scholarly journals Bridging the computational and visual turn: Re-tooling visual studies with image recognition and network analysis to study online climate images

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 141-163
Author(s):  
Sofie Thorsen ◽  
Cecilie Astrupgaard
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Network Analysis ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Image Recognition ◽  
Potential Application ◽  
Public Debates ◽  
Cross Platform ◽  
Digital Methods ◽  
Visual Network

Abstract In this article, we argue that to capture the liveliness of how visual public debates like the climate controversy unfold online, we must replace snapshot and single-platform approaches with a method that can capture their temporal and cross-platform dynamics. We suggest that such a methodology could be assembled by combining image recognition, visual network analysis, and a quali-quantitative approach within a digital methods framework. We demonstrate the potential application of the methodology in a two-fold case study of 1) how the human–nature relation is visually depicted on Instagram and Twitter, and 2) how visual genres in the climate debate on Twitter change from 2015 to 2017. Through these experiments, we analyse more than a quarter million social media images to produce novel insights about the climate debate, while showcasing how the computational and visual capabilities of social science can be bridged to open up opportunities for mapping complex visual debates across platforms and time.

scholarly journals Researching intimacy through social media: A cross-platform approach

2016 ◽  
Vol 32 (60) ◽  
pp. 19
Author(s):  
Cristina Miguel
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Research Design ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
Cross Platform ◽  
Media Interaction

This paper aims to contribute to the understanding of how to study the way people build intimacy and manage privacy through social media interaction. It explores the research design and methodology of a research project based on a multi-sited case study composed of three different social media platforms: Badoo, CouchSurfing, and Facebook. This cross-platform approach is useful to observe how intimacy is often negotiated across different platforms. The research project focuses on the cities of Leeds (UK) and Barcelona (Spain). In particular, this article discusses the methods used to recruit participants and collect data for that study - namely, participant observation, semi-structured interviews, and user profiles analysis. This cross-platform approach and multi-method research design is helpful to investigate the nature of intimacy practices facilitated by social media at several levels: online/offline, across different platforms, among different types of relationships, within both new and existing relationships, and in different locations

Tweeting #Ferguson: Mediatized fields and the new activist journalist

2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (7) ◽  
pp. 2252-2271 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen R Barnard
Keyword(s):  
Field Theory ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Network Analysis ◽  
Mixed Methods Approach ◽  
Twitter Users ◽  
Journalistic Field

As a hybrid, journo-activist space, tweeting #Ferguson quickly emerged as a way for activists and journalists to network and spread information. Using a mixed-methods approach combining digital ethnographic content analysis with social network analysis and link analysis, this study examines journalistic and activist uses of Twitter to identify changes in field relations and practices. Employing the lenses of field theory and mediatization, this study finds parity and divergence in the themes, frames, format, and discourse of journalist and activist Twitter practices. While the traditions of objective journalism and affective activism persist, notable exceptions occurred, especially following acts of police suppression. The networked communities of professional and activist Twitter users were overlapping and interactive, suggesting hybridity at the margins of the journalistic field. Given the hybridizing of journalistic and journo-activist practices, this case study examines the role of social media in efforts to report on and bolster social change.

Discussing the populist features of anti-refugee discourses on social media: an anti-Syrian hashtag in Turkish Twitter

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mehmet Gökay Özerim ◽  
Juliette Tolay
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Network Analysis ◽  
Political Context ◽  
The Other ◽  
Popular Discourse ◽  
Echo Chambers ◽  
The Impact

Abstract This article discusses whether it is possible to frame anti-refugee discourse on social media as a form of populism by analysing the case study of the hashtag #ülkemdesuriyeliistemiyorum (#IdontwantSyriansinmycountry), which emerged on Twitter in Turkey in 2016. Both network analysis and discourse analysis are used in order to delineate the characteristics of the tropes associated with the hashtag, to identify the existence of populist elements, as well as to scrutinize the linkage of the hashtag with the broader political context. The study shows that some elements of a populist discourse clearly exist (simple and popular discourse, anti-foreigner), while some others are missing (the existence of a leader). Most importantly, the discussion of the other elements (dichotomous views, othering and anti-elite) highlight the need to better conceptualize and contextualize these features to understand the connection between anti-elite (populism) and anti-foreigner discourses (nativism), the impact of tagged tropes such as a hashtag that can poke holes in echo chambers and the distinction between the concepts of anti-elitism and anti-establishment (especially in specific political contexts such as Turkey).

scholarly journals Visual cross-platform analysis: digital methods to research social media images

2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 161-180 ◽  
Author(s):  
Warren Pearce ◽  
Suay M. Özkula ◽  
Amanda K. Greene ◽  
Lauren Teeling ◽  
Jennifer S. Bansard ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Media Images ◽  
Cross Platform ◽  
Digital Methods

scholarly journals A Case Study on Digital Marketing with Reference to India During and Post COVID-19

2021 ◽  
pp. 432-442
Author(s):  
Dr. Pradipta Mukhopadhyay
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Indirect Method ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Digital Marketing ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Present Stage ◽  
Digital Methods ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Digital Channels

Digital marketing can be defined as the use of various digital methods and digital channels to connect with the prospective customers for the promotion of a particular product or service. Digital marketing includes social media promotion, development of websites, email marketing, online brochures etc, which are used for digital advertising. This paper will study the implications of digital marketing in the modern world along with the difference between traditional marketing and digital marketing and the present stage of digital marketing in India. The current study has been casual, exploratory and empirical in nature and the data needed for research work has been collected by using both direct and indirect method of data collection.

scholarly journals The Rise of K-Popper's Political Awareness in Twitter and What It Means for All of Us

2022 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 253
Author(s):  
Dani Fadillah ◽  
Arif Ardy Wibowo ◽  
Nunik Hariyati ◽  
Uspal Jandevi
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Social Network Analysis ◽  
Network Analysis ◽  
Political Movements ◽  
Political Awareness ◽  
Political Stance ◽  
The Subject

The Omnibus Law, which was passed on October 5, 2020, has discontented students and workers who protested on the streets. The ratification of the Omnibus Law has an effect on public opinion-raising activities, both those who support and who reject the ratification of the Omnibus Law, are crowded on Twitter social media. The active account of K-Poppers who took part became a line against the opinion of the Omnibus Law, so a question arises whether this is a phenomenon of the rise of political awareness of K-Poppers in Indonesia? This study analyzes the role of K-Poppers in socio-political movements in several countries globally, especially in Indonesia. The type of research used is a case study of the K-Poppers movement in the case of the ratification of the Omnibus Law as the subject in writing this paper. Collecting data using Social Network Analysis (SNA) and observing the activities of K-Poppers in Indonesia when parliament passed the controversial Omnibus Law. The results of this study indicate that Indonesian K-Poppers maximize their function as part of Indonesian citizens to express their political stance. They also showed their political involvement when creating hashtags, organizing other K-Pop crowds, and at the same time providing support to activists who rejected the Omnibus Law.

scholarly journals Analyzing Implementation Architecture through measures of Social Network Analysis: A case study

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 1225-1233
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Social Network Analysis ◽  
Software Engineering ◽  
Network Analysis ◽  
Degree Distribution ◽  
Potential Application ◽  
Application Area ◽  
Software Network ◽  
The Social

We present a case study of an interpretation and application of the measures in the Social Network Analysis (SNA) to comprehend the implementation architecture of a software system. The architectural structure derived from the dependencies of programming elements is considered a social network. Then, the SNA measures such as degree distribution, centrality, clustering, community, and ego network are applied to the software network. The Gephi tool has been used to collect the values of those SNA measures and also for visualization. The values obtained for those measures were interpreted in the terms of potential application area of the software engineering. The interpretation of SNA measures from the case study reveals that it is useful for the developers to enhance their comprehension about the organization of program elements and source.

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