Social Media: Communication,Sharing and Visibility

Social Media: Communication,Sharing and Visibility
by: Graham Meikle
Pages: 186 pages
Edition 版本: 1
Language 语言: English
Publisher finelybook 出版社: Routledge
Publication Date 出版日期: 2016-02-27
ISBN-10: 0415712246
ISBN-13: 9780415712248
Book Description
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.
Contents
Chapter 1. What Are Social Media?
Chapter 2. The Sharing Industry
Chapter 3. Remix Cultures
Chapter 4. Convergence And The Limits Of Citizen Journalism
Chapter 5. TMI
Chapter 6. Distributed Citizenship