Regulation and social practice online

Kennedy, J; Meese, J; Van Der Nagel, E

Regulation and social practice online

Kennedy, J Meese, J

Van Der Nagel, E

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Continuum, 2016, 30 (2), pp. 146 - 157
Issue Date:: 2016-03-03

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dc.contributor.author	Kennedy, J	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Meese, J https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1910-6166	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Van Der Nagel, E	en_US
dc.date.available	2020-05-25T19:26:04Z
dc.date.issued	2016-03-03	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Continuum, 2016, 30 (2), pp. 146 - 157	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1030-4312	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/69274
dc.description.abstract	© 2016 Taylor & Francis. This article argues that everyday media practices are foundational to regulation on social media platforms. Beginning from a practice theory perspective, supported by qualitative research conducted on Facebook and Reddit, this paper shows how individual interactions with the platform and with other people on the site shape central regulatory norms on these sites. We suggest that our focus on practice complements existing studies that consider how regulation operates on social media platforms and shows how both practices and algorithms operate in conversation with one another in order to govern these sites. This research sets out an alternative trajectory of regulation, which is not based in law or privately established processes (such as EULAs, ToS or flags) but instead one grounded in the everyday practices of sociality, reciprocity, and perhaps even the maintenance of a particular community ideal.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Continuum	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1080/10304312.2016.1143160	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Communication & Media Studies	en_US
dc.title	Regulation and social practice online	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	2	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	30	en_US
utslib.for	2001 Communication and Media Studies	en_US
utslib.for	1902 Film, Television and Digital Media	en_US
utslib.for	2002 Cultural Studies	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences/IKM and Digital Studies Program
utslib.copyright.status	open_access
pubs.issue	2	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	30	en_US

Abstract:

© 2016 Taylor & Francis. This article argues that everyday media practices are foundational to regulation on social media platforms. Beginning from a practice theory perspective, supported by qualitative research conducted on Facebook and Reddit, this paper shows how individual interactions with the platform and with other people on the site shape central regulatory norms on these sites. We suggest that our focus on practice complements existing studies that consider how regulation operates on social media platforms and shows how both practices and algorithms operate in conversation with one another in order to govern these sites. This research sets out an alternative trajectory of regulation, which is not based in law or privately established processes (such as EULAs, ToS or flags) but instead one grounded in the everyday practices of sociality, reciprocity, and perhaps even the maintenance of a particular community ideal.

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