Tag: Online freedom

Communities and Online Gaming

Online game platforms provide a space for culturally and geographically diverse communities

Lisa Listama25 Comments

It is quite possible to become overwhelmed by the amount of research and theory focused on community. However, for the following, the research has been limited to focusing on research conducted in the field of communities within the space of online games. Offline, a community could be defined as a group of people with commonalities… Continue reading Online game platforms provide a space for culturally and geographically diverse communities

Social Networks

Online communities, echo chambers and the anti-vaccine movement.

David Poiner52 Comments

Keywords DCNC_2019, DCNC, Social media, Facebook, Instagram, Pintrest, Twitter, Anti-Vaccine, Anti-Vax, Echo Chambers, Confirmation bias, Elective exposure theory, Bias assimilation, Targeted advertising, Online freedom, World Health Organisation, WHO, Social networks, Online communities. Abstract In the first few months of 2019 a large amount of attention has been drawn to the roles that social media giants… Continue reading Online communities, echo chambers and the anti-vaccine movement.