Researching protest on Facebook: developing an ethical stance for the study of Northern Irish flag protest pages

Reilly, Paul; Trevisan, Filippo

doi:10.1080/1369118x.2015.1104373

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“…Methodologically, we approach our data from a digital anthropology perspective that frames virtual discourses as culturally significant utterances, implicating modes of understanding and affect, with the anthropologist acting as a participant-observer, rather than directly eliciting user discourses (Boellstorff, 2012). We also draw on recent qualitative studies in media and communications (Reilly and Trevisan, 2015) and public health (Farrell et al, 2015) that suggest that online discursive spaces, such as social media and newspaper comment sections, provide fruitful domains in which to examine popular affective engagement with politically valent issues. In analyzing Buycott's discursive shaping through online texts, we are mindful of critiques that call for a virtual ethnography that transcends the online/offline divide and integrates the analysis of online engagements with 'real world' interviews and observations (Hine, 2008;Sade-Beck, 2004).…”

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Mobile activism, material imaginings, and the ethics of the edible: Framing political engagement through the Buycott app

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a b s t r a c tIn this article, we explore the discursive constructions of Buycott, a free mobile app that provides a platform for user-generated ethical consumption campaigns. Unlike other ethical consumption apps, Buycott's mode of knowledge production positions the app itself as neutral, with app users generating activist campaigns and providing both data and judgment. Although Buycott is not a dedicated food activism app, food features centrally in its campaigns, and the app seems to provide a mobile means of extending, and perhaps expanding, alternative food network (AFN) action across geographies and constituencies. Thus, as a case study, Buycott unveils contemporary possibilities for citizen participation and the formation of activist consumer communities, both local and transnational, through mobile technologies. Our analysis shows, however, that despite the app's user-generated format, the forms of activism it enables are constrained by the app's binary construction of action as consumption or non-consumption and its ethos of 'voting with your wallet'. Grounded in texts concerning Buycott's two largest campaigns (Demand GMO Labeling and Long live Palestine boycott Israel), our analysis delineates how Buycott, its campaigns, and its modes of action take shape in user, media, and app developer discourses. We find that, as discursively framed, Buycott campaigns are commodity-centric, invoking an 'ethics of care' to be enacted by atomized consumers, in corporate spaces and through mainstream, barcode-bearing, retail products. In user discourses, this corporate spatiality translates into the imagined materializing of issues in products, investing commodities with the substance of an otherwise ethereal cause. This individualized, commodity-centric activism reinforces tenets of the neoliberal market, ultimately turning individual users into consumers not only of products, but also of the app itself. Thus, we suggest, the activist habitus constructed through Buycott is a neoliberal, consumer habitus.

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Mobile activism, material imaginings, and the ethics of the edible: Framing political engagement through the Buycott app

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“…Isso significa que, dependendo das circunstâncias, os resultados da pesquisa podem indignar os participantes (Reilly & Trevisan, 2016), por isso, os pesquisadores devem ir além da adesão à definição de privacidade dada pela plataforma. De tal modo que o consentimento informado deva ser sempre uma questão a ser lembrada antes de se iniciar uma pesquisa em plataformas conectadas, pois os contextos online e offline estão geralmente interligados.…”

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Pesquisando co-viewing em redes sociais e aplicativos de mensagem instantânea: ética e desafios

Pires

2018

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ResumoEste artigo discute as preocupações e os desafios éticos que devem ser considerados durante o estudo da prática de covisualização (televisão social) dos conteúdos audivisuais nas mídias sociais e aplicativos de mensagens instantâneas. As práticas de covisualização se referem às atividades interconectadas que ocorrem enquanto os espectadores se sentam juntos em frente a um aparelho de TV, observando e construindo sentido a partir do conteúdo televisivo. Plataformas conectadas ampliam as possibilidades de covisualização, permitindo que as pessoas experimentem uma copresença digital. Neste estudo, os usuários que participaram em atividades de covisualização conectada em grupos não oficiais, do Facebook e do WhatsApp, dedicados à telenovela brasileira Babilônia (exibida em 2015), são usados para exemplificar a necessidade de estabelecer um consentimento informado ao realizar pesquisas online e evitar danos aos participantes. A pesquisa demonstra que uma tomada de decisão ética em relação aos dados e aos pontos de vista dos usuários estudados deve ser considerada e avaliada nos estágios iniciais e ao longo de cada etapa do estudo. Palavras-chave Consentimento informado; covisualização; estudo de caso; métodos digitais; plataformas conectadas AbstractThis article discusses the ethical concerns and challenges that should be considered while studying the practice of co-viewing on social media and instant messaging applications. Coviewing practices refer to the intertwined activities that happen while viewers sit together in front of a TV set, watching and making meaning from television content. Connected platforms amplify the possibilities for co-viewing, by allowing people to experience a digital co-presence. Users that engaged in connected co-viewing in unofficial Facebook and WhatsApp groups dedicated to the brazilian telenovela Babilônia (airing in 2015) are used to exemplify the need to establish informed consent and avoid harming the participants when carrying out research online. The research reveals that ethical decision-making with respect to users' data and viewpoints had to be considered, not only at the beginning stages of research, but assessed and considered throughout each step of the study.

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“…Así, las redes sociales conforman un espacio de comunicación globalizado, que no conoce de fronteras, significan para los individuos un medio de acceso prioritario a la información y, para las empresas, organizaciones o instituciones estar presentes en ellas resulta ineludible para garantizar su visibilidad y el contacto diario con sus usuarios o potenciales usuarios. En este sentido, son interesantes los estudios referidos al comportamiento de la comunidad de una red social creada en torno a una marca empresarial, partido político (Lin, 2017;Nedelea y Costea, 2016;Nitschke, Donges, Schade, 2016;Pegoraro, Scott, y Burch, 2017;Reilly y Trevisan, 2016). En el ámbito educativo siempre ha tenido suma importancia la interacción social que se crea en un contexto determinado.…”

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The social perspective of the main MOOC platforms through Facebook

Roig-Vila

Lorenzo-Lledó‬

2017

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ResumenFacebook, como red social, ofrece un medio potente de comunicación social a través de la Red, conectando usuarios con intereses comunes. En este estudio se analizan las cuentas de Facebook de 7 de las principales plataformas de MOOC: Coursera, EdX, Future Learn, Harvard Extension, Miríada X, Stanford Online y Udacity, con el fin de describir el modo en que estas emplean sus cuentas de Facebook como espacio digital de comunicación, información e interacción social con sus usuarios. Para ello, se han utilizado herramientas de medición online sobre el crecimiento y la visibilidad de las cuentas, el contenido publicado y la interactividad con los seguidores. Los resultados evidencian que el número de seguidores no es proporcional al número de publicaciones y el nivel de actividad de las respectivas cuentas. Esto evidencia que es necesario tener y desarrollar estrategias en torno a las redes sociales, ya que ello puede contribuir a la consolidación de colectivos interesados en el proyecto educativo que ofrece cada plataforma.Palabras clave: cursos MOOC; Facebook; redes sociales; plataformas MOOC Resum Facebook, com a xarxa social, ofereix un mitjà potent de comunicació social a través de la Xarxa, connectant usuaris amb interessos comuns. En aquest estudi s'analitzen els comptes de Facebook de 7 de les principals plataformes de MOOC: Coursera, EdX, Future Learn, Harvard Extension, Miríada X, Stanford Online i Udacity, amb la finalitat de descriure la manera en què aquestes empren els seus comptes de Facebook com a espai digital de comunicació, informació i interacció social amb els seus usuaris. Per a això, s'han utilitzat eines de mesurament online sobre el creixement i la visibilitat dels comptes, el contingut publicat i la interactivitat amb els seguidors. Els resultats evidencien que el nombre de seguidors no és proporcional al nombre de publicacions i el nivell d'activitat dels respectius comptes. Això evidencia que és necessari tenir i desenvolupar estratègies entorn de les xarxes socials, ja que això pot contribuir a la consolidació de col·lectius interessats en el projecte educatiu que ofereix cada plataforma.Paraules clau: cursos MOOC; Facebook; xarxes socials; plataformes MOOC AbstractIn its capacity as a social network, Facebook provides a strong means of social communication through the Internet, connecting users with shared interests. The present study analyzes the Facebook accounts of 7 of the most important MOOC platforms -Coursera; EdX; Future Learn; Harvard Extension; Miríada X; Stanford Online; and Udacity-for the purpose of describing the way in which these platforms use their accounts as a digital space for communication, information, and social interaction with their users. Online measuring tools related to the growth and visibility of accounts, the content published, and the interactivity with followers, have been utilized to achieve our aims. The results made it evident that the number of followers is not proportional to the number of publications and the activity level of the respective...

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Researching protest on Facebook: developing an ethical stance for the study of Northern Irish flag protest pages

Cited by 19 publications

References 24 publications

Mobile activism, material imaginings, and the ethics of the edible: Framing political engagement through the Buycott app

Mobile activism, material imaginings, and the ethics of the edible: Framing political engagement through the Buycott app

Pesquisando co-viewing em redes sociais e aplicativos de mensagem instantânea: ética e desafios

The social perspective of the main MOOC platforms through Facebook

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