Methodology recommendations for platform analysis
Dear colleagues, I am looking for recommendations for qualitative methods / approaches to the analysis of social media platforms which focus on both content and structures / features / affordances of the platform. rather than mixed methods, I am wondering if colleagues have developed something more integrative. Many thanks! Best wishes, Jacob
Hi, Check out this open-access article: Berg, M. (2022). Digital Technography: A Methodology for Interrogating Emerging Digital Technologies and Their Futures. Qualitative Inquiry, 28(7), 827-836. https://doi.org/10.1177/10778004221096851 Abstract This article introduces “digital technography” as a methodology to interrogate and voice emerging digital technologies and their anticipated futures. I demonstrate, with reference to recent research on wearable self-tracking devices, digital food technologies, and platforms for work automation, how one can gain an understanding of these technologies by attending to the materials in which they are promoted; and actively engaging with them imaginatively and self-reflexively as a social scientist. This article outlines a digital technographic methodology centered around the three conceptual anchors of specification, valorization, and anticipation, all of which pertain to how a digital technology aims and perhaps even aspires to become a part of everyday life. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/10778004221096851 Best wishes, Martin — Professor Martin Berg Department of Computer Science and Media Technology Malmö University https://mau.se/en/persons/martin.berg/
5 jan. 2024 kl. 14:58 skrev Jacob Johanssen via Air-L <air-l@listserv.aoir.org>:
Dear colleagues,
I am looking for recommendations for qualitative methods / approaches to the analysis of social media platforms which focus on both content and structures / features / affordances of the platform. rather than mixed methods, I am wondering if colleagues have developed something more integrative.
Many thanks! Best wishes, Jacob _______________________________________________ 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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Hi Jacob, This piece of mine <https://contacts.ucalgary.ca/info/geog/files/info/unitis/publications/1-9820913/burns%2C%20wark%20-%20wheres%20the%20database%20in%20digital%20ethnography.pdf> isn't about social media per se, but may have a few useful points for you as you dig around. Cheers, Ryan Burns, Ryan, G. Wark. 2019. Where’s the Database in Digital Ethnography? Exploring Database Ethnography for Open Data Research. Qualitative Research 20(5): 598-616. https://doi.org/10.1177/1468794119885040. Abstract: Contemporary cities are witnessing momentous shifts in how institutions and individuals produce and circulate data. Despite recent trends claiming that anyone can create and use data, cities remain marked by persistently uneven access and usage of digital technologies. This is the case as well within the emergent phenomenon of the ‘smart city,’ where open data are a key strategy for achieving ‘smartness,’ and increasingly constitute a fundamental dimension of urban life, governance, economic activity, and epistemology. The digital ethnography has extended traditional ethnographic research practices into such digital realms, yet its applicability within open data and smart cities is unclear. The method has tended to overlook the important roles of particular digital artifacts such as the database in structuring and producing knowledge. In this paper, we develop the database ethnography as a rich methodological resource for open data research. This approach centers the database as a key site for the production and materialization of social meaning. The database ethnography draws attention to the ways digital choices and practices—around database design, schema, data models, and so on—leave traces through time. From these traces, we may infer lessons about how phenomena come to be encoded as data and acted upon in urban contexts. Open databases are, in other words, key ways in which knowledges about the smart city are framed, delimited, and represented. More specifically, we argue that open databases limit data types, categorize and classify data to align with technical specifications, reflect the database designer’s episteme, and (re)produce conceptions of the world. We substantiate these claims through a database ethnography of the open data portal for the city of Calgary, in Western Canada. -- Ryan Burns, PhD, FRCGS Department of Geography O'Brien Institute for Public Health University of Calgary Visiting Professor, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg Visiting Professor, George Washington University AAAS STPF Fellow (NSF: National AI Research Institute) Associate Editor, GeoJournal Vice-chair, Digital Geographies Specialty Group of the AAG https://burnsr77.github.io/ He/his pronouns The University of Calgary is located in southern Alberta on the traditional territories of the the Treaty 7 peoples--Blackfoot Confederacy (comprised of the Siksika, the Piikani, and the Kainai First Nations), the Tsuut’ina First Nation, and the Stoney Nakoda (including Chiniki, Bearspaw, and Goodstoney First Nations). The City of Calgary is also home to the Metis Nation, Region 3. I am privileged, grateful, and indebted to be allowed to work within these lands. ________________________________ From: Air-L <air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org> on behalf of Martin Berg via Air-L <air-l@listserv.aoir.org> Sent: January 5, 2024 9:16 AM To: Jacob Johanssen <johanssenjacob@gmail.com> Cc: air-l@listserv.aoir.org <air-l@listserv.aoir.org> Subject: Re: [Air-L] Methodology recommendations for platform analysis [△EXTERNAL] Hi, Check out this open-access article: Berg, M. (2022). Digital Technography: A Methodology for Interrogating Emerging Digital Technologies and Their Futures. Qualitative Inquiry, 28(7), 827-836. https://doi.org/10.1177/10778004221096851 Abstract This article introduces “digital technography” as a methodology to interrogate and voice emerging digital technologies and their anticipated futures. I demonstrate, with reference to recent research on wearable self-tracking devices, digital food technologies, and platforms for work automation, how one can gain an understanding of these technologies by attending to the materials in which they are promoted; and actively engaging with them imaginatively and self-reflexively as a social scientist. This article outlines a digital technographic methodology centered around the three conceptual anchors of specification, valorization, and anticipation, all of which pertain to how a digital technology aims and perhaps even aspires to become a part of everyday life. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/10778004221096851 Best wishes, Martin — Professor Martin Berg Department of Computer Science and Media Technology Malmö University https://mau.se/en/persons/martin.berg/
5 jan. 2024 kl. 14:58 skrev Jacob Johanssen via Air-L <air-l@listserv.aoir.org>:
Dear colleagues,
I am looking for recommendations for qualitative methods / approaches to the analysis of social media platforms which focus on both content and structures / features / affordances of the platform. rather than mixed methods, I am wondering if colleagues have developed something more integrative.
Many thanks! Best wishes, Jacob _______________________________________________ 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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I guess my question is: what have you tried? There’s tons of research on qualitative internet research methods over the last 20 years. Do you know the work of Christine Hine, Annette Markham, Nancy Baym, Jean Burgess, or Stephanie Duguay, Tom Boellstoerff, Mary Gray, Apryl Williams, o r Jenny Davis? There are a number of media and industry studies approaches to digital space, artifacts, and communities as well: AJ Christian, Siva Vaidhyanathan, Charlton McIlwain, and many more. I'm sure the list will have more suggestions, but hopefully this will help. A. I'd love to connect. Click https://cal.com/docdre/30min to schedule a meeting with me! André Brock Associate Professor Department of Literature, Media, and Communication Georgia Institute of Technology Twitter: @DocDre Out now: Distributed Blackness: African American Cybercultures (2020, NYU Press) Winner, 2021 AoIR/Nancy Baym Book Award in Internet Studies Winner, 2021 Harry Shaw and Katrina Hazzard-Donald Award for Outstanding Work in African-American Popular Culture Studies On Fri, Jan 5, 2024 at 9:07 AM Jacob Johanssen via Air-L < air-l@listserv.aoir.org> wrote:
Dear colleagues,
I am looking for recommendations for qualitative methods / approaches to the analysis of social media platforms which focus on both content and structures / features / affordances of the platform. rather than mixed methods, I am wondering if colleagues have developed something more integrative.
Many thanks! Best wishes, Jacob _______________________________________________ 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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Hi, Jacob, Andre gives some great suggestions. My books, Mediated Narration in the Digital Age (Nebraska, 2021) and Journalism and Memorialization in the Age of Social Media (Palgrave, 2015), might be helpful, especially if the Case Study Research Strategy is one of your methodological approaches. Hope this helps, Peter [image: email graphic] <http://www.wiu.edu/> *Peter Joseph Gloviczki, Ph.D.*Professor and Chairperson Department of Broadcasting and Journalism Western Illinois University 1 University Circle, Macomb, IL 61455 309-298-2623 (office) Schedule a meeting via Calendly: https://calendly.com/pj-gloviczki/30min On Fri, Jan 5, 2024 at 8:00 AM Jacob Johanssen via Air-L < air-l@listserv.aoir.org> wrote:
Dear colleagues,
I am looking for recommendations for qualitative methods / approaches to the analysis of social media platforms which focus on both content and structures / features / affordances of the platform. rather than mixed methods, I am wondering if colleagues have developed something more integrative.
Many thanks! Best wishes, Jacob _______________________________________________ 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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This is very useful for me! I have started working on methodologies to study Bengali Language social media content on LGBTIQ issues / Masculinity etc. Thank you all. Sourav Roy https://linktr.ee/willgetback My pronouns: He / Him / His On Sat, 6 Jan 2024 at 01:15, Peter Joseph Gloviczki PhD via Air-L < air-l@listserv.aoir.org> wrote:
Hi, Jacob,
Andre gives some great suggestions.
My books, Mediated Narration in the Digital Age (Nebraska, 2021) and Journalism and Memorialization in the Age of Social Media (Palgrave, 2015), might be helpful, especially if the Case Study Research Strategy is one of your methodological approaches.
Hope this helps, Peter
[image: email graphic] <http://www.wiu.edu/> *Peter Joseph Gloviczki, Ph.D.*Professor and Chairperson Department of Broadcasting and Journalism Western Illinois University 1 University Circle, Macomb, IL 61455 309-298-2623 (office) Schedule a meeting via Calendly: https://calendly.com/pj-gloviczki/30min
On Fri, Jan 5, 2024 at 8:00 AM Jacob Johanssen via Air-L < air-l@listserv.aoir.org> wrote:
Dear colleagues,
I am looking for recommendations for qualitative methods / approaches to the analysis of social media platforms which focus on both content and structures / features / affordances of the platform. rather than mixed methods, I am wondering if colleagues have developed something more integrative.
Many thanks! Best wishes, Jacob _______________________________________________ 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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Hi Sourav, Sounds like a very interesting study. I would also recommend netnography (Kozinets 2019). If you’re looking at language use, I recommend ethnographically grounded discourse analytic methods (Karimzad 2016; Roth-Gordon 2020). Kozinets RV (2019) Netnography: The Essential Guide to Qualitative Social Media Research. 3rd edn. Los Angeles: SAGE. Karimzad F (2016) Life here beyond now: chronotopes of the ideal life among Iranian transnationals. Journal of Sociolinguistics 20(5): 607–630. DOI: 10.1111/josl.12211 Roth-Gordon J (2020) Situating discourse analysis in ethnographic and sociopolitical context. In: De Fina A and Georgakopoulou A (eds) The Cambridge Handbook of Discourse Studies. Cambridge: Cambridge University There's also this article specifically doing research on social media: Chau, Dennis. 2021. “Spreading Language Ideologies through Social Media: Enregistering the ‘Fake ABC’ Variety in Hong Kong.” *Journal of Sociolinguistics* 25 (4): 596–616. doi:10.1111/josl.12486 <https://doi.org/10.1111/josl.12486>. -- Tom Hale PhD Candidate in Intercultural Studies ThomasHaleResearch.com On Sat, Jan 6, 2024 at 11:13 Sourav Roy via Air-L <air-l@listserv.aoir.org> wrote:
This is very useful for me! I have started working on methodologies to study Bengali Language social media content on LGBTIQ issues / Masculinity etc. Thank you all. Sourav Roy https://linktr.ee/willgetback My pronouns: He / Him / His
On Sat, 6 Jan 2024 at 01:15, Peter Joseph Gloviczki PhD via Air-L < air-l@listserv.aoir.org> wrote:
Hi, Jacob,
Andre gives some great suggestions.
My books, Mediated Narration in the Digital Age (Nebraska, 2021) and Journalism and Memorialization in the Age of Social Media (Palgrave, 2015), might be helpful, especially if the Case Study Research Strategy is one of your methodological approaches.
Hope this helps, Peter
[image: email graphic] <http://www.wiu.edu/> *Peter Joseph Gloviczki, Ph.D.*Professor and Chairperson Department of Broadcasting and Journalism Western Illinois University 1 University Circle, Macomb, IL 61455 309-298-2623 (office) Schedule a meeting via Calendly: https://calendly.com/pj-gloviczki/30min
On Fri, Jan 5, 2024 at 8:00 AM Jacob Johanssen via Air-L < air-l@listserv.aoir.org> wrote:
Dear colleagues,
I am looking for recommendations for qualitative methods / approaches to the analysis of social media platforms which focus on both content and structures / features / affordances of the platform. rather than mixed methods, I am wondering if colleagues have developed something more integrative.
Many thanks! Best wishes, Jacob _______________________________________________ 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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Thank you so much Tom! A generous bounty! Sourav Roy https://linktr.ee/willgetback My pronouns: He / Him / His On Sat, 6 Jan 2024 at 15:17, Tom Hale <thomashale3@fuller.edu> wrote:
Hi Sourav,
Sounds like a very interesting study. I would also recommend netnography (Kozinets 2019). If you’re looking at language use, I recommend ethnographically grounded discourse analytic methods (Karimzad 2016; Roth-Gordon 2020).
Kozinets RV (2019) Netnography: The Essential Guide to Qualitative Social Media Research. 3rd edn. Los Angeles: SAGE.
Karimzad F (2016) Life here beyond now: chronotopes of the ideal life among Iranian transnationals. Journal of Sociolinguistics 20(5): 607–630. DOI: 10.1111/josl.12211
Roth-Gordon J (2020) Situating discourse analysis in ethnographic and sociopolitical context. In: De Fina A and Georgakopoulou A (eds) The Cambridge Handbook of Discourse Studies. Cambridge: Cambridge University
There's also this article specifically doing research on social media: Chau, Dennis. 2021. “Spreading Language Ideologies through Social Media: Enregistering the ‘Fake ABC’ Variety in Hong Kong.” *Journal of Sociolinguistics* 25 (4): 596–616. doi:10.1111/josl.12486 <https://doi.org/10.1111/josl.12486>.
-- Tom Hale PhD Candidate in Intercultural Studies ThomasHaleResearch.com
On Sat, Jan 6, 2024 at 11:13 Sourav Roy via Air-L <air-l@listserv.aoir.org> wrote:
This is very useful for me! I have started working on methodologies to study Bengali Language social media content on LGBTIQ issues / Masculinity etc. Thank you all. Sourav Roy https://linktr.ee/willgetback My pronouns: He / Him / His
On Sat, 6 Jan 2024 at 01:15, Peter Joseph Gloviczki PhD via Air-L < air-l@listserv.aoir.org> wrote:
Hi, Jacob,
Andre gives some great suggestions.
My books, Mediated Narration in the Digital Age (Nebraska, 2021) and Journalism and Memorialization in the Age of Social Media (Palgrave, 2015), might be helpful, especially if the Case Study Research Strategy is one of your methodological approaches.
Hope this helps, Peter
[image: email graphic] <http://www.wiu.edu/> *Peter Joseph Gloviczki, Ph.D.*Professor and Chairperson Department of Broadcasting and Journalism Western Illinois University 1 University Circle, Macomb, IL 61455 309-298-2623 (office) Schedule a meeting via Calendly: https://calendly.com/pj-gloviczki/30min
On Fri, Jan 5, 2024 at 8:00 AM Jacob Johanssen via Air-L < air-l@listserv.aoir.org> wrote:
Dear colleagues,
I am looking for recommendations for qualitative methods / approaches to the analysis of social media platforms which focus on both content and structures / features / affordances of the platform. rather than mixed methods, I am wondering if colleagues have developed something more integrative.
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Hi Jacob, Some colleagues and I have done some work on the concept of Appnography that you might find interesting as it speaks to some of the issues that you bring up here. The work was specific to dating apps, but could be useful. Cousineau, L. S., Oakes, H., & Johnson, C. W. (2019). Appnography: Modifying ethnography for app-based culture. In D. C. Parry, C. W. Johnson, & S. Fullagar (Eds.), Digital dilemmas: Transforming gender identities and power relations in everyday life (pp. 95-117). Springer Berlin Heidelberg. --- Johnson, C. W., Cousineau, L. S., Parry, D. C., & Felice, E. (2023). Methodology in Motion: Reflections on Using Appnography. Qualitative Inquiry, 29(10), 1052-1063. https://doi.org/10.1177/10778004231163166 Abstract: This article reflects upon and provides updates to appnography as a methodology for the study of dating digital app culture. Based on empirical fieldwork and in-depth nterviews with members of the research team, we re-assess and re-map appnography's original five methodological considerations-digital versus "real," profiles, space, place, and community, contextualization, and temporality-along two axes: design considerations and user considerations. We also add a third methodological axis, researcher considerations, to the methodological features of appnography and expound on its related concerns of participant recruitment and technological familiarity. With this reformulation, we believe appnography offers an even more robust means of bridging the ethnographic and the technological in qualitative research on apps and their use. Luc S. Cousineau, PhD School of Health and Human Performance Dalhousie University Check out my newest publications - Employee Surveillance Technologies: Prevalence, Classification, and Invasiveness - Surveillance & Society "Are there any other male friendly subs on here?"- online men's rights groups as simultaneous communities of care and hate, inclusion and exclusion - Leisure/Loisir -----Original Message----- From: Air-L <air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org> On Behalf Of Jacob Johanssen via Air-L Sent: Friday, January 5, 2024 9:58 AM To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: [Air-L] Methodology recommendations for platform analysis Dear colleagues, I am looking for recommendations for qualitative methods / approaches to the analysis of social media platforms which focus on both content and structures / features / affordances of the platform. rather than mixed methods, I am wondering if colleagues have developed something more integrative. Many thanks! Best wishes, Jacob _______________________________________________ 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/
Hi Jacob, There's been a lot of great options offered - I don't think anyone has mentioned platform historiography yet, which I'm finding pretty interesting and useful: Helmond, Anne & van der Vlist, Fernando. (2019). Social Media and Platform Historiography: Challenges and Opportunities. TMG Journal for Media History. 22. 6–34. 10.18146/tmg.434. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/337144289_Social_Media_and_Platform... Nicole. ______________________________________ Nicole K Toivonen Winchester (she/her/any/all) PhD Student, Science & Technology Studies Faculty of Graduate Studies, York University nicole.kt winchester@gmail.com | nktw@yorku.ca https://linktr.ee/nicolewinchester On Fri, Jan 5, 2024, 9:07 a.m. Jacob Johanssen via Air-L < air-l@listserv.aoir.org> wrote:
Dear colleagues,
I am looking for recommendations for qualitative methods / approaches to
the analysis of social media platforms which focus on both content and structures / features / affordances of the platform. rather than mixed methods, I am wondering if colleagues have developed something more integrative.
Many thanks! Best wishes, Jacob _______________________________________________ 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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Hi, Jacob, I and my advisor have developed a three-dimensional framework of cultural affordances, which explores the interplay among social media platforms, users, and culture and we also applied this framework to qualitative studies. * 1. Sun, Y., & Suthers, D. (2024). WeChat Culture in Transition: Navigating Platform, User, and Tradition.* https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/server/api/core/bitstreams/d1ae8192-d6... Abstract: This qualitative study examines recent cultural changes on WeChat resulting from the interplay between the platform, users, and Chinese culture. Employing a three-dimensional theoretical framework of cultural affordances, the research investigates the dynamics of cultural transformations within the WeChat ecosystem. Data collection involves 31 semi-structured in-depth interviews, follow-up discussions, and observations, analyzed using the grounded theory approach. Four main cultural shifts are identified: a transition from a personal and intimate culture to a more formal and professional one, an increased emphasis on immediate satisfaction and rewards, the emergence of an “everything-looks-fine” culture, and a reinforced high-context culture for self-presentation. The study also discusses the influential roles played by the platform, users, and cultural norms in shaping cultural change on WeChat. *2) Sun, Y., & Suthers, D. (2024). Exploring Values Embedded Within Social Media Platforms: A Case Study of WeChat.* https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/server/api/core/bitstreams/5cc66108-d6... This qualitative study investigates embedded values within WeChat, employing a three-dimensional theoretical framework of cultural affordances. This study involved 31 semi-structured in-depth interviews, follow-up discussions, and observations, with data analysis following the grounded theory approach. The findings highlight the presence of embedded values manifested in WeChat’s design features, including offline status omission, mutual likes notification on Friends’ Circle, the absence of deletion notification, information symmetry, and the absence of read receipts. These design choices reflect the cultural affordances of WeChat that shape user experiences on the platform. The study also discusses users’ responses to these design features and explores their ethical implications. Ultimately, it proposes potential directions for further research in this domain. By uncovering the embedded values of WeChat, this study provides insights into the interplay between technology, culture, and user behavior, offering valuable implications for researchers and practitioners in social media studies Sincerely, Yinan SUN Ph.D. Candidate Research Assistant *Hawaii Digital Health Lab* <https://hawaiidigitalhealthlab.com/> *Communication & Information Sciences (CIS) Interdisciplinary PhD Program <https://www.hawaii.edu/cis/>* University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa On Fri, Jan 5, 2024 at 3:59 AM Jacob Johanssen via Air-L < air-l@listserv.aoir.org> wrote:
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Yinan Sun