Just saw this, not research, but relevant: https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/21/17370066/facebook-addiction-support-group... Tarleton On 5/23/18, 11:13 AM, "Air-L on behalf of Azi Lev-On" <air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org on behalf of azilevon@gmail.com> wrote: Hi Kat Nili Steinfeld and myself just publised a piece in Social Science Computer Review analyzing activity in Facebook groups dedicated to "miscarriage of justice" campaigns calling for justice for (arguably) innocent people who were wrongly convicted. See the abstract below. Link: http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0894439318771523 Best, Azi. Social media constitute useful and effective platforms for miscarriage of justice campaigners to challenge state authorities and decisions taken by the criminal justice system. To characterize such endeavors, this study analyzes the activity in such a major group dedicated to the murder case of Tair Rada and the trial of Roman Zadorov, one of the most controversial legal cases in Israel’s history. Using digital data extraction and linguistic analysis tools, we focus on five themes: (1) the central role of group administrators in directing the discourse and setting the group agenda; (2) correspondence of group activity with off-line events and mainstream media coverage; (3) skewed distribution of post publications per user and engagement measures per post; (4) prominent topics in group discussions, revolving around key figures, institutions and officials, making justice, considering alternative theories and examining investigative and forensic materials; and (5) the framing of key figures, institutions, and values in portraying a somewhat dichotomous image of a corrupted justice system, an innocent man wrongly convicted and a Facebook group in the search for the truth. Message: 3 Date: Wed, 23 May 2018 09:34:59 +0000 From: "Taylor-Smith, Ella" <E.Taylor-Smith@napier.ac.uk> To: "air-l@listserv.aoir.org" <air-l@listserv.aoir.org> Subject: Re: [Air-L] Articles on Facebook Groups Message-ID: <VI1PR01MB37250EACB15242251078D208F76B0@VI1PR01MB3725. eurprd01.prod.exchangelabs.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" HI Kat I looked at how community and activist groups used Facebook groups (and other online and offline spaces): Taylor-Smith, E. and Smith, C.F. (2018). Investigating the online and offline contexts of day-to-day democracy as participation spaces. Information, Communication & Society, https://doi.org/10.1080/ 1369118X.2018.1469656 Probably some free views left here https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/YuHyG4pFavmpa3n5B3kR/full or contact me for a copy -Ella Dr Ella Taylor-Smith School of Computing Edinburgh Napier University 10 Colinton Road Edinburgh, EH10 5DT Email: e.taylor-smith@napier.ac.uk https://www.napier.ac.uk/people/ella-taylorsmith http://about.me/EllaTaylorSmith @EllaTasm On Thu, May 17, 2018 at 10:51 AM, Katya Delaney <katya@praytellagency.com> wrote: > Hey everyone, > > I'm researching Facebook groups right now, if anyone has any useful > articles they'd like to share or any good resources, send them my way! > > Kat This message and its attachment(s) are intended for the addressee(s) only and should not be read, copied, disclosed, forwarded or relied upon by any person other than the intended addressee(s) without the permission of the sender. If you are not the intended addressee you must not take any action based on this message and its attachment(s) nor must you copy or show them to anyone. Please respond to the sender and ensure that this message and its attachment(s) are deleted. It is your responsibility to ensure that this message and its attachment(s) are scanned for viruses or other defects. Edinburgh Napier University does not accept liability for any loss or damage which may result from this message or its attachment(s), or for errors or omissions arising after it was sent. Email is not a secure medium. Emails entering Edinburgh Napier University's system are subject to routine monitoring and filtering by Edinburgh Napier University. Edinburgh Napier University is a registered Scottish charity. Registration number SC018373 _______________________________________________ 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 Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/