[Air-L] Critical/opinion papers/articles on user engagement

[Samantha Close]

If you are looking for alternative kinds of materials and will include
something on users in e-commerce platform settings, you might try my
documentary "Crafting in the Age of Computers" based on the experiences of
Etsy sellers and featured on Vice's Motherboard outlet. There is also a
short interview with me that accompanies the film:
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/ypwkqv/etsy-crafting-in-the-computer-age-the-unseen-workers-who-make-etsy-possible
<https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/ypwkqv/etsy-crafting-in-the-computer-age-the-unseen-workers-who-make-etsy-possible>


If you're looking for material that might relate user engagement to social
media and activism, I would recommend the work coming out of Henry Jenkins'
Civic Paths research group at USC, like the *By Any Media Necessary: The
New Youth Activism* book.

On Sun, Jul 1, 2018 at 10:36 AM, Lior Zalmanson <zalmanson at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I'm teaching a seminar on "Understanding User Engagement" and while most
> studies will be more empirical work on the nature of online user behavior,
> I want to encourage discussions around critical notions of user engagement,
> social media, and online participation.
>
> I would love any recommendations you might have. Of course, I've added
> thinkers such as Lovink and Lanier, but I'm looking for as many points of
> view as possible, representing an array of cultures, genders, etc. They
> don't have to be academic journal papers. Articles in Wired/Atlantic and
> similar publications will be even better.
>
>
> Looking forward and thank you in advance,
>
> Dr. Lior Zalmanson, Assistant Professor
> Dept. of Information and Knowledge Management
> University of Haifa, Israel
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