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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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Dijck, José van
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2013.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Engineering sociality in a culture of connectivity
  • Disassembling platforms, reassembling sociality
  • Facebook and the imperative of sharing
  • Twitter and the paradox of following and trending
  • Flickr between communities and commerce
  • YouTube: the intimate connection between television and video sharing
  • Wikipedia and the neutrality principle
  • The ecosystem of connective media: lock in, fence off, opt out?