Social Networking in everyday life
Hi folks, I've got a grad student looking for resources on the ways social network sites like Facebook get integrated into people's everyday practices and routines. She's looked to the usual sources (such as danah boyd's work and online bibliography, PEW studies, etc.) but isn't finding much beyond that. There's tons of stuff about what people do on these sites (identity construction, relationships, etc.), and broader social and cultural implications (community, democracy), but few teasing out the everyday practice. Does that make sense? Any ideas? Cheers, Greg Dr. J. Macgregor Wise Professor Communication Studies Arizona State University 4701 West Thunderbird Road Glendale, AZ 85306-4908 (602) 543 6646; (602) 543 6004 (fax) Editor, Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies Author of Cultural Globalization: A User's Guide (2008, Blackwell)
Hi Greg, Can explain, by example, the kinds of things that you are looking for but are not finding? Regards, Dan ------------------------------------ Dan Perkel PhD Candidate School of Information, Berkeley Center for New Media UC Berkeley http://people.ischool.berkeley.edu/~dperkel<http://people.ischool.berkeley.edu/%7Edperkel> On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 12:20 PM, Greg Wise <Greg.Wise@asu.edu> wrote:
Hi folks, I've got a grad student looking for resources on the ways social network sites like Facebook get integrated into people's everyday practices and routines. She's looked to the usual sources (such as danah boyd's work and online bibliography, PEW studies, etc.) but isn't finding much beyond that. There's tons of stuff about what people do on these sites (identity construction, relationships, etc.), and broader social and cultural implications (community, democracy), but few teasing out the everyday practice. Does that make sense? Any ideas?
Cheers,
Greg
Dr. J. Macgregor Wise Professor Communication Studies Arizona State University 4701 West Thunderbird Road Glendale, AZ 85306-4908 (602) 543 6646; (602) 543 6004 (fax)
Editor, Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies
Author of Cultural Globalization: A User's Guide (2008, Blackwell)
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Radhika Gajjala gave me the term I was thinking of--I'm looking for more ethnographic or anthropological approaches to social networking (get up, get coffee, check facebook...). My class (on media and everyday life) has been looking at Michael Bull's Sounding Out the City about practices of iPod use in urban areas. I'm also thinking of Horst and Miller's book on the cell phone in Jamaica, or Miller's earlier book on the internet. does that help? cheers, greg ________________________________________ From: air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org [air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Dan Perkel [dperkel@ischool.berkeley.edu] Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2010 1:58 PM To: Air-L@listserv.aoir.org Subject: Re: [Air-L] Social Networking in everyday life Hi Greg, Can explain, by example, the kinds of things that you are looking for but are not finding? Regards, Dan ------------------------------------ Dan Perkel PhD Candidate School of Information, Berkeley Center for New Media UC Berkeley http://people.ischool.berkeley.edu/~dperkel<http://people.ischool.berkeley.edu/%7Edperkel> On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 12:20 PM, Greg Wise <Greg.Wise@asu.edu> wrote:
Hi folks, I've got a grad student looking for resources on the ways social network sites like Facebook get integrated into people's everyday practices and routines. She's looked to the usual sources (such as danah boyd's work and online bibliography, PEW studies, etc.) but isn't finding much beyond that. There's tons of stuff about what people do on these sites (identity construction, relationships, etc.), and broader social and cultural implications (community, democracy), but few teasing out the everyday practice. Does that make sense? Any ideas?
Cheers,
Greg
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Author of Cultural Globalization: A User's Guide (2008, Blackwell)
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Natalia Rybas did her phd on "Technoculture in Practice: Performing Identity and Difference in Social Network Systems" mostly studying facebook (she was my advisee) and draws on methodologies that may be useful to what you are asking about, Greg. And as I said in my offlist email to you - it looks like you are looking for an anthropological/ethnographic approach - also sounds like what Danny Miller describes in this thread will be useful too. r Radhika Gajjala Director, American Culture Studies Professor of Communication Studies and Cultural Studies 101 East Hall Bowling Green State University Bowling Green, OH 43403 http://personal.bgsu.edu/~radhik
Thanks, everyone! All your replies have been very useful. Cheers, Greg -----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Greg Wise Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2010 3:58 PM To: Dan Perkel; Air-L@listserv.aoir.org Subject: Re: [Air-L] Social Networking in everyday life Radhika Gajjala gave me the term I was thinking of--I'm looking for more ethnographic or anthropological approaches to social networking (get up, get coffee, check facebook...). My class (on media and everyday life) has been looking at Michael Bull's Sounding Out the City about practices of iPod use in urban areas. I'm also thinking of Horst and Miller's book on the cell phone in Jamaica, or Miller's earlier book on the internet. does that help? cheers, greg ________________________________________ From: air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org [air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Dan Perkel [dperkel@ischool.berkeley.edu] Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2010 1:58 PM To: Air-L@listserv.aoir.org Subject: Re: [Air-L] Social Networking in everyday life Hi Greg, Can explain, by example, the kinds of things that you are looking for but are not finding? Regards, Dan ------------------------------------ Dan Perkel PhD Candidate School of Information, Berkeley Center for New Media UC Berkeley http://people.ischool.berkeley.edu/~dperkel<http://people.ischool.berkeley.edu/%7Edperkel> On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 12:20 PM, Greg Wise <Greg.Wise@asu.edu> wrote:
Hi folks, I've got a grad student looking for resources on the ways social network sites like Facebook get integrated into people's everyday practices and routines. She's looked to the usual sources (such as danah boyd's work and online bibliography, PEW studies, etc.) but isn't finding much beyond that. There's tons of stuff about what people do on these sites (identity construction, relationships, etc.), and broader social and cultural implications (community, democracy), but few teasing out the everyday practice. Does that make sense? Any ideas?
Cheers,
Greg
Dr. J. Macgregor Wise Professor Communication Studies Arizona State University 4701 West Thunderbird Road Glendale, AZ 85306-4908 (602) 543 6646; (602) 543 6004 (fax)
Editor, Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies
Author of Cultural Globalization: A User's Guide (2008, Blackwell)
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