Tag: belonging

Communities and Social Media

Hey Siri, Play ‘Come Together’ by ‘The Beatles’; How Social Media has Helped to Unite People Globally

Kelsey Gill16 Comments

Gill_20187653_Conference-Paper_A1-FINALDownload This paper explores how contemporary technologies have allowed for and encouraged people to be whole-heartedly themselves, whilst globally uniting people and communities in the process. While acknowledging valid concerns around potential harmful consequences of social media, this study dissects the critical uses of social media in self-expression within online communities. Important discussion of current controversial topics are addressed in relation Read more […]

#DragThem: The Toxicity and Problematic Art of Cancel Culture
Communities and Social Media

#DragThem: The Toxicity and Problematic Art of Cancel Culture

Everlasting Hughes25 Comments

E Hughes – Cancel CultureDownload ABSTRACT In the age of digital media, Twitter has helped individuals find their virtual third place and find people who have similar ideologies and viewpoints, which gives them a community to discuss subjects they are passionate to speak on. These characteristics birthed the phenomenon of cancel culture; this thesis will discuss the toxicity and problematic issues it has encompassed and how it is detrimental to social justice progress. Networked communities Read more […]

Communities and Social Media

Instagram, depression and adolescents. An examination into how these correlate in a positive light.

Grace Hirte36 Comments

Abstract This paper will investigate how online communities create a safe space for users with mental health issues to feel connected. Instagram, in particular, has been shown to lower levels of depression as it fosters a community that endorses a sense of belonging. These communities create a sense of support through a third space which is more accessible and less daunting for users than the traditional forms of ‘support’. Online communities are an environment for users that enables them Read more […]

Communities and Social Media

Custom Communities: Choosing our Facebook ‘friends’ to meet our sense of belonging.

Vanessa Bliss7 Comments

13122214_Bliss_Conference-PaperDownload Written by Vanessa Bliss Abstract This paper discusses the prevalence of persistent relationships and the identified judgement of individual online personas, in a users’ creation of a customizable Facebook ‘friends’ list. It focuses on how our Facebook ‘friends’ reflect the concepts of ‘community’ and the social bonds that effects our sense of belonging. It examines how communication affordances of the social media site Facebook offers Read more […]

Communities and Social Media

The literary vlogger and diminishing community practices.

Cody Pfitzner6 Comments

The-literary-vlogger-and-diminishing-community-practices-Cody-PfitznerDownload AbstractThis paper considers how belonging in the BookTubers community can be viewed as a way for humanity to maintain connections through shared interests. It is argued that the culture within this discourse has negative impacts on community as a whole as barriers and opportunities for exclusion are created for its members. Reflection of the personal conduct of members is considered in line with other technological Read more […]

Communities and Social Media

Joining the ARMY: Community, Friendship and Intimacy on K-Pop Twitter

Maddison Hawkins17 Comments

Abstract Fans of K-Pop music use Twitter to form active online communities, developing strong relationships with one another, exchanging information and often mobilising for causes beyond the scope of fandom. This paper focuses on fans of the Korean Pop band BTS, known as ARMY (Adorable Representative M.C. for Youth), as a case study to examine how fan communities can develop through social media and leverage those bonds to organise themselves, create relationships, share knowledge and drive Read more […]