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Closing the Door to Remain Open: The Politics of Openness and the Practices of Strategic Closure in the Fediverse

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Social Media + Society Pub Date : 2024-12-23 DOI: 10.1177/20563051241308323

Jamie A. Theophilos

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Business as Usual? Assessing Amplified Political Posts Across Social Media Platforms During the COVID-19 Pandemic 一切照旧？评估 COVID-19 大流行期间社交媒体平台上被放大的政治帖子

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Social Media + Society Pub Date : 2024-12-20 DOI: 10.1177/20563051241301203

Roy Aulie Jacobsen, Anders Olof Larsson

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Afropolitan Influence: Gender, Comedy, and Social Media in Global Africa

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Social Media + Society Pub Date : 2024-12-19 DOI: 10.1177/20563051241308330

Robin K. Crigler

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#BookTok’s Peer Pedagogies: Invitations to Learn About Books and Reading on TikTok

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Social Media + Society Pub Date : 2024-12-19 DOI: 10.1177/20563051241309499

Michael Dezuanni, Amy Schoonens

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Asymmetric Consumptive News Feed Curation? Examining How Perceived News Feed Performance Influences Boosting and Limiting Curation on Facebook

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Social Media + Society Pub Date : 2024-12-19 DOI: 10.1177/20563051241306382

Shuning Lu, Biying Wu-Ouyang, Hsuan-Ting Chen

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Fashion Influencer Moms on Instagram: Exploration of Their Affective Labor and Self-Presentation Practices

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Social Media + Society Pub Date : 2024-12-18 DOI: 10.1177/20563051241308326

Leslie M. Cuevas, Stacy H. Lee, Daniella Recalde

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Social Media Users’ Motives for (Not) Engaging With Hate Speech: An Explorative Investigation 社交媒体用户（不）参与仇恨言论的动机：一项探索性调查

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Social Media + Society Pub Date : 2024-12-17 DOI: 10.1177/20563051241306322

Ursula Kristin Schmid, Anna Sophie Kümpel, Diana Rieger

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Bias and Polarization in the Qatargate Scandal: A Social Media Perspective

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Social Media + Society Pub Date : 2024-12-17 DOI: 10.1177/20563051241306323

Rita Marchetti, Anna Stanziano, Roberto Mincigrucci, Susanna Pagiotti

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“We Make Them Our Kin”: Australian Older Adult’s Playful Kinship Practices Through Sharing Animal Images on Social Media "我们让它们成为我们的亲属澳大利亚老年人通过在社交媒体上分享动物图片玩转亲情的做法

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Social Media + Society Pub Date : 2024-12-17 DOI: 10.1177/20563051241306540

Caitlin McGrane, Larissa Hjorth, Peta Murray

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Protecting Privacy on Social Media: Mitigating Cyberbullying and Data Heist Through Regulated Use and Detox, with a Mediating Role of Privacy Safety Motivations

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Social Media + Society Pub Date : 2024-12-17 DOI: 10.1177/20563051241306331

Jing Niu, Bilal Mazhar, Inam Ul Haq, Fatima Maqsood

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