The Culture of Connectivity: A Critical History of Social Media

ISBN-10: 0199970793
ISBN-13: 9780199970797
Category: Social Science
Pages: 240
Language: English
Published: 2013-01-02
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Author: Jose van Dijck

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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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