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“hello literally everyone”: A Case Study on Social Response to Facebook’s Infrastructure Disruption

“hello literally everyone”: A Case Study on Social Response to Facebook’s Infrastructure Disruption

 A submission by Shiyi (Annie) Zhou, Zarah Noorani, Niels Willemsen and Ayoub Samadi Facebook, now a common name in communication all over the world, faced a complete shutdown of services on October 4, 2021. This outage reflected on the...
By on 10/29/21 Comments Off on “hello literally everyone”: A Case Study on Social Response to Facebook’s Infrastructure Disruption

“You, Me and Instagram – A brief look into user interaction with Instagram’s visual interface”

A look into Instagram's visual interface
By on 10/04/21 Comments Off on “You, Me and Instagram – A brief look into user interaction with Instagram’s visual interface”
Co-star: Personalized astrology as a form of communication

Co-star: Personalized astrology as a form of communication

Astrology, the study of cosmic objects, human patterns and seasonal shifts, has been practiced for decades, predominantly in three different cultures, Western, Hindu, and Chinese. For some, it exists as a coping mechanism to cushion uncertainty. However, for others,...
By on 09/28/20 Comments Off on Co-star: Personalized astrology as a form of communication
From Liking to Consuming: the Liking Economy of Social Media

From Liking to Consuming: the Liking Economy of Social Media

As one of the most used social buttons, social media “like” now carries strong social significance including impression management, identity construction, and maintenance of social ties online for individual user (Eranti & Lonkila, 2015). In economic terms, social media...
By Xiaoya Zhou on 09/26/20 Comments Off on From Liking to Consuming: the Liking Economy of Social Media
“Checkout on Instagram”: Chance or risk for e-commerce businesses?

“Checkout on Instagram”: Chance or risk for e-commerce businesses?

Ever since Facebook purchased Instagram in 2012, the platform has not only grown from ten million active users to over one billion, but has also introduced a number of new features. Instagram Stories, live streams, television and shopping –...
By Selin Ashaghimina on 09/23/19 Comments Off on “Checkout on Instagram”: Chance or risk for e-commerce businesses?
Amicus Instagram, sed magis amica veritas?

Amicus Instagram, sed magis amica veritas?

Last November, Instagram introduced a new functionality to its app, the “close friends” list (Constine). This feature was a years-late response to the rise of finstas, aka “fake instas”, private alternative accounts intended for a smaller audience than the...
By Marie-Liesse on 09/22/19 Comments Off on Amicus Instagram, sed magis amica veritas?
Facebook Gaming: Live Streaming the Perils of Data Privacy

Facebook Gaming: Live Streaming the Perils of Data Privacy

The ability to record and live stream video games has completely reformed the gaming industry as it became the birthplace of popular online live streaming communities. Why do younger people today spend more time watching gaming content than playing...
By Boy Singmanee on 09/20/19 Comments Off on Facebook Gaming: Live Streaming the Perils of Data Privacy
IGTV: Instagram’s TV or Influencer’s TV?

IGTV: Instagram’s TV or Influencer’s TV?

On June 20, 2018, two major announcements were published on the Instagram Info Center. The first being that Instagram reached one billion users. The second was the launch of a new stand-alone application affiliated with Instagram: IGTV.   IGTV:...
By Ouejdane Sabbah on 09/23/18 Comments Off on IGTV: Instagram’s TV or Influencer’s TV?
Drebbel: The Sinking Machine

Drebbel: The Sinking Machine

Since the beginning of its age, the Internet has been a site where users could (more or less freely) express their opinions. Social media platforms were created exactly for this purpose and their rapid development has had a global...
By Markéta Horázná on 10/17/14 1