The Affordances of Social Networking Sites for Relational Maintenance in a Distrustful Society: The Case of Azerbaijan

Pearce, Katy E.; Barta, Kristen; Fesenmaier, Margaret A.

doi:10.1177/2056305115616150

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“…They claim that it cannot be a feature of a technology, an outcome of its use, and it must have variability in how it is used. Social network sites (boyd, 2010; Pearce, Barta, & Fesenmaier, 2015), social media (Majchrzak et al, 2013; Treem & Leonardi, 2012), and mobile devices (Schrock, 2015; Stephens, 2018) have all been examined through an affordance-based framework.…”

Section: Technological Affordancesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Throw me a lifeline: Articulating mobile social network dispersion and the social construction of risk in rescue communication

Stephens

Robertson

Murthy

2019

Mobile Media & Communication

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This research develops a model of mobile social network dispersion in rescue communication, and illustrates how people use a combination of mobile and social media, along with real-time communication, in their decision-making process. Guided by established research on smartphones, social media, and affordances, we used a qualitative approach and conducted field interviews that included photo-elicitation interview (PEI) techniques to examine participants’ private social media data. Our analysis of these rescue decisions reveals why so few people used the official 9-1-1 system. We show how rescue communication often occurs through a socially constructed assessment of risk that involves persuasion by trusted others in their network, regardless of professional qualifications. Furthermore, trusted others can function as proxies and can draw upon mobile social network affordances, helping to compensate for material limitations. The affordances people drew from can be organized into two sets: foundational and amplification. Hierarchical relationships exist among these sets of affordances, and materiality plays a pivotal role in rescue communication. Ultimately, our analysis uncovers the multimodality around people’s decisions to ask for help.

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Section: Technological Affordancesmentioning

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Throw me a lifeline: Articulating mobile social network dispersion and the social construction of risk in rescue communication

Stephens

Robertson

Murthy

2019

Mobile Media & Communication

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“…Relational maintenance is how individuals sustain ties with others, particularly for the purpose of future access to resources and support, which sometimes involves sustaining various relational conditions: keeping a relationship in existence, keeping a relationship in a specified state or condition, keeping a relationship in a satisfactory condition, and/or repairing a relationship (Dindia & Canary, 1993). Information and communication technologies, particularly SNSs, afford easier ways to maintain such relationships (Pearce, Barta, & Fesenmaier, 2015), increasing frequency of communication (Stafford & Hillyer, 2012) and lowering transaction costs (Ellison, Gray, Lampe, & Fiore, 2014;Ellison, Vitak, et al, 2014;Tong & Walther, 2011). Different SNS activities may lead to different relational maintenance and communication activities that are associated with different social capital outcomes (Ellison et al, 2011;Ellison, Vitak, et al, 2014;Quinn, 2016;Vitak, 2014;Wohn, Lampe, Wash, Ellison, & Vitak, 2011).…”

Section: Relational Maintenancementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Reputation, the aggregate asset of received recognitions, is an important part of social capital because it enhances the sharing of resources as well as social capital itself (Burt, 2000; Lin, 2001). SNSs can provide opportunities for reputation building and maintenance (Burke, Marlow, & Lento, 2009; Donath & boyd, 2004; Pearce et al, 2015; Pearce & Vitak, 2016). One way to build reputation that has been associated with increased social capital is the sharing of content on SNSs (Correa, 2015; Fu, Wu, & Cho, 2017; Lee et al, 2016).…”

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Somewhat Separate and Unequal: Digital Divides, Social Networking Sites, and Capital-Enhancing Activities

Pearce

Rice

2017

Social Media + Society

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There was initially great hope that the Internet would provide a virtual space where inequalities could dissolve and individuals could interact with others across social, temporal, and spatial boundaries. Decades after the public began using the Internet, we now know that inequalities are easily replicated online. Nonetheless, there are opportunities for decreasing digital divides, such as engaging in various online activities that provide opportunities for enhancing social capital. This study considers the tension between the digital divide nature and the capital-enhancing nature of social networking sites (SNSs). The basic argument is that if (a) there are digital divide differences in use of those different SNSs, then (b) using different SNSs, and (c) using different activities on those SNSs, may foster different potentials for capital enhancement (CE), and (d) purported benefits from social capital, which could (e) reinforce existing inequalities, or (f) reduce the potential for reducing them. This argument is reflected in two primary research questions: First, does usage of SNSs in general and two distinct SNSs in particular reflect basic digital divides? Second, are there subsequent divides in usage of CE SNS activities across these two sites? Digital Divide-Concept and Influences The digital divide is a gap between people (or organizations, social groups, or geopolitical entities) in their communication technology awareness, adoption or ownership, use, and/

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“…Nonverbal Communication Reconstruction … (Yuli Candrasari) explores how community members interpret the functions of symbols based on the values and culture of the community. Social networking sites have provided easier access for users to build social relationships (Pearce et al, 2015) and also increase the frequency of communication with other individuals (Stafford & Hillyer, 2012). There has been a rapid increase in the number of users of social networking sites because these sites provide cheaper 'costs' (Ellison et al, 2014) for individuals who want to build social relationships and communicate with other individuals compared with face-to-face communication.…”

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Nonverbal Communication Reconstruction on Facebook

Candrasari

2021

JTM

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Facebook provides users comfort in communicating even though they cannot see expressions or any other nonverbal signs, which have been an essential factor in supporting face-to-face communication. Therefore, this research is necessary because the absence of nonverbal communication, especially facial expression, touching, and gesture, renders the communication process between individuals ineffective and uncomfortable, as it was when people first used email to communicate via the internet. Through the study of Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC) perspectives, nonverbal communication, Social Presence Theory and Lack of Social Context Cues theory, this paper will discuss forms of nonverbal communication in the digital era. This study is based on research conducted by researchers using the netnography method and carried out through literature studies. The research was conducted on the Muslim community Bening Society on Facebook because the communication between them is very intense, as required in netnography. The loss of nonverbal communication in interpersonal communication does not, in fact, reduce netizens’ comfort in communicating and interacting. The emergence of digital emoticons and nonverbals is a substitute for nonverbal communication because digital emoticon and nonverbal functions in mediated interpersonal communication are the same as nonverbal communication.

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The Affordances of Social Networking Sites for Relational Maintenance in a Distrustful Society: The Case of Azerbaijan

Cited by 9 publications

References 56 publications

Throw me a lifeline: Articulating mobile social network dispersion and the social construction of risk in rescue communication

Throw me a lifeline: Articulating mobile social network dispersion and the social construction of risk in rescue communication

Somewhat Separate and Unequal: Digital Divides, Social Networking Sites, and Capital-Enhancing Activities

Nonverbal Communication Reconstruction on Facebook

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