[PDF] Twitter Culture On The Trustworthiness Of Tweets eBook

Author : Carolyn DeCarlo
Publisher : Enslow Publishing, LLC
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 10,61 MB
Release : 2018-12-15
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 1978504608

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As the use of social media has become more pervasive across all segments of the population, social media platforms have become the primary way many of us get our information, not only about our family and friends but about world wide news and events. How reliable is this information? How much faith can we place in it? How can we know what to trust? In this book, readers will look at the origins of Twitter and its development as a news source, as well as its darker turn as a source of misinformation and propaganda. This essential book includes a glossary of useful terms and a list of helpful references.

Author : Anna Marie Waters
Publisher :
Page : 115 pages
File Size : 17,69 MB
Release : 2016
Category : Electronic dissertations
ISBN :

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In light of the rising percentage of people consuming news from social media as opposed to traditional television, radio, or print or digital newspapers, how individuals decide to trust what they read online is growing more important. As these social networking sites and microblogs provide users with more information than ever, credibility serves as an information filter. This study used an online survey of young adults to compare the perceived credibility of two different types of news outlets on Twitter, mainstream and new media, using individual tweets from common mainstream and new media sources. The source of the tweet, either mainstream or new media, served as the independent variable and was manipulated to measure the perceived message and messenger credibility of the tweet, which served as the dependent variable. Results showed that source had a significant effect on the perceived message and messenger credibility of a tweet such that mainstream sources were considered more credible than new media sources. It also showed that media skepticism had a significant effect on perceived message and messenger credibility, while political cynicism produced no significant effects. Results suggest that mainstream news organizations are still considered more credible than new media organizations on Twitter, even among groups reportedly skeptical of mainstream media.

Author : Bonnie Stabile
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 49,43 MB
Release : 2022-09-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN :

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Focusing on how rape, sexual assault, and harassment relate to underrepresentation of women in public authority, this book provides an insightful exploration of the policy context that impedes women's advancement to positions of power. The election of Donald Trump precipitated one of the largest outpourings of political protest on a single day in U.S. history with the 2017 March for Women. The emboldened #MeToo and #TimesUp movements reacted not only to the historical injustice of sexual offenses perpetrated upon women but also to women's associated underrepresentation in positions of power and public authority. Women, Power, and Rape Culture examines the principal events, actors, and paradigms in the politics of rape, sexual assault, and harassment since Trump's election. Unlike other studies, it connects these traumatic events to women's underrepresentation in the public sphere. Chapters consider the power of presidential speech, judges, and Congress to create structural barriers to women's representation as well as the stultifying effects of weak college and university responses to sexual violence. Disparities in women's representation in positions of public authority are considered in light of the disproportionate burden imposed on women by a culture that discounts the prevalence of rape and harassment and by the policies that inadequately address them, allowing them to perpetuate.

Author : William G. Kennedy
Publisher : Springer
Page : 435 pages
File Size : 40,39 MB
Release : 2014-03-14
Category : Computers
ISBN : 3319055798

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Social Computing, Behavioral-Cultural Modeling, and Prediction, SBP 2014, held in Washington, DC, USA, in April 2014. The 51 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 101 submissions. The SBP conference provides a forum for researchers and practitioners from academia, industry, and government agencies to exchange ideas on current challenges in social computing, behavioral-cultural modeling and prediction, and on state-of-the-art methods and best practices being adopted to tackle these challenges. The topical areas addressed by the papers are social and behavioral sciences, health sciences, military science, and information science.

Author : Gwen Bouvier
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 50,81 MB
Release : 2020-07-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 3030414213

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This volume provides a critical view of the nature and quality of political and civic communication on Twitter. The introduction lays out the current state of research, showing the continuum of views, from the more optimistic to more pessimistic, regarding the platform’s potential to facilitate civic conversations. The eleven empirical case studies in the book provide new insights, addressing a variety of topics through a diverse array of methodological approaches. Together, the chapters provide a counter position to recent studies that offer more celebratory assessments of Twitter’s potential. The book draws attention to the chaotic, insular, uncivil, and emotionally charged nature of debate and communication on Twitter.

Author : Ariel M. Greenberg
Publisher : Springer
Page : 550 pages
File Size : 15,50 MB
Release : 2013-03-02
Category : Computers
ISBN : 3642372104

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This book constitutes the proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Social Computing, Behavioral-Cultural Modeling and Prediction, SBP 2013, held in Washington, DC, USA in April 2013. The total of 57 contributions, which consists of papers and posters, included in this volume was carefully reviewed and selected from 137 submissions. This conference is strongly committed to multidisciplinarity, consistent with recent trends in computational social science and related fields. The topics covered are: behavioral science, health sciences, military science and information science. There are also many papers that provide methodological innovation as well as new domain-specific findings.

Author : Jeremy Harris Lipschultz
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 443 pages
File Size : 48,64 MB
Release : 2023-07-18
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 100091027X

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This updated fourth edition presents a wide-scale, interdisciplinary guide to social media communication. Examining platforms like Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, Twitter and YouTube, the book analyzes social media's use in journalism, public relations, advertising and marketing. Lipschultz focuses on key concepts, best practices, data analyses, law and ethics – all promoting the critical thinking that is needed to use new, evolving and maturing networking tools effectively within social and mobile media spaces. Featuring historical markers and contemporary case studies, essays from some of the industry’s leading social media innovators and a comprehensive glossary, this practical, multipurpose textbook gives readers the resources they will need to both evaluate and utilize current and future forms of social media communication. Updates to the fourth edition include expanded discussion of disinformation, the impact of artificial intelligence (AI), natural language chatbots, virtual and augmented reality technologies and the COVID-19 infodemic. Social Media Communication is the perfect social media primer for students and professionals and, with a dedicated online teaching guide, ideal for instructors, too.

Author : Joe F. Khalil
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 580 pages
File Size : 33,56 MB
Release : 2023-06-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1119637066

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The Handbook of Media and Culture in the Middle East The Handbook of Media and Culture in the Middle East is an invaluable resource for anyone seeking to understand the profound and complex changes shaping the 21st century. With trans-regional contributions from established and emerging scholars, this ground-breaking volume offers conceptual essays and in-depth chapters that present rich analyses grounded in historical and geopolitical contexts, as well as key theory and empirical research. Rather than viewing the Middle East as a monolithic culture, this Handbook examines the diverse and multi-local characteristics of the region’s knowledge production, dynamic media, and rich cultures. It addresses a wide range of topics, including the evolving mainstream and alternative media, competing histories in the region, and pressing socio-economic and media debates. Additionally, the Handbook explores the impact of regional and international politics on Middle Eastern cultures and media. Designed to serve as a foundation for the next era of research in the field, The Handbook of Media and Culture in the Middle East is essential reading for all academics, scholars, and media practitioners. Its comprehensive scope makes it an excellent primary or supplementary textbook for undergraduate or graduate courses in global studies, media and communication, journalism, anthropology, sociology, economics, political science, and history.

Author : Kealeboga Aiseng
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 42,6 MB
Release : 2024-04-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1666955671

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Drawing on examples from across the continent, this volume examines socially significant aspects of contemporary African popular culture—including music cultures, fandoms, and community, mass, and digital media—to demonstrate how neoliberal politics and market forces shape the cultural landscape and vice versa. Contributors investigate the role that the media, politicians, and corporate interests play in shaping that landscape, highlight the crucial role of the African people in the production and circulation of popular culture more broadly, and, furthermore, demonstrate how popular culture can be used as a tool to resist oppressive regimes and challenge power structures in the African context. Scholars of political communication, cultural studies, and African studies will find this book particularly useful.