scholarly journals Women for Peace: Promoting Dialogue and Peace through Facebook?

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 205630512098446
Author(s):  
Yiftach Ron ◽  
Camelia Suleiman ◽  
Ifat Maoz
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Grounded Theory ◽  
Text Analysis ◽  
Theory Approach ◽  
Arab Women ◽  
Ethnopolitical Conflict ◽  
Grounded Theory Approach

The goal of this study is to examine the ways in which dialogue and peace are promoted and mobilized through a Facebook page in the protracted, ethnopolitical conflict between Israeli-Jews and Palestinians. A thematic qualitative text analysis based on the grounded theory approach was conducted on posts and comments that were published on the Facebook page of the Israeli grassroots movement Women Wage Peace (WWP), created by the Jewish and Arab women that participate in this movement. Our findings point to three major mechanisms through which attempts to mobilize peace were performed: building solidarity, maintaining engagement, and calling for action, thus contributing to our understanding of social media as a dialogue-provoking platform that enables users from different gender and ethnopolitical groups in divided and conflicted societies to perform peacebuilding actions. However, the findings indicate that at the same time, the page also constitutes a space for blatant expressions of hostility, hatred, and sexism that convey a backlash against the initiative and activity of WWP.

scholarly journals Analysis of user-generated comments posted during live matches of the Cricket World Cup 2015

2018 ◽  
Vol 42 (7) ◽  
pp. 1180-1194 ◽  
Author(s):  
Snehasish Banerjee
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Grounded Theory ◽  
Indian Subcontinent ◽  
Theory Approach ◽  
Sporting Events ◽  
World Cup ◽  
Content Type ◽  
New Findings ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Grounded Theory Approach

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze user-generated comments posted on social media while live matches were being played during the Cricket World Cup 2015. Design/methodology/approach Data were collected from Yahoo! Cricket (YC), a website that allows people to submit comments during live matches. The comments were qualitatively analyzed using the grounded theory approach. Findings The key finding of this paper is that people like to consume live sporting events in an online social setting rather than as isolated individuals. In addition, the use of the grounded theory approach helped uncover several new findings related to people’s use of social media during live matches. Research limitations/implications Since this paper studied the case of the Cricket World Cup 2015 and collected data from YC, caution is advocated in generalizing its findings. Originality/value Scholarly interest on the use of social media during live sporting events is growing. Building on such works, this paper highlights how user-generated comments posted during the Cricket World Cup 2015 – mostly by individuals within the Indian subcontinent – intersected with broader issues such as culture, identity, politics and religion.

scholarly journals HUMOR SEBAGAI STRATEGI MODERASI UMAT BERAGAMA PASCATEROR BOM MAKASAR 2021

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 154-165
Author(s):  
Sahrul Romadhon ◽  
Ardi Wina Saputra
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Grounded Theory ◽  
Positive Culture ◽  
Theory Approach ◽  
Main Study ◽  
The Social ◽  
Language Strategies ◽  
Grounded Theory Approach

In this study, response of religious moderation approach is the main study based on the uploading analysis of Catholic Social Media Accounts Garis Lucu (KGL) and NU Garis Lucu (NUGL) with total 15,050 followers. The method used in this study is qualitative with grounded theory approach, i.e. generalizing theory, action, or interaction. Based on the results, it can be concluded that the administrators of both social media accounts tend to use the dimensions of humor language strategies by a variety of humor strategies: irony, allusion, exaggeration, sarcasm, definition, and facetiounness. The humor strategy application on KGL and NUGL account became a positive culture in the social media world as well as a soothing publication that must be exemplified by other social media accounts considering that social media users are mostly millennials.Keywords: terrorism; religious moderation; humor strategy.

scholarly journals Happy #monthsary babe! Vernacular readings and practices of monthsaries among young couplings on social media

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 56-73
Author(s):  
Crystal Abidin
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Grounded Theory ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Theory Approach ◽  
Initial Experience ◽  
Folk Knowledge ◽  
Living Together ◽  
Grounded Theory Approach ◽  
Video Abstract ◽  
Formal Status

Video abstract Romantic monthsaries, or monthly commemorations of the date on which a couple first got together, are increasingly practiced by young couples and archived on social media. As a form of visually oriented practice, monthsaries are fraught with vernacular readings, perceptions, and practices. This paper investigates the practice of monthsaries among ‘young couplings’, which I define as the experiences of young people’s partnering practices in their teenage years and/or their initial experience of early partnering regardless of the age of first coupling, in which young couples do not yet have any formal status, are unable to experience domestic living together, and have limited opportunities to be alone and intimate. In the absence of any scholarly precedence and adopting a Grounded Theory approach, this paper is an exploratory study that approaches monthsaries through internet folk knowledge, forum threads and visual displays of monthsaries on Instagram.

From parasocial to parakin: Co-creating idols on social media

2020 ◽  
pp. 146144482093331
Author(s):  
Qing Yan ◽  
Fan Yang
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Text Analysis ◽  
Theory Approach ◽  
Personal Lives ◽  
Relationship Model ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
Motivation Model ◽  
Grounded Theory Approach ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Practical Implications

Star worship is an ever-growing phenomenon around the globe. Across various social media platforms in China, a new idol–fan relationship model has emerged, such that the fans have stepped up from merely worshipping the idols to being able to co-cultivate their idols, including their public images, the scope of their work, and even their personal lives. Based on a grounded theory approach, this study utilized text analysis and in-depth interviews to explore parakin relationships between fans and idols and proposed a dual motivation model to explain the motivations of fans for forming such a relationship. The findings extend current fandom literature by exploring a new front of fan–idol interactions in the context of social media. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.

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