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Participation in Social Media: Studying Explicit and Implicit Forms of Participation in Communicative Social Networks
Mikko VilliJanne Matikainensubject
soziales Netzwerkddc:070implicit participationlcsh:Communication. Mass mediaForschungsarten der Sozialforschung0508 media and communicationsArgumentSoziale Medien050602 political science & public administrationparticipationSociologyta518Sozialwissenschaften Soziologiescience ethicsexplicit participationEthical issuesCommunication05 social sciencesPublic relationsconnectivity; ethics; explicit participation; implicit participationWissenschaftsethiklcsh:P87-960506 political scienceResearch Designconnectivitymethodddc:300social networketiikkaSocial psychologysocial mediaeducation518 Media and communicationssosiaalinen media050801 communication & media studiesmethodsmenetelmätInteractive electronic MediaSocial mediaPartizipationDatengewinnungSocial sciences sociology anthropologyinteraktive elektronische MedienNews media journalism publishingInternetinternet communityForschungresearchbusiness.industryMethodeethicsdata captureNetzgemeinschaftPublizistische Medien JournalismusVerlagswesenbusinessdescription
The diverse forms of participation in social media raise many methodological and ethical issues that should be acknowledged in research. In this paper, participation in social media is studied by utilising the framework of explicit and implicit participation. The focus is on the communicative and communal aspects of social media. The aim of the paper is to promote the reconsideration of what constitutes participation when online users create connections rather than content. The underlying argument is that research on social media and the development of methods should concentrate more on implicit forms of participation.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-01-01 | Media and Communication |