Deena Abul‐fottouh
Biographic Data
| ID | 4448091 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Deena Abul‐fottouh |
| GIVEN NAMES | Deena |
| FAMILY NAME | Abul‐fottouh |
| SIGNATURE | FOTTOUH D A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Dalhousie University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3395-5930 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Algorithmic Othering and the Distribution of Voice in Online Discourse
Social media platforms play a central role in shaping whose voices gain visibility during moments of crisis. This study examines how platform-mediated dynamics influence the distribution of voice in online discourse, focusing on racialized and migrant communities in Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic. Using a large-scale computational analysis of X (formerly Twitter) data, we analyze participation patterns, dominant narratives, and how attention…
Episodes of sustained protest
The rise of social media has allowed the rapid manifestation of collective actions that are both large in scale and persist over extended periods of time. Yet, little is known about how the mobilization strategies within protests vary over time. By drawing on literature on online mobilization patterns, the concept of cycles of contention and Resource Mobilization Theory, we develop and test a theoretical framework of the development of protest co…
From Facebook to YouTube
This article examines the role of Facebook and YouTube in potentially exposing people to COVID-19 vaccine-related misinformation. Specifically, to study the potential level of exposure, the article models a uni-directional information-sharing pathway beginning when a Facebook user encounters a vaccine-related post with a YouTube video, follows this video to YouTube, and then sees a list of related videos automatically recommended by YouTube. The …
Coding and Classifying Knowledge Exchange on Social Media
As social media become a staple for knowledge discovery and sharing, questions arise about how self-organizing communities manage learning outside the domain of organized, authority-led institutions. Yet examination of such communities is challenged by the quantity of posts and variety of media now used for learning. This paper addresses the challenges of identifying (1) what information, communication, and discursive practices support successful…
Solidarity or Schism
Social movement scholarship on the role of coalitions in advancing social change claims that communication across ideological boundaries can foster a collective identity among diverse groups of activists. New communications technology, especially activists' widespread adoption of social media, calls into question whether these claims apply equally to online social media-based coalitions. Using the case of the Egyptian revolution in the Arab Sprin…
Solidarity or Schism
Social movement scholarship on the role of coalitions in advancing social change claims that communication across ideological boundaries can foster a collective identity among diverse groups of activists. New communications technology, especially activists' widespread adoption of social media, calls into question whether these claims apply equally to online social media-based coalitions. Using the case of the Egyptian revolution in the Arab Sprin…
From Facebook to YouTube
This article examines the role of Facebook and YouTube in potentially exposing people to COVID-19 vaccine-related misinformation. Specifically, to study the potential level of exposure, the article models a uni-directional information-sharing pathway beginning when a Facebook user encounters a vaccine-related post with a YouTube video, follows this video to YouTube, and then sees a list of related videos automatically recommended by YouTube. The …
Solidarity or Schism
Social movement scholarship on the role of coalitions in advancing social change claims that communication across ideological boundaries can foster a collective identity among diverse groups of activists. New communications technology, especially activists' widespread adoption of social media, calls into question whether these claims apply equally to online social media-based coalitions. Using the case of the Egyptian revolution in the Arab Sprin…
Coding and Classifying Knowledge Exchange on Social Media
As social media become a staple for knowledge discovery and sharing, questions arise about how self-organizing communities manage learning outside the domain of organized, authority-led institutions. Yet examination of such communities is challenged by the quantity of posts and variety of media now used for learning. This paper addresses the challenges of identifying (1) what information, communication, and discursive practices support successful…
From Facebook to YouTube
This article examines the role of Facebook and YouTube in potentially exposing people to COVID-19 vaccine-related misinformation. Specifically, to study the potential level of exposure, the article models a uni-directional information-sharing pathway beginning when a Facebook user encounters a vaccine-related post with a YouTube video, follows this video to YouTube, and then sees a list of related videos automatically recommended by YouTube. The …
Episodes of sustained protest
The rise of social media has allowed the rapid manifestation of collective actions that are both large in scale and persist over extended periods of time. Yet, little is known about how the mobilization strategies within protests vary over time. By drawing on literature on online mobilization patterns, the concept of cycles of contention and Resource Mobilization Theory, we develop and test a theoretical framework of the development of protest co…
Algorithmic Othering and the Distribution of Voice in Online Discourse
Social media platforms play a central role in shaping whose voices gain visibility during moments of crisis. This study examines how platform-mediated dynamics influence the distribution of voice in online discourse, focusing on racialized and migrant communities in Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic. Using a large-scale computational analysis of X (formerly Twitter) data, we analyze participation patterns, dominant narratives, and how attention…
Social media (4 works) · Social Media and Politics (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Media studies (2 works) · Misinformation and Its Impacts (2 works) · World Wide Web (2 works) · 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak (1 work) · Advertising (1 work) · Artificial Intelligence (1 work)