A new possibility to write about the community for the community: the presence of social science faculty members in social networks

Document Type : Original Article

Author
Hamed Taheri Kia
Assistant Professor, Institute for Social and Cultural Studies, Tehran, Iran
10.61838/kman.irphe.30.1.1
Abstract
The issue of writing should be considered as a historical situation that has made it possible to produce and record knowledge and information. The position of writing is dependent on the tools that enable ideas to transform into the materiality of the writing. Therefore, with the change of writing tools, the possibilities of creating ideas and producing knowledge, along with publishing tools, have also changed. Therefore, the main goal of the article is to clarify the function of and the sharing of writing in the digital situation by the social science faculty members. For the social science professor, the position of writing is the most important and main position of knowledge production for a social scientist. The position of writing about the community for the community, in social networks, what new positions has it activated? To answer this question, an in-depth interview was conducted with 6 social scientists who are faculty members, and the data were coded in MAXQDA software. Based on the obtained results, the position of writing in social networks has led to rapid writing in the face of the rhythm of the movement of forces shaping the space-time of the current situation and creating an imagination of it. The rapid writing is to generate information and create propositional knowledge about the issues of the present time. The rapid writing is related to the contemporary living characteristic of the social scientist, where knowledge and information flows affect each other.

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  • Receive Date 15 November 2022
  • Revise Date 20 June 2023
  • Accept Date 22 July 2023
  • Publish Date 20 April 2024