The culture of connectivity: a critical history of social media
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Main Author: Dijck, José van 1960- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford Oxford University Press c2013
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-220) and index
Engineering sociality in a culture of connectivity -- Disassembling platforms, reassembling sociality -- Facebook and the imperative of sharing -- Twitter and the paradox of following and trending -- Flickr between communities and commerce -- YouTube: the intimate connection between television and video sharing -- Wikipedia and the neutrality principle -- The ecosystem of connective media: lock in, fence off, opt out?
"Social media penetrate our lives: Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and many other platforms define daily habits of communication and creative production. This book studies the rise of social media, providing both a historical and a critical analysis of the emergence of major platforms in the context of a rapidly changing ecosystem of connective media. Author José van Dijck offers an analytical prism that can be used to view techno-cultural as well as socio-economic aspects of this transformation as well as to examine shared ideological principles between major social media platforms. This fascinating study will appeal to all readers interested in social media."--Publisher's website
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (ix, 228 p.)
ISBN:0199970793
9780199970797

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