Unnamed: 0,Item Type,Publication Year,Author,Title,Publication Title,DOI,Url,Abstract Note,Keywords,Database,Citation,"Social Movements, politics, policy, and Activism",News,Mis/Disinformation,Social Stratification or Segregation,Economic sociology,Health,Other
179,journalArticle,2021,"Becker, Amy B.","Alec Baldwin's appearances on Saturday Night Live: tangerine wig, Twitter backlash, and the humanising of President Donald J. Trump.",Celebrity Studies,,https://ezproxy.lib.utexas.edu/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=sih&AN=148751427&site=ehost-live,"For more than three years, Alec Baldwin, comic actor and recurring I Saturday Night Live i host, has been making regular guest appearances on the NBC variety programme clad in a tangerine wig and business suit (Nir [14]). At the same time, however, viewing I SNL i followed by Trump's response to I SNL i via Twitter again reinforces perceptions that Trump is authentic. So even two years in, it seems that Trump's critical and combative response to I SNL i , and in turn Baldwin via Twitter, is still working to Trump's advantage. In the end it seems that as long as Trump remains in the Oval Office, Baldwin will continue to appear on I SNL i an as an exaggerated, and increasingly more likeable version of Trump, especially in contrast with the version of political reality offered up by the current White House. [Extracted from the article]","Public opinion; Trump, Donald, 1946-; Identity (Psychology); Baldwin, Alec, 1958-; Presidential administrations; Presidents; Wigs",SocIndex,7,,,,,,,
180,journalArticle,2022,"Williams, Melvin L.","Social media's commodified, transgender ambassador: Caitlyn Jenner, celebrity activism, and social media.",Celebrity Studies,,https://ezproxy.lib.utexas.edu/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=sih&AN=155357702&site=ehost-live,"American Olympic athlete and former reality television star Caitlyn Jenner remains a polarising figure in discussions of celebrity culture, transgender visibility, and social activism due to her conservative political views and limited knowledge about the issues non-famous transgender people face in society. Since reintroducing herself as a transgender woman in 2015, Jenner has been framed as a figurehead for transgender activism in mass media due to her avowed intention to disrupt transphobia and Twitter commentary on politics, and equally accused of commodifying her transgender experience for economic gain. Given the many questions surrounding the legitimacy of Jenner's transgender advocacy and her intentional use of Twitter as a medium to discuss transgender politics, this research conducted a textual analysis of Jenner's Twitter account, @Caitlyn_Jenner to examine how the transgender celebrity used social media to discuss her lived experiences as a transgender woman and advocate on behalf of the transgender community. The findings supported prior scholarly criticisms of Jenner's celebrity image, online celebrity activism, and transwomen's representations in celebrity culture. @Caitlyn_Jenner fostered online social connections and discussions with her transgender followers. However, Jenner did not facilitate any collective social movement actions due to her ideological differences with Republican and transgender communities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]","Social media; Twitter Inc.; social media; Activism; Celebrities; Transgender people; Caitlyn Jenner; celebrity activism; celebrity activist tweeting; Internet celebrities; Jenner, Caitlyn, 1949-; Trans women; transgender activism; Transgender communities; transgender politics",SocIndex,8,,,,,,,
210,journalArticle,2011,"Goodman, Michael K.; Barnes, Christine",Star/poverty space: the making of the 'development celebrity'.,Celebrity Studies,,https://ezproxy.lib.utexas.edu/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=sih&AN=60040745&site=ehost-live,"What is it that gives celebrities the voice and authority to do and say the things they do in the realm of development politics? Asked another way, how is celebrity practised and, simultaneously, how does this praxis make celebrity, personas, politics and, indeed, celebrities themselves? In this article, we explore this 'celebrity praxis' through the lens of the creation of the contemporary 'development celebrity' in those stars working for development writ large in the so-called Third World. Drawing on work in science studies, material cultures and the growing geo-socio-anthropologies of things, the key to understanding the material practices embedded in and creating development celebrity networks is the multiple and complex circulations of the everyday and bespectacled artefacts of celebrity. Conceptualised as the 'celebrity-consumption-compassion complex', the performances of development celebrities are as much about everyday events, materials, technologies, emotions and consumer acts as they are about the mediated and liquidised constructions of the stars who now 'market' development. Moreover, this complex is constructed by and constructs what we are calling 'star/poverty space' that works to facilitate the 'expertise' and 'authenticity' and, thus, elevated voice and authority, of development celebrities through poverty tours, photoshoots, textual and visual diaries, websites and tweets. In short, the creation of star/poverty space is performed through a kind of 'materiality of authenticity' that is at the centre of the networks of development celebrity. The article concludes with several brief observations about the politics, possibilities and problematics of development celebrities and the star/poverty spaces that they create. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]",Political participation; Ambassadors; Celebrities; authenticity; materiality; place; Authenticity (Philosophy); celebrity praxis; development celebrity; expertise; Expertise; Material facts (Law); Poverty; Praxis (Process); space,SocIndex,118,,,,,,,
230,journalArticle,2021,"Wang, Yi; Shi, Molu; Zhang, Jueman",What public health campaigns can learn from people's Twitter reactions on mask-wearing and COVID-19 Vaccines: a topic modeling approach.,Cogent Social Sciences,,https://ezproxy.lib.utexas.edu/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=sih&AN=154364604&site=ehost-live,"Topic modeling, which uses machine learning algorithms to identify the emergence of topics, can help public health professionals monitor online public responses during health crises. This study used Latent Dirichlet Allocation algorithm to model the topics in Twitter messages (or ""tweets"") from the US during the COVID-19 pandemic from March 20th to August 9th, 2020. Topic sizes and sentiment were calculated as the pandemic evolved, for major topics about vaccination and mask-wearing as a nonpharmaceutical intervention measure. Despite the pandemic, positive sentiments were found among most topics. While users were found to react more often to positive sentiment about mask-wearing, negative content on vaccination was found more popular. Noticeable trends in topic sizes and sentiment were observed for various topics, which correlated in time with some key pandemic events and policy changes, implying their impacts on social media responses. By analyzing such trends and impacts, this research offers insights on health campaign message design and how to outreach the general public most effectively. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]",topic modeling; emotion; sentiment; LDA; mask-wearing; popularity; public health campaign; vaccine,SocIndex,9,,,,,,,
232,journalArticle,2022,"Nyoka, Payidamoyo; Tembo, Mary",Dimensions of democracy and digital political activism on Hopewell Chin'ono and Jacob Ngarivhume Twitter accounts towards the July 31st demonstrations in Zimbabwe.,Cogent Social Sciences,,https://ezproxy.lib.utexas.edu/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=sih&AN=160905226&site=ehost-live,"Using a qualitative research approach, this study provides an inquiry into the nature of democracy and digital political activism discourses on @Hopewell Chin'ono and @Jacob Ngarivhume prior to the 31st July demonstrations. Alternative communications spaces have revolutionised political communication in Zimbabwe. In Zimbabwe, political polarisation has created a monolithic voice in the mainstream media. In the ""Second Republic"", digital activism is a growing phenomenon where subalterns question the state. This study is guided by Manuel Castells' Power and Counter Power Theory. Data gathered using netnography was analysed using critical discourse analysis. Findings show that digital activism has turned into social media ""dissidence"", calling for the resignation of the government officials including the Executive through 31st demonstrations. There is an intimate relationship between digital democracy and digital activism, enabling political advocacy and lobbying. Twitter is used to safeguard the lives of activists. Religious discourses were used by both Jacob Ngarivhume and Hopewell Chin'ono as they drummed up support for the July 31st demonstrations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]",digital activism; social media; Democracy; 31st demonstrations; Hopewell Chin'ono; Jacob Ngarivhume,SocIndex,3,,,,,,,
233,journalArticle,2022,"Hassett-Walker, Connie",Does Brandenburg v. Ohio still hold in the social media era? Racist (and other) online hate speech and the First Amendment.,Cogent Social Sciences,,https://ezproxy.lib.utexas.edu/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=sih&AN=160905260&site=ehost-live,"First Amendment protections for hate speech, before and after the advent of the Internet, have been the subject of various court cases. This study presents the results of a content analysis of tweets using racist, anti-Semitic, anti-Islamic and homophobic language. Tweet content is considered using a framework from prior court cases: does a tweet constitute political speech; contribute to the marketplace of ideas; encourage violence or include threats? The results show that messages of hate can be communicated without using overly offensive words; and that Twitter users discuss who should vs. should not use a word. Study findings are considered in the context of the U.S. having become more divided politically, and social media's role in amplifying racists' messaging. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]",social media; racism; First Amendment; hate speech,SocIndex,0,,,,,,,
234,journalArticle,2022,"Gjerald, Olga; Eslen-Ziya, Hande",From discontent to action: #quarantinehotel as not just a hashtag.,Cogent Social Sciences,,https://ezproxy.lib.utexas.edu/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=sih&AN=160905290&site=ehost-live,"This article shows how Twitter users' discontent with the quarantine hotel regulations in Norway turned into a digital protest. We discuss how the sharing and communication of messages through hashtags on Twitter facilitate the perception of the hashtag as a cultural object that activates a political agenda and perpetuates a digital social movement. This study used a novel approach to explore the significance of the echo chamber of emotions involved in digital protests and introduced stages of digital activism. The paper concludes by arguing that during a protest, the activists employ emotions as self-expressive tools that help them connect the issue at hand to bigger societal issues (structural discrimination and inequalities) and metaphors (prison and criminal behavior). Once this process starts, it further paves the way to reaching out for support, encouraging action from others, and demanding change from the government, as we show via the digital activism framework. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]",Twitter; COVID-19; social movement; Norway; digital protest; quarantine hotels,SocIndex,6,,,,,,,
235,journalArticle,2018,"Selepak, Andrew G.",Exploring anti-science attitudes among political and Christian conservatives through an examination of American universities on Twitter.,Cogent Social Sciences,,https://ezproxy.lib.utexas.edu/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=sih&AN=134676390&site=ehost-live,"The purpose of this study was to investigate an unexplored factor as to why some Republicans and conservatives have less trust in science and academia than those on the political left. Twitter accounts for 25 elite American universities were examined for political and religious sentiment and then compared to results from 25 lower ranked schools. The aim was to examine the extent universities post politically liberal or anti-Christian messaging through Twitter. Results suggest elite universities promote more liberal messages than conservative or Republican messages and more liberal messages than lower ranked schools. Overall, the sample of schools made few tweets containing pro-Christianity messaging despite some of the schools having strong connections to Christian denominations or having been founded as religious institutions to train Christian clergy. The findings add additional insight as to why discussions on scientific issues may be influenced by political partisanship. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]",Twitter; politics; academia; anti-science; bias,SocIndex,3,,,,,,,
236,journalArticle,2022,"Eslen-Ziya, Hande; Pehlivanli, Ezgi",The search for alternative knowledge in the post-truth era: Anti-vaccine mobilization during the COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey.,Cogent Social Sciences,,https://ezproxy.lib.utexas.edu/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=sih&AN=160905479&site=ehost-live,"The search for alternative knowledge, conspiracy theories, distrust of expertise and anti-science movements are gaining momentum and post-truth populism is speeding up on the back of fake news. The crisis of truth refers to an era where evidence and objective facts get lost in sentiment, emotion, and personal beliefs. Relying on emotions, creationism, religious beliefs, and common sense over expertise deliberately creates counter-knowledge referred to as pseudo-science, troll-science or fake-science. As the worth of scientific expertise is devalued, the counter-scientific discourses supported through populist political rhetoric help to produce a culture of resistance to science. Our qualitative content analysis of Twitter posts along with the news regarding anti-vaccine arguments from two selected online news sites, revealed three major themes, which we referred to as strategies used by the COVID-19 vaccine deniers in Turkey to disseminate their views. These were: an emphasis on bodily freedom and personal choice and the use of ""my body my choice"" rhetoric; the denying, devaluing, and shifting of scientific evidence; and the dismissal and/or attacking of alternative views and the deepening of the polarisation between the supporters of the COVID-19 restrictions, vaccine supporters and deniers. We conclude the paper by arguing that there is a link between the distrust of doctors and the anti-vaccination ideas, and the quest for alternative knowledge and expert authority. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]",COVID-19; populism; counter-knowledge; Crisis of truth; knowledge; pseudo-science,SocIndex,0,,,,,,,
237,journalArticle,2022,"McHugh, Patrick; Perrault, Elise",Of supranodes and socialwashing: network theory and the responsible innovation of social media platforms.,Cogent Social Sciences,,https://ezproxy.lib.utexas.edu/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=sih&AN=160905492&site=ehost-live,"Social media networks are expanding rapidly, increasing the spread and scale of information diffusion. Researchers have highlighted distinguishing features of social media network platforms: network structure transparency, public self-monitored digital profiles, homogenized network connections, and node-created digital content. These features, while adding utility to social media platform providers and users, can also be exploited to manipulate users' behavior and overall network outcomes. This paper posits the importance of network theory as critical foundational ""laws"" upon which the responsible innovation of social media can be built to minimize such manipulation, how such theory can be used to predict the potential impacts of new network innovations, and the resulting difficulty this framing suggests for self-governance on the part of platform providers. Through a case study analysis of Russian social media interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, the value of a network theoretic lens is highlighted. The concept of ""supranodes"", social media nodes empowered via theoretical knowledge and network awareness to socially engineer network structures and outcomes, is developed and the network theoretic features they exploit discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]",Twitter; social media; Facebook; network theory; Instagram; election interference,SocIndex,5,,,,,,,
238,journalArticle,2020,"De Las Heras-Pedrosa, Carlos; Rando-Cueto, Dolores; Jambrino-Maldonado, Carmen; Paniagua-Rojano, Francisco Javier; Feng, Guangchao Charles",Analysis and study of hospital communication via social media from the patient perspective.,Cogent Social Sciences,,https://ezproxy.lib.utexas.edu/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=sih&AN=148040761&site=ehost-live,"Currently, the online interaction between citizens and hospitals is poor, as users believe that there are shortcomings that could be improved. This study analyzes patients' opinions of the online communication strategies of hospitals in Spain. Therefore, a mixed-method is proposed. Firstly, a qualitative analysis through a focus-group was carried out, so around twenty representatives of national, regional and local patients' associations were brought together. Secondly, the research is supplemented with a content assessment of the Twitter activity of the most influential hospitals in Spain. The results reveal that the general public appreciate hospitals' communication potential through social media, although they are generally unaware of how it works. The group says that, apart from the lack of interaction, they find it hard to understand certain messages, and some publications give a biased picture. In order to improve communication, patients and relatives are demanding that their perspective be taken into consideration in the messages issued to enhance the quality of life and well-being of society. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]",social networks; health care communication; hospitals,SocIndex,28,,,,,,,
239,journalArticle,2019,"Leott, Yolanda M.; Hodgson, Philip",#Screening out: Criminal justice students' awareness of social media usage in policing.,Cogent Social Sciences,,https://ezproxy.lib.utexas.edu/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=sih&AN=141193767&site=ehost-live,"The ""rise of police indiscretion"" on social media has sparked demands to closely monitor officers' online activity and more effectively screen job applicants. The extent to which criminal justice majors are aware that personal profile content on networking sites (e.g. Facebook and Twitter) factor into recruitment, background checks, and personnel monitoring practices is absent in the literature. Results from a survey of undergraduate students enrolled at a private North-east university indicate their perceptions of police usage of social media to generally align with the manner in which these officials leverage this technology. Few respondents rated their own comments, pictures and videos as inappropriate but were critical of material posted by other site users. And, though comfortable with a range of potential audiences viewing their content, students were unequivocal in their expectation of privacy even as they varied in confidence that their posts would be shielded from employer searches. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]",social media; policing; criminal justice; online reputation; recruit selection; undergraduate students,SocIndex,7,,,,,,,
240,journalArticle,2016,"Hefner, Veronica; Dorros, Sam M.; Jourdain, Nicole; Liu, Christine; Tortomasi, Arianna; Greene, Maria Paulina; Brandom, Chelsea; Ellet, Mary; Bowles, Natalie; Alvares, Claudia",Mobile exercising and tweeting the pounds away: The use of digital applications and microblogging and their association with disordered eating and compulsive exercise.,Cogent Social Sciences,,https://ezproxy.lib.utexas.edu/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=sih&AN=120932381&site=ehost-live,"In recent years, content featuring fitspiration messages on blogs and microblogs has increased. In addition, the use of mobile phone applications to monitor diet and exercise has also seen greater adoption. This study examined the association between consumption of various types of social media and reports of disordered eating and compulsive exercising. The sample consisted of 262 participants who completed an online questionnaire that included questions related to exercise and eating habits, as well as the frequency of use of traditional blogs, microblogs, and mobile phone applications featuring nutritional and exercise-related content. Results showed that the use of mobile phone applications and microblogs were significantly and positively associated with reports of disordered eating. Further, the use of mobile phone applications was also significantly and positively associated with compulsive exercise behaviors. However, the use of traditional blogs was not significantly associated with unhealthy eating or compulsive exercise. Findings and implications for future research are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]",Microblogs; social media; digital media; Food habits; Mobile apps; social cognitive theory; Social cognitive theory; compulsive exercise; eating disorders; Exercise addiction; fitspiration; mobile technology,SocIndex,29,,,,,,,
241,journalArticle,2022,Tao Huang,A QUADRUPLE DOCTRINAL FRAMEWORK OF FREE SPEECH.,Columbia Human Rights Law Review,,https://ezproxy.lib.utexas.edu/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=sih&AN=156016408&site=ehost-live,"Existing theories and doctrines of free speech have focused on why the freedom to express is indispensable for realizing the values that we treasure, such as truth or democracy. However, how expression facilitates those values is underexplored. This Article proposes a doctrinal framework of free speech consisting of four parts: right of control over one's information, right to know, right of access to platforms, and behavioral rules of public discussion. These are the constitutive parts that are necessary for the exercise of free speech to be meaningful and effective. After elaborating on these elements, this Article tests the framework by analyzing four cases: the European Union's Right to Be Forgotten, the information disclosure laws of China, the blocking of Trump's Twitter account, and the Indian hate speech incident. Those four cases offer a more comprehensive scenario as to how the quadruple framework operates in real contexts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]",European Union; Democracy; Hate speech; Right to be forgotten; Freedom of expression; Disclosure laws; Freedom of information; Freedom of speech,SocIndex,0,,,,,,,
242,journalArticle,2022,"Huang, Tao",A QUADRUPLE DOCTRINAL FRAMEWORK OF FREE SPEECH.,Columbia Human Rights Law Review,,https://ezproxy.lib.utexas.edu/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=sih&AN=155915537&site=ehost-live,"Existing theories and doctrines of free speech have focused on why the freedom to express is indispensable for realizing the values that we treasure, such as truth or democracy. However, how expression facilitates those values is underexplored. This Article proposes a doctrinal framework of free speech consisting of four parts: right of control over one’s information, right to know, right of access to platforms, and behavioral rules of public discussion. These are the constitutive parts that are necessary for the exercise of free speech to be meaningful and effective. After elaborating on these elements, this Article tests the framework by analyzing four cases: the European Union’s Right to Be Forgotten, the information disclosure laws of China, the blocking of Trump’s Twitter account, and the Indian hate speech incident. Those four cases offer a more comprehensive scenario as to how the quadruple framework operates in real contexts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]",Democracy; Hate speech; Right to be forgotten; Freedom of expression; Disclosure laws; Freedom of speech,SocIndex,0,,,,,,,
243,journalArticle,2020,"Altman-Lupu, Michael J.",UGANDA'S TAX ON SOCIAL MEDIA: FINANCIAL BURDENS AS A MEANS OF SUPPRESSING DISSENT.,Columbia Human Rights Law Review,,https://ezproxy.lib.utexas.edu/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=sih&AN=145312114&site=ehost-live,"In response to political upheaval, African states have restricted access to social media platforms. In what appears to be the start of a regional trend, several East African nations have imposed taxes and fees on social media. Uganda has levied the world's first tax on social media users, imposing in 2018 a daily tax on the use of fiftyeight websites and applications, including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Skype. To access these platforms, one must pay a daily fee of 200 Ugandan Shillings ($.054 USD). This Note will use the Ugandan social media tax as a case study through which to examine the legality, under international law, of financial burdens designed to suppress political dissent. While the analysis will focus solely on Uganda's law, much of it will apply beyond Uganda's borders to countries pursuing similar legislation. Part I provides important background with respect to the Ugandan scheme. Part II explores freedom of expression over the Internet under international law and determines what types of restrictions on expression are legally permissible. Part III analyzes whether a tax that affects speech would be considered a restriction of expression. Finally, Part IV examines the social media tax through the lens of Article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and analyzes the consequences of a determination that the social media tax violates international norms, both within Uganda and more broadly across East Africa. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]",Social media; Political opposition; Freedom of expression; International law; Taxation; Uganda,SocIndex,0,,,,,,,
244,journalArticle,2019,"Harris, Lindsay M.",WITHHOLDING PROTECTION.,Columbia Human Rights Law Review,,https://ezproxy.lib.utexas.edu/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=sih&AN=136834691&site=ehost-live,"In June 2018, President Trump wrote a pair of tweets en route to his golf course, calling for ""no Judges or Court Cases"" at our border and swift deportation of immigrants, essentially without due process. While immigrant advocates were quick to explain the myriad constitutional problems with this proposal, elements of Trump's dream are already a reality. This Article reveals how a single Customs and Border Protection officer can short-circuit the checks and balances prescribed by U.S. and international law to protect refugees from being returned to harm, and cast a long shadow over a future, meritorious asylum claim. In light of the growing attention to the plight of those fleeing persecution and seeking asylum at our borders, this Article examines shortcomings in both law and practice, illuminating the long-lasting ramifications of erroneously issued expedited removal orders for asylum seekers and their families. Congress designed the expedited removal system to expedite deportations and circumvent due process before an immigration judge. Certain humanitarian protections are built into the system to ensure that the United States meets its international and domestic legal obligations not to return refugees to a place where they would face persecution or torture. In practice, these humanitarian protections are too often improperly implemented and front-line border enforcement officials, whether manifesting bias against asylum seekers or lacking proper training and expertise, routinely ignore U.S. law and the Department of Homeland Security's own regulations. This results in the wrongful deportation of asylum seekers and, as revealed in the Article, in permanent negative ramifications for those lucky enough to make it back over the border to in an attempt to re-apply for asylum. The Article examines the disastrous interplay between two of the ""speed deportation"" processes of expedited removal and reinstatement of removal, the lack of sufficient safeguards that leave refugee screening at our borders in the shadows, and the absence of judicial review. The Article seeks not only to expose and analyze this problem, but also to improve the situation by considering a suite of pragmatic, actionable solutions to close the gap between the humanitarian protections prescribed by law and the reality faced by asylum seekers at the U.S. border. As an immediate first step to implement the humanitarian protections enshrined in law, the Article explores the merits and risks of using readily available technology: the use of Body-Worn Cameras by Customs and Border Protection officers conducting screenings of potential refugees at the border to fill the protection gap. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]","United States; Border security; Trump, Donald, 1946-; Deportation; Deportation policy; Legal status of political refugees",SocIndex,0,,,,,,,
245,journalArticle,2018,"BRIGGS, SAMANTHA",The Freedom of Tweets: The Intersection of Government Use of Social Media and Public Forum Doctrine.,Columbia Journal of Law & Social Problems,,https://ezproxy.lib.utexas.edu/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=sih&AN=132765003&site=ehost-live,"In recent years, American presidents and other government actors have moved much of their communications with the general public online, through their use of social media. President Donald Trump is particularly known for his use of Twitter and his extensive communications via his account, @realDonaldTrump. Such government social media usage has historically gone unchecked by the courts, but that changed when the Knight Institute brought suit against President Trump for violating the First Amendment rights of users blocked by @realDonaldTrump. This litigation is an illuminating example of why First Amendment analysis must extend to government social media pages, and yet raises new challenges. There are logical reasons why government actors may want to exert certain controls over their social media pages, though these controls will potentially run against the First Amendment. As such, this Note not only argues why First Amendment analysis must extend to government use of social media, but also proposes methods for how government actors might structure their online presences to avoid First Amendment rebuke. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]","Microblogs; Social media & politics; Blogs & politics; Trump, Donald, 1946-; United States. Constitution. 1st Amendment",SocIndex,25,,,,,,,
246,journalArticle,,"Trusolino, Madison",“I wanna kill my rapist”: Margaret Cho’s #12DaysofRage campaign as promotional digital activism,Communication and the Public,10.1177/20570473221111200,https://doi-org.ezproxy.lib.utexas.edu/10.1177/20570473221111200,"On November 1, 2015, comedian Margaret Cho announced a two-part campaign inspired by her history as a sexual-abuse survivor, to promote her new music video “I Wanna Kill My Rapist”. This included the creation of the hashtag #12DaysofRage. In this article, I explore how Cho used her status as a celebrity to circulate #12DaysofRage which acted as a discursive intervention in rape culture. I used content analysis and thematic analysis to identify themes in the archive of 2401 tweets I collected. I also performed a feminist discourse analysis on both the tweets and news coverage of the campaign to situate the hashtag within its historical, social, and political context. I argue that Cho performed what I call “promotional activism”, a subsection of celebrity activism where a celebrity promotes a cause as part of the promotion of a particular project or product. Cho’s choice to centre herself in the campaign made it impossible to separate Cho from the hashtag, preventing #12DaysofRage from greater viral potential, but still acting as a resonant, but ephemeral, gathering point for survivor-focused advocacy.",,SAGE,0,,,,,,,
247,journalArticle,,"Clark, Meredith D.",DRAG THEM: A brief etymology of so-called “cancel culture”,Communication and the Public,10.1177/2057047320961562,https://doi-org.ezproxy.lib.utexas.edu/10.1177/2057047320961562,"The term “cancel culture” has significant implications for defining discourses of digital and social media activism. In this essay, I briefly interrogate the evolution of digital accountability praxis as performed by Black Twitter, a meta-network of culturally linked communities online. I trace the practice of the social media callout from its roots in Black vernacular tradition to its misappropriation in the digital age by social elites, arguing that the application of useful anger by minoritized people and groups has been effectively harnessed in social media spaces as a strategy for networked framing of extant social problems. This strategy is challenged, however, by the dominant culture’s ability to narrativize the process of being “canceled” as a moral panic with the potential to upset the concept of a limited public sphere.",,SAGE,0,,,,,,,
248,journalArticle,,"Shao, Lingwei; Zhang, Hong",Global voice and social television: Exploring microblogging responses to “The Voice” shows in China and Germany,Communication and the Public,10.1177/2057047316649962,https://doi-org.ezproxy.lib.utexas.edu/10.1177/2057047316649962,"This study examines the audiences’ discussions on the local adaptations of The Voice of China and The Voice of Germany through a content analysis of 128 microblogging posts. Specifically, this research explores the content, language and tone of the sampled posts on Sina Weibo and Twitter, respectively. The study found that while German audiences take notice of various topics relating to the show, Chinese audiences mainly focus on talents. The Chinese audiences have also paid attention to the talents’ age in accordance with their respect to the elderly in the society. Compared to the German audiences, the Chinese audiences post in their mother tongue exclusively and they are more critical. The findings suggest marked differences of the audiences’ responses to the shows on microblogging websites in different national contexts, but also partly challenge the traditional cultural values proposed by Hall and Hofstede based on researches of offline behaviors.",,SAGE,0,,,,,,,
249,journalArticle,,"Levental, Orr; Galily, Yair; Yarchi, Moran; Tamir, Ilan","Imagined communities, the online sphere, and sport: The Internet and Hapoel Tel Aviv Football Club fans as a case study",Communication and the Public,10.1177/2057047316668364,https://doi-org.ezproxy.lib.utexas.edu/10.1177/2057047316668364,"The Internet, particularly social media, has enhanced civic movements’ ability to communicate and organize their activities. This study addresses this issue in the realm of sports and examines fans’ online interaction while analyzing different platforms Hapoel Tel Aviv FC fans use (websites, forums, Twitter, and Facebook), especially during their 2011–2012 protest against the team’s owner. Findings indicate that technology enables fans to create and distribute information and organize beyond just official team activities and platforms. These trends are more salient in times of a protest.",,SAGE,12,,,,,,,
250,journalArticle,,"Demir, Fatih; Bastug, Mehmet F.; Douai, Aziz",Keeping it peaceful: Twitter and the Gezi Park movement,Communication and the Public,10.1177/2057047320959852,https://doi-org.ezproxy.lib.utexas.edu/10.1177/2057047320959852,"Over the last decade, social media platforms have become the leading communication tools for activists and protesters all over the world. Understanding protesters’ motivations and reasons for using social media is a challenging issue for researchers. In this article, we analyzed the use of Twitter during the anti-governmental protests in Istanbul that was launched in May 2013. We examined 13,794 tweets posted to the #direngeziparki hashtag over a 6-day period. Based on the results of a qualitative content coding of the tweets, we found that the Twitter platform was widely used to mobilize protesters, share information about the events, and express opinions about the policing of the protests. We argue that social media can help keep protests peaceful by preventing vandalism, informing the protesters about extremist or violent groups participating in the protests, and can help them to avoid engaging in violent acts against police forces.",,SAGE,4,,,,,,,
251,journalArticle,,"Hopke, Jill E.; Gabay, Itay; Kim, Sojung C.; Rojas, Hernando",Mobile phones and political participation in Colombia: Mobile Twitter versus mobile Facebook,Communication and the Public,10.1177/2057047316642607,https://doi-org.ezproxy.lib.utexas.edu/10.1177/2057047316642607,"In this article, we test the relationships between Twitter and Facebook use on mobile phones and political conversation with offline and online political participation, as well as online expressive communication. Our findings show that using Twitter on mobile phones is associated with a higher likelihood for both online and offline political participation, as well as online expressive communication. Using Facebook is associated with a higher likelihood for online expressive communication only. The key contribution of this article is to show empirical differences between the relationships of social media and social networking on mobile devices with political participation and online expressive communication. Public social media apps, such as Twitter, bring mobile communication back into the public realm of a (albeit diffused) broadcast-like channel. Mobile Twitter adds to the affordances of mobility, networked connectivity, and the publicness of social media.",,SAGE,0,,,,,,,
425,journalArticle,2017,"Byrd, W. Carson; Gilbert, Keon L.; Richardson, Joseph B.",The vitality of social media for establishing a research agenda on black lives and the movement.,Ethnic & Racial Studies,,https://ezproxy.lib.utexas.edu/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=sih&AN=123952407&site=ehost-live,"Social media provides scholars with important portals into the lives of marginalized communities and the movements organized to combat issues of race and racism in society. However, how to incorporate the seemingly unwieldy amount of social media data for research in our fields can pose challenges to further clarify how people navigate our social world and the issues with in it, but also how they organize to push for social change and equality. In what follows, the authors discuss how social media data can be used to enhance our studies of black lives in reflection of the burgeoning Black Lives Matter movement on issues such as gun violence, public health, and higher education. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]",Social media; Twitter; Equality; social media; Social movements; education; public health; Black Lives Matter; Communities; criminal justice; Poor people,SocIndex,33,,,,,,,
468,journalArticle,2022,"Schuenemann, WJ; Brand, A; Koenig, T; Ziegler, J",Leveraging Dynamic Heterogeneous Networks to Study Transnational Issue Publics. The Case of the European COVID-19 Discourse on Twitter,FRONTIERS IN SOCIOLOGY,10.3389/fsoc.2022.884640,,"The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic constitutes a critical phase for the transnationalization of public spheres. Against this backdrop, we ask how transnational COVID-19 related online discourse has been throughout the EU over the first year of the pandemic. Which events triggered higher transnational coherence or national structuration of this specific issue public on Twitter? In order to study these questions, we rely on Twitter data obtained from the TBCOV database, i.e., a dataset for multilingual, geolocated COVID-19 related Twitter communication. We selected corpora for the 27 member states of the EU plus the United Kingdom. We defined three research periods representing different phases of the pandemic, namely April (1st wave), August (interim) and December 2020 (2nd wave) resulting in a set of 51,893,966 unique tweets for comparative analysis. In order to measure the level and temporal variation of transnational discursive linkages, we conducted a spatiotemporal network analysis of so-called Heterogeneous Information Networks (HINs). HINs allow for the integration of multiple, heterogeneous network entities (hashtags, retweets, @-mentions, URLs and named entities) to better represent the complex discursive structures reflected in social media communication. Therefrom, we obtained an aggregate measure of transnational linkages on a daily base by relating these linkages back to their geolocated authors. We find that the share of transnational discursive linkages increased over the course of the pandemic, indicating effects of adaptation and learning. However, stringent political measures of crisis management at the domestic level (such as lockdown decisions) caused stronger national structuration of COVID-19 related Twitter discourse.",MEDIA; Twitter; COVID-19; PATTERNS; discourse analysis; POWER; SITES; DISEASE; dynamic networks; European public sphere; heterogeneous information networks; transnationalization,WOS,0,,,,,,,
520,journalArticle,2021,"Roy, Melissa; Moreau, Nicolas; Rousseau, Cécile; Mercier, Arnaud; Wilson, Andrew; Dozon, Jean-Pierre; Atlani-Duault, Laëtitia","Constructing Ebola martyrs, warriors, and saviours: online heroisation in a context of risk and unease.","Health, Risk & Society",,https://ezproxy.lib.utexas.edu/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=sih&AN=149919939&site=ehost-live,"The perception of epidemic risk has been associated with the production of narratives in which figures such as villains and heroes emerge. This article critically analyzes social media users' construction of heroic figures during the 2013–2016 Ebola epidemic. We used international Twitter and Facebook comments as our raw material, collected by key word extraction. A thematic analysis resulted in a descriptive typology of three heroic figures: the martyr, the warrior, and the saviour. Our analysis showed that heroic status (highly associated with willingness to take high risks on behalf of others) was mostly conferred on common individuals and 'insiders' living in the Ebola-afflicted communities – often deemed 'unsung' – rather than the foreigners frequently heroised in previous crises. We deconstruct this heroisation dynamic, showing that it is a socially strategic move because it is embedded in a potential instrumentalization of heroes. First, this production of 'everyday heroes' may encourage the involvement of lay people in the epidemic response, by conveying that anyone can become a health hero. Second, we show that this heroisation process maintains the status quo by encouraging adherence to biomedical discourses, and by individualising the narrative and neglecting the structural changes needed to address the epidemic. Finally, we caution against discourses that seem socially 'progressive' but may be used as a smokescreen to hide discriminatory dynamics, and we recommend changes in communication strategies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]",Social media; Twitter (Web resource); Thematic analysis; social media; Facebook (Web resource); Ebola; Ebola virus disease; Consumer attitudes; Courage; epidemic; health risk perception; Hero; Risk-taking behavior,SocIndex,9,,,,,,,
550,journalArticle,2017,"Waisbord, S; Amado, A",Populist communication by digital means: presidential Twitter in Latin America,INFORMATION COMMUNICATION & SOCIETY,10.1080/1369118X.2017.1328521,,"In this paper, we analyze the uses of Twitter by populist presidents in contemporary Latin America in the context of the debates about whether populism truly represents a revolution in public communication - that is, overturning the traditional hierarchical model in favor of popular and participatory communication. In principle, Twitter makes it possible to promote the kind of interactive communication often praised in populist rhetoric. It offers a flattened communication structure in contrast to the top-down structure of the traditional legacy media. It is suitable for horizontal, unmediated exchanges between politicians and citizens. Our findings, however, suggest that Twitter does not signal profound changes in populist presidential communication. Rather, it represents the continuation of populism's top-down approach to public communication. Twitter has not been used to promote dialogue among presidents and publics or to shift conventional practices of presidential communication. Instead, Twitter has been used to reach out the public and the media without filters or questions. It has been incorporated into the presidential media apparatus as another platform to shape news agenda and public conversation. Rather than engaging with citizens to exchange views and listen to their ideas, populists have used Twitter to harass critical journalists, social media users and citizens. Just like legacy media, Twitter has been a megaphone for presidential attacks on the press and citizens. It has provided with a ready-made, always available platforms to lash out at critics, conduct personal battles, and get media attention.",Social media; POLITICAL COMMUNICATION; Twitter; FACEBOOK; political communication; populism; CANDIDATES; ELECTION CAMPAIGN; presidential communication; TWEETS,WOS,227,,,,,,,
609,journalArticle,2020,"Vicari, S; Iannelli, L; Zurovac, E",Political hashtag publics and counter-visuality: a case study of #fertilityday in Italy,INFORMATION COMMUNICATION & SOCIETY,10.1080/1369118X.2018.1555271,,"In 2016 the Italian health ministry launched the 'Fertility Day' campaign, aimed at tackling Italy's low birth rate. Under the accusation of delivering sexist and racist messages, the campaign became a trending topic on Twitter, and a protest was launched to be held during Fertility Day. By applying a combination of digital methods and visual content analysis to the #fertilityday Twitter stream, this paper contributes to existing research on the deliberative strength of political hashtag publics, with a particular focus on their power structures, communication patterns and visual content use. Findings on gatekeeping dynamics downsize optimistic views on the democratising potential of Twitter's socio-technical infrastructure as they point to the emergence of online satirical media and 'tweetstars' - along with mainstream news media- as main producers of spreadable content, with ordinary users only surfacing when traditional media elites and new satirical actors lack or lose interest in the debate. Results confirm that political hashtag publics follow acute event communication patterns, with users highly engaged in retweeting and referencing external material and visual content playing a key role in these gatewatching practices. The transient counter-visuality - or critical stance - of tweets with user-manipulated images, however, also suggests that the deliberative potential of these publics is not easily sustainable over time.",Twitter; public sphere; Gatekeeping; hashtag publics; visual data; TWITTER; MEMES,WOS,20,,,,,,,