Hey Spencer, In addition to what Jon mentioned, I'd recommend two articles from Andre Brock that I've found to be extremely helpful, titled, "Deeper Data: a response to boyd and Crawford" and "Critical Technocultural Discourse Analysis." In these articles, he lays out some core essentials to include and common pitfalls to avoid when studying interaction online. He uses research on Black Twitter, including his own, to ground his theoretical approach; with this common focus on interactions on Twitter, you may be able to draw corollaries to your own work quite nicely. Deeper Data: http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0163443715594105 Critical Technocultural Discourse Analysis: http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1461444816677532?rss=1 All the best, Chris --- Chris Julien, MA in Sociology Greensboro, NC, USA www.chrisjulien.com On Fri, May 26, 2017 at 10:45 AM, Jon Michael Wargo <wargojon@wayne.edu> wrote:
Great question Spencer! In some previous work, I've looked at ways in which LGBT youth used collecting and curating as genres of participation into "community." To no surprise, especially on Tumblr, community sometimes hangs on a hashtag. I've linked the article here in hopes it may help with some of the more conceptual framing of social tactics and functions of "writing" community online.
Link to full article: https://www.academia.edu/31103250/_donttagyourhate_ Reading_Collecting_and_Curating_as_Genres_of_Participation_in_LGBT_Youth_ Activism_on_Tumblr
Hope this helps,
Jon
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________________________________ From: Air-L <air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org> on behalf of Spencer P. Greenhalgh <greenha6@msu.edu> Sent: Friday, May 26, 2017 10:29:06 AM To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: [Air-L] Literature on dimensions/attributes of online communities?
Hello all,
I'm beginning a project that is focused on making distinctions between different Twitter hashtags based on the type and/or "amount" of community that is present in each. Because I'm relatively new to online communities, I want to make sure I'm not missing important work in this area. Are there any resources that you would recommend for thinking about what makes up an online community and what distinguishes different online communities from each other?
Many thanks!
Best,
Spencer
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