matt rafalow

@mrafalow.bsky.social

11 years ago

Caren: “So *why* study twitter?” We need to think critically abt how/why tech gets adopted, not just use it as data & “forget” #s394 #asa14

matt rafalow

@mrafalow.bsky.social

11 years ago

Stearmer talks about (for the first time I’ve heard at #asa14) twitter hashtags as, potentially, frames. #s394

matt rafalow

@mrafalow.bsky.social

11 years ago

Stearmer: How to identify content online that signals activism & relevance, espesh as compared to face to face communications. #s394 #asa14

matt rafalow

@mrafalow.bsky.social

11 years ago

Stearmer: Social media platforms impact how we organize socially, but there’s debate about how it matters. #s394 #asa14

matt rafalow

@mrafalow.bsky.social

11 years ago

Next up: Stearmer’s "Media Bias and Collective Action: Mapping Twitter to Traditional Forms of Collective Action Research" #s394 #asa14

matt rafalow

@mrafalow.bsky.social

11 years ago

Rohlinger: The ability of an organization to offer a broad, generalizable identity to attach their own personal identities to. #s394 #asa14

matt rafalow

@mrafalow.bsky.social

11 years ago

Rohlinger: Groups and movements who want to mobilize in the short term must focus on a “personalization” of politics. #s394 #asa14

matt rafalow

@mrafalow.bsky.social

11 years ago

Next up: Rohlinger and Bunnage’s “ICT and Activist Persistence in MoveOn and the Tea Party Movement" #s394 #asa14 #gotech!

matt rafalow

@mrafalow.bsky.social

11 years ago

Odd that twitter is central to data without much theoretical discussion beforehand.. #s394 #asa14

matt rafalow

@mrafalow.bsky.social

11 years ago

Next up: Vasi’s “No Fracking Way! Media Activism, Discursive Opportunities * Local Opposition against Hydraulic Fracking” #s394 #asa14

matt rafalow

@mrafalow.bsky.social

11 years ago

Now at #s394 on movements & media. Gardner et al. “Speaking for the Public: Journalists’ Use of Neutral Frames in Abortion Debate” #asa14