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Skills in Sight: How Social Media Affordances Increase Network Awareness (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Buunk, I., Hall, H., & Smith, C. (2017, September). Skills in Sight: How Social Media Affordances Increase Network Awareness. Presented at European Conference of Knowledge Management (ECKM)

The discussion in this paper derives from an analysis of data from twenty interviews conducted with members of an online knowledge sharing platform between October 2016 and February 2017. The empirical work is part of a larger doctoral study that inv... Read More about Skills in Sight: How Social Media Affordances Increase Network Awareness.

Contra Bentham: ethical information policy in the PanopticEon (2017)
Journal Article
Duff, A. S., & Bentham, C. (2017). Contra Bentham: ethical information policy in the PanopticEon. Journal of Information Ethics, 26(1), 93-111

The article addresses the problem of surveillance within the framework of ethical information policy. Jeremy Bentham’s plan for a panoptic penitentiary is subjected to forensic analysis, using primary as well as published sources. The panopticon, it... Read More about Contra Bentham: ethical information policy in the PanopticEon.

Ethical ePunditry? The role of expertise in online opinion-making (2017)
Journal Article
Forrest, E., & Duff, A. S. (2017). Ethical ePunditry? The role of expertise in online opinion-making. Journal of Information Ethics, 26(1),

The use of blogs to communicate ideas, opinions and knowledge has grown over the past two decades. Social media platforms have facilitated the rise of hybridised forms of written, verbal and visual communication and opinion-making, output which we de... Read More about Ethical ePunditry? The role of expertise in online opinion-making.

The role of networking and social media tools during job search: an information behaviour perspective (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Mowbray, J., Hall, H., Raeside, R., & Robertson, P. (2016, June). The role of networking and social media tools during job search: an information behaviour perspective. Presented at Ninth International Conference on Conceptions of Library and Information Science, Uppsala, Sweden

Introduction. The paper presents a critical analysis of the extant literature pertaining to the networking behaviour of young jobseekers in both offline and online environments. A framework derived from information behaviour theory is proposed as a b... Read More about The role of networking and social media tools during job search: an information behaviour perspective.

Social networking sites and employment status: an investigation based on Understanding Society data (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Mowbray, J., Raeside, R., Hall, H., & Robertson, P. (2016, January). Social networking sites and employment status: an investigation based on Understanding Society data. Presented at IDIMC 2016- Exploring our digital shadow: from data to intelligence, Loughborough

An analysis is made of secondary data derived from Understanding Society: The UK household longitudinal study (2012) as related to the use of social networking sites (SNSs) amongst 16-21 year olds. This explores the relationship between employment st... Read More about Social networking sites and employment status: an investigation based on Understanding Society data.

Influences and benefits of role models on social media (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Jenkins, L., Lin, R., & Jeske, D. (2016, September). Influences and benefits of role models on social media. Presented at 15th IFIP Conference on e-Business e-Services & e-Society (I3E)

The current paper examined three research questions. First, what are the perceived benefits for social network users who have role models online? Second, to what extent does having role models online influence one’s self-presentation on social media?... Read More about Influences and benefits of role models on social media.

Non-public eParticipation in Social Media Spaces (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Taylor-Smith, E., & Smith, C. (2016, July). Non-public eParticipation in Social Media Spaces. Presented at Proceedings of the 7th 2016 International Conference on Social Media & Society - SMSociety '16

This paper focuses on the importance of non-public social media spaces in contemporary democratic participation at the grassroots level, based on case studies of citizen-led, community and activist groups. The research pilots the concept of participa... Read More about Non-public eParticipation in Social Media Spaces.

Participation Space Studies: a socio-technical exploration of activist and community groups’ use of online and offline spaces to support their work (2016)
Thesis
Taylor-Smith, E. Participation Space Studies: a socio-technical exploration of activist and community groups’ use of online and offline spaces to support their work. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/368298

Participation Space Studies explore eParticipation in the day-to-day activities of local, citizen-led groups, working to improve their communities. The focus is the relationship between activities and contexts. The concept of a participation space is... Read More about Participation Space Studies: a socio-technical exploration of activist and community groups’ use of online and offline spaces to support their work.

Easier, faster, better? How social media facilitate tacit knowledge sharing practices betweeen employees within governmental bodies. (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Buunk, I. (2016, January). Easier, faster, better? How social media facilitate tacit knowledge sharing practices betweeen employees within governmental bodies. Poster presented at 2nd International Data and Information Management Conference (IDIMC)

This poster concerns the role, use and value of social media and tacit knowledge sharing practices. Its particular focus is the support of tacit knowledge exchange between employees in public sector organisations. This research investigates to what e... Read More about Easier, faster, better? How social media facilitate tacit knowledge sharing practices betweeen employees within governmental bodies..

Extending the semiotics of embodied interaction to blended spaces. (2015)
Journal Article
O'Neill, S., & Benyon, D. (2015). Extending the semiotics of embodied interaction to blended spaces. Human technology an interdisciplinary journal on humans in ICT environments, 11, 30-56. https://doi.org/10.17011/ht/urn.201505061739

In this paper, we develop a new way of understanding interactions in blended spaces. We do this by developing ideas about embodied semiotics and then apply these ideas to the analysis of interaction in mixed-reality blended spaces (where the physical... Read More about Extending the semiotics of embodied interaction to blended spaces..

Cultural resilience: The production of rural community heritage, digital archives and the role of volunteers. (2015)
Journal Article
Beel, D. E., Wallace, C. D., Webster, G., Nguyen, H., Tait, E., Macleod, M., & Mellish, C. (2017). Cultural resilience: The production of rural community heritage, digital archives and the role of volunteers. Journal of Rural Studies, 54, 459-468. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2015.05.002

The following paper addresses a lacuna in the literature relating to the concept of resilience. To date, cultural activity in relation to resilient communities has been given little attention and this paper will highlight how the lens of community he... Read More about Cultural resilience: The production of rural community heritage, digital archives and the role of volunteers..

Life at the local scale: an alternative perspective on the urban. (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Smyth, M., & Helgason, I. (2015, September). Life at the local scale: an alternative perspective on the urban. Presented at Hybrid Cities - Data to the People 3rd International Biennial Conference

The study of cities has risen to the top of research agendas in the last decade, raising the question of how to study something as vast and eclectic as cities. This paper proposes a return to a focus on the local as an appropriate scale to investigat... Read More about Life at the local scale: an alternative perspective on the urban..

Designing clinical blended spaces: a biophilic inspired digitally augmented evironment for use within a Child Protection Unit. (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Mival, O., Hamilton, A., & Fischer, H. (2015, July). Designing clinical blended spaces: a biophilic inspired digitally augmented evironment for use within a Child Protection Unit

This paper details the research, design and implementation process of a commissioned artist’s
integration of a biophilic design philosophy into the spatial and interaction design of Glasgow’s new Child Protection Unit (CPU) facility helping children... Read More about Designing clinical blended spaces: a biophilic inspired digitally augmented evironment for use within a Child Protection Unit..

digiCC workshop outcomes report (2015)
Report
Ryan, B., & Cruickshank, P. (2015). digiCC workshop outcomes report. Edinburgh Napier University: Edinburgh Napier University

A workshop on digital engagement by Community Councils (CCs) was hosted by Edinburgh Napier University on 30 January 2015 to which members from 35 CCs came. Facilitated sessions were held to establish common perceptions of problems and ways to addres... Read More about digiCC workshop outcomes report.

The geographies of community history digital archives in rural Scotland (2015)
Journal Article
Beel, D., Wallace, C., Webster, G., & Nguyen, H. (2015). The geographies of community history digital archives in rural Scotland. Scottish Geographical Journal, 131(3-4), 201-211. https://doi.org/10.1080/14702541.2014.980839

The CURIOS (Cultural Repositories and Information Systems) project has been working with community heritage groups to co-produce sustainable solutions for the production of heritage archives in digital form. This process has produced an opportunity f... Read More about The geographies of community history digital archives in rural Scotland.

Social network analysis and festival cities: an exploration of concepts, literature and methods (2014)
Journal Article
Jarman, D., Theodoraki, E., Hall, H., & Ali-Knight, J. (2014). Social network analysis and festival cities: an exploration of concepts, literature and methods. International Journal of Event and Festival Management, 5(3), 311-322. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijefm-11-2013-0034

Social network analysis (SNA) is an under-utilised framework for research into festivals and events. This paper reflects upon the history of SNA, and explores its key concepts, in order that they might be applied to festivals and their environments.... Read More about Social network analysis and festival cities: an exploration of concepts, literature and methods.

Needing NoDI (normal democratic information)? The problem of information poverty in post-industrial society (2014)
Journal Article
Duff, A. S. (2015). Needing NoDI (normal democratic information)? The problem of information poverty in post-industrial society. Information, Communication and Society, 18(1), 63-77. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118x.2014.934389

The paper addresses one of the main paradoxes of post-industrial society: information poverty. While digital divides of various types have been extensively theorized and researched, the actual condition of the information poor – those at the wrong en... Read More about Needing NoDI (normal democratic information)? The problem of information poverty in post-industrial society.

Review of Facebook Democracy. The Architecture of Disclosure and the Threat to Public Life by J.Marichal (2013)
Journal Article
Taylor-Smith, E. (2013). Review of Facebook Democracy. The Architecture of Disclosure and the Threat to Public Life by J.Marichal. Information Polity, 18, 367-370. https://doi.org/10.3233/IP-130318

Jose Marichal’s investigation into Facebook, as a setting for democracy and potential influence on the public sphere, identifies something special about Facebook that both makes it popular and unique, even among social networking sites. This enables... Read More about Review of Facebook Democracy. The Architecture of Disclosure and the Threat to Public Life by J.Marichal.