[Air-L] Research of Facebook public groups (Page, Ruth (Dr.))
jose marichal
marichal at callutheran.edu
Wed Jan 22 20:10:54 PST 2014
Dr. Page (and all),
My 2012 book Facebook Democracy involves analysis of political Facebook
groups... the findings are addressed in greater detail in this newly
published First
Monday<http://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/4653>article.
Jose Marichal
California Lutheran University
On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 4:05 PM, Ayman Bajnaid <anbajnaid at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear Dr. Page,
>
> The following are some references that maybe useful for you:
>
> Fernandes, J., Giurcanu, M., Bowers, K. W., & Neely, J. C. (2010). The
> writing on the wall: A content analysis of college students' Facebook
> groups for the 2008 presidential election. Mass Communication and Society,
> 13(5), 653-675.
>
> Ashley, S.(2012) *Exploring facebook as an online support group for
> smoking cessation. *Unpublished master thesis. Colorado State University
>
> Young, J. (2012) * Political conversations on facebook: an exploration of
> practices. *Unpublished master thesis. Georgetown University
>
>
> By the way I am a PhD student at Leicester university.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Ayman
>
>
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> > 1. New Issue of eJournal of eDemocracy and Open Government
> > (Noella Edelmann)
> > 2. Research of Facebook public groups (Page, Ruth (Dr.))
> > 3. new post-doc opportunity at UM/Purdue, studying social media
> > and college access issues (Nicole Ellison)
> > 4. JeDEM - eJournal of eDemocracy and Open Government (Joly MacFie)
> > 5. social_media_readings_teaching (air-l at listserv.aoir.org)
> > (Burcu Bakioglu (Google Drive))
> > 6. Social Media reading list (Burcu Bakioglu)
> > 7. Call for Abstracts - Digital Media and Society, Canadian
> > Sociological Association annual meeting (David Toews)
> > 8. Re: social_media_readings_teaching (air-l at listserv.aoir.org)
> > (Burcu Bakioglu)
> > 9. Research on selfies (Adi Kuntsman)
> >
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> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > Message: 1
> > Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2014 09:55:58 +0100
> > From: "Noella Edelmann" <Noella.Edelmann at donau-uni.ac.at>
> > To: <air-l at listserv.aoir.org>
> > Subject: [Air-L] New Issue of eJournal of eDemocracy and Open
> > Government
> > Message-ID: <52DF95AE020000DA000597D1 at gwgwia.donau-uni.ac.at>
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> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I thought you may be interested in knowing that JeDEM - the Open Access
> > eJournal of eDemocracy and Open Government - has just published its
> > latest issue (5,2), to be found http://www.jedem.org/issue/view/11 .
> >
> > This issue presents the best peer-reviewed papers from the CeDEM13
> > (Conference for E-Democracy and Open Government 2013). We invite you to
> > review the Table of Contents here and then visit our web site to review
> > articles and items of interest.
> >
> > JeDEM - eJournal of eDemocracy and Open Government
> > Vol 5, No 2 (2013)
> > Table of Contents
> > http://www.jedem.org/issue/view/11
> >
> > *Editorial 5(2)
> > Noella Edelmann, Peter Parycek
> >
> > Scientific Research Papers:
> >
> > *Online parliamentary election campaigns in Scotland: a decade of
> > research
> > Graeme Baxter, Rita Marcella
> >
> > *The Five Stars Movement in the Italian Political Scenario. A Case for
> > Cybercratic Centralism?
> > Rosanna De Rosa
> >
> > *Understanding E-Democracy Government-Led Initiatives for Democratic
> > Reform
> > Julie Freeman, Sharna Quirke
> >
> > *Safe Online e-Services Building Legitimacy for E-government. A Case
> > Study of Public E-services in Education in Sweden
> > Mariana Gustafsson, Wihlborg Elin
> >
> > *Parliamentary Information Visualization as a Means for Legislative
> > Transparency and Citizen Empowerment?
> > Aspasia Papaloi, Dimitris Gouscos
> >
> > *Re-Designing Open Data 2.0
> > Alon Peled
> >
> > *Collective Action *Going Digital*: Overcoming Institutional and
> > Micro-Structural Constraints through Technology Use
> > Carol Soon
> >
> > BTW: CeDEM14 will be held 21-23 May 2014 at the Danube University Krems
> > Austria, maybe see you there? Details: www.donau-uni.ac.at/cedem
> >
> > Kind regards
> > Noella
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Noella Edelmann BA, MSc, MAS
> > Researcher
> >
> > CeDEM14
> > Conference for E-Democracy and Open Government
> > www.donau-uni.ac.at/cedem
> >
> > JeDEM
> > eJournal of eDemocracy and Open Government
> > www.jedem.org
> >
> > Digital Government Blog
> > http://digitalgovernment.wordpress.com/
> >
> > Centre for E-Government
> > Danube University Krems
> > Dr.-Karl-Dorrek-Strasse 30
> > 3500 Krems
> > Austria
> > www.donau-uni.ac.at/egov
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Message: 2
> > Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2014 09:49:09 +0000
> > From: "Page, Ruth (Dr.)" <rep22 at leicester.ac.uk>
> > To: "air-l at listserv.aoir.org" <air-l at listserv.aoir.org>
> > Subject: [Air-L] Research of Facebook public groups
> > Message-ID:
> > <6E61AC1252115240BEFB63F66879D668029129 at exp-dag1-n1.uol.le.ac.uk
> >
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
> >
> > Dear AoIR list members,
> >
> > I'm doing some work from a discourse analysis perspective on the way
> > interactions on Facebook public groups take place. I'm specifically
> looking
> > at the RIP pages set up in response to the death of former Prime Minister
> > Margaret Thatcher.
> >
> > I'm familiar with a lot of the research literature on Facebook, but most
> > of what I know is based on studies that examined personal Facebook
> > accounts/wall interactions.
> >
> > Can anyone please recommend studies of Facebook groups? I'm especially
> > interested in anything that has a linguistic/discourse analysis focus,
> but
> > it would also be good to learn from studies from a more general social
> > science perspective too.
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any suggestions!
> >
> > Ruth
> >
> > Dr Ruth Page
> > Room 1509, Attenborough Tower
> > School of English
> > University of Leicester
> > Leicester
> > LE1 7RH
> > UK
> > +44 (0)116 223 1286
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Message: 3
> > Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2014 10:43:03 -0500
> > From: Nicole Ellison <enicole at umich.edu>
> > To: air-l at listserv.aoir.org
> > Subject: [Air-L] new post-doc opportunity at UM/Purdue, studying
> > social media and college access issues
> > Message-ID:
> > <CAHtr=
> > Ay+p5gE3wx1y2Qbpd_0BZPUxe9upY9jdRsX8E-WMC5eHg at mail.gmail.com>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
> >
> > Hi AOIR-ers,
> > Rey Junco and I are working on a cool research project, and are looking
> for
> > a post doc! Please see application here:
> > http://umjobs.org/job_detail/91635/post_doctoral_associate
> >
> > The position will entail working closely with us to design studies
> > exploring outcomes associated with use of a series of new apps, websites,
> > and games designed to address college access issues. We will have tons of
> > data and hope to find the perfect person to help us turn these data into
> > bright and shiny new papers!
> >
> > >From the ad:
> > The Post Doctoral Associate will assist with a one-year research project
> > entitled Evaluating The Effectiveness of Social Media for Improving
> College
> > Access. The goal of the project is to assess the effectiveness of a
> series
> > of software products and social media applications designed to address
> > college access issues. These products were funded by the College
> Knowledge
> > Challenge project: see www.collegeknowledgechallenge.org/. The post-doc
> > will work closely with Drs. Ellison and Junco to design, conduct, and
> write
> > up a series of studies using server-level and survey data.
> >
> > The postdoc will be an equal member of the research team. S/he will be
> > expected not only to assist with the research but to take the lead in
> > working with external groups (such as schools and software developers),
> > designing and implementing research studies, and working with the rest of
> > the project team. The postdoc will be expected to contribute
> substantially
> > to publications resulting from the project, including acting as first
> > author on some and as a secondary author on others.
> >
> > The successful candidate will have experience in the following areas:
> >
> > *Manipulating and analyzing quantitative data sets
> > *Knowledge of advanced statistical techniques
> > *Conducting outcomes assessments
> > *Understanding of or interest in young people, college access, and
> > educational technologies or social media more broadly
> > *Conducting literature reviews and writing up research results
> > *Ability to work effectively with a research team
> > *Strong communication skills and ability to coordinate with external
> > parties such as technology developers and K-12 contacts
> > *Ability to independently plan and implement research projects
> >
> > Required Qualifications
> > A Ph.D. degree in a relevant field, including but not limited to
> education,
> > communication, information studies, psychology, or sociology, completed
> no
> > later than June 30, 2014. Strong quantitative analysis and survey design
> > skills and experience are required. Familiarity with the college access
> and
> > educational technology literatures is desired. We hope to find someone
> with
> > a strong work ethic, excellent organizational skills, and the ability to
> > work independently.
> >
> > Details about how to apply are in the posting. Please let Rey or I know
> if
> > you have any questions. Please share!
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Nicole
> > ------------------------
> > Nicole Ellison
> > Associate Professor
> > School of Information
> > University of Michigan
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Message: 4
> > Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2014 13:24:56 -0500
> > From: Joly MacFie <joly at punkcast.com>
> > To: Researchers <air-l at listserv.aoir.org>
> > Subject: [Air-L] JeDEM - eJournal of eDemocracy and Open Government
> > Message-ID:
> > <
> > CAM9VJk0K6T8A+Cun0ek0Rd3aC3-YsKSU1-ZTcfR+m7_hhp6Mzg at mail.gmail.com>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: Glenn McKnight <mcknight.glenn at gmail.com>
> > Date: Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 9:02 AM
> >
> >
> >
> > I thought you may be interested in knowing that JeDEM - eJournal of
> > eDemocracy and Open Government - has published its latest issue (5,2),
> > to be foundhttp://www.jedem.org/issue/view/11 .
> >
> > This issue presents the best peer-reviewed papers from the CeDEM13
> > (Conference for E-Democracy and Open Government 2013). We invite you
> > to review the Table of Contents here and then visit our web site to
> > review articles and items of interest - all articles are Open Access.
> >
> > JeDEM - eJournal of eDemocracy and Open Government
> > Vol 5, No 2 (2013)
> > Table of Contents
> > http://www.jedem.org/issue/view/11
> >
> > *Editorial 5(2)
> > Noella Edelmann, Peter Parycek
> >
> > Scientific Research Papers:
> >
> > *Online parliamentary election campaigns in Scotland: a decade of
> > research
> > Graeme Baxter, Rita Marcella
> >
> > *The Five Stars Movement in the Italian Political Scenario. A Case for
> > Cybercratic Centralism?
> > Rosanna De Rosa
> >
> > *Understanding E-Democracy Government-Led Initiatives for Democratic
> > Reform
> > Julie Freeman, Sharna Quirke
> >
> > *Safe Online e-Services Building Legitimacy for E-government. A Case
> > Study of Public E-services in Education in Sweden
> > Mariana Gustafsson, Wihlborg Elin
> >
> > *Parliamentary Information Visualization as a Means for Legislative
> > Transparency and Citizen Empowerment?
> > Aspasia Papaloi, Dimitris Gouscos
> >
> > *Re-Designing Open Data 2.0
> > Alon Peled
> >
> > *Collective Action *Going Digital*: Overcoming Institutional and
> > Micro-Structural Constraints through Technology Use
> > Carol Soon
> >
> > BTW: CeDEM14 will be held 21-23 May 2014 at the Danube University
> > Krems Austria, maybe see you there? Details: www.donau-uni.ac.at/cedem
> > Glenn McKnight
> > mcknight.glenn at gmail.com
> > skype gmcknight
> > twitter gmcknight
> > .
> >
> > --
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------
> > Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast
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> > http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com
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> > -
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Message: 5
> > Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2014 20:49:18 +0000
> > From: "Burcu Bakioglu (Google Drive)" <bbakiogl at gmail.com>
> > To: air-l at listserv.aoir.org
> > Subject: [Air-L] social_media_readings_teaching
> > (air-l at listserv.aoir.org)
> > Message-ID: <047d7b6d8030310d6104f09542f1 at google.com>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed; delsp=yes
> >
> > I've shared an item with you:
> >
> > social_media_readings_teaching
> >
> >
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1D-RJM8ktJ7_2goKFbaQUoF4kOBfjc7t19T4BMDJ13Vk/edit?usp=sharing&invite=CKmr9YoL
> >
> > It's not an attachment -- it's stored online. To open this item, just
> click
> > the link above.
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Message: 6
> > Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2014 14:52:28 -0600
> > From: Burcu Bakioglu <bbakiogl at gmail.com>
> > To: AoiR list <air-l at listserv.aoir.org>
> > Subject: [Air-L] Social Media reading list
> > Message-ID:
> > <CAG+du63UzwHnRt=
> > hB1sK_LuDcpzk8tr0i9xckgBdBxYhTVDrFA at mail.gmail.com>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
> >
> > Hi all,
> > As you may have remember, couple of weeks ago I solicited readings on
> > social media for an independent study that I was planning on conducting
> > next term. I promised you that I'd share my compiled list. You can access
> > it here:
> >
> >
> >
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1D-RJM8ktJ7_2goKFbaQUoF4kOBfjc7t19T4BMDJ13Vk/edit?usp=sharing
> >
> > Sorry it took me awhile. The list is great and covers a range of topics
> > about social media. Thank you for everyone for sharing the wealth. Enjoy!
> >
> > BsB
> >
> > --
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Burcu S. Bakioglu, Ph.D.
> > Postdoctoral Fellow in New Media
> > Lawrence University
> >
> > http://www.palefirer.com
> >
> > -- "There is nothing more frightening than a clown after midnight." Lon
> > Chaney
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Message: 7
> > Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2014 15:58:54 -0500
> > From: David Toews <dtoews at yorku.ca>
> > To: air-l at listserv.aoir.org
> > Subject: [Air-L] Call for Abstracts - Digital Media and Society,
> > Canadian Sociological Association annual meeting
> > Message-ID: <1390424334.52e0310e1962c at oldmymail.yorku.ca>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
> >
> > Call for Abstracts, deadline Jan 31
> >
> > Digital Media and Society
> >
> > Papers are sought that illuminate the role of digital media in
> contemporary
> > societies. The theoretical framework of the paper should fit recognizably
> > within the field of sociology. It may be analytical or structural in
> nature
> > (eg. network analysis) or more oriented to the phenomenology of the
> > experience
> > of social interactions involving digital media (eg. the analysis of
> > interactions; the presentation of the self). Ideally all the papers,
> while
> > specializing in certain areas, will demonstrate an awareness of the
> > importance
> > of both of these dimensions in how digital media shapes and is shaped by
> > social
> > life. The idea is to highlight current research, to encourage
> intellectual
> > community among sociological researchers in this area, and to provide an
> > opportunity to identify and deepen shared themes of research.
> >
> > Session Organizer: David Toews, PhD, York University, dtoews at yorku.ca
> >
> > Canadian Sociological Association (CSA), Annual Meeting, Brock
> University,
> > June, 2014
> >
> > To submit an abstract go to:
> >
> >
> http://www.csa-scs.ca/files/webapps/csapress/annual-conferences/call-for-papers/
> > --
> > Dr. David Toews, PhD
> > Assistant Professor
> > Sociology Department
> > York University
> > 2060 Vari Hall
> > 4700 Keele Street
> > Toronto, Ontario
> > Canada M3J 1P3
> > Tel. 416-736-2100 ext. 60307
> > Fax. 416-736-5370
> > dtoews at yorku.ca
> >
> > Follow me on Twitter! http://twitter.com/dtoews
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Message: 8
> > Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2014 15:08:15 -0600
> > From: Burcu Bakioglu <bbakiogl at gmail.com>
> > To: "Alexandra.Stiver" <Alexandra.Stiver at open.ac.uk>, AoiR list
> > <air-l at listserv.aoir.org>
> > Subject: Re: [Air-L] social_media_readings_teaching
> > (air-l at listserv.aoir.org)
> > Message-ID:
> > <
> > CAG+du614wyToPNabKyZ2Z_ib4GRVF1CdaUuB5jVcyEPrszMQ5w at mail.gmail.com>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
> >
> > Not a problem guys! When I had inquired about this couple of weeks a lot
> of
> > people messaged me privately to ask for a compiled list. Just got around
> to
> > it. In retrospect I should have just started on Google docs to begin
> with.
> > Hind sight 20/20. Please add more stuff so we can all use it. Forgot
> about
> > danah's list so glad someone put that there :) Howard has a nice syllabus
> > at the end of the list too.
> >
> > BsB
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 3:03 PM, Alexandra.Stiver <
> > Alexandra.Stiver at open.ac.uk> wrote:
> >
> > > Thanks so much for sharing, Burcu! Much appreciated.
> > >
> > > Alex
> > > ________________________________________
> > > From: Burcu Bakioglu (Google Drive) [bbakiogl at gmail.com]
> > > Sent: 22 January 2014 20:49
> > > To: air-l at listserv.aoir.org
> > > Subject: [Air-L] social_media_readings_teaching (
> air-l at listserv.aoir.org
> > )
> > >
> > > I've shared an item with you:
> > >
> > > social_media_readings_teaching
> > >
> > >
> >
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1D-RJM8ktJ7_2goKFbaQUoF4kOBfjc7t19T4BMDJ13Vk/edit?usp=sharing&invite=CKmr9YoL
> > >
> > > It's not an attachment -- it's stored online. To open this item, just
> > click
> > > the link above.
> > >
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> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Burcu S. Bakioglu, Ph.D.
> > Postdoctoral Fellow in New Media
> > Lawrence University
> >
> > http://www.palefirer.com
> >
> > -- "There is nothing more frightening than a clown after midnight." Lon
> > Chaney
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Message: 9
> > Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2014 14:25:40 -0800 (PST)
> > From: Adi Kuntsman <adi_kuntsman at yahoo.com>
> > To: "air-l at aoir.org" <air-l at aoir.org>
> > Subject: [Air-L] Research on selfies
> > Message-ID:
> > <1390429540.64075.YahooMailNeo at web161906.mail.bf1.yahoo.com>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
> >
> > Dear fellow AoiR's
> >
> > I am looking for any scholarly work on the "selfie", from any
> disciplinary
> > perspective
> >
> > Also, has anyone written on recent examples of social/political protest
> in
> > social media, involving either messages written directly on the body, or
> > individuals holding small pieces of paper with a message on them?
> >
> > putting together an exciting preliminary project and want to make sure I
> > don't miss anything
> >
> > thanks very much in advance
> >
> > Adi
> >
> > ?
> > --
> >
> > Dr. Adi Kuntsman
> > Simon Research Fellow
> > Department of Anthropology and
> > Research Institute for Cosmopolitan Cultures
> > The University of Manchester
> > Second Floor, Arthur Lewis Building, room 2.007
> > Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, UK
> > http://www.socialsciences.manchester.ac.uk/ricc/index.html
> > http://adi.kuntsman.googlepages.com
> >
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> Ayman Bajnaid
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> Faculty of Arts and Humanities
> King Abdulaziz University
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