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- 1. THE RHYTHMS OF OCCUPY: BROADCASTING AND LISTENING PRACTICES ON #OWS Sharon Meraz, PhD Zizi Papacharissi @zizip Assistant Professor, Communication Professor and Head, Communication University of Illinois at Chicago University of Illinois at Chicago
- 2. premise and previous research • Twi$er as news repor-ng mechanism • Established news values guide use of Twi$er • News breaking/premedia-on/instantaneity • Homophily, peripheral awareness and ambient news environments, hybridity • Twi$er as news sharing mechanism during uprisings • Electronic word of mouth • Broadcas-ng and ‘listening in’ on uprisings • Homophily and group iden-ty
- 3. theoretical framework Who says what to whom [w/what effect] Framing/Gatekeeping Networked Gatekeeping Process through which actors crowdsourced to prominence through the use of addressivity markers and conversational practices Networked Framing Process through which a particular problem definition, causal interpretation, moral evaluation, and/or treatment recommendation attain prominence through crowdsourcing practices
- 4. research design RQ 1: How do tweets containing conversational markers describe the networked rhythms of content produced via #ows? RQ2: Who are the elite users across addressivity markers? RQ3: To what extent do hashtags provide organic level framing? Computerized content analysis, 10% stratified random sample, Oct 2011- July 2012 Frequency analysis (SQL scripts), addressivity markers and hashtag frequency Discourse analysis isolated episodes of high addressivity/peaks, examine content, addressity patterns, focus of conversation, conversational tendencies
- 5. RQ1: Networked rhythms of content produced via #ows 6000 5000 4000 3000 count Mention RT 2000 Via 1000 0
- 8. Conversational practices and affordances (discourse analysis findings) • Affect • Performativity • Openness and disorder • ideological trolling, contention
- 9. conclusions and next steps • Networked framing and gatekeeping over time • [semantic analysis, discourse analysis] • Digital textures, affective structures, and online footprints of movements • Affective publics Thank you! @zizip uic.edu/~zizi