Annamari Martinviita- Doctor of Philosophy
- PostDoc Position at University of Oulu
Annamari Martinviita
- Doctor of Philosophy
- PostDoc Position at University of Oulu
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Introduction
My research focuses on the effects of new communication technologies on human sociality, as well as questions of design and administration for such technologies. Lately I've explored the themes of community and affinity online, embodied knowledge in digital interaction, and life writing. I am particularly interested in hobbyist communities and accessibility for newcomers to specialised fields of interest such as wilderness activities or traditional music and dance. My research approach is participatory, qualitative and multi-method, with social action as the main focus, based on the principles of mediated discourse analysis and nexus analysis.
Current institution
Additional affiliations
January 2018 - April 2018
Position
- Lecturer
Description
- Planning & teaching for a new course in Digital Humanities
August 2017 - present
February 2014 - July 2017
Position
- Lecturer
Description
- - Academic Communication 1 & 2 - Bachelor’s seminar and thesis - Focus Areas in English Linguistics - Applied Language Studies: Language & Technology - Introduction to British & North American Studies
Education
May 2010 - October 2017
September 2003 - June 2008
August 1998 - June 2002
Publications
Publications (7)
http://urn.fi/urn:isbn:9789526216430
This thesis studies online community as a discursive phenomenon and as an experience. The ethnographic approach employed in this study allows the open exploration of meanings and experiences associated with community by site members, designers and outside commentators in three online environments. Extensive par...
Open Diary was the first online diary service to be created, in existence from 1998 to 2014. An ethnographic case study was performed in 2006–2008 to explore community-creation on the site, using the theory of sense of virtual community (Blanchard & Markus, 2002, 2004) to analyse site practices and the member experience. The study describes a cohes...
This is a case study exploring the social scene created on a newly-developed online service for increasing the study motivation of 16--18-year-old students in vocational education in Finland. The developers wished to motivate participation by the addition of a communal chat space to engender a sense of community on the site. The analysis shows that...
Workshop paper from CulTech2015: Cultural Diversity and Technology Design Workshop, held at the 7th International Communities and Technologies Conference (C&T 2015) in Limerick, Ireland. https://cultech2015.wordpress.com/
This paper presents findings from a nexus analytic case study on the image sharing website Imgur. Nexus analysis is an ethnographic research strategy for the analysis of social action as part of a historical and cultural continuum. The case study focused on ideas of community on Imgur, analysing the meaning and function of the concept among site me...
This article discusses the meaning and function of “community” as a discourse on the image-sharing website Imgur. The analysis shows that the community term has many meanings and serves as a shorthand for a wide variety of social practices, and these meanings are shaped by the experiences of social action leading to the use of the term. Based on et...
This paper provides a multidisciplinary take on how participation and agency may be enhanced through participatory design and decision-making methods in a relatively established but nevertheless mutable and variable community, in a university environment. The paper reports on an ongoing project in which research on various aspects of community is c...
