Pundits, presenters, and promoters: Investigating gaps in digital production among social media users using self-reported and behavioral measures

Jiang Ke; Lance Porter; Rui Wang; Seon Woo Kim; Martin Johnson

doi:10.5210/fm.v27i12.11604

Pundits, presenters, and promoters: Investigating gaps in digital production among social media users using self-reported and behavioral measures

Jiang Ke
, Lance Porter
, Rui Wang
, Seon Woo Kim
, Martin Johnson

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Through the lens of Bourdieu’s field theory, we investigate the relationship between the social characteristics of social media users and their differentiating practices in producing digital content. Matching survey data with selfreported user profiles and one year of actual posts on Twitter, we found four online fields of lifecasting, politics, promotion, and entertainment. Users tweeting positively about entertainment held higher levels of social capital. From 2011 and 2017, we found a reduction in lifecasting was accompanied by the rise of promotion.

Original language	English (US)
Journal	First Monday
Volume	27
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5210/fm.v27i12.11604
State	Published - 2022
Externally published	Yes

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Human-Computer Interaction
Computer Networks and Communications
Law

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