brake < > davidbrake(a)gmail.com> > Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2018 3:03:04 PM > To: AoIR mailing list > Subject: [EXT] [Air-L] Facebook's class divide - implications > > Dear all, > > I am writing a piece for The Conversation about the social implications of > the recent sharp decline in the use of Facebook in the US by wealthier > teens > https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fqz.com%2F1…, > speculating on the social implications of this shift. I made some > conjectures about this but the editors wanted some empirical backup for > these if possible, so here are some of the issues I raise - I would be > interested if anyone could suggest good references that relate to any of > them! > > * Do we have any idea why wealthy American teens are leaving Facebook? It > surprised me since it was wealthier MySpace users who migrated to Facebook > in the first place. > * Do we have evidence that widespread Facebook use may have helped > facilitate inter-cultural or inter-class communication/understanding? I > speculate it might because even if FB tends to show you strong tie > information, you might still get glimpses of the lives and concerns of > people you knew whose lives have taken different paths. If the wealthy > leave FB they might lose some of that information and empathy? > > My second half is about the shift from a textual to a visual ?culture? > which a move away from FB towards Instagram and Snapchat might represent. > > * Do we have any quantitative evidence for this shift (eg shortening > length of text used in online communication?) > * Do we know anything about whether richer/more well-educated people are > more effective at getting their message across using social media video and > images than poorer? I would argue yes because they have the time and > resources to learn and employ editing techniques and use better hardware > and software to do so while poorer people might tend just to put out ?raw? > video. Visible minorities also may find their message sidelined because of > their visible lower ?status?. Whereas text is meant to be more of a status > leveller than f2f (though of course we know this is not entirely true). > > Pardon the rant. If there is no good scholarship on some of these points, > I will be making the point that more scholarship is needed which may help > some of you to get grants ;-) > > Regards, > > David > > -- > Dr David Brake, Researcher and Educator > https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fdavidbrake.…, > @drbrake > Author of "Sharing Our Lives Online: Risks and Exposure in Social Media? > https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebo… > < > https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebo… > > > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers > https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Faoir.org&am… > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Flistserv.ao… > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > > https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aoir.or… > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2018 20:40:08 +0000 > From: "Hermida, Alfred" <Alfred.Hermida(a)ubc.ca> > To: "air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org" <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> > Subject: [Air-L] CFP: Studying Incidental News: Antecedents, Dynamics > and Implications > Message-ID: <F69A02F6-67B7-4756-B4F8-97F75B79A609(a)ubc.ca> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Please share widely with colleagues. Thank you, Alfred > CALL FOR PAPERS: A themed issue of Journalism: Theory, Practice, Criticism > Studying Incidental News: Antecedents, Dynamics and Implications > Co-editors: Neta Kligler-Vilenchik, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, > Israel; Alfred Hermida, University of British Columbia, Canada; Sebastia?n > Valenzuela, Pontificia Universidad Cato?lica de Chile, Chile; Mikko Villi, > University of Jyva?skyla?, Finland > Theme rationale and scope > The term 'Incidental News' refers to the ways in which people encounter > information about current events through digital media when they were not > actively seeking the news. The past few years have seen a significant > increase in incidental news consumption on digital platforms and social > media, accompanied by heightened scholarly attention to the phenomenon. The > aim of this issue is to contribute to and develop research on this > phenomenon, and its implications on areas such as media consumption habits, > journalistic practices, and democratic participation. Research in mass > communication and political communication has examined issues related to > incidental news consumption since the pioneering work of Downs (1957). > Since then, and in particular in relation to the rise of social media, > there has been growing interest among scholars related to understanding the > causes, dynamics, and consequences of consuming news in an incidental > fashion online. > The editors invite contributions related to the topic of incidental news, > including both rigorous empirical articles (using quantitative, > qualitative, computational and/or mixed methods) as well as theoretical > articles with conceptualizations and synthesis of relevant literature. > Articles should clearly define and delineate their use of the concept > incidental news and/or its relation to other concepts used. We are > interested in contributions that examine the topic through different > methodologies, perspectives (e.g. audiences, texts, media platforms) and > contexts. > Possible areas of interest include but are not limited to: > - Causes and Dynamics of incidental news consumption > - Incidental news consumption across different media channels, platforms > and devices > - Incidental news consumption and journalistic practices > - Effects of incidental news consumption > - Conceptual elaboration, historical comparison > Instructions for contributors and tentative timeline > We invite contributors to send a 750 word abstract and an abbreviated > author(s) bio describing previous and current research relating to the > special issue theme. Please submit proposals to Neta Kligler-Vilenchik at > neta.kv(a)mail.huji.ac.il<mailto:neta.kv@mail.huji.ac.il> by November 30, > 2018. The abstract should address the relevance of the proposed article to > the special issue theme, detail its methodology and the current status of > the research. The editors will then notify authors whether they will be > invited to contribute a full article by December 30, 2018. Articles should > be submitted by April 30, 2019. Note that all invited articles will still > go through full and anonymous peer review, and that being invited to submit > a full article is no guarantee of final publication in the themed issue. > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2018 23:37:36 +0300 > From: Dimitris Gouscos <gouscos(a)media.uoa.gr> > To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org > Subject: Re: [Air-L] Facebook's class divide - implications > Message-ID: <b2602cb4-9f32-31d6-160d-12604792b6b7(a)media.uoa.gr> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed > > dear David, > > I am watching this list for very nice issues and ideas that come along, > and just saw your post > > without having readily at hand the references to back up my view, I > recall it was George Bernard Shaw that had been arguing in his essays > (maybe in What socialism is (Fabian tract 13), cf. > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_works_by_George_Bernard_Shaw#Politica…) > > that sun tanning became fashionable as an outspring of the industrial > revolution, just in the same way thatin earlier timespale skin had > become a sign of nobleness and beauty in outdoors-work based economies > > the point I'm trying to make, in fact, is that the answer to your > question may exist in what you already mention yourself, that wealthier > (teen) users will at some point be looking at migrating away from a > network which has now lost (in their own perception of their own > society) its elite/status-symbol character ... > > do you think this could be so? Just a thought ... > > regards, > > Dimitris > > > --- > > Dr. Dimitris Gouscos > > media.uoa.gr/~gouscos <http://www.media.uoa.gr/%7Egouscos> > > Assistant Professor, Department of Communication and Media Studies, > National and Kapodistrian University of Athens | media.uoa.gr > <http://www.media.uoa.gr/> > > Faculty member, MSc Digital Communication Media and Interaction > Environments | masters.ntlab.gr <https://masters.ntlab.gr/> > > Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Electronic Governance | > inderscience.com/ijeg <http://www.inderscience.com/ijeg> > > postal address Sofokleous 1 & Aristidou str. GR-10559 Athens, Greece > > tel. ++30 210 3689421, ++30 6984 334993 (please prefer texting if possible) > > email gouscos(a)media.uoa.gr | skype dimitris.gouscos (please send me an > email first) > > > === > > ???? 27/9/2018 11:03 ??, ? David Brake ??????: > > Dear all, > > > > I am writing a piece for The Conversation about the social implications > of the recent sharp decline in the use of Facebook in the US by wealthier > teens > https://qz.com/1355827/do-teens-use-facebook-it-depends-on-their-familys-in…, > speculating on the social implications of this shift. I made some > conjectures about this but the editors wanted some empirical backup for > these if possible, so here are some of the issues I raise - I would be > interested if anyone could suggest good references that relate to any of > them! > > > > * Do we have any idea why wealthy American teens are leaving Facebook? > It surprised me since it was wealthier MySpace users who migrated to > Facebook in the first place. > > * Do we have evidence that widespread Facebook use may have helped > facilitate inter-cultural or inter-class communication/understanding? I > speculate it might because even if FB tends to show you strong tie > information, you might still get glimpses of the lives and concerns of > people you knew whose lives have taken different paths. If the wealthy > leave FB they might lose some of that information and empathy? > > > > My second half is about the shift from a textual to a visual ?culture? > which a move away from FB towards Instagram and Snapchat might represent. > > > > * Do we have any quantitative evidence for this shift (eg shortening > length of text used in online communication?) > > * Do we know anything about whether richer/more well-educated people are > more effective at getting their message across using social media video and > images than poorer? I would argue yes because they have the time and > resources to learn and employ editing techniques and use better hardware > and software to do so while poorer people might tend just to put out ?raw? > video. Visible minorities also may find their message sidelined because of > their visible lower ?status?. Whereas text is meant to be more of a status > leveller than f2f (though of course we know this is not entirely true). > > > > Pardon the rant. If there is no good scholarship on some of these > points, I will be making the point that more scholarship is needed which > may help some of you to get grants ;-) > > > > Regards, > > > > David > > > > -- > > Dr David Brake, Researcher and Educator http://davidbrake.org/, @drbrake > > Author of "Sharing Our Lives Online: Risks and Exposure in Social Media? > https://www.facebook.com/sharingourlivesonline < > https://www.facebook.com/sharingourlivesonline> > > _______________________________________________ > > The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list > > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > > http://www.aoir.org/ > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2018 20:42:47 +0000 > From: "Barett T. Christensen" <bchristensen(a)bwf.com> > To: David Brake <davidbrake(a)gmail.com>, AoIR mailing list > <Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org> > Subject: Re: [Air-L] Facebook's class divide - implications > Message-ID: <2a0ecdbdd9fc4cd8bbbe29f1bb7de618(a)EX01.BWF.loc> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > This is not formal research nor is it a response to trends, but it may be > interesting. Using the Ads Manager, here is the current number of teens > (13-18) on Facebook and Instagram and their distributions by zip code > values. You will see that 65% of teens on Facebook live in the bottom half > of zip codes in the United States, while 37% of teens live in the top half > of zip codes. You will also see that 67% of teens on Instagram live in the > bottom half of zip code values in the United States, while 33% of teens > live in the top half of zip codes. > > Facebook currently has a wealthier teen audience by count and percentage > of total teens. > > 1. There are approximately 8.8 million teens on Facebook. > a. 320K (or 4%) live in the top 5% of wealthy zip codes. > b. 660K (or 8%) live in the top 6-10% of wealthy zip codes. > c. 920K (or 11%) live in the top 11-25% of wealthy zip codes. > d. 1.2M (or 14%) live in the top 26-50% of wealthy zip codes. > e. That leaves 5.7 million teens (or 65%) on Facebook living in > the bottom half of zip codes in the United States. > > 2. There are approximately 7 million teens on Instagram. > a. 250K (or 4%) live in the top 5% of wealthy zip codes. > b. 520K (or 7%) live in the top 6-10% of wealthy zip codes. > c. 680K (or 10%) live in the top 11-25% of wealthy zip codes. > d. 840K (or 12%) live in the top 26-50% of wealthy zip codes. > e. That leaves 2.3 million teens (or 67%) on Instagram living in > the bottom half of zip codes in the United States. > > > Barett > Director, Marketing and Digital Services > Bentz Whaley Flessner > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Air-L <air-l-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org> On Behalf Of David Brake > Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2018 3:03 PM > To: AoIR mailing list <Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org> > Subject: [Air-L] Facebook's class divide - implications > > Dear all, > > I am writing a piece for The Conversation about the social implications of > the recent sharp decline in the use of Facebook in the US by wealthier > teens > https://qz.com/1355827/do-teens-use-facebook-it-depends-on-their-familys-in…, > speculating on the social implications of this shift. I made some > conjectures about this but the editors wanted some empirical backup for > these if possible, so here are some of the issues I raise - I would be > interested if anyone could suggest good references that relate to any of > them! > > * Do we have any idea why wealthy American teens are leaving Facebook? It > surprised me since it was wealthier MySpace users who migrated to Facebook > in the first place. > * Do we have evidence that widespread Facebook use may have helped > facilitate inter-cultural or inter-class communication/understanding? I > speculate it might because even if FB tends to show you strong tie > information, you might still get glimpses of the lives and concerns of > people you knew whose lives have taken different paths. If the wealthy > leave FB they might lose some of that information and empathy? > > My second half is about the shift from a textual to a visual ?culture? > which a move away from FB towards Instagram and Snapchat might represent. > > * Do we have any quantitative evidence for this shift (eg shortening > length of text used in online communication?) > * Do we know anything about whether richer/more well-educated people are > more effective at getting their message across using social media video and > images than poorer? I would argue yes because they have the time and > resources to learn and employ editing techniques and use better hardware > and software to do so while poorer people might tend just to put out ?raw? > video. Visible minorities also may find their message sidelined because of > their visible lower ?status?. Whereas text is meant to be more of a status > leveller than f2f (though of course we know this is not entirely true). > > Pardon the rant. If there is no good scholarship on some of these points, > I will be making the point that more scholarship is needed which may help > some of you to get grants ;-) > > Regards, > > David > > -- > Dr David Brake, Researcher and Educator http://davidbrake.org/, @drbrake > Author of "Sharing Our Lives Online: Risks and Exposure in Social Media? > https://www.facebook.com/sharingourlivesonline < > https://www.facebook.com/sharingourlivesonline> > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association > of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or > unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2018 17:24:33 -0400 > From: Chris Julien <juliencm22(a)gmail.com> > To: davidbrake(a)gmail.com > Cc: Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org > Subject: Re: [Air-L] Facebook's class divide - implications > Message-ID: > <CAM2=qyw4-=wFo6ZgvuoZ2+a+NWzoLe+e= > qdSp-C1ZbFxkemRVA(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Hello David, > > Perhaps the move mirrors reasons found by danah boyd as she investigated > teen flight from myspace to facebook. She's written about this here: > > boyd, danah. 2012. ?White Flight in Networked Publics: How Race and Class > Shaped American Teen Engagement with Myspace and Facebook.? Pp. 203-222 in > Race After the Internet, edited by L. Nakamura and P.A. Chow-White. New > York: Routledge. > > In short, she found that the language teens used to describe their > migration mirrored the language of whites during what's traditionally been > called "white flight" from major US cities. > > > Chris Julien > PhD Student (PSU), MA (UNCG) > State College, PA, USA > www.chrisjulien.com > > > On Thu, Sep 27, 2018 at 4:49 PM Barett T. Christensen < > bchristensen(a)bwf.com> > wrote: > > > This is not formal research nor is it a response to trends, but it may be > > interesting. Using the Ads Manager, here is the current number of teens > > (13-18) on Facebook and Instagram and their distributions by zip code > > values. You will see that 65% of teens on Facebook live in the bottom > half > > of zip codes in the United States, while 37% of teens live in the top > half > > of zip codes. You will also see that 67% of teens on Instagram live in > the > > bottom half of zip code values in the United States, while 33% of teens > > live in the top half of zip codes. > > > > Facebook currently has a wealthier teen audience by count and percentage > > of total teens. > > > > 1. There are approximately 8.8 million teens on Facebook. > > a. 320K (or 4%) live in the top 5% of wealthy zip codes. > > b. 660K (or 8%) live in the top 6-10% of wealthy zip codes. > > c. 920K (or 11%) live in the top 11-25% of wealthy zip codes. > > d. 1.2M (or 14%) live in the top 26-50% of wealthy zip codes. > > e. That leaves 5.7 million teens (or 65%) on Facebook living in > > the bottom half of zip codes in the United States. > > > > 2. There are approximately 7 million teens on Instagram. > > a. 250K (or 4%) live in the top 5% of wealthy zip codes. > > b. 520K (or 7%) live in the top 6-10% of wealthy zip codes. > > c. 680K (or 10%) live in the top 11-25% of wealthy zip codes. > > d. 840K (or 12%) live in the top 26-50% of wealthy zip codes. > > e. That leaves 2.3 million teens (or 67%) on Instagram living in > > the bottom half of zip codes in the United States. > > > > > > Barett > > Director, Marketing and Digital Services > > Bentz Whaley Flessner > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Air-L <air-l-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org> On Behalf Of David Brake > > Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2018 3:03 PM > > To: AoIR mailing list <Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org> > > Subject: [Air-L] Facebook's class divide - implications > > > > Dear all, > > > > I am writing a piece for The Conversation about the social implications > of > > the recent sharp decline in the use of Facebook in the US by wealthier > > teens > > > https://qz.com/1355827/do-teens-use-facebook-it-depends-on-their-familys-in… > , > > speculating on the social implications of this shift. I made some > > conjectures about this but the editors wanted some empirical backup for > > these if possible, so here are some of the issues I raise - I would be > > interested if anyone could suggest good references that relate to any of > > them! > > > > * Do we have any idea why wealthy American teens are leaving Facebook? It > > surprised me since it was wealthier MySpace users who migrated to > Facebook > > in the first place. > > * Do we have evidence that widespread Facebook use may have helped > > facilitate inter-cultural or inter-class communication/understanding? I > > speculate it might because even if FB tends to show you strong tie > > information, you might still get glimpses of the lives and concerns of > > people you knew whose lives have taken different paths. If the wealthy > > leave FB they might lose some of that information and empathy? > > > > My second half is about the shift from a textual to a visual ?culture? > > which a move away from FB towards Instagram and Snapchat might represent. > > > > * Do we have any quantitative evidence for this shift (eg shortening > > length of text used in online communication?) > > * Do we know anything about whether richer/more well-educated people are > > more effective at getting their message across using social media video > and > > images than poorer? I would argue yes because they have the time and > > resources to learn and employ editing techniques and use better hardware > > and software to do so while poorer people might tend just to put out > ?raw? > > video. Visible minorities also may find their message sidelined because > of > > their visible lower ?status?. Whereas text is meant to be more of a > status > > leveller than f2f (though of course we know this is not entirely true). > > > > Pardon the rant. If there is no good scholarship on some of these points, > > I will be making the point that more scholarship is needed which may help > > some of you to get grants ;-) > > > > Regards, > > > > David > > > > -- > > Dr David Brake, Researcher and Educator http://davidbrake.org/, @drbrake > > Author of "Sharing Our Lives Online: Risks and Exposure in Social Media? > > https://www.facebook.com/sharingourlivesonline < > > https://www.facebook.com/sharingourlivesonline> > > _______________________________________________ > > The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association > > of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or > > unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > > http://www.aoir.org/ > > _______________________________________________ > > The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list > > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > > http://www.aoir.org/ > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2018 18:42:15 -0300 > From: Ricardo Rohm <ricardorohm(a)gmail.com> > To: Dimitris Gouscos <gouscos(a)media.uoa.gr>, > "air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org" <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> > Subject: [Air-L] RES: Facebook's class divide - implications > Message-ID: <5bad4eb5.1c69fb81.551eb.4a8a(a)mx.google.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Dear David, > > I totally agree with Dimitris. > It is already time for people to wake up and become smarter. It has been > already demonstrated that Face and some other social networks have got a > little to do with mental health and human development in terms of purpose, > ethics and welfare at large. > Best regards > Ricardo Rohm > Federal University of Rio de Janeiro > > Enviado do Email para Windows 10 > > De: Dimitris Gouscos > Enviado:quinta-feira, 27 de setembro de 2018 17:41 > Para: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org > Assunto: Re: [Air-L] Facebook's class divide - implications > > dear David, > > I am watching this list for very nice issues and ideas that come along, > and just saw your post > > without having readily at hand the references to back up my view, I > recall it was George Bernard Shaw that had been arguing in his essays > (maybe in What socialism is (Fabian tract 13), cf. > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_works_by_George_Bernard_Shaw#Politica…) > > that sun tanning became fashionable as an outspring of the industrial > revolution, just in the same way thatin earlier timespale skin had > become a sign of nobleness and beauty in outdoors-work based economies > > the point I'm trying to make, in fact, is that the answer to your > question may exist in what you already mention yourself, that wealthier > (teen) users will at some point be looking at migrating away from a > network which has now lost (in their own perception of their own > society) its elite/status-symbol character ... > > do you think this could be so? Just a thought ... > > regards, > > Dimitris > > > --- > > Dr. Dimitris Gouscos > > media.uoa.gr/~gouscos <http://www.media.uoa.gr/%7Egouscos> > > Assistant Professor, Department of Communication and Media Studies, > National and Kapodistrian University of Athens | media.uoa.gr > <http://www.media.uoa.gr/> > > Faculty member, MSc Digital Communication Media and Interaction > Environments | masters.ntlab.gr <https://masters.ntlab.gr/> > > Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Electronic Governance | > inderscience.com/ijeg <http://www.inderscience.com/ijeg> > > postal address Sofokleous 1 & Aristidou str. GR-10559 Athens, Greece > > tel. ++30 210 3689421, ++30 6984 334993 (please prefer texting if possible) > > email gouscos(a)media.uoa.gr | skype dimitris.gouscos (please send me an > email first) > > > === > > ???? 27/9/2018 11:03 ??, ? David Brake ??????: > > Dear all, > > > > I am writing a piece for The Conversation about the social implications > of the recent sharp decline in the use of Facebook in the US by wealthier > teens > https://qz.com/1355827/do-teens-use-facebook-it-depends-on-their-familys-in…, > speculating on the social implications of this shift. I made some > conjectures about this but the editors wanted some empirical backup for > these if possible, so here are some of the issues I raise - I would be > interested if anyone could suggest good references that relate to any of > them! > > > > * Do we have any idea why wealthy American teens are leaving Facebook? > It surprised me since it was wealthier MySpace users who migrated to > Facebook in the first place. > > * Do we have evidence that widespread Facebook use may have helped > facilitate inter-cultural or inter-class communication/understanding? I > speculate it might because even if FB tends to show you strong tie > information, you might still get glimpses of the lives and concerns of > people you knew whose lives have taken different paths. If the wealthy > leave FB they might lose some of that information and empathy? > > > > My second half is about the shift from a textual to a visual ?culture? > which a move away from FB towards Instagram and Snapchat might represent. > > > > * Do we have any quantitative evidence for this shift (eg shortening > length of text used in online communication?) > > * Do we know anything about whether richer/more well-educated people are > more effective at getting their message across using social media video and > images than poorer? I would argue yes because they have the time and > resources to learn and employ editing techniques and use better hardware > and software to do so while poorer people might tend just to put out ?raw? > video. Visible minorities also may find their message sidelined because of > their visible lower ?status?. Whereas text is meant to be more of a status > leveller than f2f (though of course we know this is not entirely true). > > > > Pardon the rant. If there is no good scholarship on some of these > points, I will be making the point that more scholarship is needed which > may help some of you to get grants ;-) > > > > Regards, > > > > David > > > > -- > > Dr David Brake, Researcher and Educator http://davidbrake.org/, @drbrake > > Author of "Sharing Our Lives Online: Risks and Exposure in Social Media? > https://www.facebook.com/sharingourlivesonline < > https://www.facebook.com/sharingourlivesonline> > > _______________________________________________ > > The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list > > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > > http://www.aoir.org/ > > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2018 05:09:35 +0000 > From: Jannie M?ller Hartley <jath(a)ruc.dk> > To: Chris Julien <juliencm22(a)gmail.com>, "davidbrake(a)gmail.com" > <davidbrake(a)gmail.com> > Cc: "Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org" <Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org> > Subject: Re: [Air-L] Facebook's class divide - implications > Message-ID: <9D9A9C3A-FB0D-421C-98F3-B5A03BC1A01A(a)ruc.dk> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hello David and others, > > I have done qualitative research based on diaries with young people 15-18 > and found the same in Denmark. Although I was mainly interested in news > consumption via social media and across platforms (and the article below > reflects that), it was clear that it's no longer cool for young people with > high cultural capital to use Facebook (and much of the evidence in the > diaries and interviews show just that). They might still have an account > and lurke, but they do not share, like or post. Theoretically, I call this > digital distinction, and it can also be compared to when the same young > people give up their smartphones and get a Nokia 5110. > > The article is here: > https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/1322 > > @Valerie - I would also be interested in reading your work on the class > divide, if you don't mind sharing. > > Best > > Jannie M?ller Hartley | Lektor, Ph.d. Journalist | Journalistik | IKH | > Roskilde Universitet > jath(a)ruc.dk > Associate Professor, Ph.d. | Director of the Digital Media Lab (DeMiLab): > digitalmedialab.ruc.dk <https://digitalmedialab.ruc.dk/ Department of > Communication and Arts | Roskilde University > > 42.2.15 | Box 260 | 4000 Roskilde | Denmark Phone: (+45) 4674 37 53Email: > jath(a)ruc.dk > > // Chapter in new book: The Future of Audiences (2018), Palgrave McMillan > /'It?s Something Posh People Do?: Digital Distinction in Young People?s > Cross-Media News Engagement < > https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/1322>, > (2018) Media and Communication, A Matter of Trust- Plagiarism, fake sources > and paradigm repair in the Danish news media < > https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/TCrJUP2qzEF4qc2mskIg/full> (2018) > Journalism Studies. News Audiences and news habits < > http://communication.oxfordre.com/view/10.1093/acrefore/9780190228613.001.0…>, > Oxford Encyclopedia of Journalism (2018) > -- > > > > ?D. 27/09/2018 23.25 skrev "Air-L p? vegne af Chris Julien" < > air-l-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org p? vegne af juliencm22(a)gmail.com>: > > Hello David, > > Perhaps the move mirrors reasons found by danah boyd as she > investigated > teen flight from myspace to facebook. She's written about this here: > > boyd, danah. 2012. ?White Flight in Networked Publics: How Race and > Class > Shaped American Teen Engagement with Myspace and Facebook.? Pp. > 203-222 in > Race After the Internet, edited by L. Nakamura and P.A. Chow-White. New > York: Routledge. > > In short, she found that the language teens used to describe their > migration mirrored the language of whites during what's traditionally > been > called "white flight" from major US cities. > > > Chris Julien > PhD Student (PSU), MA (UNCG) > State College, PA, USA > www.chrisjulien.com > > > On Thu, Sep 27, 2018 at 4:49 PM Barett T. Christensen < > bchristensen(a)bwf.com> > wrote: > > > This is not formal research nor is it a response to trends, but it > may be > > interesting. Using the Ads Manager, here is the current number of > teens > > (13-18) on Facebook and Instagram and their distributions by zip code > > values. You will see that 65% of teens on Facebook live in the > bottom half > > of zip codes in the United States, while 37% of teens live in the > top half > > of zip codes. You will also see that 67% of teens on Instagram live > in the > > bottom half of zip code values in the United States, while 33% of > teens > > live in the top half of zip codes. > > > > Facebook currently has a wealthier teen audience by count and > percentage > > of total teens. > > > > 1. There are approximately 8.8 million teens on Facebook. > > a. 320K (or 4%) live in the top 5% of wealthy zip codes. > > b. 660K (or 8%) live in the top 6-10% of wealthy zip codes. > > c. 920K (or 11%) live in the top 11-25% of wealthy zip codes. > > d. 1.2M (or 14%) live in the top 26-50% of wealthy zip codes. > > e. That leaves 5.7 million teens (or 65%) on Facebook living > in > > the bottom half of zip codes in the United States. > > > > 2. There are approximately 7 million teens on Instagram. > > a. 250K (or 4%) live in the top 5% of wealthy zip codes. > > b. 520K (or 7%) live in the top 6-10% of wealthy zip codes. > > c. 680K (or 10%) live in the top 11-25% of wealthy zip codes. > > d. 840K (or 12%) live in the top 26-50% of wealthy zip codes. > > e. That leaves 2.3 million teens (or 67%) on Instagram > living in > > the bottom half of zip codes in the United States. > > > > > > Barett > > Director, Marketing and Digital Services > > Bentz Whaley Flessner > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Air-L <air-l-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org> On Behalf Of David > Brake > > Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2018 3:03 PM > > To: AoIR mailing list <Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org> > > Subject: [Air-L] Facebook's class divide - implications > > > > Dear all, > > > > I am writing a piece for The Conversation about the social > implications of > > the recent sharp decline in the use of Facebook in the US by > wealthier > > teens > > > https://qz.com/1355827/do-teens-use-facebook-it-depends-on-their-familys-in… > , > > speculating on the social implications of this shift. I made some > > conjectures about this but the editors wanted some empirical backup > for > > these if possible, so here are some of the issues I raise - I would > be > > interested if anyone could suggest good references that relate to > any of > > them! > > > > * Do we have any idea why wealthy American teens are leaving > Facebook? It > > surprised me since it was wealthier MySpace users who migrated to > Facebook > > in the first place. > > * Do we have evidence that widespread Facebook use may have helped > > facilitate inter-cultural or inter-class > communication/understanding? I > > speculate it might because even if FB tends to show you strong tie > > information, you might still get glimpses of the lives and concerns > of > > people you knew whose lives have taken different paths. If the > wealthy > > leave FB they might lose some of that information and empathy? > > > > My second half is about the shift from a textual to a visual > ?culture? > > which a move away from FB towards Instagram and Snapchat might > represent. > > > > * Do we have any quantitative evidence for this shift (eg shortening > > length of text used in online communication?) > > * Do we know anything about whether richer/more well-educated people > are > > more effective at getting their message across using social media > video and > > images than poorer? I would argue yes because they have the time and > > resources to learn and employ editing techniques and use better > hardware > > and software to do so while poorer people might tend just to put out > ?raw? > > video. Visible minorities also may find their message sidelined > because of > > their visible lower ?status?. Whereas text is meant to be more of a > status > > leveller than f2f (though of course we know this is not entirely > true). > > > > Pardon the rant. If there is no good scholarship on some of these > points, > > I will be making the point that more scholarship is needed which may > help > > some of you to get grants ;-) > > > > Regards, > > > > David > > > > -- > > Dr David Brake, Researcher and Educator http://davidbrake.org/, > @drbrake > > Author of "Sharing Our Lives Online: Risks and Exposure in Social > Media? > > https://www.facebook.com/sharingourlivesonline < > > https://www.facebook.com/sharingourlivesonline> > > _______________________________________________ > > The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the > Association > > of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or > > unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > > http://www.aoir.org/ > > _______________________________________________ > > The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list > > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers > http://aoir.org > > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > > http://www.aoir.org/ > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 8 > Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2018 05:51:50 +0000 > From: Jenny Davis <jennifer.davis(a)anu.edu.au> > To: Jannie M?ller Hartley <jath(a)ruc.dk>, Chris Julien > <juliencm22(a)gmail.com>, "davidbrake(a)gmail.com" < > davidbrake(a)gmail.com> > Cc: "Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org" <Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org> > Subject: Re: [Air-L] Facebook's class divide - implications > Message-ID: > < > SY3PR01MB09717D8AF17D783CDB41FFEEB0EC0(a)SY3PR01MB0971.ausprd01.prod.outlook.com > > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hi David and All- > > > Fantastic conversation and great resources. Just to throw a small wrench > in the matter, research also shows that young people in disadvantaged > circumstances struggle with Facebook because of its default context > collapse and related amplification of social problems and violence. This > seems antithetical to the wealthy drop-off trend and complicates the puzzle > (see e.g. http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1461444815625941) > > [ > http://journals.sagepub.com/na101/home/literatum/publisher/sage/journals/co… > ]<http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1461444815625941> > > The digital hood: Social media use among youth in ...< > http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1461444815625941> > journals.sagepub.com > The digital hood: Social media use among youth in disadvantaged > neighborhoods > > > I think we all look forward to reading your piece! > > Best, > Jenny > > > Jenny L. Davis > > Lecturer, School of Sociology > > The Australian National University > > Co-Editor: Cyborgology<https://thesocietypages.org/cyborgology/> < > https://twitter.com/Jenny_L_Davis> > > Twitter: @Jenny_L_Davis<https://twitter.com/Jenny_L_Davis> > > ________________________________ > From: Air-L <air-l-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org> on behalf of Jannie M?ller > Hartley <jath(a)ruc.dk> > Sent: Friday, September 28, 2018 3:09:35 PM > To: Chris Julien; davidbrake(a)gmail.com > Cc: Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org > Subject: Re: [Air-L] Facebook's class divide - implications > > Hello David and others, > > I have done qualitative research based on diaries with young people 15-18 > and found the same in Denmark. Although I was mainly interested in news > consumption via social media and across platforms (and the article below > reflects that), it was clear that it's no longer cool for young people with > high cultural capital to use Facebook (and much of the evidence in the > diaries and interviews show just that). They might still have an account > and lurke, but they do not share, like or post. Theoretically, I call this > digital distinction, and it can also be compared to when the same young > people give up their smartphones and get a Nokia 5110. > > The article is here: > https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/1322 > > @Valerie - I would also be interested in reading your work on the class > divide, if you don't mind sharing. > > Best > > Jannie M?ller Hartley | Lektor, Ph.d. Journalist | Journalistik | IKH | > Roskilde Universitet > jath(a)ruc.dk > Associate Professor, Ph.d. | Director of the Digital Media Lab (DeMiLab): > digitalmedialab.ruc.dk <https://digitalmedialab.ruc.dk/ Department of > Communication and Arts | Roskilde University > > 42.2.15 | Box 260 | 4000 Roskilde | Denmark Phone: (+45) 4674 37 53Email: > jath(a)ruc.dk > > // Chapter in new book: The Future of Audiences (2018), Palgrave McMillan > /'It?s Something Posh People Do?: Digital Distinction in Young People?s > Cross-Media News Engagement < > https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/1322>, > (2018) Media and Communication, A Matter of Trust- Plagiarism, fake sources > and paradigm repair in the Danish news media < > https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/TCrJUP2qzEF4qc2mskIg/full> (2018) > Journalism Studies. News Audiences and news habits < > http://communication.oxfordre.com/view/10.1093/acrefore/9780190228613.001.0…>, > Oxford Encyclopedia of Journalism (2018) > -- > > > > ?D. 27/09/2018 23.25 skrev "Air-L p? vegne af Chris Julien" < > air-l-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org p? vegne af juliencm22(a)gmail.com>: > > Hello David, > > Perhaps the move mirrors reasons found by danah boyd as she > investigated > teen flight from myspace to facebook. She's written about this here: > > boyd, danah. 2012. ?White Flight in Networked Publics: How Race and > Class > Shaped American Teen Engagement with Myspace and Facebook.? Pp. > 203-222 in > Race After the Internet, edited by L. Nakamura and P.A. Chow-White. New > York: Routledge. > > In short, she found that the language teens used to describe their > migration mirrored the language of whites during what's traditionally > been > called "white flight" from major US cities. > > > Chris Julien > PhD Student (PSU), MA (UNCG) > State College, PA, USA > www.chrisjulien.com<http://www.chrisjulien.com> > > > On Thu, Sep 27, 2018 at 4:49 PM Barett T. Christensen < > bchristensen(a)bwf.com> > wrote: > > > This is not formal research nor is it a response to trends, but it > may be > > interesting. Using the Ads Manager, here is the current number of > teens > > (13-18) on Facebook and Instagram and their distributions by zip code > > values. You will see that 65% of teens on Facebook live in the > bottom half > > of zip codes in the United States, while 37% of teens live in the > top half > > of zip codes. You will also see that 67% of teens on Instagram live > in the > > bottom half of zip code values in the United States, while 33% of > teens > > live in the top half of zip codes. > > > > Facebook currently has a wealthier teen audience by count and > percentage > > of total teens. > > > > 1. There are approximately 8.8 million teens on Facebook. > > a. 320K (or 4%) live in the top 5% of wealthy zip codes. > > b. 660K (or 8%) live in the top 6-10% of wealthy zip codes. > > c. 920K (or 11%) live in the top 11-25% of wealthy zip codes. > > d. 1.2M (or 14%) live in the top 26-50% of wealthy zip codes. > > e. That leaves 5.7 million teens (or 65%) on Facebook living > in > > the bottom half of zip codes in the United States. > > > > 2. There are approximately 7 million teens on Instagram. > > a. 250K (or 4%) live in the top 5% of wealthy zip codes. > > b. 520K (or 7%) live in the top 6-10% of wealthy zip codes. > > c. 680K (or 10%) live in the top 11-25% of wealthy zip codes. > > d. 840K (or 12%) live in the top 26-50% of wealthy zip codes. > > e. That leaves 2.3 million teens (or 67%) on Instagram > living in > > the bottom half of zip codes in the United States. > > > > > > Barett > > Director, Marketing and Digital Services > > Bentz Whaley Flessner > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Air-L <air-l-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org> On Behalf Of David > Brake > > Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2018 3:03 PM > > To: AoIR mailing list <Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org> > > Subject: [Air-L] Facebook's class divide - implications > > > > Dear all, > > > > I am writing a piece for The Conversation about the social > implications of > > the recent sharp decline in the use of Facebook in the US by > wealthier > > teens > > > https://qz.com/1355827/do-teens-use-facebook-it-depends-on-their-familys-in… > , > > speculating on the social implications of this shift. I made some > > conjectures about this but the editors wanted some empirical backup > for > > these if possible, so here are some of the issues I raise - I would > be > > interested if anyone could suggest good references that relate to > any of > > them! > > > > * Do we have any idea why wealthy American teens are leaving > Facebook? It > > surprised me since it was wealthier MySpace users who migrated to > Facebook > > in the first place. > > * Do we have evidence that widespread Facebook use may have helped > > facilitate inter-cultural or inter-class > communication/understanding? I > > speculate it might because even if FB tends to show you strong tie > > information, you might still get glimpses of the lives and concerns > of > > people you knew whose lives have taken different paths. If the > wealthy > > leave FB they might lose some of that information and empathy? > > > > My second half is about the shift from a textual to a visual > ?culture? > > which a move away from FB towards Instagram and Snapchat might > represent. > > > > * Do we have any quantitative evidence for this shift (eg shortening > > length of text used in online communication?) > > * Do we know anything about whether richer/more well-educated people > are > > more effective at getting their message across using social media > video and > > images than poorer? I would argue yes because they have the time and > > resources to learn and employ editing techniques and use better > hardware > > and software to do so while poorer people might tend just to put out > ?raw? > > video. Visible minorities also may find their message sidelined > because of > > their visible lower ?status?. Whereas text is meant to be more of a > status > > leveller than f2f (though of course we know this is not entirely > true). > > > > Pardon the rant. If there is no good scholarship on some of these > points, > > I will be making the point that more scholarship is needed which may > help > > some of you to get grants ;-) > > > > Regards, > > > > David > > > > -- > > Dr David Brake, Researcher and Educator http://davidbrake.org/, > @drbrake > > Author of "Sharing Our Lives Online: Risks and Exposure in Social > Media? > > https://www.facebook.com/sharingourlivesonline < > > https://www.facebook.com/sharingourlivesonline> > > _______________________________________________ > > The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the > Association > > of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or > > unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > > http://www.aoir.org/ > > _______________________________________________ > > The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list > > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers > http://aoir.org > > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > > http://www.aoir.org/ > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ > > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ > > ------------------------------ > > End of Air-L Digest, Vol 170, Issue 28 > ************************************** > -- Jessika Tremblay PhD Candidate Department of Anthropology University of Toronto, Room 332 19 Russell Street, Toronto, ON, M5S 2S2

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