‘Eww wtf, what a dumb bitch’: a case study of similitudes inside gender-specific swearing patterns on Twitter

Corpora ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-61
Author(s):  
Michael Gauthier
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Everyday Lives ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
Gender Specific ◽  
The Way

Contrary to the idea which has been widespread for at least a hundred years that women differ substantially from men when they express themselves in English-speaking contexts (e.g., Jespersen, 1922 ; and Steadman, 1935 ), empirical studies have shown that these differences are often minimal and are not due to gender alone (e.g., Eckert, 2008 ; and Baker, 2014 ). This also frequently applies to the way they swear, despite certain preferences which have been documented in empirical studies. With the growing impact that social media now has in our everyday lives, these represent a unique opportunity to study vast quantities of written data. This paper is based on a corpus of about one-million tweets and is an attempt to delve deeper into the analysis of gendered swearword habits. First, the goal is to show that even if there are certain gendered preferences in terms of the choice of swearwords, women and men frequently display similar patterns in using them, thus reinforcing the idea that they are not so linguistically different. Secondly, this paper provides insights into how collocational networks can be used to achieve this, and thus how focussing on differences can be one way to spot similarities across two sub-corpora.

The Neuroscience of Social Television

2018 ◽  
pp. 439-452
Author(s):  
Shaun A Seixas ◽  
Geoffrey E Nield ◽  
Peter Pynta ◽  
Richard B Silberstein
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Opposite Effect ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Consumer Engagement ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
The Way

In a short few years, social media has become the dominant way in which we communicate with the outside world. It has become prevalent in almost every aspect of our daily lives, but one of the most significant changes social media has had, has been on the way we watch television. This phenomenon, known as dual screening, has caused some concern amongst marketers and advertisers, who believed that this behaviour was having an overall negative impact on consumer engagement with television. This chapter attempts to address some of these concerns by providing evidence obtained from the neurosciences and from a case study. The evidence we present in this chapter demonstrates the opposite effect, whereby social media can actually be used to enhance viewer engagement.

False Information Narratives

2019 ◽  
pp. 326-348
Author(s):  
J. J. Sylvia IV ◽  
Kyle Moody
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Presidential Election ◽  
Internet Research ◽  
False Information ◽  
Media Campaigns ◽  
Geographic Locations ◽  
The U.S ◽  
The Way

The issue of Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. Presidential election has been widely debated by scholars and journalists. However, these works have not fully analyzed the ads that have been released by Facebook and the U.S. Congress. This project uses a case study to analyze the ads posted by the Russian-affiliated Internet Research Agency, considering the quantities of ads targeted to particular geographic locations, the frequency of targeting for unique keywords, and the reach and impressions of each of the ads. Further, these results are compared to results from best practices in traditional social media campaigns as a way to better understand the goals and potential impacts of the IRA ads. In conclusion, the project, by analyzing the full set of IRA ads, sheds new light on the way false information narratives were leveraged by the Russian-linked IRA.

scholarly journals Crime and Justice in Digital Society: Towards a ‘Digital Criminology’?

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 17-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Greg Stratton ◽  
Anastasia Powell ◽  
Robin Cameron
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Diverse Range ◽  
Digital Society ◽  
Everyday Lives ◽  
Communications Technologies ◽  
Social Entity ◽  
Interdisciplinary Concept ◽  
The Way

The opportunities afforded through digital and communications technologies, in particular social media, have inspired a diverse range of interdisciplinary perspectives exploring how such advancements influence the way we live. Rather than positioning technology as existing in a separate space to society more broadly, the ‘digital society’ is a concept that recognises such technologies as an embedded part of the larger social entity and acknowledges the incorporation of digital technologies, media, and networks in our everyday lives (Lupton 2014), including in crime perpetration, victimisation and justice. In this article, we explore potential for an interdisciplinary concept of digital society to expand and inspire innovative crime and justice scholarship within an emerging field of ‘digital criminology’.

scholarly journals Mobile people, phones and photography: Somali visual practices in Nairobi's Eastleigh estate

Africa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 89 (2) ◽  
pp. 225-245
Author(s):  
Neil Carrier
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
East Africa ◽  
Government Policy ◽  
The State ◽  
Political Dimension ◽  
Somali Diaspora ◽  
Mobile Phone Camera ◽  
The Way

AbstractThe coming of the mobile phone camera has transformed photography. This article explores this transformation through a case study of photography in Eastleigh, a Nairobi estate that is home to many thousand Somalis, both Kenyan Somalis and refugees from Somalia. It is a trade hub for East Africa, a social and economic hub for the global Somali diaspora, and a place regarded as suspect in a country where Somalis have long been marginalized. This article examines Eastleigh as photographic subject and setting, comparing the ubiquity of mobile phone photography there with seldom-practised more traditional forms of photography that are often treated with suspicion in an estate subject to securitized government policy and negative press. It shows how mobile phone photography helps people in the estate communicate visually with the wider Somali diaspora through social media, and how it helps people sell their goods, using as a case study a particular archive of images sent through WhatsApp to the author by Mohaa, a friend of his and a trader in the estate. The article also adds a political dimension to recent anthropological theorizing on mobile photography, showing how, in Eastleigh, Somalis have used photography and social media to take control of the way in which the estate is represented visually, and to demand from the state better services and better treatment.

scholarly journals External Communication in Social Media During Asymmetric Conflicts

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernd Hirschberger
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Public Opinion ◽  
Communication Strategies ◽  
Asymmetric Conflict ◽  
External Communication ◽  
Asymmetric Conflicts ◽  
Communication Conflict ◽  
Selection Of ◽  
The Way

Social media increasingly shapes the way in which we perceive conflicts and conflict parties abroad. Conflict parties, therefore, have started using social media strategically to influence public opinion abroad. This book explores the phenomenon by examining, (1) which strategies of external communication conflict parties use during asymmetric conflicts and (2) what shapes the selection of these communication strategies. In a comprehensive case study of the conflict in Israel and Palestine, Bernd Hirschberger shows that the selection of strategies of external communication is shaped by the (asymmetric) conflict structure.

scholarly journals A Semantic Approach to LinkedIn Profiles

2014 ◽  
pp. 1115-1128
Author(s):  
Ilias Kapareliotis ◽  
Patricia Crosbie
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Online Environment ◽  
User Profiles ◽  
Semantic Approach ◽  
Social Media Platform ◽  
Online Platform ◽  
Everyday Lives ◽  
Media Platform ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
The Way

Language is essential in allowing us to analyze and make sense of our everyday lives. The development and increased use of social media now means that the way language is structured online can facilitate communication; however, it can also hinder communication. This chapter examines LinkedIn as an example of an online platform which uses verbal and visual linguistic expressions to aid communication. A number of linguistic theories and their impact on LinkedIn as a social media platform are examined. LinkedIn, and its use of user profiles, has been chosen over other social media because it encapsulates the majority of theories presented. The theories are strongly linked to the linguistic background appropriate for the online environment and recommendations and discussions are presented.

The Neuroscience of Social Television

2015 ◽  
pp. 153-166
Author(s):  
Shaun A Seixas ◽  
Geoffrey E Nield ◽  
Peter Pynta ◽  
Richard B Silberstein
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Opposite Effect ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Consumer Engagement ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
The Way

In a short few years, social media has become the dominant way in which we communicate with the outside world. It has become prevalent in almost every aspect of our daily lives, but one of the most significant changes social media has had, has been on the way we watch television. This phenomenon, known as dual screening, has caused some concern amongst marketers and advertisers, who believed that this behaviour was having an overall negative impact on consumer engagement with television. This chapter attempts to address some of these concerns by providing evidence obtained from the neurosciences and from a case study. The evidence we present in this chapter demonstrates the opposite effect, whereby social media can actually be used to enhance viewer engagement.

scholarly journals ANALISA PROSES KOMUNIKASI ATAS NORMALISASI KONSEP PANOPTICON DALAM ORGANISASI BHAYANGKARI

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 54
Author(s):  
Phopy Harjanti Bulandari
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Symbolic Violence ◽  
Patriarchal Culture ◽  
Normative Role ◽  
The Way

This article discusses the panopticon mechanism happened in Bhayangkari – an organization of wives of police in Indonesia. By using case study, this article focuses to see the system and the role of mode of communication that done by members of Bhayangkari. Theory of symbolic violence applied to explain how women were controlled and were became the victim of the panopticon in this organization. This research found that women in Bhayangkari proud to be controlled and pressed under the normative role of the organization with patriarchal culture. It is reflected in the way they wear dress, how they conduct vertical communication, as well as how they express themselves in social media. Furthermore, those particular behaviors were done in order to gain prestige and pride of Bhayangkari woman. Finally, this research concluded that Bhayangkari women did not realize that the practice of panopticon mechanism happened in their organization. They did not aware that patriarchy culture has controlled them and defined them as the victim of symbolic violence.

scholarly journals Improving NESB Students’ Learning in Communication Through Simulating Social Media: An Australian Case Study

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (6) ◽  
pp. 93 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Joseph Gill
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Contemporary Literature ◽  
Online Communication ◽  
Traditional Lecture ◽  
Limited English Speaking ◽  
Australian Case ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
Graduating Students ◽  
Australian Universities

Australian universities are mindful of graduating students who are prepared for the workforce.  A growing trend in organisational communication is the use of digital/electronic media to communicate with stakeholders, and many universities are now adopting pedagogy that simulates professional use of social media.International students who come from non-English speaking backgrounds (NESB) and are new to Australian university study can often struggle with understanding information that is delivered verbally, particularly when delivered under the traditional lecture/tutorial or didactic approach. The use of online communication in the curriculum can improve employability skills and heighten comprehension for NESB students.This paper examines results by NESB students mainly from Chinese universities studying through a collaborative articulated pathway program who have completed the core communication unit between 2010 and 2012. The majority of these students have come from limited English-speaking environments. The paper analyses their results and uses contemporary literature to form conclusions on cognitive capabilities for the NESB cohort when studying this introductory unit on-campus.The student results and the literature analysed demonstrates that NESB students perform better when comprehending and consolidating knowledge delivered through interactivity involving digital communication, primarily e-text-based content that simulates social media. It concludes that electronic communication based on social media model can heighten NESB student engagement and improve employability.

scholarly journals Public Space at the “Palm of a Hand”: Perceptions of Urban Projects Through Digital Media

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 242-256 ◽  
Author(s):  
Byron Ioannou ◽  
Gregoris Kalnis ◽  
Lora Nicolaou
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
New Media ◽  
Public Space ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Urban Space ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
Comparative Case Study ◽  
The Way

This article examines the interactions between digital and social media as the contemporary incubators of place perceptions and the critical debate of environmental quality. Digital and social media may change the way people live but not the way they use physical spaces. This indirect reading of place acts in terms of perceptual understanding in a number of ways, but, most importantly, it becomes fundamental in the “construction” of the sense of place. This is because it impacts on the way information is associated with reality or a contract of the reality which is generated through its “interference” with our intellectual and emotive understanding of place. At the same time, the politics of a new “sociality” contains participations and exclusions. The article adopts comparative case study research as the methodological approach for investigating notions of how urban space is perceived through the case study of Eleftheria Square in Nicosia, a controversial urban regeneration project that generated an extensive debate through digital and social media in Cyprus during the last two decades. It is an attempt of a parallel decoding of (i) a more formal or directive view through digital newspapers’ survey and (ii) an informal view through a Facebook group content analysis. Through the case study, the inefficiencies and potentialities of the new media tools in informing the wider public are clear by providing at the same time evidence of their priorities, preferences, and fears. The article comes to two basic conclusions: (i) the perceptions of urban projects through digital media are not static but fluent and constantly updated, usually turning positive as projects are completed and experienced; and (ii) the interactive and synchronous nature of social media provides a more accurate and updated picture of the society’s changing perceptions of public space.

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