scholarly journals TRUST IN FRIENDSHIP: LGBTQ+ YOUNG PEOPLE AND HOOK-UP APP SAFETIES

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Byron ◽  
Kath Albury ◽  
Tinonee Pym ◽  
Kane Race ◽  
Anthony McCosker
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Young People ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Sexual Communication ◽  
Support Networks ◽  
Safety Strategies ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
Communication Practices ◽  
Media Research ◽  
Use Of Social Media

Digital media research commonly explores the use of social media platforms and dating/hook-up apps separately, implying distance between social and sexual communication practices. By exploring how friendships enfold into LGBTQ+ young people’s use of dating/hook-up apps, this paper troubles that delineation. In 2018, we ran four workshops with LGBTQ+ young people (18-35 years) about negotiating safety in dating/hook-up apps. Discussion of friendship featured in all workshops, mostly related to four key themes: the safety of having mutual friends with prospective dates/hook-ups; friend-making through apps; friend-involvement in safety strategies; and friendship advice on app use. Through analysis of these data, we highlight how friendship is an organising force in LGBTQ+ young people’s dating/hook-up app practices, and argue for greater attention to the porousness of media sites commonly defined as social (e.g. Instagram) or sexual (e.g. Tinder). Participants demonstrate that trust in friendship is far greater that their trust in apps, and so this is called upon, at many levels, to negotiate app use. Notably mutual friends (‘mutuals’) offer greater feelings of safety. An overlap between friendship and sexual connections is also apparent in these data, as per discussion of 'sliding into DMs'. Participants who were not cisgender men had greater concern for safety, and thus more knowledge on how to negotiate apps (and dating) safely, particularly through friendship support networks.

scholarly journals Hooking up with friends: LGBTQ+ young people, dating apps, friendship and safety

2020 ◽  
pp. 016344372097231
Author(s):  
Paul Byron ◽  
Kath Albury ◽  
Tinonee Pym
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Young People ◽  
Sexual Communication ◽  
Hooking Up ◽  
Dating Apps ◽  
Safety Strategies ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
Communication Practices ◽  
Making Friends

Research exploring digital intimate publics tends to consider social media platforms and dating/hook-up apps separately, implying distance between social and sexual communication practices. This paper troubles that delineation by drawing on LGBTQ+ young people’s accounts of negotiating safety and risk in dating/hook-up apps, in which friendship practices are significant. We explore four key themes of friendship that arose in our analysis of interviews and workshop discussions: sharing mutuals (or friends-in-common) with potential dates/hook-ups; making friends through apps; friends supporting app negotiations; and friends’ involvement in safety strategies. Through analysis of these data, we firstly argue that friendship is often both an outcome and an organising force of LGBTQ+ young people’s uses of dating/hook-up apps, and secondly, that media sites commonly defined as social (e.g. Instagram) or sexual (e.g. Tinder) are imbricated, with friendship contouring queer sex and dating practices.

Social media in government offices: usage and strategies

2020 ◽  
Vol 72 (4) ◽  
pp. 445-462
Author(s):  
Gal Yavetz ◽  
Noa Aharony
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Government Agencies ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Government Organizations ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
Government Websites ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
The Impact

PurposeThe current study seeks to present and examine the strategies, management and dissemination of information on social media platforms by Israeli government organizations and agencies.Design/methodology/approachThe article uses the “Case Study” approach, through semi-structured, in-depth interviews conducted with directors in charge of the use of social media in government departments.FindingsThe findings indicate that government agencies tend to favor Facebook over other social network platforms, in order to reach the widest possible audience. They do this by adhering to the platform's limitations, such as regularly using sponsored advertising to increase reach and visibility, and also by publishing visual content, such as videos and images, at the expense of text. In addition, the impact of respondents to adopt social media outweighs the use and importance awarded to traditional government websites. A clear preference is evident toward cultivating and strengthening existing information on social media at the expense of further developing official websites.Originality/valueFindings and conclusions from this type of research can help digital media directors and content editors in government agencies, to improve the quality of their content and improve the accessibility of the information they share online. In addition, the findings of the study strengthen the growing body of knowledge focused on the relationship between government ministries and social media.

Social Media Relationships

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Umoloyouvwe Ejiro Onomake
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Multiple Relationships ◽  
Social Media Data ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
Media Research ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Media Data

Ethnography has been used to research various people and topics online, primarily using netnography and digital ethnography. Researchers and businesses employ digital ethnographic methods to access an assortment of social media platforms in order to learn about social media users. Researchers seek to understand relationships between social media users and organizations from both academic and practitioner perspectives. These organizations run the gamut from for-profit businesses, to nonprofits, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and government agencies. The specific focus here is on social media research as it relates to businesses. Organizations make use of social media in a variety of ways, but chiefly to market to clients and to gather information on followers; the latter of which, in turn, helps them understand their target markets. While this social media data is both quantitative and qualitative in nature, the emphasis here centers on qualitative data, particularly the ways businesses interact with social media users. While some firms mainly use older forms of one-way marketing that solely focus on disseminating information, other firms increasingly seek ways to interact with customers and co-create products with clients. Additionally, social media users are creating their own communities, formed due to a shared interest in a brand. Companies strive to learn more about their customers through these groups. Influencers also play a role in the relationship between organizations and social media users by linking their own followerships to products and brands. In turn, influencers develop their own relationships with organizations through sponsorships, thus becoming brands themselves. Influencers risk losing their followerships when followers perceive them as no longer accessible or authentic. This change in perception can occur for a variety of reasons, including when followers believe that an influencer has prioritized brand alignment over building connections with followers. Due to multiple relationships with different brands and their followers, influencers must negotiate the ambiguity and evolving nature of their role. As social media and digital spaces develop, so must the tools used by anthropologists. Anthropologists should remain open to incorporating hallmarks of ethnographic research such as fieldnotes, participant observation, and focus groups in new ways and alongside tools from other disciplines, including market and UX (user experience) research. The divide between practitioners and academics is blurring. Anthropologists can solve client issues while contributing their voices to larger anthropological and societal discussions.

‘That’s not necessarily for them’: LGBTIQ+ young people, social media platform affordances and identity curation

2019 ◽  
Vol 41 (8) ◽  
pp. 1261-1278 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin Hanckel ◽  
Son Vivienne ◽  
Paul Byron ◽  
Brady Robards ◽  
Brendan Churchill
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Young People ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Family Work ◽  
Gender Diverse ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
Media Platform ◽  
And Gender ◽  
And Control

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and other non-heterosexual and gender diverse (LGBTIQ+) young people utilise a range of digital media platforms to explore identity, find support and manage boundaries. Less well understood, however, is how they navigate risk and rewards across the different social media platforms that are part of their everyday lives. In this study, we draw on the concept of affordances, as well as recent work on curation, to examine 23 in-depth interviews with LGBTIQ+ young people about their uses of social media. Our findings show how the affordances of platforms used by LGBTIQ+ young people, and the contexts of their engagement, situate and inform a typology of uses. These practices – focused on finding, building and fostering support – draw on young people’s social media literacies, where their affective experiences range from feelings of safety, security and control, to fear, disappointment and anger. These practices also work to manage boundaries between what is ‘for them’ (family, work colleagues, friends) and ‘not for them’. This work allowed our participants to mitigate risk, and circumnavigate normative platform policies and norms, contributing to queer-world building beyond the self. In doing so, we argue that young people’s social media curation strategies contribute to their health and well-being.

Cyberbullying Perpetration: Children and Youth at Risk of Victimization during Covid-19 Lockdown

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 525-537
Author(s):  
Simangele Mkhize ◽  
◽  
Nirmala Gopal
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Young People ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Children And Youth ◽  
Significant Finding ◽  
Online Behaviour ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
Youth At Risk ◽  
Use Of Social Media

The Covid-19 is believed to have emerged in Wuhan, China, and has affected many countries across the globe. In response to this pandemic, governments in different countries have implemented social distancing measures to stop the spread of the virus. The closure of schools and switch to remote learning of universities to protect youth and children from exposure to the virus might also open opportunities for certain crimes such as cyberbullying. The study aimed at exploring the risks of victimization of children and youth through cyberbullying during the lockdown. A qualitative approach, non-participant observation was utilised. Data was collected from three social media platforms which include Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram from posts since the beginning of lockdown. Keywords such as 'ama2000s', '2000s' and '90s vs 2000s' were used to search for content. Facebook groups for '2000s' where most young people engage were also used. The study found that with the increase of the use of social media among children and youth during the lockdown, most have been victims of cyberbullying. In these platforms where young people engage, most posts and comments carried content which includes sexting, sexual comments on young girls' pictures, trending of videos of school children fighting, and insulting each other. A significant finding was the use of fake accounts to perpetrate cyberbullying. The study recommends that addressing cyberbullying through educating children and youth about acceptable online behaviour, signs of cyberbullying, responses to it, and cybersecurity should be prioritised.

scholarly journals Library 2.0: The effectiveness of social media as a marketing tool for libraries in educational institutions

2016 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael J. Jones ◽  
Morgan Harvey
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Young People ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Current State ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
Library Staff ◽  
Marketing Tool ◽  
Use Of Social Media

In an attempt to market their services and connect with potential users, and particularly young people, many libraries are opening accounts on social media platforms. Research suggests a contradiction between the advice relating to marketing and that regarding the use of social media in libraries, with the former emphasising the importance of the user at the centre of all considerations and the latter placing library staff as central to decisions. In this work we attempt to re-address this imbalance by surveying the current state of library activity on Twitter and, by means of questionnaires, investigate the experiences and motivations of librarians ( n=58) in using social media and whether students ( n=498) are willing to engage with the library in this manner and why. Our findings confirm that libraries in the sector are indeed struggling to foster interest in their social media activities and go some way to understanding why this is so, leading to a number of conclusions and recommendations for practitioners.

scholarly journals Authorship, citations, acknowledgments and visibility in social media: Symbolic capital in the multifaceted reward system of science

2018 ◽  
Vol 57 (2) ◽  
pp. 223-248 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nadine Desrochers ◽  
Adèle Paul-Hus ◽  
Stefanie Haustein ◽  
Rodrigo Costas ◽  
Philippe Mongeon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Scholarly Communication ◽  
Reward System ◽  
Symbolic Capital ◽  
Digital Era ◽  
Scholarly Impact ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
Scientific Capital ◽  
Communication Practices ◽  
Use Of Social Media

The reward system of science is undergoing significant changes, as traditional indicators compete with initiatives that offer novel means of disseminating and assessing scholarly impact. This article considers a number of aspects of this reward system, including authorship, citations, acknowledgements and the growing use of social media platforms by academics, with an eye towards identifying contemporary issues relating to scholarly communication practices, as understood through the perspectives of Bourdieu’s symbolic capital and Merton’s recognition framework. The article posits that, while scientific capital remains the foundation upon which the reward system of science is built, this system is revealing itself to be more and more multifaceted, extremely complex, and facing increasing tension between its traditional means of evaluation and the potential of new indicators in the digital era. The article presents an extended literature review, as well as recommendations for further consideration and empirical research. A better understanding of the perceptions of academics would be necessary to properly assess the effects of these new indicators on scholarly communication practices and the reward system of science.

scholarly journals Queer considerations: Exploring the use of social media for research recruitment within LGBTQ communities

2021 ◽  
pp. 174701612110030
Author(s):  
Catherine Littler ◽  
Phillip Joy
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Hate Speech ◽  
Ethical Considerations ◽  
Ethical Research ◽  
Research Recruitment ◽  
Diverse Communities ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
Media Research ◽  
Social Media Research ◽  
Use Of Social Media

The use of social media platforms (such as Facebook) for research recruitment has continued to increase, especially during the global COVID-19 pandemic. Social media enables researchers to reach diverse communities that often do not have their voices heard in research. Social media research recruitment, however, can pose risks to both potential participants and the researchers. This topic paper presents ethical considerations related to social media recruitment, and offers an example of harassment and hate speech risks when social media is used for research recruitment. We explore the implications of hate speech risks for ethical research.

scholarly journals Powerful Entanglements: Interrelationships Between Platform Architectures and Young People’s Performance of Self in Social Media

2021 ◽  
pp. 87-107
Author(s):  
Viktoria Flasche
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Young People ◽  
Longitudinal Studies ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Subject Positions ◽  
Youth Cultures ◽  
Economic Strategies ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
Media Formats

AbstractThis chapter explores intertwinements between digital media and communicative and socio-cultural practices as they emerge in relation to contemporary cultures, specifically youth cultures. Social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram and TikTok are discursive-operative networks within a framework of economic strategies. The chapter’s empirical approach draws on the assumption that young people’s aesthetic practices, transmitted via social media formats, evoke in each instance specific relational modes that preform a space of possible subject positions. The chapter summarises the findings of two selective longitudinal studies examining young people’s practices of self-articulation, consistently interpreted in the context of the specific platform used in each instance. These findings point to the potential of aesthetic-tentative practices as performed by young people to catalyse societal critique.

scholarly journals Positive Organisational Arts-Based Youth Scholarship: Redressing Discourse on Danger, Disquiet, and Distress during COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (11) ◽  
pp. 5655
Author(s):  
Ann Dadich ◽  
Katherine M. Boydell ◽  
Stephanie Habak ◽  
Chloe Watfern
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Change ◽  
Young People ◽  
Health And Wellbeing ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
Positive Experiences ◽  
Difficult Times

This methodological article argues for the potential of positive organisational arts-based youth scholarship as a methodology to understand and promote positive experiences among young people. With reference to COVID-19, exemplars sourced from social media platforms and relevant organisations demonstrate the remarkable creative brilliance of young people. During these difficult times, young people used song, dance, storytelling, and art to express themselves, (re)connect with others, champion social change, and promote health and wellbeing. This article demonstrates the power of positive organisational arts-based youth scholarship to understand how young people use art to redress negativity via a positive lens of agency, peace, collectedness, and calm.

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