This presentation by Annabelle Gawer, Professor in Digital Economy & Director, Centre of Digital Economy, University of Surrey, was made during the discussion “Theories of Harm for Digital Mergers” held at the 140th meeting of the OECD Competition Committee on 16 June 2023. More papers and presentations on the topic can be found out at oe.cd/thdm.
This presentation was uploaded with the author’s consent.
Gatewatching 11: Echo Chambers? Filter Bubbles? Reviewing the EvidenceAxel Bruns
Lecture 11 in the course From Gatekeeping to Gatewatching: News and Journalism in the Digital Age.
This lecture series addresses the continuing transformation of the production and consumption of journalism in the contemporary media environment. It provides a brief history of the impact of participatory online news production and engagement practices – from the first wave of citizen journalism to the social media platforms of today – on how news content is disseminated and experienced; examines reactive and proactive responses to these changes by news organisations and journalists; and explores the longer-term impact of these developments on the public sphere, touching on the power of social media platforms and their role in shaping their users’ information diets.
Readings are largely drawn from Gatewatching and News Curation: Journalism, Social Media, and the Public Sphere (Bruns, 2018), with additional readings recommended for selected lectures.
Reading for this lecture:
Bruns, A. (2022). Echo Chambers? Filter Bubbles? The Misleading Metaphors That Obscure the Real Problem. In M. Pérez-Escolar & J. M. Noguera-Vivo (Eds.), Hate Speech and Polarization in Participatory Society (pp. 33–48). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003109891-4
This presentation by Annabelle Gawer, Professor in Digital Economy & Director, Centre of Digital Economy, University of Surrey, was made during the discussion “Theories of Harm for Digital Mergers” held at the 140th meeting of the OECD Competition Committee on 16 June 2023. More papers and presentations on the topic can be found out at oe.cd/thdm.
This presentation was uploaded with the author’s consent.
Gatewatching 11: Echo Chambers? Filter Bubbles? Reviewing the EvidenceAxel Bruns
Lecture 11 in the course From Gatekeeping to Gatewatching: News and Journalism in the Digital Age.
This lecture series addresses the continuing transformation of the production and consumption of journalism in the contemporary media environment. It provides a brief history of the impact of participatory online news production and engagement practices – from the first wave of citizen journalism to the social media platforms of today – on how news content is disseminated and experienced; examines reactive and proactive responses to these changes by news organisations and journalists; and explores the longer-term impact of these developments on the public sphere, touching on the power of social media platforms and their role in shaping their users’ information diets.
Readings are largely drawn from Gatewatching and News Curation: Journalism, Social Media, and the Public Sphere (Bruns, 2018), with additional readings recommended for selected lectures.
Reading for this lecture:
Bruns, A. (2022). Echo Chambers? Filter Bubbles? The Misleading Metaphors That Obscure the Real Problem. In M. Pérez-Escolar & J. M. Noguera-Vivo (Eds.), Hate Speech and Polarization in Participatory Society (pp. 33–48). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003109891-4
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This is the theory revision I created for my A2 Media group a couple of years ago. There is some general narrative theory, Media theory Laura Mulvey etc and Racial Representation theory, Stuart Hall, Paul Gilroy, bell hooks etc. This was based on Media and Collective Identity focusing on the representation of black culture in British Film and American Music Videos.
Think Link: Network Insights with No Programming SkillsMarc Smith
Networks are everywhere, but the tools for end users to access, analyze, visualize and share insights into connected structures have been absent. NodeXL, the network overview discovery and exploration add-in for Excel makes network analysis as easy as making a pie chart.
Keeping up: strategic use of online social networks for librarian current awa...suelibrarian
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I did this presentation for the LSU AgCenter Family, Consumer Science Extension programs which focus on Families, Children, Nutrition, and Financial Management..
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A 15-20 minute presentation for PGCLTHE students (which I am on a student on, and will be teaching next year) on Twitter, which I have been using since February 2009, and some ideas for using it in the classroom.
During this one-hour taster, social media practitioners Sally Hems (Oakleaf Communications) and Matt Anderson (Montage Communications) explain the opportunities and pitfalls presented by social media. They’ll provide tips on maximising its potential and explain how best to integrate it within your PR & Communications strategy. This will be illustrated through examples of campaigns they’ve delivered for clients including the Commonwealth Foundation and South West RDA.
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Where does Twitter fit?
What are the key things to know about Twitter?
Top 3 good, bad, useful and examples of how Twitter is being used in third sector (voluntary and community / non-profit organisations)
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Slides from a talk at the 2014 TheNextWeb in Amsterdam.
NodeXL social media network analysis of Twitter reveals six common structures in Twitter networks.
Types of Polarisation and Their Operationalisation in Digital and Social Medi...Axel Bruns
Paper by Axel Bruns, Tariq Choucair, Katharina Esau, Sebastian Svegaard, and Samantha Vilkins, presented at the Association of Internet Researchers conference, Philadelphia, 18 Oct. 2023.
Determining the Drivers and Dynamics of Partisanship and Polarisation in Onli...Axel Bruns
Paper by Axel Bruns, Katharina Esau, Tariq Choucair, Sebastian Svegaard, and Samantha Vilkins, presented at the ECREA Political Communication conference in Berlin, 1 Sep. 2023.
Towards a New Empiricism: Polarisation across Four DimensionsAxel Bruns
Paper by Axel Bruns, Tariq Choucair, Katharina Esau, Sebastian Svegaard, and Samantha Vilkins, presented at the IAMCR 2023 conference, Lyon, 9-13 July 2023.
The Anatomy of Virality: How COVID-19 Conspiracy Theories Spread across Socia...Axel Bruns
Keynote by Axel Bruns, with Edward Hurcombe and Stephen Harrington, presented at the International Center for Journalists' Empowering the Truth Summit, 23 Feb. 2023.
A Platform Policy Implementation Audit of Actions against Russia’s State-Cont...Axel Bruns
Paper by Sofya Glazunova, Anna Ryzhova, Axel Bruns, Silvia Ximena Montaña-Niño, Arista Beseler, and Ehsan Dehghan, presented at the International Communication Association conference, Toronto, 29 May 2023.
The Filter in Our (?) Heads: Digital Media and PolarisationAxel Bruns
Invited presentation in a seminar series organised by the Centre for Deliberative Democracy & Global Governance at the University of Canberra, the QUT Digital Media Research Centre, and the News and Media Research Centre at the University of Canberra.
Gatewatching 5: Weaponising Newssharing: ‘Fake News’ and Other MalinformationAxel Bruns
Lecture 5 in the course From Gatekeeping to Gatewatching: News and Journalism in the Digital Age.
This lecture series addresses the continuing transformation of the production and consumption of journalism in the contemporary media environment. It provides a brief history of the impact of participatory online news production and engagement practices – from the first wave of citizen journalism to the social media platforms of today – on how news content is disseminated and experienced; examines reactive and proactive responses to these changes by news organisations and journalists; and explores the longer-term impact of these developments on the public sphere, touching on the power of social media platforms and their role in shaping their users’ information diets.
Readings are largely drawn from Gatewatching and News Curation: Journalism, Social Media, and the Public Sphere (Bruns, 2018), with additional readings recommended for selected lectures.
Reading for this lecture:
Bruns, A., Harrington, S., & Hurcombe, E. (2021). Coronavirus Conspiracy Theories: Tracing Misinformation Trajectories from the Fringes to the Mainstream. In M. Lewis, E. Govender, & K. Holland (Eds.), Communicating COVID-19: Interdisciplinary Perspectives (pp. 229–249). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-79735-5_12
Gatewatching 10: New(s) Publics in the Public SphereAxel Bruns
Lecture 10 in the course From Gatekeeping to Gatewatching: News and Journalism in the Digital Age.
This lecture series addresses the continuing transformation of the production and consumption of journalism in the contemporary media environment. It provides a brief history of the impact of participatory online news production and engagement practices – from the first wave of citizen journalism to the social media platforms of today – on how news content is disseminated and experienced; examines reactive and proactive responses to these changes by news organisations and journalists; and explores the longer-term impact of these developments on the public sphere, touching on the power of social media platforms and their role in shaping their users’ information diets.
Readings are largely drawn from Gatewatching and News Curation: Journalism, Social Media, and the Public Sphere (Bruns, 2018), with additional readings recommended for selected lectures.
Reading for this lecture:
Bruns, A. (2018). New(s) Publics in the Public Sphere. Gatewatching and News Curation: Journalism, Social Media, and the Public Sphere. Ch. 8. Peter Lang.
Gatewatching 4: Random Acts of Gatewatching: Everyday Newssharing PracticesAxel Bruns
Lecture 4 in the course From Gatekeeping to Gatewatching: News and Journalism in the Digital Age.
This lecture series addresses the continuing transformation of the production and consumption of journalism in the contemporary media environment. It provides a brief history of the impact of participatory online news production and engagement practices – from the first wave of citizen journalism to the social media platforms of today – on how news content is disseminated and experienced; examines reactive and proactive responses to these changes by news organisations and journalists; and explores the longer-term impact of these developments on the public sphere, touching on the power of social media platforms and their role in shaping their users’ information diets.
Readings are largely drawn from Gatewatching and News Curation: Journalism, Social Media, and the Public Sphere (Bruns, 2018), with additional readings recommended for selected lectures.
Reading for this lecture:
Bruns, A. (2018). Random Acts of Gatewatching: Everyday Newssharing Practices. Gatewatching and News Curation: Journalism, Social Media, and the Public Sphere. Ch. 4. Peter Lang.
Gatewatching 1: Introduction: What’s So Different about Journalism Today?Axel Bruns
Lecture 1 in the course From Gatekeeping to Gatewatching: News and Journalism in the Digital Age.
This lecture series addresses the continuing transformation of the production and consumption of journalism in the contemporary media environment. It provides a brief history of the impact of participatory online news production and engagement practices – from the first wave of citizen journalism to the social media platforms of today – on how news content is disseminated and experienced; examines reactive and proactive responses to these changes by news organisations and journalists; and explores the longer-term impact of these developments on the public sphere, touching on the power of social media platforms and their role in shaping their users’ information diets.
Readings are largely drawn from Gatewatching and News Curation: Journalism, Social Media, and the Public Sphere (Bruns, 2018), with additional readings recommended for selected lectures.
Reading for this lecture:
Bruns, A. (2018). Introduction. Gatewatching and News Curation: Journalism, Social Media, and the Public Sphere. Ch. 1. Peter Lang.
Lecture 8 in the course From Gatekeeping to Gatewatching: News and Journalism in the Digital Age.
This lecture series addresses the continuing transformation of the production and consumption of journalism in the contemporary media environment. It provides a brief history of the impact of participatory online news production and engagement practices – from the first wave of citizen journalism to the social media platforms of today – on how news content is disseminated and experienced; examines reactive and proactive responses to these changes by news organisations and journalists; and explores the longer-term impact of these developments on the public sphere, touching on the power of social media platforms and their role in shaping their users’ information diets.
Readings are largely drawn from Gatewatching and News Curation: Journalism, Social Media, and the Public Sphere (Bruns, 2018), with additional readings recommended for selected lectures.
Reading for this lecture:
Bruns, A. (2018). Hybrid News Coverage: Liveblogs. Gatewatching and News Curation: Journalism, Social Media, and the Public Sphere. Ch. 7. Peter Lang.
Gatewatching 2: From Gatekeeping to Gatewatching: The First Wave of Citizen M...Axel Bruns
Lecture 2 in the course From Gatekeeping to Gatewatching: News and Journalism in the Digital Age.
This lecture series addresses the continuing transformation of the production and consumption of journalism in the contemporary media environment. It provides a brief history of the impact of participatory online news production and engagement practices – from the first wave of citizen journalism to the social media platforms of today – on how news content is disseminated and experienced; examines reactive and proactive responses to these changes by news organisations and journalists; and explores the longer-term impact of these developments on the public sphere, touching on the power of social media platforms and their role in shaping their users’ information diets.
Readings are largely drawn from Gatewatching and News Curation: Journalism, Social Media, and the Public Sphere (Bruns, 2018), with additional readings recommended for selected lectures.
Reading for this lecture:
Bruns, A. (2018). From Gatekeeping to Gatewatching: The First Wave of Citizen Media. Gatewatching and News Curation: Journalism, Social Media, and the Public Sphere. Ch. 2. Peter Lang.
Gatewatching 9: ‘Real’ News and ‘Fake’ News: Fact-Checking and Media LiteracyAxel Bruns
Lecture 9 in the course From Gatekeeping to Gatewatching: News and Journalism in the Digital Age.
This lecture series addresses the continuing transformation of the production and consumption of journalism in the contemporary media environment. It provides a brief history of the impact of participatory online news production and engagement practices – from the first wave of citizen journalism to the social media platforms of today – on how news content is disseminated and experienced; examines reactive and proactive responses to these changes by news organisations and journalists; and explores the longer-term impact of these developments on the public sphere, touching on the power of social media platforms and their role in shaping their users’ information diets.
Readings are largely drawn from Gatewatching and News Curation: Journalism, Social Media, and the Public Sphere (Bruns, 2018), with additional readings recommended for selected lectures.
Reading for this lecture:
Graves, L., & Cherubini, F. (2016). The Rise of Fact-Checking Sites in Europe. Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:d55ef650-e351-4526-b942-6c9e00129ad7
Gatewatching 13: Conclusion: A Social News Media NetworkAxel Bruns
Lecture 13 in the course From Gatekeeping to Gatewatching: News and Journalism in the Digital Age.
This lecture series addresses the continuing transformation of the production and consumption of journalism in the contemporary media environment. It provides a brief history of the impact of participatory online news production and engagement practices – from the first wave of citizen journalism to the social media platforms of today – on how news content is disseminated and experienced; examines reactive and proactive responses to these changes by news organisations and journalists; and explores the longer-term impact of these developments on the public sphere, touching on the power of social media platforms and their role in shaping their users’ information diets.
Readings are largely drawn from Gatewatching and News Curation: Journalism, Social Media, and the Public Sphere (Bruns, 2018), with additional readings recommended for selected lectures.
Reading for this lecture:
Bruns, A. (2018). Conclusion: A Social News Media Network. Gatewatching and News Curation: Journalism, Social Media, and the Public Sphere. Ch. 9. Peter Lang.
Children, Not Profits: Big Tech Accountability And What We Can Do About It.
The power asymmetry between Big Tech and users of online platforms because of digital profiling and content targeting.
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The Challenges of Good Governance and Project Implementation in Nigeria: A Re...AJHSSR Journal
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ABSTRACT: Although a significant amount of literature exists on Morocco's migration policies and their
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KEYWORDS: ESG disclosure, risk disclosure, firm risk
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What Is Lost When Twitter Is Lost? Reflections on the Impending Death of a Platform
1. CRICOS No.00213J
What Is Lost When Twitter Is Lost?
Reflections on the Impending
Death of a Platform
Axel Bruns
Australian Laureate Fellow
Digital Media Research Centre
Queensland University of Technology
Brisbane, Australia
a.bruns@qut.edu.au
@snurb_dot_info | @snurb@aoir.social | @snurb.bsky.social
9. CRICOS No.00213J
• Twitter and the news
• Gatewatching and news curation
• Crowdsourcing voices to prominence
• A first draft of the present
• Twitter and journalism
• Enthusiasm and reluctance
• Breakthrough moments
• Formal embrace
Twitter for News and Journalism
https://www.theverge.com/2013/1/23/3890674/tweeting-the-news-andy-carvin-test-pilots-twitter-journalism
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1940161212474472
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2908131.2908174
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/media/opinion/politicians-journalists-using-social-media-obscure-real-issues/news-story/877417373bf26960324d781d8d4b258c
https://mediashift.org/2010/03/the-spill-effect-twitter-hashtag-upends-australian-political-journalism061/
https://www.prweek.com/article/1271650/nyt-hires-social-media-editor
Twitter is the worst. I would call it little more than
a leftwing echo chamber for various highly politicised activists,
including many journalists. This is not surprising since it
was actually invented as a way for pop stars to talk to their
fans rather than to discuss serious issues. […]
Twitter, a medium with a maximum of 140 characters, is
not conducive to logical thought, deep research, reflection
or independence of thought. It is really a place where activists
cheer each other on, often in the foulest language or with
the most naive affirmations of clearly partisan positions.
(Chris Mitchell, The Australian 8 Aug. 2016)
11. The Australian Twittersphere, 2016
4m known Australian accounts
Network of follower connections
Filtered for degree ≥1000
255k nodes (6.4%), 61m edges
Edges not shown in graph
(From Bruns, Moon, Münch, and Sadkowsky, 2017.)
12. Teen Culture
Aspirational
Sports
Netizens
Arts & Culture
Politics
Television
Fashion
Popular Music
Food & Drinks
Agriculture Activism
Porn
Education
Cycling
News &
Generic
Hard Right
Progressive
South
Australia
Celebrities
Horse Racing
4m known Australian accounts
Network of follower connections
Filtered for degree ≥1000
255k nodes (6.4%), 61m edges
Edges not shown in graph
13. CRICOS No.00213J
• News? Community? Sociality? Fun? Yes!
• What made Twitter so versatile?
• Flat structure: non-reciprocal following
• Public by default: <5% private accounts
• Hashtags for rapid connection
• Retweets for broad dissemination
• (also picked up by trending topics)
flat, broad, global weak-tie network
with major information flows to others
Twitter’s Many Purposes
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1772690.1772751 — https://defector.com/burning-down-the-house — https://sciendo.com/article/10.2478/nor-2019-0011
(Wed. 22 Mar. 2017) — https://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/21/arts/design/elements-of-style-as-occupy-movement-evolves.html
https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/sciencefriction/the-whisper-network:-metoo-and-sexual-harassment-in-science/10244242
https://marketing.twitter.com/en/insights/twitter-conversation-report-black-lives-matter
https://twitter.com/bigfudge212121/status/1259317174776115201 — https://eprints.qut.edu.au/66324/
15. CRICOS No.00213J
• Early embrace of community ideas
• Search, hashtags, …
• Flourishing third-party development
• Powerful APIs, third-party clients
• Odd and ill-considered decisions
• API changes and shutdowns
• Change of ‘starring’ to ‘liking’…
• … but never an ‘edit’ button
Working with and against the Community
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/09/how-chris-messina-got-twitter-to-use-the-hashtag.html
https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/a/2008/how-replies-work-on-twitter-and-how-they-might
https://twapperkeeper.wordpress.com/2010/08/25/announcing-yourtwapperkeeper-archive-your-own-tweets-on-your-own-server/
https://www.computerworld.com/article/2712336/the-death-of-the-twitter-api-or-a-new-beginning-.html
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/03/tweetdeck-2008-2013/317756/
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/twitter-ceo-jack-dorsey-apologizes-173627475.html
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/nov/03/twitter-replacing-favourites-with-likes-does-anyone-heart
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/alexkantrowitz/jack-dorsey-says-twitter-needs-an-edit-function
16. CRICOS No.00213J
• Libertarian misconceptions of ‘free speech’
• Muted responses to mis/disinformation
• Bothsidesism rather than targeted action
• Arrangements with autocratic regimes
• Frustrating communal blocklist efforts
• Naked pursuit of engagement metrics
• Mishandling of researcher relationships
• Or outright dismissal of scholarship
• Late rethink (driven by DSA?)
Slow Responses to External Challenges
https://www.theverge.com/2018/1/5/16855900/twitter-donald-trump-ban-explanation — https://www.businessinsider.com/twitter-executives-were-hesitant-ban-trump-after-jan-6-report-2023-6
https://twitter.com/jack/status/1602800290876588032 — https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/30/technology/twitter-political-ads-ban.html
https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/turkey-twitter-mahir-zeynalov-1.3783815 — https://news.yahoo.com/why-twitter-blocked-accounts-linked-184754492.html
https://slate.com/technology/2014/08/twitter-harassment-user-created-apps-block-together-flaminga-and-the-block-bot-crack-down-on-twitter-abuse.html
https://techcrunch.com/2018/07/30/twitter-turns-to-academics-to-improve-conversational-health-on-the-platform/ — https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/threatened-scholars-online-
harassment-risks-academic-freedom — https://developer.twitter.com/en/blog/product-news/2021/enabling-the-future-of-academic-research-with-the-twitter-api
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• 2006: Jack Dorsey as founding CEO
• 2008: Ev Williams becomes CEO
• 2010: Dick Costolo becomes CEO
• Many acquisitions and side product
launches (Vine, Gnip, Periscope, …)
• 2013: Twitter shares launched on NYSE
• 2015: Jack Dorsey returns as CEO
• 2022: Elon Musk becomes CEO
• 2023: Linda Yaccarino becomes CEO
Inconsistent, Erratic Management
https://www.flickr.com/photos/jackdorsey/182613360 — https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/2009/04/18/technology/internet/18oprah.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/12/technology/dick-costolo-twitter-ceo-jack-dorsey.html
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/alexkantrowitz/jack-dorsey-says-twitter-needs-an-edit-function
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/twitter-boss-faces-backlash-grim-daily-ritual-tech-ceos-compare-122645907.html — https://slate.com/technology/2021/03/jack-dorsey-testify-twitter-congress-annoyed.html
https://twitter.com/jack/status/1518772756069773313 — https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/media/meet-linda-yaccarino-elon-musks-new-twitter-ceo-and-the-ad-worlds-velvet-hammer/news-story/b4fd0938449af6b5fb8685913312471d
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• Chaos and destruction
• Mass layoffs
• Attacks on staff fighting abuse and hate
• Confusion around paid ‘blue tick’ users
• Replatforming of banned accounts
• Active promotion of disinformation
• Ad revenue sharing with conspiracists
• Suspension of critics’ accounts
• API shutdowns
• Juvenile responses to media
• Lack of engagement with regulators
Twitter under Musk
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/oct/26/elon-musk-twitter-visit-sink — https://www.crikey.com.au/2022/12/13/twitter-files-elon-musk-qanon/
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/18/opinion/trump-elon-musk-twitter.html — https://fortune.com/2022/11/11/no-free-insulin-eli-lilly-casualty-of-elon-musk-twitter-blue-verification-mess/
https://deadline.com/2023/07/twitter-revenue-sharing-program-pays-far-right-influencers-elon-musk-1235438248/ — https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/elon-musk-twitter-ban-censorship-17680044.php
https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/31/23739084/twitter-elon-musk-api-policy-chilling-academic-research — https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1637420728743088130 — https://www.cnbc.com/2023/10/10/elon-musk-
warned-about-misinformation-violent-content-on-x-by-eu.html — https://gizmodo.com/these-accounts-control-twitters-israel-hamas-news-1850946257
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/oct/16/x-fined-610500-in-australia-first-for-failing-to-crack-down-on-child-sexual-abuse-material
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• Not for the money
• US$44b acquisition price
• Odd coalition of financial backers
• Severe decline in advertising revenue
• Collapse of company value: $4bn?
• Not for the status (?)
• Destruction of Musk’s public image
• Increasingly erratic public appearances
• Flow-on effects for Tesla and SpaceX
Why Does He Do It?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/12/24/elon-musk-twitter-funders/ — https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2022/12/20/elon-musk-spotted-world-cup-final/
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-66217641 — https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/may/31/twitters-value-down-two-thirds-since-musk-takeover-says-investor
https://fortune.com/2023/09/06/elon-musk-x-what-is-twitter-worth/ — https://futurism.com/the-byte/jack-dorsey-alarmed-elon-musk-erratic-behavior-twitter
https://www.forbes.com/sites/caterinabulgarella/2022/12/22/as-twitter-crumbles-under-musks-touch-questions-emerge-about-his-leadership-at-tesla-and-spacex/?sh=7601cf5e4339
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• What have we lost?
• Instant access to reliable sources
• Ambient news awareness
• Live tracking of breaking news events
• Access to journalists, politicians, experts
• Ability for communal connective action
• Ability to maintain phatic social ties
• And we don’t even know just how bad it is
Twitter in 2023
https://www.crikey.com.au/2023/06/26/mario-nawfal-russia-elon-musk-twitter/
https://www.journal.media-culture.org.au/index.php/mcjournal/article/view/220
https://www.wired.com/story/x-israel-hamas-war-disinformation/
https://www.wsj.com/tech/elon-musk-and-linda-yaccarino-point-x-in-different-directions-amid-israel-hamas-war-250f29eb
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• Reduced awareness and solidarity
• How do we now track the next natural
disaster, political crisis, or war?
• How does the next #metoo or
#blacklivesmatter organise itself?
• How do ordinary people elsewhere in
the world keep track of these events?
• What are the effects for information
flows in other networks and media?
The Consequences
https://twitter.com/HumansNoContext/status/1672593156150292484
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• Growth in new(ish) platform options
• Telegram
• WhatsApp
• Gab
• Parler
• Mastodon
• Bluesky (led by Jack Dorsey)
• Threads (by Meta, not inside the EU)
• TikTok text posts
• …
Fragmentation
https://variety.com/2023/digital/news/parler-shut-down-new-owner-starboard-twitter-clone-conservatives-1235583709/
https://apnews.com/article/bluesky-twitter-jack-dorsey-elon-musk-invite-f2b4fb2fefd34f0149cec2d87857c766
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• Partial migration of some communities
• Early netizens Bluesky
• Academics on Mastodon
• Journalists on WhatsApp?
• Or just ‘quiet quitting’ while they wait for a
network effect to set in
• New features – attractive and off-putting
• Toots, skeets, boosts, …
• Mastodon’s federated server system
• Half-baked policy approaches
Fragmentation
https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/29/23701500/bluesky-twitter-replacement
https://www.niemanlab.org/2022/12/journalism-realizes-the-replacement-for-twitter-is-not-a-new-twitter/
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2022/12/01/academics-twitter-disperse-wake-musk-takeover
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-03668-7 — https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-quiet-quit-elon-musks-twitter/
https://mastodon.social/@mollywoodpro/110333819524780256 — https://sea.mashable.com/apps-and-software/24466/the-solution-to-twitters-downfall-isnt-five-twitter-clones
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• Is a federated model the answer?
• Complex, but interoperable
• No ‘great leader’ tech-bro CEOs (?)
• Distributed control over moderation
• Possibly inconsistent policy enforcement
• Stability and resilience yet to be tested
• Transparency to outside scrutiny?
• How would regulation work here?
• Confusing for ordinary users
• Network effects still in force
Federation? Consolidation?
https://www.pcworld.com/article/1404826/how-mastodon-and-federated-services-are-putting-social-media-back-in-your-hands.html
https://mashable.com/article/what-is-the-fediverse
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FidoNet
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• No social network without network effects
• Long-term fluctuation between
fragmentation and consolidation
• Recentralisation to come soon(ish)?
• Small-scale communities can be happy
on small-scale platforms, …
• … but those do not serve diverse and
general interests
a flat, broad, global weak-tie network
is still needed in the platform mix
Return to the Centre?
https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/12/12/heres-a-detailed-look-at-the-history-of-social-media/
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• Can we shape the next platform generation?
• We: users, scholars, policy-makers
• What might we want to see?
• Safe, respectful, civil spaces
• Better control over data and privacy
• Transparency and scrutability
• Meaningful, joyful public engagement
• Quality content from trusted sources
• Potential for prosocial connective action
An Opportunity
Images: Midjourney
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Inputs to this were supported by the ARC Laureate Fellowship project Determining the Dynamics of
Partisanship and Polarisation in Online Public Debate, ARC Future Fellowship project Understanding
Intermedia Information Flows in the Australian Online Public Sphere, the ARC LIEF project TrISMA:
Tracking Infrastructure for Social Media Analysis, and the ARC Discovery projects Journalism beyond
the Crisis: Emerging Forms, Practices, and Uses and Evaluating the Challenge of 'Fake News' and
Other Malinformation.
Acknowledgments