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Social Media as Surveillance: Rethinking Visibility in a Converging World

AUTHOR Trottier, Daniel
PUBLISHER Routledge (01/28/2015)
PRODUCT TYPE Paperback (Paperback)

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This book develops a surveillance studies approach to social media by presenting first hand ethnographic research with a variety of personal and professional social media users. Using Facebook as a case-study, it describes growing monitoring practices that involve social media. What makes this study unique is that it not only considers social media surveillance as multi-purpose, but also shows how these different purposes augment one another, leading to a rapid spread of surveillance and visibility.
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ISBN-13: 9781472455789
ISBN-10: 1472455789
Binding: Paperback or Softback (Trade Paperback (Us))
Content Language: English
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Page Count: 224
Carton Quantity: 34
Product Dimensions: 6.14 x 0.47 x 9.21 inches
Weight: 0.70 pound(s)
Country of Origin: US
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BISAC Categories
Computers | Information Technology
Computers | Sociology - General
Computers | Criminology
Dewey Decimal: 303.483
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This book develops a surveillance studies approach to social media by presenting first hand ethnographic research with a variety of personal and professional social media users. Using Facebook as a case-study, it describes growing monitoring practices that involve social media. What makes this study unique is that it not only considers social media surveillance as multi-purpose, but also shows how these different purposes augment one another, leading to a rapid spread of surveillance and visibility.
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