WhatsApp methodologies and platform frameworks
Hi everyone, I have two queries: a. Has anyone had success with studying WhatsApp -- especially what motivates users to share and forward content? If so, what sort of methodologies worked? b. I am working on a research project looking at ethics frameworks for digital platforms - if you have any suggestions for examples of existing platforms and open source communities, consultancies (business and developmental), research institutes or social enterprises that have demonstrated best practice in governance models and foundational principles, I'd love to know. Thanks so much, All best, Padmini. --- Padmini Ray Murray, PhD Digital Humanities, Srishti Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Bangalore.
For your first question: I do not have a specific methodology recommendation for WhatsApp but more a recommendation for measurement of Online Knowledge Sharing. I just recently read the paper and sat in a presentation that focus on Q&A communities (in this Stack Exchange) and examine why individuals share knowledge in Stack Exchange. The authors developed a questionnaire with measurement items from prior studies ("with minor modifications to ensure contextual consistency") that focused on nine specific factors: self-efficacy, altruism, trust, reciprocity, personal expected returns, identification, shared vision, social network ties, and community level expected returns. Here is a link to the paper: https://books.google.com/books?id=ly9iDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA43&lpg=PA43&dq=online+kn... Enilda Romero-Hall, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Graduate Coordinator of the Instructional Design & Technology Program College of Social Science, Mathematics, and Education The University of Tampa Department of Education | Plant Hall, Room 439 (813) 257-3372 eromerohall@ut.edu | http://enildaromero.net/ <http://enildaromero.net/> TEDxUTampa Talk <https://youtu.be/CzzFvN9enmY> On 8/3/18, 9:55 AM, "Air-L on behalf of Padmini Ray Murray" <air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org on behalf of p.raymurray@srishti.ac.in> wrote: Hi everyone, I have two queries: a. Has anyone had success with studying WhatsApp -- especially what motivates users to share and forward content? If so, what sort of methodologies worked? b. I am working on a research project looking at ethics frameworks for digital platforms - if you have any suggestions for examples of existing platforms and open source communities, consultancies (business and developmental), research institutes or social enterprises that have demonstrated best practice in governance models and foundational principles, I'd love to know. Thanks so much, All best, Padmini. --- Padmini Ray Murray, PhD Digital Humanities, Srishti Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Bangalore. _______________________________________________ The Air-L@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__aoir.org&d=DwICAg&c=XGug... Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__listserv.aoir.org_listin... Join the Association of Internet Researchers: https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.aoir.org_&d=DwICAg&c...
Thanks for the resources, Enilda. I've been interested in a study on Whatsapp and the propagation of fake news through that platform but due to encryption and privacy matters it's practically impossible to measure it directly. Something that can be useful to Padmini: since the last few weeks, Whatsapp implemented a small message that warns of forwarded messages. You can potentially use that in questionnaries. On Fri, Aug 3, 2018 at 10:32 AM Enilda Romero-Hall <eromerohall@ut.edu> wrote:
For your first question: I do not have a specific methodology recommendation for WhatsApp but more a recommendation for measurement of Online Knowledge Sharing. I just recently read the paper and sat in a presentation that focus on Q&A communities (in this Stack Exchange) and examine why individuals share knowledge in Stack Exchange. The authors developed a questionnaire with measurement items from prior studies ("with minor modifications to ensure contextual consistency") that focused on nine specific factors: self-efficacy, altruism, trust, reciprocity, personal expected returns, identification, shared vision, social network ties, and community level expected returns.
Here is a link to the paper: https://books.google.com/books?id=ly9iDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA43&lpg=PA43&dq=online+kn...
Enilda Romero-Hall, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Graduate Coordinator of the Instructional Design & Technology Program College of Social Science, Mathematics, and Education The University of Tampa Department of Education | Plant Hall, Room 439 (813) 257-3372 eromerohall@ut.edu | http://enildaromero.net/ <http://enildaromero.net/> TEDxUTampa Talk <https://youtu.be/CzzFvN9enmY>
On 8/3/18, 9:55 AM, "Air-L on behalf of Padmini Ray Murray" < air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org on behalf of p.raymurray@srishti.ac.in> wrote:
Hi everyone,
I have two queries: a. Has anyone had success with studying WhatsApp -- especially what motivates users to share and forward content? If so, what sort of methodologies worked? b. I am working on a research project looking at ethics frameworks for digital platforms - if you have any suggestions for examples of existing platforms and open source communities, consultancies (business and developmental), research institutes or social enterprises that have demonstrated best practice in governance models and foundational principles, I'd love to know.
Thanks so much,
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Padmini - as you know - I've been getting my "data" through user (mostly unstructured because then the points I would miss emerge more often) interviews - but its a laborious and time-consuming process. r ___ Radhika Gajjala Co-editor of ADA: Journal of Gender and New Media (adanewmedia.org) Professor, School of Media and Communication and American Culture Studies Program Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green Ohio http://www.radhikagajjala.org On Sun, Aug 5, 2018 at 1:04 AM, Hernán Manríquez <puchahernan@gmail.com> wrote:
Thanks for the resources, Enilda. I've been interested in a study on Whatsapp and the propagation of fake news through that platform but due to encryption and privacy matters it's practically impossible to measure it directly. Something that can be useful to Padmini: since the last few weeks, Whatsapp implemented a small message that warns of forwarded messages. You can potentially use that in questionnaries.
On Fri, Aug 3, 2018 at 10:32 AM Enilda Romero-Hall <eromerohall@ut.edu> wrote:
For your first question: I do not have a specific methodology recommendation for WhatsApp but more a recommendation for measurement of Online Knowledge Sharing. I just recently read the paper and sat in a presentation that focus on Q&A communities (in this Stack Exchange) and examine why individuals share knowledge in Stack Exchange. The authors developed a questionnaire with measurement items from prior studies ("with minor modifications to ensure contextual consistency") that focused on nine specific factors: self-efficacy, altruism, trust, reciprocity, personal expected returns, identification, shared vision, social network ties, and community level expected returns.
Here is a link to the paper: https://books.google.com/books?id=ly9iDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA43& lpg=PA43&dq=online+knowledge+sharing+motivators+of+top+ contributors+in+30+Q%26A+Sites&source=bl&ots=0fAKfOM6p4&sig= j1b4QqLNQRrVcOBsTYJ0Tlcie-Y&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj1suPEidHcAhUK1lMKHQgxB 0kQ6AEwAHoECAEQAQ#v=onepage&q=online%20knowledge%20sharing% 20motivators%20of%20top%20contributors%20in%2030%20Q%26A%20Sites&f=false
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On 8/3/18, 9:55 AM, "Air-L on behalf of Padmini Ray Murray" < air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org on behalf of p.raymurray@srishti.ac.in> wrote:
Hi everyone,
I have two queries: a. Has anyone had success with studying WhatsApp -- especially what motivates users to share and forward content? If so, what sort of methodologies worked? b. I am working on a research project looking at ethics frameworks for digital platforms - if you have any suggestions for examples of existing platforms and open source communities, consultancies (business and developmental), research institutes or social enterprises that have demonstrated best practice in governance models and foundational principles, I'd love to know.
Thanks so much,
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Hi Padmini Recently I attended a talk by Dr. Ponnurangam Kumaraguru <https://www.iiitd.ac.in/pk> (PK) of IIIT, Delhi. He had/has a couple of interesting Online Social Network (OSN) Projects and the latest in the list I think is the problem of WhatsApp forwards. In India particularly, the forwards have revealed their potential to instigate mob violence and even lynching. He displayed a WhatsApp number to which he said if people forward those messages which they think are fake, then PK's team will analyse and get back. I tweeted about it and you can see it by clicking here <https://twitter.com/cherrymp/status/1021991328572493826>. PK's research group keeps a web resource page for sharing all the OSN study resources that they use which can be seen by clicking here <http://precog.iiitd.edu.in/resources.html>. I am marking a copy of this mail to PK as well so that in case you or he can get in touch with each other and take this forward. One of the challenges of getting hold of WhatsApp messages is the end-to-end encryption that the platform uses. Unless your data respondents are willing to share the forwards with you, I don't think you will be able to get any. Like PK you can also think of a WhatsApp number to which your participants can forward the messages. That's my suggestion. Thanks for listening. Best, Cherry Mathew Philipose Assistant Professor of English SSN College of Engineering Kalavakkam - 603 110 On Fri, 3 Aug 2018 at 19:25, Padmini Ray Murray <p.raymurray@srishti.ac.in> wrote:
Hi everyone,
I have two queries: a. Has anyone had success with studying WhatsApp -- especially what motivates users to share and forward content? If so, what sort of methodologies worked? b. I am working on a research project looking at ethics frameworks for digital platforms - if you have any suggestions for examples of existing platforms and open source communities, consultancies (business and developmental), research institutes or social enterprises that have demonstrated best practice in governance models and foundational principles, I'd love to know.
Thanks so much,
All best, Padmini. --- Padmini Ray Murray, PhD Digital Humanities, Srishti Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Bangalore. _______________________________________________ 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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-- *best regards* Cherry Mathew Philipose, PhD
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