[Air-L] Literature on dimensions/attributes of online communities?

[Chris Julien]

Hey Spencer,

In addition to what Jon mentioned, I'd recommend two articles from Andre
Brock that I've found to be extremely helpful, titled, "Deeper Data: a
response to boyd and Crawford" and "Critical Technocultural Discourse
Analysis." In these articles, he lays out some core essentials to include
and common pitfalls to avoid when studying interaction online. He uses
research on Black Twitter, including his own, to ground his theoretical
approach; with this common focus on interactions on Twitter, you may be
able to draw corollaries to your own work quite nicely.

Deeper Data: http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0163443715594105

Critical Technocultural Discourse Analysis:
http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1461444816677532?rss=1


All the best,

Chris

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Chris Julien, MA in Sociology
Greensboro, NC, USA
www.chrisjulien.com

On Fri, May 26, 2017 at 10:45 AM, Jon Michael Wargo <wargojon at wayne.edu>
wrote:

> Great question Spencer! In some previous work, I've looked at ways in
> which LGBT youth used collecting and curating as genres of participation
> into "community." To no surprise, especially on Tumblr, community sometimes
> hangs on a hashtag. I've linked the article here in hopes it may help with
> some of the more conceptual framing of social tactics and functions of
> "writing" community online.
>
>
> Link to full article: https://www.academia.edu/31103250/_donttagyourhate_
> Reading_Collecting_and_Curating_as_Genres_of_Participation_in_LGBT_Youth_
> Activism_on_Tumblr
>
>
> Hope this helps,
>
>
> Jon
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> From: Air-L <air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org> on behalf of Spencer P.
> Greenhalgh <greenha6 at msu.edu>
> Sent: Friday, May 26, 2017 10:29:06 AM
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> Subject: [Air-L] Literature on dimensions/attributes of online communities?
>
> Hello all,
>
> I'm beginning a project that is focused on making distinctions between
> different Twitter hashtags based on the type and/or "amount" of
> community that is present in each. Because I'm relatively new to online
> communities, I want to make sure I'm not missing important work in this
> area. Are there any resources that you would recommend for thinking
> about what makes up an online community and what distinguishes different
> online communities from each other?
>
> Many thanks!
>
> Best,
>
> Spencer
>
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> Spencer Greenhalgh
> PhD Candidate, Educational Psychology and Educational Technology
> Michigan State University
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