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AR; Blogs as alternative
A refreshing article by Linda Jean Kenix from the University of Canterbury – just published in JCMC – tries to set the record straight about “the state of the blogosphere” – that is, can we refer to that as some … Continue reading
Discussion catalysts
Combining the theoretical background provided by the Katz-Lazarsfeld two-step flow of communication theory (and its subsequent criticism and revisions) with a social roles perspective, a recent JCMC article looked at Usenet discussions to find out whether there is something special … Continue reading
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Tagged article review, discussion, Gleave, Himelboim, jcmc, Katz, Smith, two-step flow
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In a recent JCMC article, Lu Wei examines different kinds of blog, as regards their “knowledge producing” potential – and tries to look at the socioeconomic differences that might be contributing to the observed difference. First the results, and then … Continue reading
AR; Agenda setting revisited
_ A fresh article by Sharon Meraz studies the agenda-setting power of “elite traditional media” (more specifically, the New York Times and the Washington Post) on the blogosphere, through various issues, and distinguishing between right-leaning, moderate and left-leaning independent blogs. … Continue reading
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Tagged agenda setting, article review, blog, jcmc, Meraz, shared status homophily, social network analysis
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AR; selective exposure and echo chambers
In a recent article of the JCMC, R. Kelly Garrett revisits the topic of selective exposure – the concept describing the phenomenon that people tend to consume media that falls in line with their opinion. While there is considerable evidence … Continue reading
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Tagged article review, fragmentation, Garrett, jcmc, selective exposure, Sunstein
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AR; about informational gift-giving in online communities
Why do people bother to provide information and advice to complete strangers – hiding behind screen names – in virtual communities? This is the basic problem of the latest JCMC article I’d like to write about. It’s quite an interesting … Continue reading
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Tagged article review, Bhalla, jcmc, Lampel, reputation, status cues
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AR – another take on blog credibility
Instead of trying to cope with strangely off-the-base articles, I will just return here briefly to the problem of blog credibility (looking at the pile of articles in the TO READ stack, this won’t be the last time, either). In … Continue reading
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Tagged article review, Bichard, credibility, jcmc, Johnson, Kaye, Wong
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AR; About social cues in online discussion
Continuing the series of reviews about JCMC articles, let’s look at something so far uncovered here: how various social markers – cues – influence online, computer-mediated communication (CMC). The article in question has been written by Tan, Swee, Lim, Detenber … Continue reading
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Tagged Alsagoff, article review, Detenber, jcmc, Lim, status cues, Swee, Tan
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AR; some more thoughts on online news credibility
Returning to the issue of credibility, here‘s another article from the JCMC, by William P. Cassidy, with the title “Online News Credibility: An Examination of the Perception of Newspaper Journalists.” Taking advantage of a sociology of news framework, Cassidy surveyed … Continue reading
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Tagged article review, Cassidy, credibility, jcmc, sociology of news
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AR: [...] why war opponents perceived the internet as the most credible medium
The authors: Junho H. Choi, James H. Watt and Michael Lynch; the publisher: JCMC, the full title: “Perceptions of News Credibility about the War in Iraq: Why War Opponents Perceived the Internet as the Most Credible Medium”. Choi, Watt and … Continue reading
