Search
Skip to Search Results- 9Gow, Gordon (Supervisor)
- 6McMahon, Rob (Supervisor)
- 2Chambers, Thane
- 2Kung, Janice
- 2Rob McMahon (Supervisor)
- 2Varnhagen, Stanley (Supervisor)
- 28Communications and Technology Graduate Program
- 27Communications and Technology Graduate Program/Capping Projects (Communications and Technology)
- 18Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (GPS), Faculty of
- 18Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (GPS), Faculty of/Theses and Dissertations
- 2University of Alberta Library
- 2University of Alberta Library/Libraries Staff Publications
-
#It’sComplicated: The Relationship between Traditional Media and Twitter during the 2019 Canadian Federal Election
Download2020-08-01
To study the interaction between traditional and social media in Canadian political coverage and how that may inform public opinion by exploring the agenda setting and intermedia agenda setting effects between Canada’s two national newspapers and Twitter during the 2019 Canadian federal election....
-
2022
Over the last decade, the increased use of social media has led to an increase in hateful activities in social networks. An international issue that weakens the cohesiveness of civil societies is hate speech on internet social networks. Due to the lack of restrictions set by these sites for its...
-
Accountability, Exile and Social Media: An Analysis of Contemporary Online Public Shaming Practices and "Cancel Culture"
DownloadFall 2021
What is unique about contemporary online public shaming practices is the potential scope and reach facilitated by social media, where call-outs can go viral and a collective response can be provoked by reaching a massive audience in a short amount of time. Call-outs can at once be ephemeral (they...
-
All in the Lacy Detail. Undressing the Victim and Stripping Back the Meaning: A Critical Discourse and Semiotic Analysis of the Use of the Underwear as Evidence in Rape Trials.
Download2023-08-23
This paper employs both a Semiotic perspective and Critical Discourse Analysis to examine the use of underwear in the Cork, Ireland rape case, exploring how meaning is constructed through gendered symbols when employed in legal and online settings. Research examines data samples extracted from...
-
Alternative Social Media for Outreach and Engagement: Considering Technology Stewardship as a Pathway to Adoption
Download2020-01-01
Commercial social media (CSM) play a vital role in support of community outreach and engagement. Despite the apparent benefits of CSM, its widespread use raises important concerns about privacy and surveillance, limits on innovation, and data residency for the organizations that increasingly rely...
-
An Interaction-driven Approach for Inferring the Polarity of Collaborations in Wikipedia and Political Preferences on Twitter
DownloadSpring 2013
In this thesis we explore interactions of users of two major information sources, namely Wikipedia and Twitter. In particular, we show that revision histories of Wikipedia articles contain interaction patterns which can be used to build collaboration profiles of editors. Such profiles can be...
-
2019-08-05
Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to examine how Canadian female politicians experience harassment on Twitter, and the management strategies they have developed to deal with harassment. Design - Applying a feminist lens, I used a qualitative/quantitative online survey to ask Canadian female...
-
Canadians’ Anti-Masking Attitudes on Twitter During the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic
DownloadFall 2022
Several countries recommended universal masking as a preventive health measure to contain the spread of COVID-19 before public health officials in Canada started endorsing public mask wearing. In the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, public use of face masks was controversial. Many...