I also know social media consultants from an academic background who do use social media but limited; to engage with other academics...
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It *does* matter that the biggest names in social media research are White, able bodied and don't use social media the way others do.
And there's enough other research that's already well established that social media should not be treated in isolation from social context.
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"Who watches the watchers?" Privileged researchers> don't use soc med> don't study how marginalised folx use it> skewed findings
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Findings applied to wider society> result: "get off soc med/bad for health" moral judgement articles that ignore marginalised users.
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Exactly. Would they make the same recommendations to offline networks? "Stop being friends with your IRL friends." No. Ludicrous suggestion.
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ALL research on social connectedness shows how social isolation impacts health & wellbeing. Yet online ties in SM studies seen as negative.
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When the starting bias is "physical in-person interaction is the best kind of contact", anything deviating from that must be "bad".
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Yes! Reinforcement of race/gender/sexuality/class/disability: what researchers understand to be superior communication maintains status quo.
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