call for papers only: online social media
CALL FOR PAPERS
Special Issue on “Persistence and Change in Social Media”
“You can never step into the same river; for new waters are always flowing on to you.” Heraclitus.
Bulletin of Science, Technology and Society
TOPIC OUTLINE
We seek papers for a special issue of the Bulletin of Science, Technology and Society on the twin topics of persistence and change in social media. From ICQ to IM, Six-degrees to Friendster to MySpace to Facebook to Twitter, change seems to be a recurrent theme in social media. Not only are users willing to try out new tools, but they also continue using existing media. In light of the seemingly endless novelty in social media, how can researchers build a theory of social media practice, rather than local theories on a per-site basis? Which insights from one site can we apply to another? Which ones are due to period and cohort effects and which ones relate to the structure of social media generally?
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Special Issue on “Persistence and Change in Social Media”
“You can never step into the same river; for new waters are always flowing on to you.” Heraclitus.
Bulletin of Science, Technology and Society
TOPIC OUTLINE
We seek papers for a special issue of the Bulletin of Science, Technology and Society on the twin topics of persistence and change in social media. From ICQ to IM, Six-degrees to Friendster to MySpace to Facebook to Twitter, change seems to be a recurrent theme in social media. Not only are users willing to try out new tools, but they also continue using existing media. In light of the seemingly endless novelty in social media, how can researchers build a theory of social media practice, rather than local theories on a per-site basis? Which insights from one site can we apply to another? Which ones are due to period and cohort effects and which ones relate to the structure of social media generally?
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