Personal Relationships and Intimacy in the Age of Social Media

1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-3-030-02061-3
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 133 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 313 g

This book examines how intimate relationships are built, negotiated and maintained through social media. The study takes a cross-platform approach, analysing three social media platforms of different genres – Badoo, Couchsurfing and Facebook – and exploring two interactive forces that shape the way people communicate through social media: the platforms’ architecture and policies, and actual practises of use.  Combining analysis of the political economy of social media with users’ perspectives of their own practises – as well as exploring the tensions between the two – the book provides a detailed picture of intimacy as a complex structure of continuity and change.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Miguel, Cristina

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Digital Lifestyle Internet, E-Mail, Social Media
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Sozialisation, Soziale Interaktion, Sozialer Wandel
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Mediensoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Kommunikationswissenschaften Digitale Medien, Internet, Telekommunikation

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1 Introduction.- Chapter 2 Intimacy Frameworks in the Context of Social Media.-Chapter 3 Intimacies of Digital Identity.- Chapter 4 Social Media Platforms as Intimacy Mediators.- Chapter 5 The Political Economy of Networked Intimacy.- Chapter 6 Meeting people online.- Chapter 7 Conclusion: Networked Intimacy.

Über Autor(innen)

Dr. Cristina Miguel is a Senior Lecturer at Leeds Beckett University, UK.