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How the Affordances of Tumblr Create Echo Chambers: Using the Avatar: The Last Airbender Fandom

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28/04/2025

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Ashleigh-V

Tumblr is a blogging website and app that has become synonymous with fandom and fan creation. The platform is one of the most text-based social media platforms available, with many people posting their fanfiction, short stories and, in some spaces, analyses. However, it is a multimedia platform and, therefore, has a lot of fan art…
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#SocialNetworks, Affordances, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Communities, Communities and Social Media, community, Discourse, Echo Chamber, online networks, Public Discourse, Social Media, Tumblr
The Role of Social Media: How the Kuki tribes of Northeast India utilize Facebook to amplify their voices and counter social injustice.

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28/04/2025

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Christina Roneikim

Abstract: The Kuki communities living in Northeast India are similar to what North Americans regard as a community where most people “spent their lives surrounded by relatives, neighbours, and friends who shared not only similar backgrounds and beliefs but also did similar tasks and daily labor”. Since the issues of the Kukis are often overlooked…
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Communities, Communities and Social Media, Indians, Kukis, Social Justice
Digital belonging in online communities is redefining how Gen Zs form their identity

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27/04/2025

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Isabelle Pearce

Abstract This paper explores how online communities foster a sense of digital belonging, significantly reshaping the social, emotional, and political identities of young people. As platforms like TikTok, Instagram, and Reddit offer a digital space for self-expression, connection, and validation, Gen Zs are increasingly using these apps to experiment with identity, form their own values,…
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Communities and Social Media, community, Digital belonging, digital space, Identity, Online Identity, sense of belonging, Social Media
Right-Wing Media Disinformation: Understanding the Polarizing Power of Right-Wing Media

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26/04/2025

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Mathew

Right-Wing Media Disinformation amplifies emotionally charged narratives, polarizes audiences and undermines trust in democratic institutions, which then creates a divided environment perfect for manipulation. This then creates a culture where critical discourse is instead replaced with antagonistic tribalism, which is a significant threat to the democratic process.
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Algorithmic Bias, Alternative Platforms, Communities and Social Media, Conspiracy Theories, Critical Thinking, Debating Communities and Networks XVI, Digital Age, Disinformation, Echo Chambers, Fake News, Media Literacy, Political Polarization, Public Perception, Right-Wing Media, Sensationalism, Social Media

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