Social Media Cultures

Dhiraj Murthy

doi:10.5771/9781666955316

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Copyright year: 2024
ISBN-Print: 978-1-6669-5530-9
ISBN-Online: 978-1-6669-5531-6
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 274
Product type: Book Titles

1. Dedication No access
2. Contents No access
3. Preface No access
4. Acknowledgments No access
1. Updating Is Not New No access
2. Social Media Cultures Can Be Understood Through Social Theory No access
3. Social Media Cultures and a Change of Norms No access
4. Social Media Cultures and Sociability No access
5. Social Media Cultures and Social Formations No access
6. 1. 1. Chapter 2. A Historical and Theoretical Understanding of Social Media Cultures No access
    2. Chapter 3. Networks and Social Media Cultures No access
    3. Chapter 4. “Witness Cultures” on Social Media No access
    4. Chapter 5. Mobile Social Media Cultures No access
  2. 1. Chapter 6. Celebrity and Influencer Social Media Cultures No access
    2. Chapter 7. Self-Expression, Connectedness, and Community within Social Media Cultures No access
    3. Chapter 8. Extremist Content, Politics, and Community No access
    4. Chapter 9. Cancel Cultures No access
    5. Chapter 10. The Implications of Social Media Cultures No access
7. Conclusion No access
8. Notes No access
1. 1. 1. Social Update Cultures Are Nothing New No access
    2. Just Stick a Stamp on It: Letters and Postcards as Easy Forms of Updating No access
    3. Social Technologies Have Been Controversial Historically No access
    4. Update Cultures as Strolling Along Digital Boulevards No access
    5. Social Media Cultures Are a Product of Structural Forces No access
    6. Are Social Media Cultures “Pushed” on Us? No access
    7. Social Media Cultures Blur the Public and the Private No access
  2. Conclusion No access
  3. Note No access
2. 1. The Brass Tacks of Networks No access
  2. Social Media Cultures as Networked No access
  3. Social Media Cultures and Context Collapse No access
  4. 1. Social Media Networks Are Flexible Ecosystems No access
    2. Today’s Social Media Networks Draw from Earlier Web and Internet Technologies No access
  5. Social Networks and Algorithms No access
  6. Conclusion No access
  7. Note No access
3. 1. Background No access
  2. Introduction No access
  3. Power and Witnessing No access
  4. Witnessing, Power, and Technology No access
  5. Posting Witnessed Injustice as a Form of Activism No access
  6. People Witness and Become Citizen Journalists No access
  7. 1. The Central Park Birdwatching Incident (New York, U.S., May, 2020; ~45 million views) No access
    2. “India horrible” Incident (Mexico City, Mexico, September 2020; ~643,000 views) No access
    3. BBQ Becky (Oakland, California, U.S., April 2018; ~10 million views) No access
    4. Black People Banned from McDonald’s (Guangzhou, China, April 2020; 1.1 million views) No access
  8. Discussion No access
  9. Conclusion No access
  10. Notes No access
4. 1. Telepresence No access
  2. From Analog to Digital: Time and Space Become Increasingly Compressed No access
  3. Mobile Social Media Engagement Becomes “Normal” No access
  4. Mobile Social Media Encourages Immediacy and Ease in Communication No access
  5. Mobile Branding, Marketing, and Engagement No access
  6. Mobile Content Sharing and Data Privacy No access
  7. Conclusion No access
  8. Notes No access
1. 1. 1. Micro-celebrities No access
    2. Influencers No access
  2. 1. Bidirectional Communication No access
    2. Para-social Interaction No access
    3. Instagram and Celebrity Cultures No access
    4. Methods No access
    5. 1. Sponsored/Paid Content No access
      2. Candid/Backstage No access
      3. Brand/Image No access
    6. 1. Celebrity Update Cultures No access
      2. The Roles of Fans and Followers in Celebrity and Influencer Social Media Cultures No access
  3. Conclusion No access
  4. Notes No access
2. 1. Background No access
  2. 1. TikTok Content Emphasizes Video and Music No access
    2. TikTok as a Platform for Self-Expression No access
    3. Subcultures and Style No access
    4. Playfulness No access
    5. Fashion No access
    6. Dangerous Self-Expression No access
    7. Methods No access
    8. 1. Subcultural Style: The Case of Trokiando No access
      2. DIY Fashion: The Case of Scarves No access
    9. 1. People with Disabilities No access
      2. Sexual Minorities No access
    10. The Future of TikTok No access
  3. Conclusion No access
  4. Notes No access
3. 1. 1. Extremist Content No access
    2. Community and Trust No access
    3. Parler No access
    4. Parler and the January 6 U.S. Capitol Attack No access
  2. Methods and Data No access
  3. 1. Themes and Media Sources No access
    2. Demographic Attributes No access
    3. Community, Trust, and Belonging No access
    4. Non-News Content No access
  4. Discussion No access
  5. Conclusion No access
  6. Notes No access
4. 1. 1. Origins of Cancel Cultures No access
    2. Social Implications of Cancel Cultures No access
    3. Cancel Cultures Are Highly Temporal and Are Not Nuanced No access
  2. 1. 1. Speedy Gonzales No access
      2. Case Study 2—Bianca Schoombee No access
      3. Deepika Padukone and #boycottchhapaak No access
  3. Discussion No access
  4. Conclusion No access
  5. Notes No access
5. 1. Historical and Contemporary Communication Means and Methods No access
  2. Changes in Social Norms No access
  3. Capital Influences Online Sociability No access
  4. Social Media Cultures Shaped and Continue to Shape Legacy Media No access
  5. Youth and Social Media Cultures No access
  6. Data Privacy, Misinformation, Algorithms, and the Future of Social Media Culture No access
  7. Challenges, Risks, and the Future of Social Media Cultures No access
  8. Notes No access
References No access Pages 221 - 256
Index No access Pages 257 - 272
About the Author No access Pages 273 - 274