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Politicization of Government Social Media Communication: A Linguistic Framework and Case Study 政府社交媒体传播的政治化：语言框架与个案研究

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Social Media + Society Pub Date : 2025-05-01 DOI: 10.1177/20563051251333486

Nic DePaula, Sten Hansson

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(Lack of) Patterns in Commitment: Data Protection in the Latin America and Caribbean Personal Data Protection Laws （缺乏）承诺模式：拉丁美洲和加勒比地区个人数据保护法中的数据保护

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Social Media + Society Pub Date : 2025-04-29 DOI: 10.1177/20563051251337206

Elías Chavarría-Mora

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“The Good Years Have Passed and Will Never Come Again”: Political Functions of Nostalgic Fantasies in Incel Discussions “美好的岁月已经过去，一去不复返”：Incel讨论中怀旧幻想的政治功能

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Social Media + Society Pub Date : 2025-04-29 DOI: 10.1177/20563051251332679

Emilia Lounela, Shane Murphy, Ümit Bedretdin

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The Character of Connection: Platform Affordances and Connective Democracy 连接的特征：平台支持与连接民主

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Social Media + Society Pub Date : 2025-04-22 DOI: 10.1177/20563051251332427

Sarah Shugars, Eunbin Ha

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Untangling the Furball: A Practice Mapping Approach to the Analysis of Multimodal Interactions in Social Networks 解开毛球：社会网络中多模态交互分析的实践映射方法

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Social Media + Society Pub Date : 2025-04-22 DOI: 10.1177/20563051251331748

Axel Bruns, Kateryna Kasianenko, Vish Padinjaredath Suresh, Ehsan Dehghan, Laura Vodden

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Corrective Democracy? The Relationship Between Correction of Misinformation on Social Media and Connective Democratic Norms 矫正民主吗?社交媒体错误信息纠正与关联民主规范的关系

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Social Media + Society Pub Date : 2025-04-22 DOI: 10.1177/20563051251335086

Rita Tang, Benjamin Burnley, Leticia Bode, Emily K. Vraga

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The Quality of Connections: Deliberative Reciprocity and Inclusive Listening as Antidote to Destructive Polarization Online 连接的质量：审慎互惠和包容性倾听作为在线破坏性两极分化的解毒剂

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Social Media + Society Pub Date : 2025-04-20 DOI: 10.1177/20563051251332421

Katharina Esau

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Social Media as a Seed of Connective Democracy in Myanmar (Burma): Freedom of Speech, Contractarianism, and Strategic Use of Social Media 社交媒体作为缅甸（Burma）连接民主的种子：言论自由、契约精神和社交媒体的战略性使用

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Social Media + Society Pub Date : 2025-04-15 DOI: 10.1177/20563051251329996

Do Kyun David Kim, Isaac Kim

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The Digital Community Centers of the 21st Century? A Mixed-Methods Study of Facebook Groups as Fora for Connective Democracy 21 世纪的数字社区中心？将 Facebook 群组作为连接民主论坛的混合方法研究

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Social Media + Society Pub Date : 2025-04-15 DOI: 10.1177/20563051251329063

Mikkeline Thomsen, Sarah Steinitz, Morten Fischer Sivertsen, Sine N. Just

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Algorithmic Anthropomorphizing, Platform Gossip, and Backlashes: Aspirational Content Creators’ Narratives About YouTube’s Algorithm on Reddit 算法拟人化、平台流言和反击：有抱负的内容创作者在 Reddit 上关于 YouTube 算法的叙述

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Social Media + Society Pub Date : 2025-04-12 DOI: 10.1177/20563051251331761

John R. Gallagher, Antonia Pecoraro Hernandez

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