Sub-theme 67: Social Media and the Collective Destruction of Social Reality at a Crossroad: What is Left of Social Media as a Public Agora? -> HYBRID sub-theme!
Convenors:
Itziar Castelló Molina, City; University of London, United Kingdom
Elanor Colleoni, IULM University, Italy
Andreas Georg Scherer, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Session I: Thursday, July 04, 09:00 to 10:30, U9-P1-12
Opening Session
Chair: Andreas Georg Scherer
Keynote by Francesca Bria: “Digital Policy Expert”
Session II: Thursday, July 04, 11:00 to 12:30, U9-P1-12
Social Media Threats to the Public Sphere and How to Save It
Chair: Itziar Castelló Molina
Gastone Gualtieri and Francesco Lurati
Connecting to divide: Polarization as an exacerbation of organizing in social media
Discussant(s): Andreas Georg Scherer
Andreas Georg Scherer and Cinzia Dal Zotto
The ethical responsibility of news organizations in democratic societies: The case of social media in a post-truth era
Discussant(s): Peter Winkler
Peter Winkler and Dennis Schoeneborn
The escalating dis/organization of post-truth communication
Discussant(s): Gastone Gualtieri
Session III: Thursday, July 04, 14:00 to 15:30, U9-P1-12
Social Media Threats to the Workplace and Employees
Chair: Elanor Colleoni
Leroy Gonsalves
Social media as an epistemic technology: How journalists amplified a
work disengagement narrative justifying rational and coercive control
Discussant(s): Xiao Deng
António Abrantes, S. Kubra Canhilal and Tuba Bakici
Employee voice in enterprise social media in the nexus of organizational justice and affordances
Discussant(s): Leroy Gonsalves
Jia-yu Li, Xiao Deng, Yaying Huang and Jianwei Huang
Social media-induced fear of missing out (FoMO) in the workplace: The influence on job burnout and workplace relations
Discussant(s): Antonio Abrantes
Session IV: Friday, July 05, 09:00 to 10:30, U9-P1-12
Social Media Affordances for the Social Good
Chair: Andreas Georg Scherer
Heidi Hirsto and Cecilia Hjerppe
Fashion influencers as ambassadors of sustainable investing
Discussant(s): Costanza Sartoris
Costanza Sartoris, Sasha Piccione and Caterina Cruciani
The long life of Wikipedia: Affordances and trust
Discussant(s): Agnieszka Kloc
Agnieszka Kloc and Dominik Gutt
Exploring learning communities on social media: supportive, yet diverse social spaces
Discussant(s): Heidi Hirsto
Session V: Friday, July 05, 11:00 to 12:30, U9-P1-12
Collective Action in Social Media
Chair: Itziar Castelló Molina
Lauren McCarthy, Sarah Glozer and Yi Liu
The limitations of collective action framing in the era of the platform carnival
Discussant(s): Paul Richard
Paul Richard
Strange case of Dr. LinkedIn & Mr. Instagram: Workers' strategies for segmenting their online identity
Discussant(s): Fernando Ressetti Pinheiro Marques Vianna
Christine Abdalla Mikhaeil
How digital conspiracy theories construct alternative realities
Discussant(s): Lauren McCarthy
Fernando Vianna, Rene Seifert Jr., Jurandir Peinado and Francis Meneghetti
Managing online reviews with political motivations: The case of Brazilian restaurants included in boycott lists
Discussant(s): Christine Abdalla Mikhaeil
Session VI: Friday, July 05, 14:00 to 15:30, U9-P1-12
Organizational Legitimacy and Stigma in Social Media
Chair: Elanor Colleoni
Stefania Romenti and Maria Biondo
The role of social media in shaping and normalizing stigmatized realities
Discussant(s): Gustavo Matarazzo
Emily Godwin, Tim Hill, Brittany Davidson and Adam Joinson
Facing both ways: Exploring how digital ideological entrepreneurs thrive in the ‘grey area’ between legitimacy and illegitimacy
Discussant(s): Stefania Romenti
Gustavo Matarazzo, Rafael Alcadipani, Marcos Barros and Fernando Vianna
Getting away with murder: Legitimizing unethical organizational practices via memes
Discussant(s): Emily Godwin
Session VII: Saturday, July 06, 09:00 to 10:30, U9-P1-12
Democratic and Anti-democratic Organizing in Social Media
Chair: Itziar Castelló Molina
Vincent Pasquier and Stéphane Jaumier
Hatred of online democracy? Analysing the moderation practices of a trade union on Facebook
Discussant(s): Toni Ruuska
Paula Brognoli and Melissa Rodrigues
Online identity beyond homophily: Exploring the construction of online identity in far-right politics
Discussant(s): Vincent Pasquier
Toni Ruuska
Technology and organization: Conceptualizing technologies in the technological system with Marx and Heidegger
Discussant(s): Paula Brognoli
Session VIII: Saturday, July 06, 11:00 to 12:30, U9-P1-12
Governing Social Media
Chair: Andreas Georg Scherer
Rita Mota, Sarah Glozer and Emily Godwin
Content moderation and human rights: What words do (and what platforms should do with them)
Discussant(s): Esther Maier
Lydia Milly Certa and Itziar Castelló Molina
Inclusion: From principle of governance to agonistic practice
Discussant(s): Rita Mota
Esther R. Maier
The emergence of external governance structures in a hostile terrain: Digital media platforms at the crossroads
Discussant(s): Lydia Certa