ASM update: libraries, libraries everywhere

29 Nov 2024 - Robert W. Gehl

It’s a simple, yet deep ASM update for this week. Last week, I posted about some recent research in the realm of alternative social media. I also drew attention to the bibliography I maintain here on this blog. In response to that post, folks on the fediverse alerted me to other bibliographic projects collecting research in related ideas. Here I want to highlight two of them.

Fediverse Observatory

This is a Zotero Library with dozens of entries, some dating back to 2005. As the name implies, much of it focuses on the fediverse, but there are sub-libraries focusing on topics like “migration” across social media, social media fatigue, and Musk and Threads.

Investigación sobre el Fediverso

This is a library from Pedro Lázaro Rodríguez based in part on the citations from a fediverse research paper published in Infonomy 2024. It’s divided into two sections, one focusing on research that has emerged since the Infonomy paper, and the second with the original reference material for that paper.

Libraries!

While this ASM update is just these two links, as you can see, this area of research is rapidly growing. I am not going to lie: I will gleefully mine these libraries for use in my own. For new researchers and grad students, there is a wealth of materials out there to gain insights into the world of alternative social media. It’s such an exciting time!

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