JCMC: The Discussion Section

Joining Nicole Ellison in this episode of JCMC: The Discussion are Eugy Han and Dr. Kristine Nowak, two of the authors behind the recently published “People, Places, and Time: A Large-scale, Longitudinal Study of Transformed Avatars and Environmental Context in Group Interaction in the Metaverse”. In addition to discussing their findings, Han and Dr. Nowak share how their transition to remote learning, and subsequent experimentations with VR, informed and inspired this recent study. Han and Dr. Nowak go on to share some advice for scholars interested in integrating VR into their work as well as further discuss potential future applications for VR in academia and research. Click here for the episode transcript FeaturingNicole Ellison Eugy Han Kristine NowakMore from our guests:  Nicole Ellison Karl E. Weick Collegiate Professor of Information | School of Information  University of Michigan Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Computer-Mediated CommunicationTwitter: @nicole_ellison; @ica_jcmcEugy HanPhD Candidate & SGF Fellow | Department of CommunicationScholar | Virtual Human Interaction Lab Stanford UniversityTwitter: @eugyhanLinkedIn: Eugy HanKristine NowakProfessor | Department of Communication Director | Human-Computer Interaction Lab University of Connecticut Fulbright Scholar & Visiting Professor | Department of Engineering University of Palermo Twitter: @profknowak LinkedIn: Kristine Nowak Works Referenced In Episode:Han, E., Miller, M. R., DeVeaux, C., Jun, H., Nowak, K. L., Hancock, J. T., ... & Bailenson, J. N. (2023). People, places, and time: a large-scale, longitudinal study of transformed avatars and environmental context in group interaction in the metaverse. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 28(2), zmac031.Han, E., Nowak, K. L., & Bailenson, J. N. (2022). Prerequisites for Learning in Networked Immersive Virtual Reality.Kraut, R., Scherlis, W., Mukhopadhyay, T., Manning, J., & Kiesler, S. (1996, April). HomeNet: A field trial of residential Internet services. In Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 284-291).Mystakidis, S. (2022). Metaverse. Encyclopedia, 2(1), 486-497.Copy and Audio Editor:  Sharlene Burgos Executive Producer:DeVante Brown

This episode features the trio behind the recently published “A Typology of Social Media Rituals”, Limor Shifman, Blake Hallinan, and Tommaso Trillò, in conversation with Nicole Ellison. Shifman, Hallinan, and Trillò discuss how they developed their typology of social media rituals and what this typology has revealed about digital communications and social media participation across platforms and cultures. They further discuss future applications of their developed typology and their individual next steps in the world of computer-mediated communications.Click here for the episode transcript FeaturingNicole Ellison Limor Shifman Blake Hallinan Tommaso Trillò More from our guests:  Nicole Ellison Karl E. Weick Collegiate Professor of Information | School of Information  University of Michigan Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Computer-Mediated CommunicationTwitter: @nicole_ellison; @ica_jcmcLimor ShifmanProfessor | Department of Communication and Journalism Vice Dean | Faculty of Social SciencesThe Hebrew University of JerusalemTwitter: @limor_shifmanBlake HallinanSenior Lecturer | Department of Communication and Journalism The Hebrew University of JerusalemTwitter: @blakepleaseIG: @nightmerrilyTommaso TrillòPostdoctoral Fellow | Department of Communication and Journalism The Hebrew University of JerusalemTwitter: @tommytrilloWorks Referenced In Episode:Hallinan, B., Kim, B., Mizoroki, S., Scharlach, R., Trillò, T., Thelwall, M., ... & Shifman, L. (2023). The value (s) of social media rituals: A cross-cultural analysis of New Year’s resolutions. Information, Communication & Society, 26(4), 764-785.Hillis, K. (2020). Online a lot of the time: Ritual, fetish, sign. Duke University Press.Trillò, T., Hallinan, B., & Shifman, L. (2022). A typology of social media rituals. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 27(4), zmac011.Dayan, D., & Katz, E. (1992). Media events: The live broadcasting of history. Harvard University Press.Copy and Audio Editor:  Sharlene Burgos Executive Producer:DeVante Brown

In this installment of JCMC: The Discussion Section, host Nicole Ellison, Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication (JCMC), and her guest, Dr. Linda Duxbury, delve into the topic of email communication in the workplace. They discuss the difference between importance and urgency and how these concepts contribute to employees’ perception of email communication. Tune in to hear Dr. Duxbury’s advice on how to improve email communication habits. Click here for the episode transcript. FeaturingNicole EllisonLinda Duxbury More from the host & speakers:  Nicole EllisonProfessor | School of InformationUniversity of MichiganEditor-in-Chief of Journal of Computer-Mediated CommunicationTwitter - @nicole_ellisonLinda DuxburyChancellor's Professor, Management | Sprott School of BusinessCarleton UniversityTwitter - @Carleton_UWorks referenced in episode: Lanctot, A., & Duxbury, L. (2022). Measurement of perceived importance and urgency of email: An employees’ perspective. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 27(2), zmac001.

In this episode of JCMC: The Discussion Section, host Nicole Ellison, Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication and Karl E Weick Collegiate professor in the School of Information at the University of Michigan, is joined by Katie Shilton and Jessica Vitak to discuss data ethics in computational research. Jessica and Katie talk about their work with the Pervasive Data Ethics for Computational Research (PERVADE) project, outlining ethical concerns around big data, the current and future roles of IRBs in data ethics, and how researchers, reviewers, and editors can build best practices into their process.Click here for the episode transcript  FeaturingNicole EllisonKatie ShiltonJessica VitakSponsor:Oxford University PressMore from the host & speakers: Nicole EllisonEditor-in-Chief | Journal of Computer-Mediated CommunicationKarl E Weick Collegiate Professor | School of InformationUniversity of MichiganTwitter - @nicole_ellison Katie ShiltonAssociate Professor | College of Information StudiesUniversity of Maryland, College ParkPrincipal Investigator | PERVADE ProjectTwitter - @KatieShiltonTwitter - @pervade_team Jessica VitakAssociate Professor, HCIL Director | College of Information StudiesUniversity of MarylandPrincipal Investigator | PERVADE ProjectTwitter - @jvitakTwitter - @pervade_teamWorks referenced in episode: D'ignazio, C., & Klein, L. F. (2020). Data feminism. MIT Press.Scholars and Organizations referenced in episode:PERVADE ProjectAssociation of Internet Researchers reports on EthicsACM Conference On Computer-Supported Cooperative Work And Social ComputingConsortium for the Science of Sociotechnical Systems Researchers (CSST)Casey FieslerNick ProferesSarah GilbertCopy and Audio Editor:  Kate InExecutive Producer:DeVante Brown

In this episode of JCMC: The Discussion Section, host Scott Campbell, Constance F., and Arnold C. Pohs Professor of Telecommunication at the University of Michigan, are joined by Will Marler and Adriana de Souza e Silva to discuss the academic studies on mediated communications and the aspects of marginalization in the digital media environment. They talk about ways to overcome the issues of marginalization.Click here for the episode transcript  FeaturingScott CampbellWill MarlerAdriana de Souza e SilvaMore from the host & speakers: Scott W. CampbellConstance F. and Arnold C. Pohs Professor | Department of Communication and MediaUniversity of MichiganFacebook - Scott Campbell Will MarlerAssistant Professor | Department of Communication and CognitionTilburg University, The NetherlandsTwitter - @willmarler Adriana de Souza e SilvaProfessor | Department of CommunicationNorth Carolina State University (USA)Twitter - @souzaesilvaFacebook - asouzaesilvaLinkedIn - Adriana de Souza e SilvaWorks referenced in episode:Marler, W. (2022). “You can connect with like, the world!”: Social platforms, survival support, and digital inequalities for people experiencing homelessness. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 27(1), zmab020.Marler, W. (2019). Accumulating phones: Aid and adaptation in phone access for the urban poor. Mobile Media & Communication, 7(2), 155-174.Noble, S. U. (2018). Algorithms of oppression. In Algorithms of oppression. New York University Press.Eubanks, V. (2018). Automating inequality: How high-tech tools profile, police, and punish the poor. St. Martin's Press.Fritz, N., & Gonzales, A. (2018). Privacy at the Margins| not the normal trans story: negotiating trans narratives while crowdfunding at the margins. International Journal of Communication, 12, 20.Ang, M. W., Tan, J. C. K., & Lou, C. (2021). Navigating sexual racism in the sexual field: Compensation for and disavowal of marginality by racial minority Grindr users in Singapore. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 26(3), 129-147.Chib, A., Nguyen, H., & Lin, D. (2021). Provocation as agentic practice: Gender performativity in online strategies of transgender sex workers. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 26(2), 55-71.Lane, J., Ramirez, F. A., & Pearce, K. E. (2018). Guilty by visible association: Socially mediated visibility in gang prosecutions. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 23(6), 354-369.de Souza e Silva, A., & Xiong-Gum, M. N. (2021). Mobile networked creativity: Developing a theoretical framework for understanding creativity as survival. Communication Theory, 31(4), 821-840.de Souza e Silva, A., Duarte, F., & Damasceno, C. S. (2017). Creative Appropriations in Hybrid Spaces: Mobile Interfaces in Art and Games in Brazil. International Journal of Communication (19328036), 11.De Souza e Silva, A., Sutko, D. M., Salis, F. A., & de Souza e Silva, C. (2011). Mobile phone appropriation in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. New Media & Society, 13(3), 411-426.Scholars referenced in episode:Amy Gonzales Niki FritzSafiya NobleVirginia Eubanks Seeta Pena GanghadaranEszter HargittaiEllen HelsperAlexander van DeursenJose van DijckFrançois BarRoberto daMatta

In this installment of JCMC: The Discussion Section, host Nicole Ellison, Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication (JCMC), and her guests delve into the evolution of CMC, the theorizing of social media, and the constantly changing social media landscape. Joined by three of her Associate Editors Lee Humphreys, Caleb Carr and Katy E. Pearce, they discuss their favorite pieces in past issues of JCMC as well as up-and-coming research areas about which they are excited. Tune in to get more insight into JCMC and studies of computer-mediated communication.  Click here for the episode transcript FeaturingNicole EllisonLee HumphreysCaleb CarrKaty E. Pearce More from the host & speakers:  Nicole EllisonProfessor | School of InformationUniversity of MichiganEditor-in-Chief of Journal of Computer-Mediated CommunicationTwitter - @nicole_ellisonLee HumphreysProfessor and Chair | Communication DepartmentCornell University Director of the Qualitative and Interpretive Research InstituteAssociate Editor of Journal of Computer-Mediated CommunicationTwitter - @leehumphreysCaleb CarrProfessor | School of CommunicationIllinois State University Associate Editor of Journal of Computer-Mediated CommunicationTwitter - @CalebTCarrPhDKaty E. PearceAssociate Professor | Department of CommunicationUniversity of Washington.Ellison Center for Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies and the Center for an Informed PublicAssociate Editor of Journal of Computer-Mediated CommunicationTwitter - @katypearceWorks referenced in episode: Humphreys, L., Von Pape, T., & Karnowski, V. (2013). Evolving mobile media: Uses and conceptualizations of the mobile internet. Journal of computer-mediated communication, 18(4), 491-507.Rafaeli, S., & Sudweeks, F. (1997). Networked interactivity. Journal of computer-mediated communication, 2(4), JCMC243.Lange, P. G. (2007). Publicly private and privately public: Social networking on YouTube. Journal of computer-mediated communication, 13(1), 361-380.Madianou, M. (2014). Smartphones as polymedia. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 19(3), 667-680.Humphreys, L. (2018). The qualified self: Social media and the accounting of everyday life. MIT press.Donner, J. (2007). The rules of beeping: Exchanging messages via intentional “missed calls” on mobile phones. Journal of computer-mediated communication, 13(1), 1-22.Marler, W. (2022). “You can connect with like, the world!”: Social platforms, survival support, and digital inequalities for people experiencing homelessness. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 27(1), zmab020.

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The JCMC podcast is where Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication Nicole Ellison will dive into more of the discussion section of JCMC, where it is okay to discuss things that have not happened yet. The podcast will discuss how findings impact future theories and designs, as well as just be a space to discuss the important work that others are doing in the field.Click here for episode transcriptMore from the host & speakers:Nicole B. EllisonKarl E. Weick Collegiate Professor of Information | School of InformationUniversity of MichiganEditor-in-Chief of Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication Twitter - @nicole_ellisonTwitter - Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication