Being social: Missing pre-requisites for online engagement, exchange and inclusion

Macnamara, JR

Being social: Missing pre-requisites for online engagement, exchange and inclusion

Macnamara, JR

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Publisher:: Australian and New Zealand Communication Association
Publication Type:: Conference Proceeding
Citation:: Refereed proceedings of the Australian and New Zealand Communication Association Annual Conference 2014, 2014, pp. 1 - 20 (20)
Issue Date:: 2014-08-01

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dc.contributor.author	Macnamara, JR https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1387-3882	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Bossio, D	en_US
dc.date	2014-07-09	en_US
dc.date.issued	2014-08-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Refereed proceedings of the Australian and New Zealand Communication Association Annual Conference 2014, 2014, pp. 1 - 20 (20)	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1448-4331	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/36215
dc.description.abstract	Despite cautionary analyses and critiques by some scholars, cyberoptimism and what Steve Woolgar calls cyberbole continue to characterise much discussion of social media in the context of democratic politics (e-democracy) and citizen engagement and participation, and is evident in claims of emergence of the ‘social organisation’ and ‘social business’. This paper synthesises the findings of three recent research studies, which show that the allegedly democratising social interaction and dialogic affordances of Web 2.0 are not being realised in many applications. Key missing prerequisites for engagement, exchange and inclusion are identified and highlighted as issues for attention in research and practice.	en_US
dc.publisher	Australian and New Zealand Communication Association	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Refereed proceedings of the Australian and New Zealand Communication Association Annual Conference 2014	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Australian and New Zealand Communication Association Conference	en_US
dc.title	Being social: Missing pre-requisites for online engagement, exchange and inclusion	en_US
dc.type	Conference Proceeding
utslib.location	Swinburne University, Melbourne	en_US
utslib.location.activity	Swinburne University, Melbourne	en_US
utslib.for	2001 Communication and Media Studies	en_US
dc.location.activity	Swinburne University, Melbourne
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Science
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - CPCE - Centre for Creative Practices and the Cultural Economy
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pubs.finish-date	2014-06-11	en_US
pubs.place-of-publication	Swinburne University, Melbourne	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
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Abstract:

Despite cautionary analyses and critiques by some scholars, cyberoptimism and what Steve Woolgar calls cyberbole continue to characterise much discussion of social media in the context of democratic politics (e-democracy) and citizen engagement and participation, and is evident in claims of emergence of the ‘social organisation’ and ‘social business’. This paper synthesises the findings of three recent research studies, which show that the allegedly democratising social interaction and dialogic affordances of Web 2.0 are not being realised in many applications. Key missing prerequisites for engagement, exchange and inclusion are identified and highlighted as issues for attention in research and practice.

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