Digital Ethnography

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Digital Issue Mapping

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Issue mapping is a concept to study the social connections made when actors interact and create bonds. It asks how a matter of “fact” becomes a matter of “concern” when connections are made, and can be an especially fruitful way to study online culture and phenomena.

Actor-Network Theory (ANT)

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Actor-Network Theory is a theoretical and methodological approach that sees all social phenomena as the product of network interactions. It is unique in that it recognizes both objects and technologies as network nodes equal with human actants.

Digital facework and the digital interaction order

Article

Ico Maly

26/06/2024

8 minutes to read

How is digital facework different from face-to-face facework? In this article, Ico Maly argues Goffman's insights in interaction are still very relevant but only if we update his work with digital interaction in mind.

Official art depicting "Omega" from Final Fantasy XIV

To cheat or not to cheat? Discourses of fear and assumption in the FFXIV Community

Paper

Hannah Meijaard

23/02/2024

18 minutes to read

This research is about norm negotiating surrounding the cheating scandal of the first clear of the Ultimate Raid “The Omega Protocol” in the gaming community of Final Fantasy XIV: Online on Reddit.

The YouTube algorithm and its problems

Video

Joël Eduard Nicholas Grassère

06/10/2023

The Youtube algorithm is often criticized. This video explains why it is problematic. The data that it uses is wrong and the algorithm itself is problematic. However, there is also an issue concerning interpretation.

© Instapoetry collected and studied from the Instagram accounts of @amandascgorman, @atticuspoetry, @brian_bilston, @langleav @morganharpernichols, @nikita_gill, @rmdrk, @rupikaur_, @tylerknott, @yrsadaleyward

The influence of Instagram’s affordances on Instapoetry: the characteristics of a literary genre born on social media

Article

Mirte Glasbergen

04/09/2024

23 minutes to read

This article examines the influence of Instagram’s affordances on Instapoetry by combining literary research and digital culture studies. The study suggests that Instapoetry underlines the presence of Instagram as a global, universal platform.

RiRi is back? Public discourse on Rihanna’s comeback

Article

Maaike Lobbezoo

28/06/2023

12 minutes to read

Rihanna will be performing the Super Bowl 2023 in February. The announcement of the singer was received with open arms by the fans. This paper aims to investigate the public's reaction to the announcement on social media.

The Ongehoord Nederland community on Twitter: thick or light?

Article

Ruben den Boer

21/04/2023

19 minutes to read

Following the controversial broadcasts of Ongehoord Nederland, temporary Twitter communities quickly arise. Can we consider these communities as 'thick'? Or are they more 'light' in nature? This article uses ethnomining to find out.

Ben Shapiro in the hybrid media system: methodology and methods

Article

Ruben den Boer

Sarah Hong

Şehnaz Canbolat

Prescilia Kiangala

12/04/2023

12 minutes to read

This article presents a detailed account of the methodologies and methods we deployed while investigating how Ben Shapiro uses mainstream digital media to have a voice in the hybrid media system.

Picture of Ben Shapiro, in the background we see some of his social media posts

Telling stories using platform affordances: an analysis on Ben Shapiro’s social media use

Article

Ruben den Boer

Marel van Andel

Prescilia Kiangala

27/03/2023

16 minutes to read

Platforms are not neutral. Their affordances and quantification shape the stories we tell and read. This article delves into this phenomenon by focusing on how Ben Shapiro tells his metapolitical stories on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.