“Inside jokes and the funny things”: Belongingness in College Students’ Rhetorical Uses of Venmo

Michael Pennell; Gianna Riley

doi:10.1016/j.compcom.2024.102845

“Inside jokes and the funny things”: Belongingness in College Students’ Rhetorical Uses of Venmo

Michael Pennell
, Gianna Riley

Writing, Rhetoric and Digital Studies

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Within the growing use of peer-to-peer mobile payment apps, Venmo has proven most popular among the college-aged population in the United States. “Venmo me” is a common phrase overheard among students on college campuses. Spurred by an exchange in a course focused on social media, we investigate the uses of Venmo among students on our campus. Through interviews, we examine students’ relationships to not only the transactional but also the rhetorical aspects of Venmo, especially the social feed (unique among peer-to-peer mobile payment apps). We reflect on three recurring themes in these interviews using the concept of public displays of belongingness: insider versus outsider, requesting payment, and digital intimacy.

Idioma original	English
Número de artículo	102845
Publicación	Computers and Composition
Volumen	72
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compcom.2024.102845
Estado	Published - jun 2024

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© 2024 Elsevier Inc.

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This work was supported by the Research and Creative Activities Program via the University of Kentucky's Office of the Vice President for Research. Thank you to our interview participants for sharing their uses of Venmo and to the students in Dr. Pennell's social media class for initially sharing their thoughts on Venmo as social media, kickstarting this study.

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Office of the Vice President for Research, University of Minnesota

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Computer Science
Language and Linguistics
Education
Linguistics and Language

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College Students' Uses of Venmo's Social Stream-VPR CURATE Program
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5/1/22 → 4/30/23
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