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The Seed of Doubt: Examining the Role of Alternative Social and News Media for the Birth of a Conspiracy Theory 怀疑的种子审视另类社交媒体和新闻媒体对阴谋论诞生的作用

IF 4.1 2区社会学

Social Science Computer Review Pub Date : 2024-04-15 DOI: 10.1177/08944393241246281

Tim Schatto-Eckrodt, Lena Clever, Lena Frischlich

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Are Large-Scale Data From Private Companies Reliable? An Analysis of Machine-Generated Business Location Data in a Popular Dataset 私营公司的大规模数据可靠吗？对流行数据集中机器生成的商业位置数据的分析

IF 4.1 2区社会学

Social Science Computer Review Pub Date : 2024-04-15 DOI: 10.1177/08944393241245390

Nikolitsa Grigoropoulou, Mario L. Small

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Uncovering the Missing Pieces: Predictors of Nonresponse in a Mobile Experience Sampling Study on Media Effects Among Youth 发现缺失的部分：青少年媒体效应移动体验抽样研究中的无响应预测因素

IF 4.1 2区社会学

Social Science Computer Review Pub Date : 2024-02-23 DOI: 10.1177/08944393241235182

Anne Reinhardt, Sophie Mayen, Claudia Wilhelm

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Analysis of Web Browsing Data: A Guide 网络浏览数据分析：指南

IF 4.1 2区社会学

Social Science Computer Review Pub Date : 2024-02-08 DOI: 10.1177/08944393241227868

Bernhard Clemm von Hohenberg, Sebastian Stier, Ana S. Cardenal, Andrew M. Guess, Ericka Menchen-Trevino, Magdalena Wojcieszak

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Tell Me an Instagram Story: Ephemeral Communication and the 2018 Gubernatorial Elections 告诉我一个 Instagram 故事：短暂传播与 2018 年州长选举

IF 4.1 2区社会学

Social Science Computer Review Pub Date : 2024-02-05 DOI: 10.1177/08944393241227554

Terri L. Towner, Caroline L. Muñoz

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Tell Me an Instagram Story: Ephemeral Communication and the 2018 Gubernatorial Elections 告诉我一个 Instagram 故事：短暂传播与 2018 年州长选举

IF 4.1 2区社会学

Social Science Computer Review Pub Date : 2024-02-05 DOI: 10.1177/08944393241227554

Terri L. Towner, Caroline L. Muñoz

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How to Regulate Platforms Through a Non-Exploitative User-Generated-Content Levy 如何通过非剥削性的用户生成内容征税来监管平台

IF 4.1 2区社会学

Social Science Computer Review Pub Date : 2024-01-17 DOI: 10.1177/08944393241227662

Weijie Huang, Xi Chen

{"title":"How to Regulate Platforms Through a Non-Exploitative User-Generated-Content Levy","authors":"Weijie Huang, Xi Chen","doi":"10.1177/08944393241227662","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/08944393241227662","url":null,"abstract":"The democratization of technology to re-create content and make that content publicly available has spurred a wave of user-generated content (UGC), which has produced remarkable social and economic benefits. However, under current copyright law, UGC creators face the dilemma of being deterred from creating UGC because of the risk of copyright infringement, copyright owners can rarely obtain remuneration from UGC, and UGC platforms profit from UGC without being held liable for copyright infringement. Recent proposals to extend fair use and compulsory licenses to UGC creators and impose direct liability on UGC platforms cannot solve the UGC dilemma due to the inadequate or unreasonable regulation of UGC platforms. This study aims to solve the UGC dilemma by proposing a non-exploitative UGC levy on UGC platforms. We demonstrate the necessity of the non-exploitative UGC levy by conducting a comparative study of existing proposals and illustrate the feasibility of the non-exploitative UGC levy through an institutional analysis of its framework and enforcement mechanisms. Justification of the proposed levy and responses to possible criticism are also provided. The levy scheme also provides inspiration for how copyright law can address burgeoning artificial intelligence-generated content (AIGC).","PeriodicalId":49509,"journal":{"name":"Social Science Computer Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2024-01-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139616470","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Measuring Smartphone Use: Survey Versus Digital Behavioral Data 衡量智能手机使用情况：调查数据与数字行为数据

IF 4.1 2区社会学

Social Science Computer Review Pub Date : 2024-01-11 DOI: 10.1177/08944393231224540

Alexander Wenz, Florian Keusch, Ruben L. Bach

{"title":"Measuring Smartphone Use: Survey Versus Digital Behavioral Data","authors":"Alexander Wenz, Florian Keusch, Ruben L. Bach","doi":"10.1177/08944393231224540","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/08944393231224540","url":null,"abstract":"While digital technology use and skills have typically been measured with surveys, digital behavioral data that are passively collected from individuals’ digital devices have recently emerged as an alternative method of measuring technology usage patterns in a more unobtrusive and detailed way. In this paper, we evaluate how passively collected smartphone usage data compare to self-reported measures of smartphone use, considering the three usage dimensions amount of use, variety of use, and activities of use. Based on a sample of smartphone users in Germany who completed a survey and had a tracking app installed on their smartphone, we find that the alignment between the survey and digital behavioral data varies by dimension of smartphone use. Whereas amount of use is considerably overreported in the survey data, variety of use aligns more closely across the two data sources. For activities of use, the alignment differs by type of activity. The results also show that the alignment between survey and digital behavioral data is systematically related to individuals’ sociodemographic characteristics, including age, gender, and educational attainment. Finally, latent class analyses conducted separately for the survey and digital behavioral data suggest similar typologies of smartphone use, although the overlap between the typologies on the individual level is rather small.","PeriodicalId":49509,"journal":{"name":"Social Science Computer Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2024-01-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139437763","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Preference for Smartphone-Based Internet Applications and Smartphone Addiction Among Young Adult Addicts: Gender Difference in Psychological Network 青少年瘾君子对基于智能手机的互联网应用的偏好与智能手机成瘾：心理网络中的性别差异

IF 4.1 2区社会学

Social Science Computer Review Pub Date : 2023-12-19 DOI: 10.1177/08944393231222680

Xin‑Yi Wei, Han-Yu Liang, Ting Gao, Ling-Feng Gao, Guo-Hua Zhang, Xiao-Yuan Chu, Hong-Xia Wang, Jing-Yu Geng, Ke Liu, Jia Nie, Pan Zeng, Lei Ren, Chang Liu, Huai‑Bin Jiang, Li Lei

{"title":"Preference for Smartphone-Based Internet Applications and Smartphone Addiction Among Young Adult Addicts: Gender Difference in Psychological Network","authors":"Xin‑Yi Wei, Han-Yu Liang, Ting Gao, Ling-Feng Gao, Guo-Hua Zhang, Xiao-Yuan Chu, Hong-Xia Wang, Jing-Yu Geng, Ke Liu, Jia Nie, Pan Zeng, Lei Ren, Chang Liu, Huai‑Bin Jiang, Li Lei","doi":"10.1177/08944393231222680","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/08944393231222680","url":null,"abstract":"Young adults are a high-risk population for developing smartphone addiction (SA), which bring about social issues. One theoretically and empirically supported proximal risk factor of SA is preference for smartphone-based internet applications (PSIA). However, most previous studies ignore gender difference and symptomatic heterogeneity of SA. Besides, many previous data analyses contain non-addicts, and the results derived might not be applicable to smartphone addicts. To bridging the gap, we used a symptom-level network analysis to assess gender differences in the links between preferences for 8 smartphone-based internet applications and 4 SA symptoms among young adults with high-level phone addiction (619 women and 415 men). The results showed that: (1) The relationship between the preference for video and the “loss of control” symptom was more pronounced in female addicts compared to their male counterparts. (2) Shopping app had stronger bridge centrality in women’s smartphone applications-SA network, which was positively linked with more SA symptoms. (3) Our research identified marginal gender differences in smartphone addicts' psychological networks, with female addicts showing stronger links between social media/eBook preferences and withdrawal symptoms, and male addicts displaying a stronger connection between gaming/eBook and other smartphone activities. The study provides a visualized network association and network metrics for understanding the relationship between PSIA and SA. We propose adopting a selective processing hypothesis and an evolutionary psychology perspective to aid in understanding these gender differences.","PeriodicalId":49509,"journal":{"name":"Social Science Computer Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2023-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138960569","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Fixing Fieldnotes: Developing and Testing a Digital Tool for the Collection, Processing, and Analysis of Ethnographic Data 修复田野笔记：开发和测试用于收集、处理和分析人种学数据的数字工具

IF 4.1 2区社会学

Social Science Computer Review Pub Date : 2023-12-18 DOI: 10.1177/08944393231220488

Sofie L Astrupgaard, August Lohse, E. M. Gregersen, Jonathan H. Salka, Kristoffer Albris, Morten A. Pedersen

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