The Social Structure of Social Media

Abstract The perceptions and sentiments of business respondents are considered important for statistical bureaus. As perceptions and sentiments are related to the behavior of the people expressing them, gaining insights into the perceptions and sentiments of business respondents is of interest to understand business survey response. In this article we present an exploratory analysis of expressions in the social media regarding Statistics Netherlands. In recent years, social media have become an important infrastructure for communication flows and thus an essential network in our social structure. Within that network participants are actively involved in expressing sentiments and perceptions. The results of our analysis provide insights into the perceptions and sentiments that business respondents have of this national statistical institute and specifically its business surveys. They point towards the specific causes that have led to a positive or a negative sentiment. Based on these results, recommendations aimed at influencing the perceptions and sentiments will be discussed, with the ultimate goal of stimulating survey participation. We also suggest recommendations regarding social media studies on sentiments and perceptions of survey respondents.

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Women and Make-Up: The Dilemma of Bourdieu's Subjectivism-Objectivism on Social Media

The Journal of Society & Media ◽

10.26740/jsm.v4n1.p16-30 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 16

Author(s):

Suharnanik Suharnanik

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Social Structure ◽

Social Space ◽

Literacy Studies ◽

The Social ◽

Dual Mechanism ◽

Depth Interviews

This research refers to the trend of women's makeup in the 2020 era, which is dominated by natural makeup. Influencers and makeup artists have a role in popularizing it. The author is interested in examining the makeup behavior in women with Bourdieu's theory. What behaviors make a woman look natural, prioritize skin health, minimal makeup. What culture is behind it. The findings of this study are all women like makeup, habitus leads to natural makeup. Habitus emphasized freedom in analyzing a practice as an agent and social structure. Women have a habitus in using makeup determined by a dual mechanism not just the dominance of social media factors, but also played by self-freedom as women as influencers in the social media itself. The arena is an environment where strength is at stake in the struggle over capital resources. Social media is an arena, a different social space, more enabling women to compete more dynamically in gaining position and legitimacy. Women use practices in makeup as a strategy in winning a competition. The makeup practice is an accumulation of women's capital and habitus, where every woman is different in her practice. The method used in this research includes in-depth interviews with women who use makeup, as well as literacy studies of the concepts of capital, habitus, and the realm. The results showed that women undergoing their practice experienced "ambiguity" or dilemmas when using make-up strategies in their social arena.

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Chat about Cars in Gran Turismo Indonesia Discussion Club: a Virtual Gemeinschaft in Netnography (Pembicaraan tentang Mobil di Gran Turismo Indonesia Discuss Club: Sebuah Virtual Gemeinschaft dalam Netnografi)

JURNAL IPTEKKOM Jurnal Ilmu Pengetahuan & Teknologi Informasi ◽

10.33164/iptekkom.20.1.2018.30-42 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 20 (1) ◽

pp. 30

Author(s):

Muhammad Ardi Pritadi

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Social Structure ◽

Social Inclusion ◽

Routine Activities ◽

Negative Pole ◽

The Social ◽

Use Of Social Media

The paper discusses the existence of Gran Turismo Indonesia Discussion Club (GTIDC) as a virtual gemeinschaft whose members like to play Gran Turismo (GT). Based on netnographical methodology, the research explains that offline activities of this group have developed certain norm, called fun culture, while the norms of the online ones are described as generalized reciprocity. Both norms are applied by routine activities of discussing the experience of driving cars in GT. Henceforth, this virtual gemeinschaft could be explained by physical-atomically analogy: the atom would be its social structure or virtual gemeinschaft, the flow rotation would be its discussion activities, the positive pole would be speaker or thread starter, and the negative pole would be commentators. Finally, the paper concludes that the social equilibrium could lead GTIDC to maintain social inclusion among its members. Nowadays, the use of social media like Facebook could establish such sociocultural phenomenon.

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Why Do Adults Engage in Cyberbullying on Social Media? An Integration of Online Disinhibition and Deindividuation Effects with the Social Structure and Social Learning Model

Information Systems Research ◽

10.1287/isre.2016.0671 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 27 (4) ◽

pp. 962-986 ◽

Cited By ~ 79

Author(s):

Paul Benjamin Lowry ◽

Jun Zhang ◽

Chuang Wang ◽

Mikko Siponen

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Social Learning ◽

Social Structure ◽

Learning Model ◽

The Social ◽

Online Disinhibition

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Comparison of social structures within cities of very different sizes

Royal Society Open Science ◽

10.1098/rsos.150526 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 3 (2) ◽

pp. 150526 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

P. Grindrod ◽

T. E. Lee

Keyword(s):

Social Networks ◽

Social Media ◽

Social Network ◽

Social Structure ◽

Social Structures ◽

Twitter Data ◽

Novel Approach ◽

The Social ◽

Wide Range ◽

Virtual City

People make a city, making each city as unique as the combination of its inhabitants. However, some cities are similar and some cities are inimitable. We examine the social structure of 10 different cities using Twitter data. Each city is decomposed to its communities. We show that in many cases one city can be thought of as an amalgamation of communities from another city. For example, we find the social network of Manchester is very similar to the social network of a virtual city of the same size, where the virtual city is composed of communities from the Bristol network. However, we cannot create Bristol from Manchester since Bristol contains communities with a social structure that are not present in Manchester. Some cities, such as Leeds, are outliers. That is, Leeds contains a particularly wide range of communities, meaning we cannot build a similar city from communities outside of Leeds. Comparing communities from different cities, and building virtual cities that are comparable to real cities, is a novel approach to understand social networks. This has implications when using social media to inform or advise residents of a city.

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Knowledge Contribution in Organizations via Social Media

Journal of Personnel Psychology ◽

10.1027/1866-5888/a000169 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 16 (1) ◽

pp. 12-24 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Nicole Behringer ◽

Kai Sassenberg ◽

Annika Scholl

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Social Identity ◽

Social Identity Theory ◽

Knowledge Exchange ◽

Expectancy Theory ◽

Perceived Usefulness ◽

Abstract Knowledge ◽

The Social ◽

Willingness To Contribute ◽

Social Media Tool

Abstract. Knowledge exchange via social media is crucial for organizational success. Yet, many employees only read others’ contributions without actively contributing their knowledge. We thus examined predictors of the willingness to contribute knowledge. Applying social identity theory and expectancy theory to knowledge exchange, we investigated the interplay of users’ identification with their organization and perceived usefulness of a social media tool. In two studies, identification facilitated users’ willingness to contribute knowledge – provided that the social media tool seemed useful (vs. not-useful). Interestingly, identification also raised the importance of acquiring knowledge collectively, which could in turn compensate for low usefulness of the tool. Hence, considering both social and media factors is crucial to enhance employees’ willingness to share knowledge via social media.

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