Tag: Twitter

Communities and Web 2.0

Twitter, a good reputation management tool for sportspeople to help build and sustain reputation

Stephanie McDonald10 Comments

Abstract This paper argues that the affordances of Twitter help sportspeople to show various presentations of themselves to help build and sustain reputation. It introduces Twitter as a social media tool that has become popular with sportspeople to engage with their fans directly. It demonstrates why it is so popular and how sportspeople use the… Continue reading Twitter, a good reputation management tool for sportspeople to help build and sustain reputation

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.