Frédéric Clavert, “Temporalités du Centenaire de la Grande Guerre sur Twitter”, in Valérie Schafer (ed.), Temps et temporalités du Web, Nanterre, Presses de Nanterre, 2018, pp. 113-134. Abstract: Ce chapitre propose une analyse des différentes temporalités que l’on peut percevoir dans un large corpus de tweets relatifs à la Grande Guerre et à son Centenaire. Il s’interroge … Continued
Jessica Myrick, “Emotion regulation, procrastination, and watching cat videos online: Who watches Internet cats, why, and to what effect?”, Computers in Human Behavior, 2015, vol. 52, pp.168-176. Abstract: Anecdotes abound about the frequent use of the Internet to view cat-related media. Yet, research has yet to seriously address this popular culture phenomenon rooted largely in social … Continued
Rhiannon Bury, Ruth Deller, Adam Greenwood, Bethan Jones, “From Usenet to Tumblr: The changing role of social media”, Participations. Journal of Audience & Reception Studies, vol. 10/1, 2013. Abstract: The advent of social networking sites has made communication faster and easier than ever, and perhaps nowhere is this more evident than in fan communities. Bury … Continued
Rose Attu and Melissa Terras, “What people study when they study Tumblr: Classifying Tumblr-related academic research”, Journal of Documentation, Vol. 73, 3, pp. 528-554. https://doi.org/10.1108/JD-08-2016-0101 Abstract: Since its launch in 2007, research has been carried out on the popular social networking website Tumblr. The purpose of this paper is to identify published Tumblr-based research, classify it … Continued
Ken Hillis, Susanna Paasonen, Michael Petit, Networked Affect, Cambridge MA, The MIT Press, 2015. Abstract: Investigations of affective experiences that emerge in online settings that range from Facebook discussion forums to “smart” classrooms. Our encounters with websites, avatars, videos, mobile apps, discussion forums, GIFs, and nonhuman intelligent agents allow us to experience sensations of connectivity, interest, desire, … Continued
Shawn Graham, Ian Milligan, Scott Weingart, Exploring Big Historical Data: The Historian’s Macroscope, London, Imperial College Press, 2015. Abstract: We believe that the Digital Humanities is partly about understanding what digital tools have to offer, but also (and perhaps more importantly), what ‘digital’ does to how we understand the past, and ourselves. In Exploring Big Historical … Continued