[Air-L] [AIR] Methodology for research on hashtag and collective action?

[Valarie Bell]

Hello Emmanuel:

In my research in this area, I think starting with the following book by
Paolo Gerbaudo about the use of social media, and in particular Twitter,
for social justice movements and activism, would be a great idea. It is
excellent:

*Tweets and the Streets: Social Media and Contemporary Activism*
Paolo Gerbaudo,
Pluto Press ©2012
ISBN:074533248X 9780745332482

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Another potentially helpful article because it addresses collective social
media behavior although it examines issues not quite of your interest
necessarily. However, the main concepts and some of the sources cited in
the research may prove very useful to you as well.

"Digital Social Norm Enforcement: Online Firestorms in Social Media"
Rost, Stahel, and Frey (2016)

http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0155923

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A <goog_1851162039>nd here is the background story on the origin of the
hashtag, although this is not a scholarly source:

https://blog.bufferapp.com/a-concise-history-of-twitter-hashtags-and-how-you-should-use-them-properly
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*Valarie J. Bell*
Dept. of Sociology & Social Work, Texas Woman's University
vbell4 at twu.edu

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*I will either find a way or make one. *

*--Hannibal, a Carthaginian general famous for repeatedly defeating the
Roman Empire.*

On Thu, Nov 9, 2017 at 6:16 AM, Emmanuel Dabo <emmanuel at emmanueldabo.com>
wrote:

> Hello everyone,
> I am leading a research entitled 'Hashtags and collective action in Côte
> d'Ivoire'. Côte d'Ivoire is a western African countries where a lot of
> young
> people are very active on social media. The purpose of the study is to
> understand:
>  * how people create some hashtags?
>  * how they appropriate them?
>  * what could the appropriation of any hashtags influence media and policy
>    agenda?
>
> According to you, what methodology or literature could be useful for me in
> this
> research?
> Thanks in advance for your feedback.
> Kind regards
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