The culture of connectivity : a critical history of social media /
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...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
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| Summary: | 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. |
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| Physical Description: | ix, 228 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780199970773 (hardback) 0199970777 (hardback) 9780199970780 (pbk.) 0199970785 (pbk.) |