Evolving Digital Communication

2014 ◽  
pp. 222-237
Author(s):  
Mohini Singh ◽  
Jayan Kurian
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Network Theory ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Digital Communication ◽  
Actor Network Theory ◽  
Communication Media ◽  
Actor Network ◽  
Social Entities ◽  
Short Time

This chapter analyses elements of social networking sites to establish how a combination of heterogeneous elements of technology, media, language, users, data, and information are networked together to provide this new communication media. Social networking sites are also referred to as social media sites, which can be explained using the Actor-Network Theory. Social networking sites have clearly achieved widespread adoption as a new means of communication in a very short time around the globe. An analysis of literature on social networking sites is included in this chapter to reflect the new social networking language and style, the content shared via this media, the mode of use, and the language used for communication, which is a combination of a number of technological and social entities. This chapter explains how the Actor-Network Theory (ANT) can be used to explain social networking and includes some issues for research on this topic.

Innovation in Communication

2012 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohini Singh ◽  
Yogesh K. Dwivedi ◽  
Ray Hackney ◽  
Konrad Peszynski
Keyword(s):  
Network Theory ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Social Network Sites ◽  
Actor Network Theory ◽  
Communication Tool ◽  
Research Issues ◽  
Actor Network ◽  
Technology Users ◽  
Social Entities ◽  
Short Time

This paper analyses the dimensions of social websites to establish communication innovation using the Actor Network Theory. Social websites are also referred to as social network sites and social media sites which reflect technology, users, content and linguistic issues as heterogeneous combination of entities for interaction and communication via this media. Social websites have clearly achieved widespread adoption as a new means of communication in a very short time around the globe. An extensive review of extant literature on social websites is presented in this paper to reflect their growing importance, the reasons for their adoption, the content shared, the mode of use and the language used for communication illustrating that social websites are a combination of a number of technological and social entities. This paper highlights emerging research issues on social networking sites as a future communication tool and the innovation in communication using the Actor Network Theory.

Constructions of Banksy

2014 ◽  
pp. 62-76
Author(s):  
Cheri Lemieux Spiegel
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Activity Theory ◽  
Network Theory ◽  
Actor Network Theory ◽  
Public Domain ◽  
Professional Writing ◽  
Actor Network ◽  
The Public ◽  
Great Relevance ◽  
Digital Spaces

This chapter examines how multiple, often competing, identities of the street artist Banksy are constructed through a variety of media. It uses actor network theory and activity theory to trace and analyze the contexts, or networks, wherein Bansky’s identity is constructed. Banksy’s identity is of particular interest because he is an anonymous figure, and he actively abstains from social media. This examination of how he is constructed online sheds light on the agency that individuals have in constructing their identity in digital spaces. The insight from this investigation should be of great relevance for all professionals as they consider the non-professional writing they do, or chose not to do, beyond their office walls, within the public domain.

Constructions of Banksy

2015 ◽  
pp. 1827-1841
Author(s):  
Cheri Lemieux Spiegel
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Activity Theory ◽  
Network Theory ◽  
Actor Network Theory ◽  
Public Domain ◽  
Professional Writing ◽  
Actor Network ◽  
The Public ◽  
Great Relevance ◽  
Digital Spaces

This chapter examines how multiple, often competing, identities of the street artist Banksy are constructed through a variety of media. It uses actor network theory and activity theory to trace and analyze the contexts, or networks, wherein Bansky's identity is constructed. Banksy's identity is of particular interest because he is an anonymous figure, and he actively abstains from social media. This examination of how he is constructed online sheds light on the agency that individuals have in constructing their identity in digital spaces. The insight from this investigation should be of great relevance for all professionals as they consider the non-professional writing they do, or chose not to do, beyond their office walls, within the public domain.

Reviewing the Actor-Network Theory

2011 ◽  
pp. 1375-1380 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jose Figueiredo
Keyword(s):  
Network Theory ◽  
Science And Technology Studies ◽  
Actor Network Theory ◽  
Dynamic Interaction ◽  
Conceptual Tool ◽  
Actor Network ◽  
Study Analyse ◽  
Broad Domain ◽  
Technical Systems ◽  
Social Entities

Actor-network theory (ANT) is usually intended as a powerful conceptual tool to study, analyse, describe and explain socio-technical systems. These systems are built up by the interactions between humans, technology, social entities and organizations. These heterogeneous actors in dynamic interaction built networks of interaction, negotiation. ANT emanated from the science and technology studies (STS) field and is considered to be in the broad domain of social networks. Michel Callon and Bruno Latour, STS academics of the École Supérieure des Mines de Paris, are their uncontested continental parents. We can report John Law, in Lancaster University, as the leading British key proponent of ANT from the very beginning. Lancaster University provides a lot of papers’ references and sources on ANT in their site (see references).

Key Success Factors of Using Social Media as a Learning Tool

2017 ◽  
pp. 267-282
Author(s):  
Alexander K. Kofinas ◽  
Abdallah Al-Shawakbeh ◽  
Andriew S. Lim
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Network Theory ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Actor Network Theory ◽  
Learning Tool ◽  
Actor Network ◽  
Key Success Factors

Students are dedicated and innovative users of Social Media; in the context of Higher Education they use such media in a pragmatic fashion to enhance their learning. Higher Education institutions are thus in a position to facilitate their students' learning by embedding Social Media in their teaching and learning pedagogy. This chapter will discuss the Key Success Factors of using Social Media as a coordinating, managing, and learning tool to enhance students' education in the context of Higher Education. The Key Success Factors are mapped along the communication and activity flows of the student's study enterprise as viewed from an Actor-Network Theory lenses.

Using the Viable System Model to Understand the Roles of Non-Human Actors in Online Communities

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 21-34
Author(s):  
Zachary M. Clancy ◽  
Heng-Yu Ku
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Network Theory ◽  
Actor Network Theory ◽  
System Model ◽  
Viable System Model ◽  
Actor Network ◽  
Online Social Media ◽  
Tier System ◽  
Viable System ◽  
Human Actors

While myriad studies have explored the role of humans in online social media-based communities, fewer studies have examined the roles of non-human actors in those online places. This study uses the actor-network theory and the viable system model to analyze the roles of hashtags communities to gain a better understanding of the larger cybernetic ecosystem in which non-human actors operate. Actor-network theory provides the theoretical understanding that frames this study. The viable system model is a five-tier system based on methods of communication and control in both living and non-living entities. Data sources included fieldnotes, social media profiles, blogs, personal websites, personal communications, interviews, and demographic surveys. Findings suggest that non-human actors have an ability to affect change within the ecosystem, but non-human actors cannot be viewed as viable standalone systems. Viability is only possible when humans participate within the ecosystem at large.

Approaching media as socio-technical assemblages in a datafied age

First Monday ◽  
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emma Dahlin
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Media Studies ◽  
Theoretical Approach ◽  
Network Theory ◽  
Actor Network Theory ◽  
Actor Network ◽  
Clear Cut ◽  
Streaming Services ◽  
Contemporary Media

In times when new means of communication are emerging, it becomes increasingly relevant to revisit and reconsider media studies’ main concerns, and how contemporary media can be understood and studied. This paper draws attention to how the presumption of characteristics belonging to certain entities may elevate problems in a datafied age when streaming services, texts, content, producers, audiences, social media sites, and television are always intensely entangled. Here, the paper argues that it might no longer make sense, or even be possible, to make clear-cut distinctions between such entities. The paper further elaborates on the relevance and possibilities for media studies to draw upon actor-network theory (ANT). The paper argues that ANT, through its ideas of approaching objects as situated and local, can be a useful alternative theoretical approach when studying media phenomena in a datafied age.

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