Speaking into the system

Social media and many-to-one communication

Datos Bibliográficos

ID11486232
AutoresKlaus Bruhn Jensen (0000-0003-2046-8391, University of Copenhagen, autor de correspondencia), Rasmus Helles (0000-0002-1746-4755, University of Copenhagen)
Año2017
Volumen32
Número1
Páginas16-25
Fecha de publicación2017-02-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaEuropean Journal of Communication (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0267-3231 • E-ISSN: 1460-3705
EditorialSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0267323116682805
OpenAlexW2738392822
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas29
Referencias citadas14

Social media have been associated with the coming of many-to-many forms of communication, but they also depend on many-to-one communication: bit trails or metadata that the users of digital media leave behind and which serve to structure future communications. Departing from a communicative rather than a technical understanding of metadata, this article discusses the place of many-to-one communication in the modus operandi of social media. Speaking into the system, users engage with media that are social in distinctive ways and, thus, participate in the structuration of particular forms of society, with or without their knowledge and consent. The rights and responsibilities of the users of social media can be addressed with reference to a principle of habeas data, which complements both habeas corpus and the classic freedoms of expression and access to information

Constitution · Digital media · Habeas corpus · Internet privacy · Media studies · Metadata · New media · Political science · Public relations · Social media · Sociology · World Wide Web · Computer Science · Government, Law, and Information Management · Law · Privacy, Security, and Data Protection · Social Media and Politics