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In defense of eavesdropping: Twi2er as conversa4on, not self-‐indulgence

Shannon Sindorf PhD student, Journalism and Mass Communica6on

University of Colorado @shannonsindorf

Presenta4on for Theorizing the Web 2013

The “self-‐indulgence” frame

Shannon Sindorf v In Defense of Eavesdropping v Theorizing the Web 2013 v @shannonsindorf

Social media are thought of as performances

Par4cipa4on in social media is oGen considered a self-‐indulgence

Twi2er carries the baggage

of Facebook

The “conversa4on” frame


A be2er frame with which to view Twi2er is to see it as a broad conversa4on

года з канвеера Ніжагародскага аўтамабільнага завода (сышоў першы грузавы аўтамабіль НАЗ-‐АА[ Першыя тры з паловай тысячы машын НАЗ-‐АА з-‐за недахопу штампавальнага абсталявання былі выпушчаныя з драўлянай кабінай.

Überprüfe anschließend bioe auch die weiteren Beiträge des Benutzers – wenn jemand eine. Hört der Benutzer trotz Ansprache mache den Fall auf der Vandalismusmeldung bekannt.

Oes, os wnawn ni gychwyn sgwennu erthyglau! Mae yna hefyd

gynlluniau gan Wici Cymru i hyfforddi golygyddion, a bydd cyhoeddiad am hyn cyn hir.

Überprüfe anschließend bioe auch die weiteren Beiträge des Benutzers –. Vandalismusmeldung bekannt.

Oes, os wnawn ni gychwyn sgwennu golygyddion, a bydd cyhoeddiad am hyn

cyn hir.

Conversa4on in Democracy


Delibera4ve democracy theory: Democracy works primarily not through formal processes such as vo4ng, but through the debate and discussion that precede vo4ng

Twi2er can be one venue for that crucial,

informal delibera4on

What we gain when we see Twi2er as a conversa4on


The “self-‐indulgence” frame is a hindrance to conversa4on

Twee4ng is not (necessarily) a self-‐indulgence, but rather the taking of one’s turn


On Twi2er, eavesdropping is invited but

unacknowledged

Eavesdropping is not an an4-‐social act, but a

pro-‐social one

Eavesdropping on Twi2er

Good and bad conversa4on


A lot of online conversa4on is

very bad conversa4on

A “conversa4on” frame allows us to dis4nguish between good and bad forms of conversa4on


We need to acknowledge and talk about the fact that we’re in a conversa4on if it’s going to be a produc4ve one

Irony and self-‐reflexivity are tools of meta-‐conversa4on

Meta-‐conversa4on

# A conversa4on is more than a hashtag

Discourse analysis and cri4cal discourse analysis are great

methods to use to analyze Twi2er-‐as-‐conversa4on

DA and CDA will likely need to be more autoethnographic—mass media methods won’t work on Twi2er


Twi2er and scholarship


Benhabib. S. (2002). The Claims of Culture: Equality and Diversity in the Global Era. Princeton: Princeton University Press. Mansbridge, J. (2012). Everyday talk in the delibera4ve system. In Barker, D. W. M., N. McAfee, & D. W. McIvor (Eds.), Democra<zing Delibera<on: Poli<cal Theory Anthology. Dayton, OH: Ke2ering Founda4on Press. Marwick, A.E. & boyd, d. (2010). I tweet honestly, I tweet passionately: Twi2er users, context collapse, and the imagined audience. New Media & Society, 13(1), 114-‐133. Van Den Eede, Y. (2010). ‘‘Conversa4on of mankind’’ or ‘‘idle talk’’?: a pragma4st approach to social networking sites. Ethics of Informa<on Technology, 12, 195-‐206.

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