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View article: Mapping a pluralistic continuum of approaches to digital disconnection
Mapping a pluralistic continuum of approaches to digital disconnection Open
The study of digital disconnection – the voluntary non-use of digital media – is a growing research domain characterized by increasingly pluralistic approaches. To map this diverse terrain, we offer an analytical heuristic: a continuum of …
View article: Mapping a Pluralistic Continuum of Approaches to Digital Disconnection
Mapping a Pluralistic Continuum of Approaches to Digital Disconnection Open
The study of digital disconnection – the voluntary non-use of digital media – is a growing research domain characterized by increasingly pluralistic approaches. To map this diverse terrain, we offer an analytical heuristic—a continuum of a…
View article: To Know Is to Compare
To Know Is to Compare Open
How systematic comparative research can unlock the potential of social media scholarship. Though diverse and fruitful, social media scholarship too often focuses on single platforms in single countries, disconnected from other media that p…
View article: Minimal Effects, Maximum Panic: Social Media and Democracy in Latin America
Minimal Effects, Maximum Panic: Social Media and Democracy in Latin America Open
In face of public discourses about the negative effects that social media might have on democracy in Latin America, this article provides a qualitative assessment of existing scholarship about the uses, actors, and effects of platforms for…
View article: How Young Users Deal With Multiple Platforms: The Role of Meaning-Making in Social Media Repertoires
How Young Users Deal With Multiple Platforms: The Role of Meaning-Making in Social Media Repertoires Open
This paper draws upon 50 interviews and a survey (N = 700) to understand how young people in Argentina manage the proliferation of social media platforms in their everyday lives. Applying work on repertoires, niche theory, polymedia, and m…
View article: Incidental News: How Young People Consume News on Social Media
Incidental News: How Young People Consume News on Social Media Open
This paper examines the dynamics of news consumption on social media through sixteen open-ended interviews with young users from Argentina. It adopts a texto-material perspective to explore the role of technology and users’ motivations, ac…