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Archive for May, 2009

Special Issue: Social Media

Special Issue: Social Media

An Introduction to the Social Media Special Issue

<strong>Shooting for Fame: The (Anti-) Social Media of a YouTube Killer </strong><br /><em>Michael Serazio / University of Pennsylvania</em>

Shooting for Fame: The (Anti-) Social Media of a YouTube Killer
Michael Serazio / University of Pennsylvania

A consideration of high school shooters and their use of video, the internet and social media as anti-social media.

<strong>Everywhere Means Nowhere: Cell Phones and the Reconfiguration of Space and Information</strong><br /><em>Olivier Tchouaffe / Southwestern University</em>

Everywhere Means Nowhere: Cell Phones and the Reconfiguration of Space and Information
Olivier Tchouaffe / Southwestern University

<strong>For Every Citizen-Journalist, a Flock of User-Editors: Digg and the Social News Challenge to Professional Journalism</strong><br /><em> Tony Nadler/ University of Minnesota</em>

For Every Citizen-Journalist, a Flock of User-Editors: Digg and the Social News Challenge to Professional Journalism
Tony Nadler/ University of Minnesota

<strong>Shut Up and Sit Down: Singapore’s Social Movements through Twitter </strong><br /><em>Alicia Tan Min Qi / National University of Singapore</em>

Shut Up and Sit Down: Singapore’s Social Movements through Twitter
Alicia Tan Min Qi / National University of Singapore

<strong>Attention Economy, Layered Publics, and Research Ethics </strong><br /><em> Kristina Busse / University of South Alabama </em>

Attention Economy, Layered Publics, and Research Ethics
Kristina Busse / University of South Alabama

A discussion of the boundaries between public and private online journal sites and user awareness.

<strong>‘We’re Making Our Own Paparazzi’: Twitter and the Construction of Star Authenticity </strong><br /><em>Anne Helen Petersen / University of Texas – Austin</em>

‘We’re Making Our Own Paparazzi’: Twitter and the Construction of Star Authenticity
Anne Helen Petersen / University of Texas – Austin

<strong>People I Want to Know: Twitter, Celebrity and Social Connection</strong><br /><em>Liz Ellcessor / University of Wisconsin – Madison</em>

People I Want to Know: Twitter, Celebrity and Social Connection
Liz Ellcessor / University of Wisconsin – Madison

<strong>Digg, Flickr, and the Colonizing of Bridging Texts</strong><br /><em>Vanessa Au / University of Washington</em>

Digg, Flickr, and the Colonizing of Bridging Texts
Vanessa Au / University of Washington

A consideration of the use of social media sites to contest dominant constructions of Asian Americans.

<strong>It’s Contagious: Twitter and the Palimpsest of Authorship</strong><br /><em>Louisa Stein / San Diego State University </em>

It’s Contagious: Twitter and the Palimpsest of Authorship
Louisa Stein / San Diego State University

A consideration of fanvids, twitter, and the decontextualization of authorship.

<strong>Twitter: Democratizing the Media Versus Corporate Branding </strong> <br /><em>Leigh H. Edwards / Florida State University</em>

Twitter: Democratizing the Media Versus Corporate Branding
Leigh H. Edwards / Florida State University

<strong> The Grace Case Project: An experiment in collaborative journalism using social media tools</strong><br /><em>Nadia White / University of Montana </em>

The Grace Case Project: An experiment in collaborative journalism using social media tools
Nadia White / University of Montana

How journalism and law students used new media to cover a landmark criminal pollution trial and discovered along the way the advantages and challenges of large group do-it-yourself journalism via social networking media.

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