I tweet honestly, I tweet passionately: Twitter users, context collapse, and the imagined audience

Alice Marwick, danah boyd · New Media & Society · 2011

Summary

This article investigates how content producers navigate ‘imagined audiences’ on Twitter, talking with participants who have different types of followings to understand their techniques, including targeting different audiences, concealing subjects, and maintaining authenticity.

Type: article
Published: 2011-02-01
Cited by: 4,011
References: 56
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444810365313
OpenAlex: https://openalex.org/W2122305905
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Keywords

Conversation, Commodification, Social media, Face (sociological concept), Emoji

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I tweet honestly, I tweet passionately: Twitter users, context collapse, and the imagined audience

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