9 Posting
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Salla-Maaria Laaksonen
Abstract
This chapter discusses posting status updates in internal social media as a practice of management communication, a way of voicing decisions, issues, ideas, and concerns in organizations. Posting is conceptualized as a technology-mediated textual form and an intra-organizational communication practice, which functions by transmitting and mediating organizational voices and by constituting the organization and its culture. Current research typically explores the possibilities and constraints imposed by technological affordances of the digital platforms or mobilizes digital discourse approaches to explore the linguistic features of posts. This chapter maintains that posting is not only shaped by the technology, but also by the organizational context, and their socio-technical reconfigurations should be considered when studying posting. The chapter first shows how posting, as both text and practice, is shaped by the affordances of digital platforms, then discusses different functions of posting in organizations, and concludes with a discussion of power relations connected to posting.
Abstract
This chapter discusses posting status updates in internal social media as a practice of management communication, a way of voicing decisions, issues, ideas, and concerns in organizations. Posting is conceptualized as a technology-mediated textual form and an intra-organizational communication practice, which functions by transmitting and mediating organizational voices and by constituting the organization and its culture. Current research typically explores the possibilities and constraints imposed by technological affordances of the digital platforms or mobilizes digital discourse approaches to explore the linguistic features of posts. This chapter maintains that posting is not only shaped by the technology, but also by the organizational context, and their socio-technical reconfigurations should be considered when studying posting. The chapter first shows how posting, as both text and practice, is shaped by the affordances of digital platforms, then discusses different functions of posting in organizations, and concludes with a discussion of power relations connected to posting.
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Preface to the Handbooks of Applied Linguistics Series V
- Contents VII
- Introducing 1
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Part I: Practices of management communication
- 1 Speaking 27
- 2 Writing 47
- 3 Deciding 69
- 4 Creating by communicating 87
- 5 Networking 105
- 6 Controlling and resisting 123
- 7 Tweeting 143
- 8 Documenting 161
- 9 Posting 177
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II. Forms of management communication
- 10 Strategizing 195
- 11 Leading 213
- 12 Planning and designing 231
- 13 Routinizing 247
- 14 Branding 263
- 15 Managing communication 279
- 16 Mentoring 295
- 17 Counseling 313
- 18 Developing organizations 335
- 19 Accounting 355
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Part III: Contexts of management communication
- 20 Managing communication in multilingual workplaces 373
- 21 Exploring and analyzing linguistic environments 389
- 22 Managing high reliability organizations 409
- 23 Building communities 427
- 24 Managing CSR Communication 443
- 25 Rating social and environmental performances 459
- 26 Managing in hospitals 477
- 27 Crowdsourcing 493
- 28 Managing and being managed by emotions 511
- 29 Changing through communication 529
- About the contributors 549
- Index 559
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Preface to the Handbooks of Applied Linguistics Series V
- Contents VII
- Introducing 1
-
Part I: Practices of management communication
- 1 Speaking 27
- 2 Writing 47
- 3 Deciding 69
- 4 Creating by communicating 87
- 5 Networking 105
- 6 Controlling and resisting 123
- 7 Tweeting 143
- 8 Documenting 161
- 9 Posting 177
-
II. Forms of management communication
- 10 Strategizing 195
- 11 Leading 213
- 12 Planning and designing 231
- 13 Routinizing 247
- 14 Branding 263
- 15 Managing communication 279
- 16 Mentoring 295
- 17 Counseling 313
- 18 Developing organizations 335
- 19 Accounting 355
-
Part III: Contexts of management communication
- 20 Managing communication in multilingual workplaces 373
- 21 Exploring and analyzing linguistic environments 389
- 22 Managing high reliability organizations 409
- 23 Building communities 427
- 24 Managing CSR Communication 443
- 25 Rating social and environmental performances 459
- 26 Managing in hospitals 477
- 27 Crowdsourcing 493
- 28 Managing and being managed by emotions 511
- 29 Changing through communication 529
- About the contributors 549
- Index 559
