Social Media : A Critical Introduction.
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TextPublisher: London : SAGE Publications, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (305 pages)Content type: - text
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- 9781446296868
COVER -- Contents -- 1. What is a Critical Introduction to Social Media? -- I: Foundations -- 2. What is Social Media? -- 3. Social Media as Participatory Culture -- 4. Social Media and Communication Power -- II: Applications -- 5. The Power and Political Economy of Social Media -- 6. Google: Good or Evil Search Engine? -- 7. Facebook: A Surveillance Threat to Privacy? -- 8. Twitter and Democracy: A New Public Sphere? -- 9. WikiLeaks: Can We Make Power Transparent? -- 10. Wikipedia: A New Democratic Form of Collaborative Work and Production? -- III: Futures -- 11. Conclusion: Social Media and its Alternatives - Towards a Truly Social Media -- References -- Index.
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