Mapping the Research Self: Context, Emotion, and Lifeworld in Counterestablishment Research
by Yvonne Eadon
p. 1-32
Abstract
This article introduces a novel approach to information seeking: the research self (RS). A flexible and holistic model, the RS articulates the various relationships between identity, emotion, epistemology, and research practice. It is rooted in sense-making methodology, lifeworlds, and critical information literacy. This work emerged from a grounded theory study with twelve participants researching one of three topics traditionally labeled “conspiracy theories”: collusion in the assassination of President John F. Kennedy; UFOs and extraterrestrials; and the Missing 411 phenomenon. The RS can function both as a multifaceted information-seeking model and as a methodology for fostering reflexivity specifically and information literacy broadly. This article also introduces the concept of counterestablishment research—any kind of research activity, conducted systematically, that goes against establishment institutions, norms, or consensus. Having emerged from counterestablishment research, the RS may be particularly effective for fostering reflexivity among epistemically diverse populations.
Yvonne Eadon is an assistant professor at the University of Kentucky’s School of Information Science. Her interdisciplinary research focuses on knowledge production within conspiratorial research cultures, drawing from various areas of scholarship such as information behavior, archival theory, and feminist science and technology studies.
Modify, Describe, Post: How End Users’ Digital Narratives Present Avenues for Resisting, Reclaiming, and Critiquing Carceral Technology Design and Use
by Lauren Kilgour
p. 246-265
Abstract
This article analyzes the digital dissemination mode of cultural heritage within museums from the perspectives of interactivity, experiential experience, and practicality, and explores the development relationship and value embodiment between digitization and museum and cultural dissemination. Finally, based on the establishment of emotional bonds between users and museums, a design proposal is proposed for the interaction mode of digital museums. This article uses the QEM algorithm. The practical results can be useful for website developers in the process of creating online exhibitions for the Palace Museum. Museum personnel can also turn to this article to find strong and weak points of exhibition organization.
Du Dalong previously served as the vice president of the Art College of Jilin University with a graduate degree mainly focused on art design. The author has published more than ten journal articles, participated in four provincial-level projects, completed multiple horizontal projects, and compiled two textbooks.
Readerly Cartography: Finding Fictional Places and Actual Readers on Digital Maps
by Jennifer Burek Pierce
p. 33-57
Abstract
Electronic ankle monitors are wearable government surveillance technology devices used in domains such as criminal justice, immigration, public health, and more. People who are required to wear electronic ankle monitors express that they experience shame and stigmatization because of being required to wear this technology due to its strong association with the criminal justice system. This article presents exploratory research of instances where wearers present their ankle monitors online and shares a typology describing a range of observable resistance stories or narrative events in these posts. I describe emergent cultures and practices of aesthetic resistance and reclamation practices carried out by the wearer community. This research highlights the acute need to center the voices, acts, and experiences of people and communities rendered vulnerable by technology design and deployment.
Lauren Kilgour’s research examines the social impacts and facets of design from a variety of interdisciplinary perspectives, including user experience, business, innovation, technology design, data management, and law and policy.
Social Media Communities as an Example of a New Type of Communication Ecosystem and Society Clustering
by Zhi-Jiang Liu, Nor’Ain BT Abdullah, Konstantin Sokolovskiy, Irina Karabulatova
p. 58-78
Abstract
The global proliferation of social networks exerts a significant influence on societal development in many countries worldwide. This study aims to conduct a comparative analysis of the key differences in social networks using China as a case study and to explore the global trends in the development of similar networks in other countries around the world. The methodology is based on Spanish sociologist Manuel Castells’s theory of network society. Using content analysis of the Sina Weibo social network, data on the hierarchical Dirichlet process were obtained, enabling the assessment of the thematic structure of user information, clustering, and segmentation of popular blogs.
Zhi-Jiang Liu is a lecturer at Guangxi Normal University. His research interests include leadership and organizational management.
Nor’Ain Bt Abdullah is a PhD supervisor at Management and Science University with research interests in human resource management and entrepreneurial management.
Konstantin Sokolovskiy is a professor in the Department of General Subjects at the Humanitarian and Technical Academy in Kokshetau, Kazakhstan.
Irina Karabulatova is a leading researcher at the Laboratory of Machine Learning and Semantic Analysis at the Institute of Artificial Intelligence, Lomonosov Moscow State University. She is also a professor in the Institute of Russian Language at Heilongjiang University and a professor in the Department of Foreign Languages of Philological Faculty of Lumumba RUDN University.
Influencer Marketing on Instagram: From Schema Congruence to Color Congruence
Pin Luarn, Chiao-Chieh Chen, Yu-Ping Chiu
p. 79-93
Abstract
This study drew upon schema theory and Gestalt theory to explore the impact of congruence on the boundary between word of mouth and sponsored content on social media. Specifically, it delved into how congruence influences unconscious fixation behavior and enhances product attitude toward sponsored content during the preattention stage. Utilizing eye-tracking technology, we conducted two experiments, closely analyzing participants’ eye movements. Our findings revealed that both fixation length and fixation count are significantly higher in influencer posts exhibiting congruence between the product and influencer compared to those with incongruent product combinations. Additionally, posts with congruent product-background color combinations exhibit longer fixation length and higher fixation count than those with contrasting color combinations. Increased fixation length and count correlate with more positive product attitudes toward sponsored content. These insights contribute valuable perspectives on the impact of influencer marketing on users’ attention and product attitude on Instagram.
Pin Luarn is a professor in the Department of Business Administration, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan.
Chiao-Chieh Chen received her PhD in marketing in 2024.
Yu-Ping Chiu is an associate professor in the Department of Graphic Arts and Communication at the National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan.
The Two Revolutions: A History of the Transgender Internet by Avery Dame-Griff (review)
Hana Frluckaj
p. 94-96
The Two Revolutions: A History of the Transgender Internet
By Avery Dame-Griff
New York University Press, 2023, 272 PP.
Paperback, $30.00
Isbn: 978-1-479-81831-0
Practicing Privacy Literacy in Academic Libraries: Theories, Methods, and Cases edited by Sarah Hartman-Caverly and Alexandria Chisholm (review)
Christine F. Smith
p. 97-98
Practicing Privacy Literacy in Academic Libraries: Theories, Methods, and Cases
Edited By Sarah Hartman-Caverly and Alexandria Chisholm
ACRL Publishing, 2023, 390 PP.
Paperback, $90.00
Isbn: 978-0-838-93989-5
Media Ruins: Cambodian Postwar Media Reconstruction and the Geopolitics of Technology by Margaret Jack (review)
Zilong Zhong
p. 99-101
Media Ruins: Cambodian Postwar Media Reconstruction and the Geopolitics of Technology
By Margaret Jack
MIT Press, 2023, 264 PP.
Paperback, $45.00
Isbn: 978-0-262-54538-9
Death Glitch: How Techno-Solutionism Fails Us in This Life and Beyond by Tamara Kneese (review)
Samantha Hoffens
p. 102-103
Death Glitch: How Techno-Solutionism Fails Us in This Life and Beyond
By Tamara Kneese
Yale University Press, 2023, 272 PP. Hardcover, $35.00
Isbn: 978-0-300-24827-2
Playing Place: Board Games, Popular Culture, Space edited by Chad Randl and D. Medina Lasansky (review)
Michaela Morrow
p. 104-105
Playing Place: Board Games, Popular Culture, Space
Edited By Chad Randl and D. Medina Lasansky
MIT Press, 2023, 230 PP.
Hardcover, $39.95; Ebook, $39.99
Isbn: 978-0-262-04783-8 (Hardcover); Isbn: 978-0-262-37343-2 (Ebook)
Soundtracked Books from the Acoustic Era to the Digital Age: A Century of “Books That Sing” by Justin St. Clair (review)
Nicole Blair
p. 106-107