Cracking Facebook : the importance of understanding technology-based communication / Maria Leena Korpijaakko.
"Thisbook presents a Facebook study on members of the Cusp Generation, or thoseborn before the “great digital divide” of 1995. This delineation allows for adiscussion on the possible socio-cultural implications of Facebook use forpeople of all ages. Members of the Cusp Generation are in a uniqu...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Rotterdam :
Sense Publishers,
2015.
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| Series: | Youth, media, & culture series ;
v. 5. |
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| Online Access: | Springer eBooks JSTOR Open Access Access via Directory of Open Access Books Access via Directory of Open Access Books |
| Summary: | "Thisbook presents a Facebook study on members of the Cusp Generation, or thoseborn before the “great digital divide” of 1995. This delineation allows for adiscussion on the possible socio-cultural implications of Facebook use forpeople of all ages. Members of the Cusp Generation are in a unique positionas “part digital natives” to easily acquire and use new media technologies,while being more critically aware of the personal, social, and culturaleffects that may arise from them thanks to having some memory of thepre-digital era. Drawing on identity theories rooted in critical theory andcultural studies, the author shows that there are potential constrictions onpeople’s agency in their Facebook use caused by consumer discourse,Facebook’s hyperreal nature and structure, psychological predispositions, andthe potential for avatar attachment. In raising concerns over the impacts oftechnology-based communication, this book explores how the medium of Facebookextends and exacerbates processes of offline social reproduction anddiscusses how the positive social and political aspects of Facebook can beenhanced. The findings contribute to academic discussions in the fields ofcultural studies and Education and can be applied to the development ofcritical media literacy for curriculum and pedagogy."--Publisher's website. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (ix, 153 pages) : illustrations. |
| Format: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9463002111 9789463002110 |