menu
{ "item_title" : "Social Media Freaks", "item_author" : [" Dustin Kidd "], "item_description" : "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.", "item_img_path" : "https://covers1.booksamillion.com/covers/bam/0/81/335/066/0813350662_b.jpg", "price_data" : { "retail_price" : "57.99", "online_price" : "57.99", "our_price" : "57.99", "club_price" : "57.99", "savings_pct" : "0", "savings_amt" : "0.00", "club_savings_pct" : "0", "club_savings_amt" : "0.00", "discount_pct" : "10", "store_price" : "" } }
Social Media Freaks|Dustin Kidd

Social Media Freaks : Digital Identity in the Network Society

local_shippingShip to Me
In Stock.
FREE Shipping for Club Members help

Overview

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.

This item is Non-Returnable

Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780813350660
  • ISBN-10: 0813350662
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • Publish Date: March 2017
  • Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.7 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.85 pounds
  • Page Count: 288

Related Categories

You May Also Like...

    1

BAM Customer Reviews