scholarly journals Hunger Hurts but Starving Works: A case study of gendered practices in the online pro-eating-disorder community

2010 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 595-626 ◽  
Author(s):  
Krista Whitehead
Keyword(s):  
Eating Disorder ◽  
Collective Identity ◽  
Online Communication ◽  
Identity Work ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Ethnographic Methods ◽  
Eating Disordered ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Self Worth

This paper investigates collective identity-work of Pro-eating disorder (Pro-ED) groups on the Internet. Using an adaptation of face-to-face ethnographic methods to investigate online communication (Mann and Stewart 2000), the author analyzes five collective organizing practices in Pro-ED groups that reveal a highly gendered character: 1) promoting surreptitiousness, 2) organizing in and around the realm of domesticity, 3) equating beauty with self-worth, 4) relying on friendship as a chief organizing principle, and 5) using fandom as a method of attracting and maintaining members. In spite of exceptional resistance to their activities, women in the Pro-ED community are able to achieve a collective Pro-ED identity wherein they maintain eating-disordered lifestyles. The case study presented here interrupts popular sociological understandings of collective identity mobilization as having categorically positive consequences for its members.

scholarly journals Building and fostering a sense of community : a case study of the ComCult weblog

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda Gagatsis
Keyword(s):  
Sense Of Community ◽  
Collective Identity ◽  
Online Communication ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Face To Face

In this thesis, I set forth to examine and explore a blog's ability to build and foster a sense of community, to construct and maintain a collective identity within this community and its effectiveness as a method of communication. I launched a community blog for the Communication and Culture program, of which I am enrolled as an MA student, to address the following questions; 1) Do blogs encourage a sense of community? 2) Do blogs help to construct and maintain a collective identity within this community? 3) How is a blog more or less effective than previous online communication mediums?Key findings include the blog's small-scale success in fostering a sense of community for the group of students that participated on the blog, and the ComCult community's need to focus on encouraging face-to-face interaction in order to foster a stronger sense of community and a stronger collective identity.

scholarly journals Building and fostering a sense of community : a case study of the ComCult weblog

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda Gagatsis
Keyword(s):  
Sense Of Community ◽  
Collective Identity ◽  
Online Communication ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Face To Face

In this thesis, I set forth to examine and explore a blog's ability to build and foster a sense of community, to construct and maintain a collective identity within this community and its effectiveness as a method of communication. I launched a community blog for the Communication and Culture program, of which I am enrolled as an MA student, to address the following questions; 1) Do blogs encourage a sense of community? 2) Do blogs help to construct and maintain a collective identity within this community? 3) How is a blog more or less effective than previous online communication mediums?Key findings include the blog's small-scale success in fostering a sense of community for the group of students that participated on the blog, and the ComCult community's need to focus on encouraging face-to-face interaction in order to foster a stronger sense of community and a stronger collective identity.

The Straightedge Subculture on the Internet: A Case Study of Style-Display Online

2003 ◽  
Vol 107 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Patrick Williams
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Studies ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Ethnographic Methods ◽  
Social Psychological ◽  
Cultural Meanings ◽  
Values And Beliefs ◽  
Music And Identity ◽  
Signature Files

This article discusses one way in which cultural studies theories can be applied to current research of subcultures on the internet. Starting from Clarke's and Hebdige's theories of subcultural style and Frith's theory of music and identity, a case study of an online subcultural website is used to highlight the ways in which resistance is displayed by members of the ‘straightedge’ music subculture. In particular, usernames and signature files are analysed to demonstrate how style is constructed to communicate subcultural values and beliefs. At the same time, a critique of semiotic analyses of subcultural style is raised. It is argued that ethnographic methods are better suited to interpreting social psychological and cultural meanings attributed to subcultural activities in cyberspace.

Unintended consequences: the negative impact of e-mail use on participation and collective identity in two ‘horizontal’ social movement groups

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 95-122 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cristina Flesher Fominaya
Keyword(s):  
Social Movement ◽  
Collective Identity ◽  
Global Justice ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Online Communication ◽  
Unintended Consequences ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Identity Processes ◽  
E Mail

The relation between face-to-face and online communication and its impact on collective identity processes is understudied. In this article I draw on two case studies conducted during a 3-year ethnographic study of the Global Justice Movement network in Madrid, Spain, from 2002 to 2005 to explore the unintended impact of e-mail on the sustainability, internal dynamics, and collective identity of two groups committed to participatory and deliberative practices as key features of their collective identity. I found that despite an explicit commitment to ‘horizontalism’ the use of e-mail in these two groups increased existing hierarchies, hindered consensus, decreased participation, and worked towards marginalization of group members. In addition, the negative and unintended consequences of e-mail use affected both groups, independently of activists’ evaluation of their experience in their face-to-face assemblies (one of which was overwhelmingly perceived as positive and one of which was perceived as negative). The article draws on e-mail research in organizations, online political deliberation research, and existing studies of e-mail use in social movement groups to analyse these findings.

scholarly journals Online Workers

2021 ◽  
pp. 53-66
Author(s):  
Jamie Woodcock
Keyword(s):  
Online Communication ◽  
Mechanical Turk ◽  
Amazon Mechanical Turk ◽  
Digital Networks ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Labour Process

The focus shifts in this chapter towards online workers. It first differentiates between microworkers and online freelancers, discussing the role of automation and the technical composition of these kinds of work. The chapter contrasts the challenges of organising in this kind of work with transport platforms, particularly the lack of opportunities to meet face-to-face. It draws attention to the digital networks that form around this work in response to the challenges of the labour process. Recent struggles involving Amazon Mechanical Turk and Rev (transcription) workers show the potential for these workers to coordinate and build shared subjectivities through online communication. This case study is explored as an example with a significantly more challenging technical composition, yet shows how new moments of struggle are still coming to the fore.

scholarly journals Verbal Aggressiveness in Communication in Media and Online. A Case Study of the TV Cooking Show »Spread«

Bohemistyka ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jindřiška Svobodova ◽  
Eva Nováková
Keyword(s):  
Social Roles ◽  
Online Communication ◽  
Online Discussions ◽  
Communicative Interaction ◽  
Verbal Aggressiveness ◽  
Communicative Acts ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Clear Tendency ◽  
Self Image

The paper discusses verbal aggressiveness and (im)politeness in media and online communication. The analysis focuses on transcriptions of communicative acts by participants of the TV reality Spread! ("Prostřeno!", a Czech version of the programme Come Dine with me) and viewers' comments in related online discussions. The analysis indicated that the use of face-threatening acts was determined by a type of communicative interaction and interlocutors' social roles. Striving to construct a positive self-image, the participants in the show did not take the risk of losing their face due to usage of derogatory or vulgar expressions in face-to-face inter- actions. The anonymous online discussions, on the contrary, did not pose any risk for the positive faces of the speakers; therefore, the interlocutors showed clear tendency to either appreciate and support, or attack the contestants as well as other speakers. 

Ein handlungstheoretisches Modell zu Identitätsarbeit und Privatheit im Alltag und im Social Web

SPIEL ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-94
Author(s):  
Sascha Trültzsch-Wijnen
Keyword(s):  
Identity Construction ◽  
Social Action ◽  
Action Theory ◽  
Online Communication ◽  
Technical Aspect ◽  
Identity Work ◽  
Social Web ◽  
Self Presentation ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Negotiation Processes

Identity construction and privacy are closely connected in both everyday routines as well as in online environments such as social network sites. The paper argues that an overall approach of action theory combined with systemic perspective of dispositif / apparatus can be adapted to get theoretical and empirical insights into identity work and related privacy concepts. Based on situational approaches towards social action, the negotiation processes of self presentation can be described. With regard to online communication and self presentation the technical aspect – understood as a dispositif setting – becomes more crucial then in face to face situations. To understand online privacy an approach of identity construction in every day lifeworld is outlined, embedding online action and attitude.

scholarly journals Identifying the Functions of Code Switching in a Computer Mediated Online Communication

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Areej Dawoud ◽  
Sayyed Rashid Shah
Keyword(s):  
Real Time ◽  
Online Communication ◽  
Code Switching ◽  
The Body ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Conversational Analysis ◽  
Online Chat ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Context Specific

This study aims to explore the functions of code switching of English-Arabic speakers in a computer-based online communication. Its goal is to understand whether code switching on the internet has the same functions as face-to-face interaction in real time situation. In addition, it aims to highlight the different conversational characteristics of code switching in a virtual environment, such as online chat. Adopting a Conversational Analysis (CA) approach, the data were collected from online Paltalk chatrooms, specifically "BnatKSA". The six participants, three males and three females were proficient in English and Arabic languages. Using bidirectional English-Arabic code switching, the six participants frequently chatted online for two hours a day over a period of one month. The findings indicate a wide range of functions of code switching on the internet. Some of these functions are unique and context specific, which can be considered a contribution to the body of knowledge. The findings suggest that the range of code switching functions online is broader and more meaningful than face-to-face communication in real time situation.

scholarly journals Discursive Practices of Doctor-Patient Online-Communication (the Case of “Health.mail.ru”)

Discourse ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
pp. 73-86
Author(s):  
L. V. Iskanderova
Keyword(s):  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Online Communication ◽  
Social Practices ◽  
Medical Advice ◽  
Expert Assessment ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Medical Terminology ◽  
Discursive Practices ◽  
Online Services ◽  
Face To Face

Introduction. Nowadays medical online services are evolving rapidly and become more and more popular. Telemedicine is developed as a part of the Russian government program “The medical system 4P”. However, doctor-patient online communication has rarely been the subject of research in modern sociology. Nevertheless, online-services are valuable resource for researchers to study and analyze information that is difficult to obtain in other ways.Methodology and sources. The paper is devoted to the research of doctor-patient discursive practices on the internet medical advice forums by the example of “Health.mail.ru”. The general method  of  research  is  critical  discourse  analysis,  based  on the theory and methodology of N. Fairclough, which gives an opportunity to make suggestions about  social practices using text analysis  and  discursive practices analysis. A non-reactive strategy was used in the empirical research. During the research 28 800 messages, which include 14 400 messages from patients and 14 400 messages from doctors, were analyzed. Data analysis was performed in the “R” program.Results and discussion. As a result, some assumptions about social practices and discursive practices on the online forum were formulated. The main patient’s goal on online forums is avoiding face-to-face interaction with doctors in a hospital. One of doctor’s goals is promoting their services. Interaction is carried out in a form of request from the patient and expert assessment from the doctor in response. Usually, patients send their messages anonymously. Doctors, by contrast, emphasize their identity. It helps them to maintain their image and to legitimate their expertise. Doctor’s and patient’s discourses are using special medical terminology, and they are not interpreting it. It demands from the patients being experts.Conclusion. Online communication is a new type of doctor-patient communication, which is more democratic, more complementary and more impersonal than face-to-face communication. Usually doctor-patient online communication on the internet medical advice forums does not involve thorough analysis of individual patient’s situation and maintaining sustainable interpersonal relationships.

scholarly journals Use Of Online Communication Media “Google Classroom” In Lecture Activities During The Covid-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-44
Author(s):  
Meri Suarti ◽  
Sri Narti ◽  
Asnawati Asnawati
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Qualitative Methods ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Online Communication ◽  
Relative Advantage ◽  
Communication Media ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Level Of Use ◽  
The Media

During the Covid-19 pandemic, lectures at Unived Bengkulu were conducted online. One of the media used to facilitate online communication during lectures is google classroom. Lecturing through google classroom is a new innovation for lecturers and students who previously lectured face to face and then conducted online. To find out the use of online communication media, google classroom in lectures at Unived Bengkulu during the Covid-19 pandemic, the author uses the characteristics of innovation from Everett M. Rogers which has five characteristics that can affect the level of use of an innovation, namely relative advantage, compatibility, complexity, trialability, and observability. This research uses descriptive qualitative methods with data collection techniques of observation, interviews, and documentation. The technique of determining informants using purposive sampling, the informants consisted of three lecturers and nine students. The results of the study state that based on the characteristics of its relative advantage, google classroom is a flexible, simple and efficient medium. Based on the characteristics of compatibility, Google Classroom is considered suitable for use during this pandemic, because Google Classroom can be accessed anywhere and anytime that is connected to the internet. Complexity is felt in difficult networks, especially in rural areas. Based on observations during the trial in the early semester, this media can be reused in the following semester. The use of online communication media google classroom in lectures during the Covid-19 pandemic at Dehasen Bengkulu University ran smoothly and was suitable to be applied during the Covid-19 period, even though constraints with network, but this could be overcome because it had a deadline given by the lecturer.

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