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.

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.

The uptake of Danielle D'Souza Gill: Platform matters

Article

j.e.n.grassere@uvt.nl Grassère

Daisy van Belzen

Zuzanna Witek

Siem van Merwijk

Bjorn Fijneman

Mirte Glasbergen

30/06/2023

28 minutes to read

Danielle D'Souza Gill is a popular far-right influencer. The manner in which her followers engage with her posts varies per platform. Read this article to discover how this works differently on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

Screenshot from an episode of Gavin McInnes's Get Off My Lawn on the "dangers of Drag Queen Story Hour"

Gavin McInnes and the threat of Western culture: the metapolitics of the 'anti-woke discourse'

Article

Gerard Castillo-Miralles

01/05/2023

18 minutes to read

Gavin McInnes is a far-right provocateur and Western chauvinist. This paper analyzes the metapolitical battle of McInnes through a deep dive into the 'anti-woke discourse' as well as his most effective strategies.

“Netflix finally gets me”: algorithmic imaginary of Netflix users

Article

Olga Koltsova

08/01/2022

10 minutes to read

Netflix algorithmic personalization makes users experience different feelings. What people feel towards algorithms makes them change their algorithmic practices thus changing and shaping the algorithms.

FAcebook, moderation, activism, democracy,

Why Facebook? Activism, censorship, and democracy

Academic paper

Lauren Zentz

03/12/2021

19 minutes to read

Lauren Zentz examine how a group of progressive activists interact around a certain set of Facebook’s hate speech policies and practices in order to make meaning of them, make both political and social use of them, and be critical of them.