Tracking Social Media Participation: New Approaches to Studying User-Generated Content
PhD Seminar Thursday 29 Oct., 9.30-11 a.m. Seminar Room, Journalism & Media Research Centre, 1-3 Eurimbla St (corner High St), Randwick The impact of user-generated content on a variety of media industries and practices is by now well understood from a conceptual perspective (e.g. Benkler 2006; Jenkins 2006; Bruns 2008). What remains less thoroughly explored is the possibility to utilise the affordances of Web 2.0 technologies themselves to generate large datasets that can be used to track and evaluate user participation practices in order to develop a solid evidence base for further research into social media, and further development of social media projects, technologies, and policies. This presentation outlines research possibilities across a number of social media spaces, and uses the example of a current research project studying the Australian political blogosphere to explore potential methodological approaches.
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