Social interaction in virtual communities: the significance of technology

Skog, Daniel

doi:10.1504/ijwbc.2005.008111

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“…For instance, forms of media consumption such as family or public viewing (Hartmann, 2008) are collective, not to forget the role that interpretative communities can play (Radway, 1988;Lindlof, 1988). Also, virtual communities (Skog, 2005) and social media (Page, 2011) off er forms of mediated social interaction that are more collective, partially because "just like a producer loses control over who watches a television show once it is aired" (Baym, 2002: 64), the size and nature of the audience is obscured, but partially also because dialogues are -not unlike interpersonal communication in small groups (Festinger & Th ibaut, 1951) -trans-individual. Online dialogues often address more than one person, but at the same time they target specifi c groups and still use a more individualized manner of address.…”

Section: Interactionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Differentiating between access, interaction and participation

Carpentier

2015

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Participation has regained a remarkable presence in academic debates within Communication and Media Studies, amongst other fields and disciplines. At the same time, the concept of participation has remained vague because of its frequent and diverse usages and its intrinsically political nature, which renders it difficult to use in an academic context. Conceptual clarity is generated through a combination of negative-relationist and inter- disciplinary strategies. The former means that an argument is made in favour of a more focussed meaning of participation, on the basis of a comparison with two other concepts, access and interaction. The interdisciplinary strategy consists of a broad theoretical re-reading that focuses on the academic literature in which these distinc- tions are made, or where the independent nature of one of the three concepts is particularly emphasized. At the end of this text, the different meanings of access, interaction and participation are structured and integrated in a model, which is labelled the AIP model.

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Section: Interactionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Differentiating between access, interaction and participation

Carpentier

2015

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“…Skog (2005) argued that members of social networks are not passive but participate in the social evolution of the social network. Likewise, studies have been developed around the motivations for joining certain communities (Backstrom, Hottenlocher & al., 2006).…”

Section: Research Background On Social Networkmentioning

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Social Networks and Young People. Comparative Study of Facebook between Colombia and Spain

Almansa-Martínez¹,

Fonseca²,

Esparcia³

2013

Comunicar: Media Education Research Journal

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Las redes sociales se han convertido en ámbitos de interacción social entre los jóvenes, que crean un perfil para relacionarse con los demás. La exposición pública en el caso de los adolescentes puede generar problemas sobre aspectos sociales, emotivos y afectivos. Esta investigación analiza cómo se usa Facebook por parte de los jóvenes y qué experiencia obtienen de ello. Aunque dicen conocer los riesgos, admiten que aceptan a desconocidos como amigos y ofrecen datos reales sobre su vida. Ante esta situación, se hace más evidente la necesidad de la alfabetización mediática y digital de estos jóvenes que, aunque no deberían estar en Facebook hasta los 13 años, cuentan con un perfil de manera mayoritaria. Para ello se ha utilizado una metodología basada en el análisis de contenido y las entrevistas en profundidad. Se trata de un estudio comparativo entre Colombia y España. En Colombia se han realizado 100 análisis de perfiles y 20 entrevistas en profundidad. La muestra ha sido de adolescentes de 12 a 15 años, de la Institución Educativa Distrital Técnico Internacional de Bogotá. En España se han analizado 100 perfiles y se han realizado 20 entrevistas a chicos de 12 a 15 años, de Institutos (IES) de Andalucía.Social networks have become areas of social interaction among young people where they create a profile to relate with others. The way this population uses social networks has an impact on their socialization as well as the emotional and affective aspects of their development. The purpose of this investigation was to analyze how Facebook is used by young people to communicate among themselves and the experiences they gain from it. On the one hand, while teenagers claim to know the risks, they admit to accepting strangers as friends and to sharing large amounts of true data about their private lives. For this reason, it is necessary to understand the media and digital phenomenon that the youth are living through. Although they are legally prohibited from using Facebook until they are 13, the number of underage users of this social network is growing, without any restraint from parents or schools. This investigation compares the use of Facebook by youth in Colombia and Spain by using the content analysis and interview techniques. In Colombia 100 Facebook profiles were analyzed and 20 interviews carried out with students between 12- and 15-years-old attending the Institución Educativa Distrital Técnico Internacional school in Bogotá. In Spain, 100 Facebook profiles were analyzed and 20 interviews held with students of the same age group attending various secondary schools in Andalusia

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“…When people contribute online they enjoy 'enhanced social connectedness' (Rainie 2010, p.8) and increased social status which can be related to levels of participation (Skog 2005). By influencing friends of friends, SNSs help gain reputations, grow networks and exert social power.…”

Section: Specific Opportunities and Challenges Of Snss As Internationmentioning

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Assessing social network sites as international platforms

Bodle¹

2010

Journal of International Communication

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In this article I assess the challenges and opportunities of using online social network services as international platforms for development and for networking global civil society. A human rights framework and information ethics approach are used to identify principles as they are transposed to the internet, to evaluate dominant trends in social network sites (SNSs) and to theorise how human rights might be embedded into the technical design of new and existing online social networks. The central research question is 'how can SNSs affirm and uphold a "people centered, inclusive and development-oriented information society" (WSIS 2005)?' Ideal values and outcomes of a public service social network include interoperability, privacy, transparency, autonomy, participatory design, cultural and linguistic diversity, support for oral cultures and non-technical populations, open access and the commons. Affordances and functions of existing SNSs include sociability, sharing, interaction, homophily, social capital and power, and network effects. Examining tensions between values and affordances, public and private interests, can help guide the design and implementation of SNSs for international networking and development.

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Social interaction in virtual communities: the significance of technology

Cited by 38 publications

References 15 publications

Differentiating between access, interaction and participation

Differentiating between access, interaction and participation

Social Networks and Young People. Comparative Study of Facebook between Colombia and Spain

Assessing social network sites as international platforms

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