Abstract
This article examines how empty state pages (ESPs) constrain user-generated communication through the ethical lens of Bourdieu’s habitus. The authors define ESPs as interactive instructional templates that prompt users to input information to participate in an online network. Through a case study analyzing ~450,000 online comments from The New York Times, the authors find a direct connection between ESP elements, such as the character limit for comments, and online writers’ cultivated habitus.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 271-283 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| Journal | Technical Communication Quarterly |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jul 3 2019 |
Keywords
- Design of communication
- ethics
- research methods
- visual rhetoric/visualization techniques
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Education
- Communication