Social media platforms have captured the attention and imagination of many millions of people‎,‎ enabling their users to develop and display their creativity‎,‎ to empathize with others‎,‎ and to find connection‎,‎ communication and communion‎.‎ But they are also surveillance systems through which those users become complicit in their own commercial exploitation‎.‎ In this accessible book‎,‎ Graham Meikles explores the tensions between these two aspects of social media‎.‎ From Facebook and Twitter to Reedit and YouTube‎,‎ Meikles examines social media as industries and as central sites for understanding the cultural politics of everyday life‎.‎ Building on the new forms of communication and citizenship brought about by these platforms‎,‎ he analyses the meanings of sharing and privacy‎,‎ internet memes‎,‎ remix cultures and citizen journalism‎.‎ Throughout‎,‎ Social Media engages with questions of visibility‎,‎ performance‎,‎ platforms and users‎,‎ and demonstrates how networked digital media are adopted and adapted in an environment built around the convergence of personal and public communication‎.‎

• Category Type‎:‎ References
• Author‎:‎ Graham Meikle
• ISBN‎:‎ 9780415712248
• Binding‎:‎ Paperback
• Book Language‎:‎ English
• Publisher‎:‎ Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Number of Pages‎:‎ 202
• Dimensions ‎(‎HxWxD‎)‎‎:‎ 21.6 x 13.8 x 1 cm
• Publication Year‎:‎ 2016
• Recommended Age‎:‎ 15+ years
• Product Weight‎:‎ 0.17 kg
• Book Origin‎:‎ United Kingdom