The virtual geographies of social networks: a comparative analysis of Facebook, LinkedIn and ASmallWorld

By Zizi Papacharissi. New Media & Society, 2009

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Subfields: Communication, Sociology and Political Science

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Extending the Internet meme: Conceptualizing technological mimesis and imitation publics on the TikTok platform (2020, background): “Papacharissi (2009) examined community development and user identity formation across Facebook, LinkedIn, and ASmallWorld.”
Networked multilingualism: Some language practices on Facebook and their implications (2015, background): “…to anyone with an internet connection, social network sites limit the public space to an audience of ‘friends’ who have been individually selected or ratified by ego (the profile owner) and are in principle known to ego , though not forcibly equally well (Boyd & Ellison, 2007; Papacharissi, 2009).”
The walkthrough method: An approach to the study of apps (2018, background): “This is not just a question of considering users as markets in the capitalist sense (though this may be important), it also examines conceptions the app conveys about activities it is supposed to provide, support or enable (Light, 2014; Light et al., 2008; Light and McGrath, 2010; Papacharissi, 2009”
Attracting applicants through the organization's social media page: Signaling employer brand personality (2019, background): “Social media, however, represent a different context from these more traditional recruitment communication channels (Papacharissi, 2009).”
One Click, Many Meanings: Interpreting Paralinguistic Digital Affordances in Social Media (2016, background): “Papacharissi (2009) noted users of Facebook, LinkedIn, and ASmallWorld utilized each service differently for self-presentation, interaction, and goal attainment given the affordances of each service; and Carr (2011) found individuals interpret identical messages differently dependent on the context…”
The role of social media in higher education classes (real and virtual) - A literature review (2013, background): “The trust factor is an important concept in this SNS as connecting with others requires either a pre-existing relationship or some mutual contact (Papacharissi, 2009).”
LinkedIn and Facebook in Belgium (2010, background): “Facebook allows to connect friends, to share personal information, and to meet new people (Papacharissi, 2009), while LinkedIn allows to connect professionals, to market one’s skills, to share knowledge and experiences, and to plan future career steps (Trusov, Bucklin, & Pauwels, 2009).”
Dressing up Tinderella: interrogating authenticity claims on the mobile dating app Tinder (2016, background): “…such as close reading of software as texts (Frabetti, 2012), the social sciences, identifying discourses built into platform architecture (Papacharissi, 2009), and software studies, uncovering the technicity through which users and technical systems exert mutual influence (Crogan &…”
‘It's just drama’: teen perspectives on conflict and aggression in a networked era (2014, background): “Due to social media’s ubiquity, teenagers know that an audience of peers is watching, and use the technical affordances of social media to appeal to them (Papacharissi 2009).”
Social media and social movements: Facebook and an online Guatemalan justice movement that moved offline (2012, background): “LinkedIn is aimed at connecting professionals), Facebook is free and open to all, and is ‘playful,’ more about providing a way for friends and acquaintances to stay in touch than a platform for meeting new people (Papacharissi, 2009).”
The Digital Architectures of Social Media: Comparing Political Campaigning on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat in the 2016 U.S. Election (2018, background): “Scholars have argued previously that a digital platform’s architecture can influence, for example, the norms of interaction among users (Papacharissi, 2009), the deliberative quality”
'You have one identity': performing the self on Facebook and LinkedIn (2013, background): “Facebook and LinkedIn are the two largest SNSs that have proliferated over the years (Papacharissi, 2009).”
The effect of social network sites on adolescents' social and academic development: Current theories and controversies (2011, background): “Pappacharissi, Z. (2009). The virtual geographies of social networks:A com-”
Unspeaking on Facebook? Testing network effects on self-censorship of political expressions in social network sites (2015, background): “These questions are especially worth re-speculation in the context of SNSs given three characteristics of the hyper-networked online: the “publicly-private” nature of SNSs as opposed to traditional discussion forums online (Papacharissi 2009), the coexistence of various types of social relations wit”
Graph Clustering with Graph Neural Networks (2020, background): “nomena in the underlying graph, for example to education [56] or employment [40] in social graphs.”
Beyond Discourse? Using Deleuze and Guattari's schizoanalysis to explore affective assemblages, heterosexually striated space, and lines of flight online and at school (2011, background): “The quantification of friendship on SNSs has significant affective effects like intensified competition for friends and ‘hits’ on one’s site (Papacharissi, 2009).”
College Students' Motivations for Facebook Use and Psychological Outcomes (2014, background): “Each SNS offers unique architecture for social interaction and diverse features (Papacharissi, 2009).”