Hi Padmini Recently I attended a talk by Dr. Ponnurangam Kumaraguru <https://www.iiitd.ac.in/pk> (PK) of IIIT, Delhi. He had/has a couple of interesting Online Social Network (OSN) Projects and the latest in the list I think is the problem of WhatsApp forwards. In India particularly, the forwards have revealed their potential to instigate mob violence and even lynching. He displayed a WhatsApp number to which he said if people forward those messages which they think are fake, then PK's team will analyse and get back. I tweeted about it and you can see it by clicking here <https://twitter.com/cherrymp/status/1021991328572493826>. PK's research group keeps a web resource page for sharing all the OSN study resources that they use which can be seen by clicking here <http://precog.iiitd.edu.in/resources.html>. I am marking a copy of this mail to PK as well so that in case you or he can get in touch with each other and take this forward. One of the challenges of getting hold of WhatsApp messages is the end-to-end encryption that the platform uses. Unless your data respondents are willing to share the forwards with you, I don't think you will be able to get any. Like PK you can also think of a WhatsApp number to which your participants can forward the messages. That's my suggestion. Thanks for listening. Best, Cherry Mathew Philipose Assistant Professor of English SSN College of Engineering Kalavakkam - 603 110 On Fri, 3 Aug 2018 at 19:25, Padmini Ray Murray <p.raymurray@srishti.ac.in> wrote:
Hi everyone,
I have two queries: a. Has anyone had success with studying WhatsApp -- especially what motivates users to share and forward content? If so, what sort of methodologies worked? b. I am working on a research project looking at ethics frameworks for digital platforms - if you have any suggestions for examples of existing platforms and open source communities, consultancies (business and developmental), research institutes or social enterprises that have demonstrated best practice in governance models and foundational principles, I'd love to know.
Thanks so much,
All best, Padmini. --- Padmini Ray Murray, PhD Digital Humanities, Srishti Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Bangalore. _______________________________________________ The Air-L@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
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