Meaning in the Age of Social Media [electronic resource] /
Langlois, G.author.
The search for meaning is an essential human activity. It is not just about agreeing on some definitions about the world, objects, and people; it is an ethical process of opening up to find new possibilities. Langlois uses case studies of social media platforms (including Facebook, Twitter, and Amazon) to revisit traditional conceptions of meaning.
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; IntroductionMeaning and Social Media; Chapter 1 Governing Meaning*; Chapter 2 Meaning Machines*; Chapter 3 Meaningfulness and Subjectivation; Chapter 4 Social Networking and the Production of the Self; Chapter 5 Being in the World; Afterword Social Data and the Politics of Existence; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The search for meaning is an essential human activity. It is not just about agreeing on some definitions about the world, objects, and people; it is an ethical process of opening up to find new possibilities. Langlois uses case studies of social media platforms (including Facebook, Twitter, and Amazon) to revisit traditional conceptions of meaning.
Communication.
Families.
Families—Social aspects.
Sociology.
Cultural studies.
Community psychology.
Environmental psychology.
Media Studies.
Media and Communication.
Family.
Sociology, general.
Cultural Studies.
Community and Environmental Psychology.