Volume and control: the transition from information to power

Segev, Elad

doi:10.1080/17447143.2019.1662028

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“…Their findings support previous studies (Chang et al, Source. Segev, 2019. 2019; Cruz et al, 2017;Sela et al, 2012) that similarly found a significant relationship between the use of pronouns (particularly "you" and "we") and brand attitude.…”

Section: Volume-control Model and User Engagementmentioning

confidence: 89%

“…When looking at these results in light of the volume-control framework (Segev, 2019) one can easily see the power implications of the different strategies in addressing different social groups with different types of feelings. Figure 5 shows how the volume-control model can help to explain the links between the various findings of this study.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The volume-control model (Segev, 2019) provides a useful framework to study the social context in which emotions are shared on Twitter. In principle, this model focuses on the conditions by which information becomes power.…”

Section: Volume-control Model and User Engagementmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Figure 1 presents the trade-off between popularization and personalization techniques of controlling large volume of people and information. The volume-control model was previously employed to study the way global corporations such as Google, Meta, and Amazon utilize the information that they collect to translate it into economic power, maintaining a balance between popularization and customization mechanisms (Segev, 2019). It was also used to study patterns in global information flow of news and the acquisition of political power by governments (Kling, 2022; Segev, 2021).…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Sharing Feelings and User Engagement on Twitter: It’s All About Me and You

Segev

2023

Social Media + Society

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This study explores how the expression of feelings and the use of personal pronouns on Twitter are associated with user engagement. Unlike most previous studies which focused on the types of emotions that generate user engagement, it uses the volume-control model, which also considers the social dimension of power. Looking at the usage of pronouns, it examines the balance achieved between popular messages that target larger groups and personalized messages that target smaller groups and individuals. The findings show that there is a significant difference between the motivation to share (retweet) and to reply to a message. Users on Twitter tend to retweet messages with popular characteristics, addressing larger groups with positive feelings. On the other hand, replies were associated with more personalized messages and a greater use of negative feelings. Users with more followers and friends presented a balance between popularization and personalization techniques, as their tweets were associated with higher customization of the messages to specific groups yet avoided negative feelings.

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Section: Volume-control Model and User Engagementmentioning

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confidence: 99%

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Segev

2023

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“…Moreover, information loss as it passes up a hierarchy is complemented by context gain as central decisions pass down the hierarchy, and may make such decisions removed from and incompatible with local environmental conditions (cf., [6]). In addition to Ober's argument [7], that epistemic diversity is crucial to the processes of knowledge alignment for a distributed information processing unit to more often than not make the "correct" decision, Foucault identified a power-knowledge relationship and argued that traditional (and violent) forms of exerting power have been superseded by a "subtle, calculated technology of subjection" [8, p.221] which some 50 years later has been enabled and accelerated through subjection by technology [9], [10].…”

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The Principles of Cyber–Anarcho–Socialism

Pitt

2022

IEEE Technol. Soc. Mag.

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Viewing research assessment, the academic reward system, and academic publishing through the power/knowledge lens of Foucault

Bowman

2023

Front. Res. Metr. Anal.

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The academic research assessment system, the academic reward system, and the academic publishing system are interrelated mechanisms that facilitate the scholarly production of knowledge. This article considers these systems using a Foucauldian lens to examine the power/knowledge relationships found within and through these systems. A brief description of the various systems is introduced followed by examples of instances where Foucault's power, knowledge, discourse, and power/knowledge concepts are useful to provide a broader understanding of the norms and rules associated with each system, how these systems form a network of power relationships that reinforce and shape one another.

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Volume and control: the transition from information to power

Cited by 4 publications

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Sharing Feelings and User Engagement on Twitter: It’s All About Me and You

Sharing Feelings and User Engagement on Twitter: It’s All About Me and You

The Principles of Cyber–Anarcho–Socialism

Viewing research assessment, the academic reward system, and academic publishing through the power/knowledge lens of Foucault

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