Participation in Social Media: Studying Explicit and Implicit Forms of Participation in Communicative Social Networks
Abstract
The diverse forms of participation in social media raise many methodological and ethical issues that should be
acknowledged in research. In this paper, participation in social media is studied by utilising the framework of explicit and
implicit participation. The focus is on the communicative and communal aspects of social media. The aim of the paper is
to promote the reconsideration of what constitutes participation when online users create connections rather than
content. The underlying argument is that research on social media and the development of methods should concentrate
more on implicit forms of participation.
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Format
Articles
Research article
Published
2016
Series
Subjects
Publication in research information system
Publisher
Cogitatio Press
The permanent address of the publication
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:jyu-201610114320Use this for linking
Review status
Peer reviewed
ISSN
2183-2439
DOI
https://doi.org/10.17645/mac.v4i4.578
Language
English
Published in
Media and Communication
Citation
- Villi, M., & Matikainen, J. (2016). Participation in Social Media: Studying Explicit and Implicit Forms of Participation in Communicative Social Networks. Media and Communication, 4(4), 109-117. https://doi.org/10.17645/mac.v4i4.578
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