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Figurations of Mediation: Social Movements, Collective Actions and Social Change in the Media Manifold

Alberto Lusoli
February 23, 2021

Figurations of Mediation: Social Movements, Collective Actions and Social Change in the Media Manifold

Presented at the IV ISA Forum of Sociology.
Alberto Lusoli, Frederik Lesage
Simon Fraser University

Alberto Lusoli

February 23, 2021
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  1. (MICHEL CALLON)
    Social Movements, Collective Actions and
    Social Change in the Media Manifold
    FIGURATIONS OF MEDIATION
    Feb. 23 2021 - IV ISA Forum of Sociology
    Alberto Lusoli, Frederik Lesage
    Simon Fraser University

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  2. MEDIA, MEDIA
    EVERYWHERE!

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  3. FOREGROUNDING
    MEDIA
    INFRASTRUCTURES

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  4. MEDIA AS
    MULTISTABLE OBJECTS
    As in a gestalt shift, in studies of social movements media
    can be presented as, among other things, field sites,
    objects of study and research instruments.
    On multistability:
    Ihde, D. (1990). Technology and the Lifeworld: From Garden to Earth. Bloomington, IN:
    Indiana University Press.
    Photo: Hootsuite HQ.
    Vancouver

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  5. “TWITTER
    REVOLUTIONS”
    Copyright: Seymour Chwast, The New Yorker, Oct.4th 2010

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  6. FIGURATIONS OF
    MEDIATION
    Media manifold: A many-dimensional space
    that cannot be experienced in all its complexity
    but only actualized in downscaled
    representations.
    On Media Manifold:
    Couldry, N., & Hepp, A. (2016). The Mediated Construction of
    Reality. Cambridge, UK: Polity Press.

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  7. Photo: Coworking space, Vancouver, October 2018
    The following case study is taken
    from an ethnographic investigation
    of digital and hi-tech workers in
    Vancouver, Canada.
    FREELANCING
    IN VANCOUVER

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  8. THROUGH MEETUP
    In the early stages of the research, we used
    Meetup in a mostly instrumental fashion.
    Inspired by previous network ethnography
    studies (Neff, 2012), we set out to map the
    Vancouver startup collectivity through
    Meetup by using it to identify where people
    were gathering.

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  9. IN MEETUP
    Meaningful exchanges between members
    of the community were also taking place in
    Meetup. Our experience of Meetup shifted
    to encompass that of a field in itself; with
    its own online interactions, topics, and
    norms.

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  10. OF MEETUP
    Meetup as a platform that was itself the
    object of consideration in everyday
    interactions. As such, we examined how
    Vancouver digital workers, as users of
    Meetup, incorporated it as part of their
    everyday interactions.
    Photo: Startup Weekend Hackathon. Nov.2014

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  11. Photo: Startup entrance hall, Vancouver. November 2018
    WITH MEETUP
    Thanks to the experience we had gained
    dealing with Meetup data, we could
    position ourselves within the community as
    “Meetup experts”.
    This allowed us to establish connections
    and conversations with people who might
    not otherwise have been interested in
    speaking to us.

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  12. research blog:
    HTTPS://LABORA.CO
    Alberto Lusoli, Frederik Lesage
    [email protected]
    [email protected]
    Thanks to all photographers who released their work in
    the public domain using Creative Common:
    Photo credits: Gabby K, Daria Shevtsova, Gian Cescon.
    All other photos used in this presentation were taken by
    Alberto Lusoli and distributed under Creative Common
    license.

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  13. THANK
    YOU
    research blog:
    HTTPS://LABORA.CO
    Alberto Lusoli, Frederik Lesage
    [email protected]
    [email protected]
    Thanks to all photographers who released their work in
    the public domain using Creative Common:
    Photo credits: Gabby K, Daria Shevtsova, Gian Cescon.
    All other photos used in this presentation were taken by
    Alberto Lusoli and distributed under Creative Common
    license.

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