Disconnect: Facebook's Affective Bonds
- ISBN-10
- 1517903068
- ISBN-13
- 9781517903060
- Series
- Disconnect
- Category
- Affect
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2018
- Author
- Tero Karppi
Description
"No matter how pervasive and powerful social media websites become, users always have the option of disconnecting--right? Not exactly, as Tero Karppi reveals in this disquieting book. Pointing out that platforms like Facebook see disconnection as an existential threat--and have undertaken wide-ranging efforts to eliminate it--Karppi argues that users' ability to control their digital lives is gradually dissipating" -- Amazon.com.
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Other editions
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- 2012-11-09
- 274 pages
- Paperback
- University of Oklahoma Press
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