Mutable Selves and Digital Reflexivities: Social Media for Social Change in the Middle East and North Africa

Lengel, Lara; Newsom, Victoria Ann

doi:10.1108/s0163-239620140000043015

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“…Lengel and Newsom (2014) applied a symbolic interactionist framework to examine the role of social media in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) uprisings following the ‘Arab Spring.’ The authors drew on symbolic interactionist studies of critical moments within social movements that are fueled by intense emotional occurrences. These moments accumulated in the self-immolation of Mohamed Bouazizi in his protest against government oppression.…”

Section: Applications Of Interactionist Theory: Empirical Research Across the Decadesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Symbols, meaning, and action: The past, present, and future of symbolic interactionism

2016

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Symbolic interactionism is a theoretical perspective in sociology that addresses the manner in which society is created and maintained through face-to-face, repeated, meaningful interactions among individuals. This article surveys past theory and research in the interactionist tradition. It first provides an overview of three main trajectories in symbolic interactionist thought, focusing on the work of Herbert Blumer (the Chicago School), Manford Kuhn (the Iowa School), and Sheldon Stryker (the Indiana School). A brief summary of each figure’s general perspective on symbolic interactionism is given, followed by a discussion of the research methodology that defines and distinguishes each. The article then reviews and assesses the empirical research that has emerged from these trajectories over the past decades, beginning with the classical studies of the mid-twentieth century and culminating in research programs that have emerged in the contemporary era. Specifically, this article surveys significant contributions to the symbolic interactionist literature in areas such as dramaturgy, cultural studies, postmodernism, gender/status/power, self and identity, collective behavior and social movements, and social context and the environment. It concludes with a discussion of future directions symbolic interactionists should take in continuing to develop the field.

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Section: Applications Of Interactionist Theory: Empirical Research Across the Decadesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Symbols, meaning, and action: The past, present, and future of symbolic interactionism

2016

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“…First, CMC provides open, free places for identity expression, formation, consolidation, maintenance and negotiation during collective action. On websites, blogs, forums and social media, identity processes are fostered through icons, symbols, images, narratives and discursive strategies that people use to construct social (Adegoju and Oyebode, 2015; Anderson and Grace, 2015; Han, 2015; Kharroub and Bas, 2015; Smith et al, 2015) and collective identities (Chiluwa, 2012; Choi and Park, 2014; Drissel, 2013; Jaworsky, 2015; Kavada, 2015; Lengel and Newsom, 2014; Mackay and Dallaire, 2014; Penney, 2015; Svensson, 2012; Treré, 2015). Multiple-type studies show CMC’s effectiveness at fostering the transition from individual to collective identities on blogs and social media (Chapman and Coffe, 2016; Gerbaudo, 2015; Ortiz and Ostertag, 2014; Soon and Kluver, 2014).…”

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Identity and collective action via computer-mediated communication: A review and agenda for future research

Priante

Ehrenhard²,

Broek

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New Media & Society

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Since the start of large-scale waves of mobilisation in 2011, the importance of identity in the study of collective action via computer-mediated communication (CMC) has been a source of contention. Hence, our research sets out to systematically review and synthesise empirical findings on identity and collective action via CMC from 2012 to 2016. We found that the literature on the topic is broad and diverse, with contributions from multiple disciplines and theoretical and methodological approaches. Based on our findings, we provide directions for future research and propose the adoption of an integrative approach that combines the study of identity and networks to advance our understanding of collective action via CMC. This review contributes to the crossroad of social movement, collective action, communication and media studies. Our results also have practical implications for the organisation of collective action in a society characterised by the pervasive influence of CMC.

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“…In the first approach, social media is recognised as an environment that facilitates communication and provides opportunities for thinking about reflexivity (eg, Numerato, Vochocová, Štětka, & Macková, 2019). Sensitive topics, such as health, privacy, power or relationships, are the main issues that are discussed within this approach and many authors argue that, without access to social media, it would be nearly impossible to collaboratively and fruitfully reflect on many of these topics (eg, Lengel & Newsom, 2014; Stæhr, 2015).…”

Section: Reflexivity: Gazing Inward From Insidementioning

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Researching the virtual: A framework for reflexivity in qualitative social media research

Pousti

Urquhart

Linger

2020

Information Systems Journal

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Recent years have seen an explosion in social media in our everyday lives, and a corresponding increase in social media research in IS. As social media researchers, we are intrigued by the problem of virtuality and context in social media research, and how we might apply reflexive research principles to such settings. In social media, the absence of a setting's real physical boundaries (to a large extent) limits participants' ability to create a common experience at the present time and develop a history of shared experiences. As a result, we would contend that many social media researchers' interpretations of data in social media settings are often black‐boxed. In this paper, we argue that many of the challenges concerned with social media settings, by nature, are emergent and linked to their virtual and contextual features. We use the Klein and Myers (1999) framework for traditional interpretive field studies as a vehicle for unpacking these challenges. We contend that these challenges may remain unnoticed if researchers do not actively reflect upon their impact on the research process. In this paper, we present a framework for social media research, considering social media research as a reflexive space, building on the notion of three levels of reflexivity: theory, design and practice. Finally, we discuss some implications of reflexivity for qualitative social media research in IS.

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Mutable Selves and Digital Reflexivities: Social Media for Social Change in the Middle East and North Africa

Cited by 12 publications

References 31 publications

Symbols, meaning, and action: The past, present, and future of symbolic interactionism

Symbols, meaning, and action: The past, present, and future of symbolic interactionism

Identity and collective action via computer-mediated communication: A review and agenda for future research

Researching the virtual: A framework for reflexivity in qualitative social media research

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