Social media freaks : digital identity in the network society /
Kidd, Dustin,
Social media freaks : digital identity in the network society / Dustin Kidd. - xi, 272 pages ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-255).
Machine generated contents note: Section 1: The Story behind Social Media -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Social Media and the Network Society -- Chapter 2: The Social Structure of Social Media -- Section 2: Case Studies of Identity and Inequality in Social Media -- Introduction -- Chapter 3: Black Lives Matter: Racial Perspectives on Social Media -- Chapter 4: Disabling a Meme: Disability Perspectives on Social Media -- Chapter 5: Occupy Wall Street: Class Perspectives on Social Media -- Chapter 6: GamerGate: Gender Perspectives on Social Media -- Chapter 7: Leave Britney Alone: Sexuality Perspectives on Social Media -- Chapter 8: Call Me Cait: Trans Perspectives on Social Media -- Section 3: The Possibilities and Pitfalls of Social Media -- Introduction -- Chapter 9: Social Media Toolbox -- Chapter 10: Conclusion: A Social Media Revolution?.
"Social media has been transforming American and global cultural life for over a decade. It has flattened the divide between producer and audience found in other forms of culture while also enriching some massive corporations. At the core of Social Media Freaks is the question: Does social media reproduce inequalities or is it a tool for subverting them? Social Media Freaks presents a virtual ethnography of social media, focusing on issues of identity and inequality along five dimensions--race, class, gender, sexuality, and disability. It presents original and secondary findings, while also utilizing social theory to explain the dynamics of social media. It teaches readers how to engage social media as a tool for social activism while also examining the limits of social media's value in the quest for social change"--
9780813350660 (paperback)
2016044830
Social media.
Identity (Psychology) and mass media.
Social participation.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes.
HM742 / .K53 2017
302.23/1
Social media freaks : digital identity in the network society / Dustin Kidd. - xi, 272 pages ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-255).
Machine generated contents note: Section 1: The Story behind Social Media -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Social Media and the Network Society -- Chapter 2: The Social Structure of Social Media -- Section 2: Case Studies of Identity and Inequality in Social Media -- Introduction -- Chapter 3: Black Lives Matter: Racial Perspectives on Social Media -- Chapter 4: Disabling a Meme: Disability Perspectives on Social Media -- Chapter 5: Occupy Wall Street: Class Perspectives on Social Media -- Chapter 6: GamerGate: Gender Perspectives on Social Media -- Chapter 7: Leave Britney Alone: Sexuality Perspectives on Social Media -- Chapter 8: Call Me Cait: Trans Perspectives on Social Media -- Section 3: The Possibilities and Pitfalls of Social Media -- Introduction -- Chapter 9: Social Media Toolbox -- Chapter 10: Conclusion: A Social Media Revolution?.
"Social media has been transforming American and global cultural life for over a decade. It has flattened the divide between producer and audience found in other forms of culture while also enriching some massive corporations. At the core of Social Media Freaks is the question: Does social media reproduce inequalities or is it a tool for subverting them? Social Media Freaks presents a virtual ethnography of social media, focusing on issues of identity and inequality along five dimensions--race, class, gender, sexuality, and disability. It presents original and secondary findings, while also utilizing social theory to explain the dynamics of social media. It teaches readers how to engage social media as a tool for social activism while also examining the limits of social media's value in the quest for social change"--
9780813350660 (paperback)
2016044830
Social media.
Identity (Psychology) and mass media.
Social participation.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes.
HM742 / .K53 2017
302.23/1