From Visibility to Observability: Internet and the Accelerated Process of Self-Observation in Social Systems
1. From visibility to observability: Internet and the accelerated process of self-observation in social systems Fabio GigliettoUniversity of Urbino “Carlo Bo” XVII ISA World Congress of Sociology, Gothenburg, Sweden
2. Background:Theory of Social Systems Social systems are (recursive, operationally closed, self-observing) networks of communication; Communication requires an high degree of coordination among participants (operationally closed psychic systems); Continuation of communication is therefore improbable; Language, media of dissemination and generalized symbolic media contribute to increase the probability of the continuation of this process; Semantics as the repository of themes and connection used by a social system.
3. Background:Four properties of User Generated Content persistence/searchability/scalability/ replicability/(boyd 2007)
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5. previousexperiences:Workingwith online usergeneratedcontent for SociologicalResearch * Published in Giglietto, F., & Caramaschi, G. (2009). Social System Theory Between Individuals and Society. In J. M. Aguado, B. Scott, & E. Buchinger, Technology and Social Complexity. Murcia: University of Murcia Press.
6. from WOW20 to SIGSNA:Workingwith online usergeneratedcontentforSociologicalResearch Full papers from all the researchprojectspresentedhere are available on SIGSNA website: http://larica.uniurb.it/sigsna
7. The social web isnotgoingaway The web is undergoing a fundamental change This part of the presentationisbaseduponThe Real Life Social Network v2 (http://bit.ly/dgROG5) by Paul Adams
21. From visibility to observabilityIndividual, platformowners and social scientists Location basedSNSs Public Internet (Twitter, Facebook Pages)
22. Three levels of analysis Individual Ego centered social network; Network of conversations (social systems/systems of interactions?); Platform systemic perspective. But the web is changing… again (1/2)Challenges & opportunities for Sociological Research based on online user generated content