Marén Schorch

University of Siegen, Socio-Informatics, Post-Doc

University of Siegen, Information Systems and New Media, Project leader and research assistant

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I'm a sociologist, educated at the Friedrich-Schiller-University of Jena and the University of Trier (Germany).
Phone: +49-271-740-2424
Address: Universität Siegen
Campus Unteres Schloss
Fak. III, Wirtschaftsinformatik und Neue Medien
Kohlbettstraße 15
57072 Siegen
Germany

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Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Supporting Group Work - GROUP '16, 2016

HCI and CSCW researchers and practitioners are increasingly working in complex social and politic... more HCI and CSCW researchers and practitioners are increasingly working in complex social and political contexts where their research activities involve emotional labor and where they have to confront moral and emotional dilemmas. Given the potential impact of these challenging situations on the wellbeing of researchers in the field, there is much need for a discourse on affective impact of research on the researcher. In this workshop, we invite discussion and reflection on the experiences of distress and the role of informal coping mechanisms (e.g., personal narratives) to address them. We will create a forum where researchers and practitioners can discuss and share experiences of projects in sensitive settings and work towards guidelines to inform future projects.

Facebook and the Mass Media in Tunisia

Facebook played a considerable role during the political uprisings of the so called 'Arab Spr... more Facebook played a considerable role during the political uprisings of the so called 'Arab Spring' in 2011. Together with Al-Jazeera, it was one of the few reliable sources of information for protesters at that time. In this paper, we explore the media landscape in Tunisia two years after the uprising. We conducted a qualitative investigation (participant observation and interviewing) with young Tunisians. The paper describes how they use Facebook (FB), newspapers, and TV for gaining information and for exchange. By that time, FB was their primary medium for access to political information. They prefer the variety and diversity of user-generated content, they select information, discuss issues among their friends inside FB and with that, co-create meaning and trust. It seems that both traditional censorship in the national mass media and the revolutionary experience have created a unique media landscape among young Tunisians. Facebook still plays a leading role for many in th...

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