HAIMSON,
Ph.D.
haimson@umich.edu
@oliverhaimson
Oliver Haimson
Oliver Haimson
|
HAIMSON, Ph.D.
|
|
Each person faces many transitions throughout their life as they develop, age, and
change. Yet people often find it difficult to manage where and how to present and discuss
life transitions and changing identities on social media sites, and to find
communities of similar others. These difficulties are often amplified for those with
marginalized or stigmatized identities (e.g., transgender and other LGBQ people,
first generation and low-income college students). This line of research addresses
these concerns via a wide range of methods. We seek to explain how people fragment
their identities and networks among separate social media sites during major life
transitions, and the social inequities that exist for people with marginalized identities,
particularly those with multiple intersecting marginalized identities, during major life
transitions (among other outcomes).
Selected PublicationsMapping Gender Transition Sentiment Patterns via Social Media Data: Toward Decreasing Transgender Mental Health Disparities Oliver L. Haimson Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association (JAMIA) (special issue on Health Informatics and Health Equity: Improving Our Reach and Impact), May 2019 [open-access link] [PDF] [blog]
Social Media as Social Transition Machinery
The Social Complexities of Transgender Identity Disclosure on Social Media
Relationship Breakup Disclosures and Media Ideologies on Facebook
Class Confessions: Restorative Properties in Online Experiences of Socioeconomic Stigma
Digital and Physical Barriers to Changing Identities
Digital Footprints and Changing Networks During Online Identity Transitions
Online Inspiration and Exploration for Identity Reinvention
Disclosure, Stress, and Support During Gender Transition on Facebook
|
