![Wanghong as Social Media Entertainment in China]( "Wanghong as Social Media Entertainment in China")
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Craig, D., Lin, J., Cunningham, S. (2021)
In Chinese, the term wanghong refers to creators, social media entrepreneurs alternatively known as KOLs (key opinion leaders) and zhubo (showroom hosts), influencers and …
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![Social Media and Elections in Africa, Volume 2]( "Social Media and Elections in Africa, Volume 2")
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Ndlela, M. N. (Ed), Mano, W. (Ed) (2020)
This book, the second of two volumes, explores the challenges and opportunities presented by the increased presence of social media within African politics. Electoral processes in …
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![Social Media and Elections in Africa, Volume 1]( "Social Media and Elections in Africa, Volume 1")
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Ndlela, M. N. (Ed), Mano, W. (Ed) (2020)
This book brings together fresh evidence and new theoretical frameworks in a unique analysis of the increasing role of social media in political campaigns and electoral processes …
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![A Feminist Reading of China’s Digital Public Sphere]( "A Feminist Reading of China’s Digital Public Sphere")
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Peng, A. Y. (2020)
This book makes an original contribution to the field of feminist cultural studies through an analysis of the gender-politics axis established in China’s digital public sphere. …
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![The Narrative Subject]( "The Narrative Subject")
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Schachtner, C. (2020)
This open access book considers the stories of adolescents and young adults from different regions of the world who use digital media as instruments and stages for storytelling, …
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![Online Communities and Crowds in the Rise of the Five Star Movement]( "Online Communities and Crowds in the Rise of the Five Star Movement")
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Bailo, F. (2020)
This book reflects on the political capacity of citizen users to impact politics, explaining the danger in assuming that mass online participation has unconditionally …
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![Twitter, the Public Sphere, and the Chaos of Online Deliberation]( "Twitter, the Public Sphere, and the Chaos of Online Deliberation")
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Bouvier, G. (Ed), Rosenbaum, J. E. (Ed) (2020)
This volume provides a critical view of the nature and quality of political and civic communication on Twitter. The introduction lays out the current state of research, showing …
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![Social Media and the Post-Truth World Order]( "Social Media and the Post-Truth World Order")
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Cosentino, G. (2020)
This book discusses post-truth not merely as a Western issue, but as a problematic political and cultural condition with global ramifications. By locating the roots of the …
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![Emotions and Loneliness in a Networked Society]( "Emotions and Loneliness in a Networked Society")
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Fox, B. (Ed) (2019)
Loneliness affects quality of life, life satisfaction, and well-being, and it is associated with various health problems, both somatic and mental. This book takes an international …
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![Celebrity and Mediated Social Connections]( "Celebrity and Mediated Social Connections")
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Alperstein, N. M. (2019)
Celebrity and Mediated Social Connections is a critical examination of the multiple realities of the mediated culture we traverse, extending from our imaginary inner worlds to the …
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![Metaphors of Brexit]( "Metaphors of Brexit")
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Charteris-Black, J. (2019)
How were social media posts, scripted speeches, traditional news media and political cartoons used and understood during the Brexit campaign? What phrases and metaphors were key …
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![Media and the Politics of Offence]( "Media and the Politics of Offence")
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Graefer, A. (Ed) (2019)
This book explores different forms of mediated offence in the context of Trump's America, Brexit Britain, and the rise of far-right movements across the globe. In this political …
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![The Social Lives of Networked Students]( "The Social Lives of Networked Students")
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Kanagavel, R. (2019)
This book examines the social networks of international students, exploring the ways in which they experience social support and the role of the continuously evolving media …
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![Uncovering Online Commenting Culture]( "Uncovering Online Commenting Culture")
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Barnes, R. (2018)
In today’s digital world our social interactions often take place in the form of written comments. We chat, disagree, worship, vent, confess, and even attack in written form in …
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![The Circulation of Anti-Austerity Protest]( "The Circulation of Anti-Austerity Protest")
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Cammaerts, B. (2018)
In this book a set of theoretical and methodological resources are presented to study the way in which protest, resistance and social movement discourses circulate through society …
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![Exploring the Selfie]( "Exploring the Selfie")
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Eckel, J. (Ed), Ruchatz, J. (Ed), Wirth, S. (Ed) (2018)
This volume explores the selfie not only as a specific photographic practice that is deeply rooted in digital culture, but also how it is understood in relation to other media of …
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![Living and Dying in a Virtual World]( "Living and Dying in a Virtual World")
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Gibson, M., Carden, C. (2018)
This book takes readers into stories of love, loss, grief and mourning and reveals the emotional attachments and digital kinships of the virtual 3D social world of Second Life. At …
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![Production of the 'Self' in the Digital Age]( "Production of the 'Self' in the Digital Age")
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Ibrahim, Y. (2018)
This book investigates the relationship between the self and screen in the digital age, and examines how the notion of the self is re-negotiated and curated online. The chapters …
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![Social Media in China]( "Social Media in China")
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Kuang, W. (2018)
Redefining the concept of new media in China, this cutting edge book discusses the impact of social media on Chinese public life. Examining its characteristics and the different …
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![Digital Intimate Publics and Social Media]( "Digital Intimate Publics and Social Media")
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Dobson, A. S. (Ed), Robards, B. (Ed), Carah, N. (Ed) (2018)
This book explores emergent intimate practices in social media cultures. It examines new digital intimacies as they are constituted, lived, and commodified via social media …
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