Social Media Discourse and Culture: A Proposal

for Comparative Informatics Research

 Sean P. Goggins & Christopher M. MascaroGroup Informatics LabDrexel University

Discourse

Understanding Sought

Relationship between social media discourse and construction of culture through social media in locales (International, national, regional, local)

Relationship between social media discourse and activities in the physical world

To what extent are we able to identify emergent discourse groups through analysis of social media discourse? Internationally, nationally, regionally & locally.

Framing the Problem

Group Informatics: A Methodological

Approach

Ontology andModel

Group Informatics: Contextualizing Interaction

Traces

Online Learning

Time

Goggins, S. P., Laffey, J., & Gallagher, M. (2011). Completely online group formation and development: small groups as socio-technical systems. Information Technology & People, 24(2), 104-133. doi:10.1108/09593841111137322