LING 50 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Wechat, Yelp, Discrimination Based On Skin Color
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Twitter, instagram, facebook, youtube, wechat, yelp, etc. Main goal: inform public on news and current events, offer analyses. Main goal: entertainment (may have secondary goals or outcomes) As opposed to news/entertainment media, where ppl are paid to create content and it is done w purpose, social media content is created by ppl actually using the platform (generally speaking) Users can interact with other users and each other"s content. Potential to democratize access to information, information production, civic engagement. Virtually ubiquitous access to internet in developed countries. Circumvent structural barriers and biases of mainstream media. Anonymity can protect users in vulnerable situations. Find others with similar interests, experiences, beliefs. Social media users can form networks and groups intentionally (e. g. , facebook groups) May be grouped on basis of shared characteristics or practices but not actually a cohesive group. Black twitter, academic twitter, linguist twitter (networks) Shared characteristics or practices without being an intentional cohesive group. Feminist twitter, lgbtqia+ tumblr, tumblr fandoms (communities)
