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Same Same But Different: Changes in Social Media Practices Over Time

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Beata Jungselius,

Alexandra WeilenmannAuthors Info & Claims

SMSociety '19: Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Social Media and Society

Pages 184 - 193

https://doi.org/10.1145/3328529.3328559

Published: 19 July 2019 Publication History

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In this paper, we examine how social media users reflect upon their own developments as social media users over time. We draw upon two interview studies with the same informants, conducted in 2012 and 2017. In the second study, we showed them snippets from their previous interviews, and asked them to comment on their five year old statements. This allowed us as researchers to get access to the participants own analysis of their changing social media practices. Based on this data and in relation to previous research, we outline the most prominent influencing factors that have had an impact on social media use over time: changes in life and time management, changes in technical capabilities, changes in privacy preferences and changes in modes of engagement. However, despite these changes, our informants describe having a similar approach to social media use in general.

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https://doi.org/10.1177/20563051231207850
Harvey SCarpenter J(2020)Genesis and Change in Physical Educators’ Use of Social Media for Professional Development and LearningJournal of Teaching in Physical Education10.1123/jtpe.2019-0284(1-9)Online publication date: 2020
https://doi.org/10.1123/jtpe.2019-0284

Index Terms

Same Same But Different: Changes in Social Media Practices Over Time
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Ubiquitous and mobile computing

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Jungselius BWeilenmann A(2023)Keeping Memories Alive: A Decennial Study of Social Media Reminiscing, Memories, and NostalgiaSocial Media + Society10.1177/205630512312078509:4Online publication date: 7-Nov-2023
https://doi.org/10.1177/20563051231207850
Harvey SCarpenter J(2020)Genesis and Change in Physical Educators’ Use of Social Media for Professional Development and LearningJournal of Teaching in Physical Education10.1123/jtpe.2019-0284(1-9)Online publication date: 2020
https://doi.org/10.1123/jtpe.2019-0284

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