Waubonsee Community College

Social media freaks, digital identity in the network society, Dustin Kidd

eng

Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-255)

no index present

non fiction

Social media freaks

bibliography

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Dustin Kidd

digital identity in the network society

"Social media has been transforming American and global cultural life for over a decade. It has flattened the divide between producer and audience found in other forms of culture while also enriching some massive corporations. At the core of Social Media Freaks is the question: Does social media reproduce inequalities or is it a tool for subverting them? Social Media Freaks presents a virtual ethnography of social media, focusing on issues of identity and inequality along five dimensions--race, class, gender, sexuality, and disability. It presents original and secondary findings, while also utilizing social theory to explain the dynamics of social media. It teaches readers how to engage social media as a tool for social activism while also examining the limits of social media's value in the quest for social change"--, Provided by publisher

Social media, art, and the network society -- The social structure of social media -- Leave Britney alone : sexuality perspectives on social media -- Disabling a meme : disability perspectives on social media -- GamerGate : gender perspectives on social media -- Occupy Wall Street : class perspectives on social media -- Black lives matter : racial perspectives on social media -- Social media toolbox -- Conclusion : a social media revolution?