I suggest the widely cited paper of Kate Crawford (2009) as a starting point Following you: Disciplines of listening in social media ​.​ http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10304310903003270 Tiziano 2018-01-16 18:28 GMT+01:00 Elizabeth Anne Watkins <writetowatkins@gmail.com> :

Hello AoIR listers,

Asking this list of generous scholars, has there been any research on the act of, or language around, "following" on platforms? Or what "following" means to users? Platform agnostic: Twitter, FB, SoundCloud, Insta, etc. Likewise, on "subscribing"?

thanks much! Elizabeth

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