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dc.contributor.authorKorpijaakko, Maria
dc.date.accessioned2020-12-15T13:29:32Z
dc.date.available2020-12-15T13:29:32Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.identifier.urihttps://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/43440
dc.description.abstractThis book presents a Facebook study on members of the Cusp Generation, or those born before the “great digital divide” of 1995. This delineation allows for a discussion on the possible socio-cultural implications of Facebook use for people of all ages. Members of the Cusp Generation are in a unique position as “part digital natives” to easily acquire and use new media technologies, while being more critically aware of the personal, social, and cultural effects that may arise from them thanks to having some memory of the pre-digital era. Drawing on identity theories rooted in critical theory and cultural studies, the author shows that there are potential constrictions on people’s agency in their Facebook use caused by consumer discourse, Facebook’s hyperreal nature and structure, psychological predispositions, and the potential for avatar attachment. In raising concerns over the impacts of technology-based communication, this book explores how the medium of Facebook extends and exacerbates processes of offline social reproduction and discusses how the positive social and political aspects of Facebook can be enhanced.
dc.languageEnglish
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociologyen_US
dc.subject.otherSocial Science
dc.subject.otherSociology
dc.subject.otherGeneral
dc.titleCracking Facebook
dc.title.alternativeThe Importance of Understanding Technology-Based Communication
dc.typebook
oapen.relation.isPublishedByaf16fd4b-42a1-46ed-82e8-c5e880252026
oapen.relation.isFundedByb818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9
oapen.relation.isbn9789463002110
oapen.collectionKnowledge Unlatched (KU)
oapen.imprintBrill
oapen.identifierhttps://openresearchlibrary.org/viewer/3e183da4-853b-4c54-bf6f-55c2f5c4358d
oapen.identifier.isbn9789463002110
grantor.number103952


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