Description
Social Media
Communication, Sharing and Visibility
Author: Meikle Graham
Language: EnglishSubjects for Social Media:
Keywords
social media; politics of sharing; media studies; new media; social media and identity; Internet Studies; sociology of media; Young Man; USA Freedom Act; Data Journalism; Occupy Wall Street; Pop Stars; Occupy Nigeria; Archival Snapshots; High Status Users; Internet Memes; Prism Programme; Guy Fawkes Mask; DIY Citizenship; Doge Memes; Live Blogs; Tv Caption; Citizen Journalism; Revenge Porn; Facebook’s Mission; Remix Aesthetics; Established News Organizations; Social Media Environment; Networked Digital Media; Established News; Produce Tv Drama; Social Media Literacy
Publication date: 02-2016
· 13.8x21.6 cm · Hardback
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Add to cart the book of Meikle GrahamPublication date: 02-2016
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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 Meikle explores the tensions between these two aspects of social media.
From Facebook and Twitter to Reddit and YouTube, Meikle 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 analyzes 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.
Introduction 1. What are social media? 2. The sharing industry 3. Remix cultures 4. Convergence and the limits of citizen journalism 5. TMI 6. Distributed citizenship
Graham Meikle is Professor of Communication and Digital Media at the University of Westminster, UK.