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Turtle, Water, and Silicon: Storyworking Indigenous Digital Methodologies 乌龟，水和硅：故事制作本土数字方法

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Social Media + Society Pub Date : 2025-05-26 DOI: 10.1177/20563051251342453

Cindy Tekobbe

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Comparative Approaches to Studying Privacy: Introduction to the Special Issue 隐私权研究的比较方法：专刊导论

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Social Media + Society Pub Date : 2025-05-26 DOI: 10.1177/20563051251344460

Christoph Lutz, Lemi Baruh, Kelly Quinn, Dmitry Epstein, Philipp K. Masur, Carsten Wilhelm

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Platforms as Partners? Dissecting the Interplay Between Civil Society Organizing and Social Media Platforms 平台作为合作伙伴？剖析公民社会组织与社交媒体平台之间的相互作用

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Social Media + Society Pub Date : 2025-05-26 DOI: 10.1177/20563051251343865

Alice Mattoni, Julie Uldam, Noomi Weinryb

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The New Experts of Online Dating: Feminism, Advice, and Harm on Instagram 网上约会的新专家：Instagram上的女权主义、建议和危害

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Social Media + Society Pub Date : 2025-05-24 DOI: 10.1177/20563051251340514

Joanna Large, Natasha Mulvihill

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In the Mood for Likes: A Longitudinal Study of Civil Society Organizations’ Emotional Communication on Social Media 喜欢的心情：民间社会组织在社交媒体上情感交流的纵向研究

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Social Media + Society Pub Date : 2025-05-20 DOI: 10.1177/20563051251337220

Nils Gustafsson, Nils Holmberg, Noomi Weinryb, Anders Olof Larsson

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From Disruptive Protests to Disrupted Networks? Analyzing Levels of Polarization in the German Twitter/X Debates on “Fridays for Future” and “Letzte Generation” 从破坏性的抗议到被破坏的网络？德国推特/X“周五为未来”和“中兴一代”辩论的两极分化程度分析

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Social Media + Society Pub Date : 2025-05-20 DOI: 10.1177/20563051251337400

Hendrik Meyer, Louisa Pröschel, Michael Brüggemann

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Like, Share, Lead: The Impact of Social Media on Authority and Legitimacy in the Labor Movement 喜欢，分享，领导：社会媒体对劳工运动权威和合法性的影响

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Social Media + Society Pub Date : 2025-05-15 DOI: 10.1177/20563051251337869

Mark Friis Hau

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Spaces of Hybridized Prefatory Extremism (HYPE) on Social Media 社交媒体上混合前缀极端主义（HYPE）的空间

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Social Media + Society Pub Date : 2025-05-15 DOI: 10.1177/20563051251340145

Line Nybro Petersen, Mikkel Bækby Johansen

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Unveiling the Nexus Between Digital Monitoring and Experiences of Intimate Partner Violence in Romantic Relationships 揭示数字监控与浪漫关系中亲密伴侣暴力经历之间的联系

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Social Media + Society Pub Date : 2025-05-13 DOI: 10.1177/20563051251337352

Caley Hewitt, Fanny A. Ramirez, Anna Gjika

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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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