Grooming, Gossip, Facebook and Myspace: What Can We Learn About Social Networking Sites from Non-Users etc.
Hi All, I just wanted to share two papers about SNS (responding to danah's call). One of them, "Can You See Me Now? Audience and Disclosure Regulation in Online Social Network Sites," is at the pre-publication state and is available here: http://userpages.umbc.edu/~zeynep/papers/ZeynepCanYouSeeMeNowBSTS.pdf. The other is under review so I've included only the abstract below. Please send me an email if you would like a copy of that paper when I start circulating it. Cheers, -z Grooming, Gossip, Facebook and Myspace: What Can We Learn About Social Networking Sites from Non-Users This paper attempts to understand the rapid adoption of social networking sites by students on U.S. college campuses. Locating these online tools within the emergence of social computing, a conceptual distinction is made between the expressive Internet, the Internet of social interactions, and the instrumental Internet, the Internet of airline tickets and weather forecasts. Starting with the theoretical frameworks of Robin Dunbar and Erving Goffman, this paper situates the activity on these sites under two rubrics: 1) presentation of the self and impression management, and 2) social grooming. The study compares and contrasts user and non-user populations in terms of expressive and instrumental Internet use, friendship ties, attitudes toward social-grooming, general curiosity about people, enjoyment of keeping in touch and of social activities, concern for privacy, and other variables hypothesized to be linked to social network site adoption based on qualitative (n=35) and quantitative data (n=714). Three clusters are found to influence social network site adoption: disposition towards social grooming, disposition towards conformity, and privacy concerns. We especially find that non-users display an attitude towards social grooming (gossip, small-talk, and generalized, non-functional people-curiosity) that ranges from incredulous to hostile. Contrary to expectations, however, non-users do not report a smaller number of very close or somewhat close friends compared to users, but they do keep in touch with fewer people. Users of social networking sites tend to be heavier users of the expressive Internet, while there is no difference in non-social uses on the instrumental Internet, highlighting the need to differentiate between the different modalities of Internet use when examining social impacts. Keywords: social network sites, Goffman, Dunbar, presentation of the self, social grooming, Facebook, Myspace
This link is not working. This is a hot topic in my class right now and I'd love to read this. Alex Randall Prof of Comm Univ of the VIrgin Islands. is at the pre-publication state and is available here: http://userpages.umbc.edu/~zeynep/papers/ZeynepCanYouSeeMeNowBSTS.pdf.
It worked for me. Looks fascinating, Zeynep! Alex -Vipowernet wrote:
This link is not working. This is a hot topic in my class right now and I'd love to read this.
Alex Randall Prof of Comm Univ of the VIrgin Islands.
is at the pre-publication state and is available here: http://userpages.umbc.edu/~zeynep/papers/ZeynepCanYouSeeMeNowBSTS.pdf.
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Hi Alex, I think it's the period at the end of the sentence that might be causing a problem. Silly me, using punctuation in this day and age. Try: http://userpages.umbc.edu/~zeynep/papers/ZeynepCanYouSeeMeNowBSTS.pdf Best, -z On Nov 1, 2007 10:44 AM, Alex -Vipowernet <alex@islands.vi> wrote:
This link is not working. This is a hot topic in my class right now and I'd love to read this.
Alex Randall Prof of Comm Univ of the VIrgin Islands.
is at the pre-publication state and is available here: http://userpages.umbc.edu/~zeynep/papers/ZeynepCanYouSeeMeNowBSTS.pdf.
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Yesterday, Association of Independent Information Professionals (AIIP) Past President Cynthia Shamel presented AIIP's Annual Technology Award at Internet Librarian in Monterey to XLineSoft's ASPRunner Professional with an Honorable Mention for IBM Visual Communication Lab's Many Eyes. Since I had posted the request for nominations to the list and received several replies, I wanted to follow up with the results. The press release follows with more info. Best Regards, Mark Goldstein, AIIP Secretary President, International Research Center Voice & Fax: 602-470-0389, Skype: mark.goldstein LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/markgoldstein E-Mail: markg@researchedge.com, IRC: http://www.researchedge.com/ Harnessing Global Information Resources for Informed Decision Making Association of Independent Information Professionals Selects XLineSoft's ASPRunner Professional for Technology Award (BATON ROUGE, LA (October 30, 2007) -- The Association of Independent Information Professionals (AIIP) announced today that it has selected XLineSoft (http://www.xlinesoft.com/) as the recipient of the Eighth Annual AIIP Technology Award for its ASPRunner Professional product. AIIP presents this prestigious award each year to the company whose product best assists independent information professionals with their day-to-day operations in locating, analyzing, organizing, and delivering information. The award was presented today at Information Today, Inc.'s Internet Librarian conference in Monterey, CA. According to the AIIP Awards Committee, ASPRunner Professional-a database management tool-can be used to create robust, easy-to-modify code (with no programming required) to implement online database applications and improve the functionality of members' web sites, making the product well-suited to AIIP's diverse membership and its various database needs. "AIIP members are committed to delivering value-added information products and services," explained AIIP President Jane John. "In today's information-centric world, easy-to-use products such as ASPRunner Professional allow information professionals to create custom client experiences and sophisticated online database deliverables with ease to not only meet but exceed client needs." Honorable Mention for the Technology Award was given to IBM Visual Communication Lab (http://www.research.ibm.com/visual/) for its product Many Eyes. A public web site, Many Eyes allows users to gather data, visualize it, and discuss their visualizations. About AIIP AIIP is the industry association for independent information professionals. Its membership consists of more than 500 business owners from countries around the world whose firms provide information-related research and consulting services across a wide variety of industries. Some of the vertical industries AIIP members work in include scientific, medical, pharmaceutical, regulatory, information technology, education, financial services, manufacturing, non profits and life sciences. More information can be found on the website at http://www.aiip.org/. ###
Zeynep and others - You might be interested in a piece by Judith Donath in the latest issue of JCMC which covers very similar topics: http:// jcmc.indiana.edu/vol13/issue1/donath.html As I mentioned, not all the articles are live, but the abstracts are on the home page so you can get an idea of what's included in the special section on SNSs edited by danah boyd and myself: http:// jcmc.indiana.edu/vol13/issue1/. I'll send a quick note when they are all up. Enjoy! - Nicole On Nov 1, 2007, at 10:15 AM, Zeynep Tufekci wrote: Hi All, I just wanted to share two papers about SNS (responding to danah's call). One of them, "Can You See Me Now? Audience and Disclosure Regulation in Online Social Network Sites," is at the pre-publication state and is available here: http://userpages.umbc.edu/~zeynep/papers/ZeynepCanYouSeeMeNowBSTS.pdf. The other is under review so I've included only the abstract below. Please send me an email if you would like a copy of that paper when I start circulating it. Cheers, -z
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