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2026-03-23 13:20 UTC

I have a new article out together with @rwg : &quot;What is &#39;alternative&#39; about &#39;alternative social media&#39;?&quot; It is published in Résaux, in their special issue on Alternative Internets edited by Stéphane Couture and @guillaume https://shs.cairn.info/journal-reseaux-2025-6?lang=en The article is available in French (translated by Pauline Côté and edited by @guillaume) and English: https://shs.cairn.info/journal-reseaux-2025-6-page-183?lang=en 1/3 #academicchatter

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@rra@post.lurk.org 2026-03-23 13:22

@rwg@aoir.social @guillaume@aoir.social In the piece we look back on the last 15 years of alternative social media (ASM) research to reflect on how scholars have differently understood alternative social media such as the #Fediverse Early beginnings focused on ASM as something based on F/LOSS, decentralisation and anti-commerical politics. Later came understandings of alternative as in "alt-right" social media, leading to the more contemporary focus on issues of governance. Throughout the piece we complicate such understandings to eventually propose a working definition which sees ASM as relational, emergent, and dynamic. In addition, we argue ASM scholars must use a situated perspective when studying ASM. 2/3

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@Kudusch@social.tchncs.de 2026-03-23 14:08

@rra@post.lurk.org @rwg@aoir.social @guillaume@aoir.social Maybe of interest to you, @AnMollen@chaos.social?

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