Introduction to the Critical and Ethical Studies of Digital and Social Media Minitrack

This minitrack addresses the cultural and political impact of digital and social media (DSM) technologies. DSM radically alter how we conceptualize the production, circulation, and consumption of information, and transform how we work, live, and play together in communities. However, users of DSM ar...

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Main Authors: Gillespie, Tarleton, Gray, Mary L., Mason, Robert M.
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Cancer
Communities
Conduction
Conferences
Consumption
critical perspective
cultural
Cultural differences
Digital
digital and social media
Digital media
Ethics
Interviews
Media
political
Privacy
Social networks
Software
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Summary:This minitrack addresses the cultural and political impact of digital and social media (DSM) technologies. DSM radically alter how we conceptualize the production, circulation, and consumption of information, and transform how we work, live, and play together in communities. However, users of DSM are increasingly expressing unease, and sometimes outrage, at the social and political terms they find they must accept in embracing DSM as the primary mechanisms for sharing their work and participating with others. Session 1 examines the opportunities and tensions that arise as DSM increasingly mediate public, creative, and social endeavors. Session 2 addresses the ethical challenges of conducting research on DSM. Session 2 closes with a discussion with all the authors and the audience to bridge the two sessions.
ISSN:1530-1605
2572-6862
1530-1605
DOI:10.1109/HICSS.2016.237