The Culture of Connectivity: A Critical History of Social Media
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- Synopsis
- 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.
- Copyright:
- 2013
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- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9780199970803
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780199970773, 9780199970797, 9780199970780
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- Date of Addition:
- 12/10/22
- Copyrighted By:
- Oxford University Press
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Nonfiction, Technology, Social Studies, Music
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- Bookshare Staff
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- This is a copyrighted book.
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