Divided we tweet: The social media poetics of public online shaming

Shenton, Jamie E.

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“…Interestingly, the privacy concerns of shamed children are not necessarily about the intrusion, seclusion or disclosure of embarrassing information, but rather, about the disruption in their ability to continue to participate in online spaces free from attacks (Dilmac, 2014). Recently, Shenton (2020) analyzed contemporary social media and suggested that public online shaming is also an antagonistic “poetic” practice through which users forge their identities.…”

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Safe online ethical code for and by the “net generation”: themes emerging from school students’ wisdom of the crowd

Dinur

Aharoni

Karniel

2021

JICES

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Purpose Children are becoming heavy users of communication and information technologies from an early age. These technologies carry risks to which children may be exposed. In collaboration with the Israel Ministry of Education (IME), the authors launched a week-long safe online awareness program for school children in 257 elementary and middle schools in Israel. Each class independently composed a safe and ethical code of online behavior following two classroom debate sessions. The purpose of this study was to analyze these codes and learn how school children perceive and understand the proper use of the network using thematic analysis. Design/methodology/approach A total of 8,181 students between the ages of 8 and 14 years in 303 classes from 257 schools participated in the program. These classes composed 303 ethical codes, which were decomposed into 2,201 elements (phrases, sentences, or paragraphs). Using mixed-methods research combining quantitative and qualitative methodologies, the elements of the ethical codes were analyzed, interpreted, and classified to identify the dominant themes and discourses used by the students when addressing issues related to safe online use. Findings Findings indicate that Israeli students are aware of the dangers and risks of the internet, and these concerns are reflected in their own ethical codes. The students discouraged online self-exposure and encouraged precautions and wariness towards members of out-groups. The themes included sentences which asked for responsible, appropriate, and lawful use, expressed concern about privacy issues, and stated the need for adult involvement. Most of them reflected an “us against them (strangers)” perspective. Originality/value The current study presents an innovative “bottom-up” program based on wisdom of the crowd approach, that can be implemented in schools internationally in order to encourage reflexivity and teach children the necessary skills for safe online experiences. In addition, this study analyses the school children’s own views of the dangers of social media and learn about their perspective and understanding of internet use.

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Safe online ethical code for and by the “net generation”: themes emerging from school students’ wisdom of the crowd

Dinur

Aharoni

Karniel

2021

JICES

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“…Como sujetos activos productores de discursos, se someten a la polarización que refuerza el antagonismo de la práctica y la oposición de la lucha. En este sentido, se pueden distinguir posters partidarios, defensores, liberales y conservadores (Shenton, 2020), según la práctica. Por su parte, los lurkers son mayorías silenciosas que interactúan, leen la información publicada por las organizaciones de protesta, pero no publican o emiten enunciados de apoyo en sus interacciones digitales (Sun, Rau y Ma, 2014).…”

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“…Nuestro punto de partida asumirá la perspectiva del rito no para reconocer sus características étnicas como protesta social, sino, en un camino inverso, para aproximarnos a la protesta como rito. La literatura sobre la protesta digital (Panagiotopoulos, 2012;Vaccari y Valeriani, 2015;Shenton, 2020) y la protesta en espacios públicos (Fillieule y Tartakowsky, 2015;Panfichi y Coronel, 2014;Osisanwo e Iyoha, 2020;Domínguez y Malca, 2019) es abundante y de gran actualidad. No obstante, presenta un vacío de investigación respecto a las consideraciones de la protesta como práctica ritual.…”

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La creación del rito: análisis semiótico de la protesta sindical a través de la red social Twitter durante el estado de pandemia

Yalán Dongo

2020

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El objetivo de este artículo es analizar la práctica de la protesta como ritual registrado a través de la plataforma Twitter durante el estado de pandemia. Para ello, desde un enfoque cualitativo que asume técnicas de análisis sociosemiótico, la presente investigación toma como corpus o realidad empírica de análisis las publicaciones con material audiovisual hechas en Twitter por el Sindicato de Trabajadores Obreros/as de Limpieza Pública (SITOBUR) durante los meses de junio, julio, agosto y septiembre del 2020, marco temporal en el que las protestas laborales se exacerbaron durante la pandemia. Siendo el interés no el devenir protesta del rito, sino el devenir rito de la protesta, se considera a la semiótica del ritual como concepto vital para la producción de sentido de la práctica de la protesta, no solo desde la perspectiva de su desempeño estético, sino también como cooperante con la direccionalidad de dicha práctica. Los resultados del análisis sociosemiótico nos conducen al reconocimiento del acecho como forma significante del rito presente en la protesta en su desarrollo espacial, temporal, actancial y práctico.

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“…Social networks have an online disinhibition effect, which makes it easier for a person behind a keyboard to write things that they would probably not say to others in person. Conventional social network practices such as the use of memes, hashtags and shaming exacerbate a sense of difference and otherness (Shenton, 2020). As a result, social network discourse is more intense and divisive (Laor, 2022; Shenton, 2020; Norlock, 2017), and people's opinions on various issues, including government trust, become more polarized.…”

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“…Conventional social network practices such as the use of memes, hashtags and shaming exacerbate a sense of difference and otherness (Shenton, 2020). As a result, social network discourse is more intense and divisive (Laor, 2022; Shenton, 2020; Norlock, 2017), and people's opinions on various issues, including government trust, become more polarized. As a result, various conspiracy theories flourish on the Internet during a crisis.…”

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Mainstream, on-demand and social media consumption and trust in government handling of the COVID crisis

Laor

Lissitsa

2022

OIR

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PurposeThis study examined the association between media consumers' attitudes toward COVID-19-related content on mainstream, on-demand and social media and trust in the government's ability to handle the pandemic crisis.Design/methodology/approachThe study is based on an online survey of a representative sample of 1,005 Israelis aged 18 and over and focused on consumers' perceptions of media contents as a source of information, social solidarity, criticism and anxiety.FindingsFindings indicate that mainstream media were the primary source of pandemic information. A positive association was found between perceptions of mainstream media as a source of criticism and trust in government's actions. This association was negative regarding social and on-demand media. The more mainstream media contents were perceived as anxiety evoking, the lower participants' trust in government's actions. A positive association was found between perceptions that social media encouraged social solidarity and trust in governmental action.Practical implicationsPolicymakers should take into consideration that various media operate synergistically to continually construct reality.Originality/valueThis study focuses on consumers' perceptions of COVID-related media contents, which are especially important in the current era of media outlet proliferation, distribution and impact on the government. The unique contribution is in the integrated application of media malaise theory, virtuous circle theory and echo chamber theory to explain the correlation between media consumption and public trust during a global crisis in the era of diverse media outlets.Peer reviewThe peer review history for this article is available at: https://publons.com/publon/10.1108/OIR-06-2021-0299.

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Divided we tweet: The social media poetics of public online shaming

Cited by 9 publications

References 12 publications

Safe online ethical code for and by the “net generation”: themes emerging from school students’ wisdom of the crowd

Safe online ethical code for and by the “net generation”: themes emerging from school students’ wisdom of the crowd

La creación del rito: análisis semiótico de la protesta sindical a través de la red social Twitter durante el estado de pandemia

Mainstream, on-demand and social media consumption and trust in government handling of the COVID crisis

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