Social Technologies for Digital Wellbeing Among Marginalized Communities

DeVito, Michael A.; Walker, Ashley Marie; Birnholtz, Jeremy; Ringland, Kathryn E.; Macapagal, Kathryn; Kraus, Ashley; Munson, Sean A.; Liang, Calvin; Saksono, Herman

doi:10.1145/3311957.3359442

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“…In a way, algorithmic curation of contents has the potential to create discrepancies between what users see on their social network pages and what truly exists [41]. Such inconsistencies may hamper peoples' agency to control [48] and establish their presence on social media the way they want to [49], which may negatively impact freedom of expression and freedom of interaction on how social media users perceive their agency and ability to nd meaningful connections [50].…”

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A Qualitative Exploration of People's Experiences on Social Media

Jasim

Daneshzand

Carpendale

et al. 2023

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Social media is becoming an inseparable component of our daily lives --- with the promise of providing an avenue for building connections with others worldwide. However, persuasive media coverage suggests that in reality, online social media is falling short of promises to provide a space for meaningful connections and interactions. Given that the landscape of social media is ever-changing, it is important to periodically probe into people's social media experiences to identify the challenges and nuances of how people make connections with others and experience the content that social media provides. To explore people's social media experiences, in this work, we conducted a qualitative exploratory study in which we took a two-pronged approach: (1) we created two small technology probes to elicit people’s thoughts and comments on how alternative features and functionalities could change how they use social media, and (2) conducted one-on-one creativity sessions to encourage our 16 study participants to explore how social media impact their lives and how it might transform in the future. The participants openly and enthusiastically discussed their experiences, connections, and agency on social media. Our findings suggest that the participants want features to increase expressivity, the ability to control content curation, and opportunities to make connections beyond what current social media platforms provide. We discuss the impact of privacy and anonymity in shaping social media experiences as well as the tension among agency, relevance, content curation, and echo chambers.

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confidence: 99%

A Qualitative Exploration of People's Experiences on Social Media

Jasim

Daneshzand

Carpendale

et al. 2023

Preprint

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“…The remaining example is the International Psychology Network for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex Issues, which aims to decenter psychological practice and guidelines from a Western context (Horne et al, 2019). Given these partnerships focused on neither SGMY specifically nor ICT use, we identified an opportunity to assemble a unique international and interdisciplinary partnership focusing on the resilience-enhancing potential of ICTs among SGMY (DeVito et al, 2019).…”

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Building bridges and breaking down silos: A framework for developing interdisciplinary, international academic-community research collaborations for the benefit of sexual and gender minority youth

Craig

Eaton

Brooks

et al. 2022

Psychology & Sexuality

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Interdisciplinary collaboration fuels research innovation and funders are increasingly offering long-term grants prioritizing partnerships. However, a gap remains regarding the effective development, evaluatation, and sustainment of research partnerships; particularly those supporting marginalized populations such as sexual and gender minority youth (SGMY). There is a concomitant need to expand research internationally to cross-culturally conceptualize SGMY's experiences, which information and communication technologies (ICTs) may facilitate. The International Partnership for Queer Youth Resilience (INQYR) is a research consortium comprising over 40 academic and community representatives investigating and addressing issues faced by SGMY in Canada, the United Kingdom (UK), United States of America (USA), and Mexico from an interdisciplinary perspective by: (a) conducting and disseminating interventions and exploratory research on SGMY's ICT use, and (b) training cohorts of SGMY scholars and practitioners. This article details INQYR's rationale and formation, including its objectives and organizational framework. Facilitators and barriers are discussed through reflection on INQYR's first operational phase from 2018-2021, considering collaboration with diverse stakeholders and settings; shared goals; language and technology barriers; personal and workload barriers; infrastructure; and power and historical tensions. Implications for other research partnerships and concrete tools such as author guidelines for large-scale research partnership formation, operation, and evaluation are discussed.

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“…Throughout my work, I engage with literature in Computer-Supported Collaborative Work (CSCW), HCI, assistive technologies and disability studies. I draw from prior work in these spaces, which has studied how individuals from marginalized backgrounds find support within communal spaces [1,10,21], express their identities through art and play [11,17,20], and designed technologies that center creativity (e.g., [23]). I extend this body of literature by studying how disabled creators and collaborators promote their work across various platforms to obtain broader exposure and narrow in on the tensions that arise when expressions of disability have the potential to become sources of income.…”

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Understanding and Amplifying Labor among Content Creators with Disabilities

Borgos-Rodriguez

2021

Companion Publication of the 2021 Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing

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My research combines field observations, interview, and design exploration methods to understand content creation practices involving disabled creators and, at times, their caregivers and collaborators. This analysis investigates the varying ways in which disabled creators approach their labor across different creative modalities and spaces. Further, it reveals how their practices might be shaped by broader social issues around disability such as ableism and marginalization from traditional workplaces. In doing so, I uncover the ways technology can both support and hinder the goals of these creators. Insights from this work can inform future directions and opportunities for research that supports and recognizes the contributions of disabled creators. CCS CONCEPTS• Human-centered computing → Empirical studies in accessibility.

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Social Technologies for Digital Wellbeing Among Marginalized Communities

Cited by 31 publications

References 27 publications

A Qualitative Exploration of People's Experiences on Social Media

A Qualitative Exploration of People's Experiences on Social Media

Building bridges and breaking down silos: A framework for developing interdisciplinary, international academic-community research collaborations for the benefit of sexual and gender minority youth

Understanding and Amplifying Labor among Content Creators with Disabilities

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