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Scholarly Publishing and the Internet: A NM&S Themed Section
(SAGE Publications, 2013-01)As co-editors of this themed section of New Media & Society, we introduce the four articles comprising the section and briefly address facets of the changes transpiring in scholarly publishing and, more generally, scholarly ... -
Subduing Attitude Polarization? How Partisan News May Not Affect Attitude Polarization for Online Publics
(Association for Politics and the Life Sciences, 2018-05-02)Researchers have sought to understand the effects of likeminded versus contrary news exposure on attitude polarization, which can be a threat to democracy. Yet, the online news environment offers opportunities for exposure ... -
Talking to the Broadcasters on Twitter: Networked Gatekeeping in Twitter Conversations with Journalists
(Taylor & Francis (Routledge), 2014-03)Drawn upon the theory of networked gatekeeping, this study describes how citizens engage Twitter conversations with journalists and illustrates the power dynamic between traditional gatekeepers (journalists) and the gated ... -
The unbearable lightness of information and the impossible gravitas of knowledge: Big Data and the makings of a digital orality
(SAGE Publications, 2015)This essay is written in response and extension to the thoughts offered by danah boyd and Kate Crawford on whether Big Data change how we define knowledge. I suggest that they do not, but they do reinforce and reproduce ... -
We Haven't Talked in 30 Years! Relationship Reconnection and Internet Use at Midlife
(Taylor & Francis, 2013-04)The phenomenon of reconnection of dormant ties using internet communication technologies has been identified as having salience for the use of social media forms by midlife and older adults. Dormant ties, as distinguished ... -
Why We Share: A Uses and Gratifications Approach to Privacy Regulation in Social Media Use
(Taylor & Francis, 2016-01-02)The contradiction between the stated preferences of social media users toward privacy and actual privacy behaviors has suggested a willingness to trade privacy regulation for social goals. This study employs data from a ...