Theorizing Web 2.0

Disconnecting with Social Networking Sites

“…Whilst they are interesting, they are not directly relevant to the thesis I want to put forward in this text. I therefore point the reader in the direction of these sources if they wish to follow such matters in detail (O'Reilly 2005, Beer and Burrows 2007, boyd and Ellison 2007, Beer 2009, Burgess and Green 2009, Everitt and Mills 2009, Song 2010, Lovnik 2011, Lievrouw 2012, Murthy 2013. Instead, what I want to briefly emphasise is the existence of thought around some of the issues that have been brought to the fore since the emergence of SNSs and how these have been presented by some as discontinuities.…”

Theorising Web 3.0: ICTs in a changing society

“…Kirchoff et al 2008;Hercheui 2011), and with reference to Bourdieu's notions of field and habitus (Song 2010;Levina & Orlikowski 2009), as well as being associated with concepts of sociomateriality. The "habitus" of individuals is the source of meaning-making and social action.…”

“…"As a 'system of durable and transposable dispositions which [functions] as a matrix of perceptions, appreciations, and actions', it is a mode of engagement that is 'acquired through lasting exposure to particular social conditions and conditionings" (Song 2010:256). The relationship of habitus to that of "field" is that as "habitus mediates between an individual and a given social environment, it 'operates like a spring that needs an external trigger and thus it cannot be considered in isolation from the particular social worlds or "fields" within which it evolves' (Bourdieu 1990;Song 2010). Web 2.0 is presented in this context through examples of the "users" of interactive sites whose content is primarily provided by them but is shaped by the nature and theme of the site.…”

Social Networking and Transnational Capitalism

“…Kirchoff, StanoevskaSlabeva, Nicolai, & Fleck, 2008;Wareham, Busquets, & Austin, 2009;Chong & Xie, 2011), and (if, perhaps, to a lesser extent) the media and communications literature (e.g. boyd, 2006;boyd & Ellison, 2007;Song, 2010), is positivistic or at least politically uncritical. This paper aligns itself with those attempts at a more critical analysis of social networking sites and computer culture in general (Scholz, 2008;Fuchs, 2010a;2010b;2010c;Turner, 2006;Dean, 2009;Robins & Webster, 1999) and argues that more are needed.…”