The Culture of Connectivity: A Critical History of Social Media
The Culture of Connectivity: A Critical History of Social Media by Jose van Dijck
2013 | ISBN: 0199970785, 0199970777 | English | 240 pages | PDF | 3 MB
2013 | ISBN: 0199970785, 0199970777 | English | 240 pages | PDF | 3 MB
Social media penetrate our lives: Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and many other platforms define daily habits of communication and creative production. This book studies the rise of social media, providing both a historical and a critical analysis of the emergence of major platforms in the context of a rapidly changing ecosystem of connective media. Author José van Dijck offers an analytical prism that can be used to view techno-cultural as well as socio-economic aspects of this transformation as well as to examine shared ideological principles between major social media platforms. This fascinating study will appeal to all readers interested in social media.