Social Media, Social Genres

Making Sense of the Ordinary

By Stine Lomborg | Publisher: Taylor and Francis

About the book

Internet-based applications such as blogs, social network sites, online chat forums, text messages, microblogs, and location-based communication services used from computers and smart phones represent central resources for organizing daily life and making sense of ourselves and the social worlds we inhabit. This interdisciplinary book explores the meanings of social media as a communicative condition for users in their daily lives; first, through a theoretical framework approaching social media as communicative genres and second, through empirical case studies of personal blogs, Twitter, and Facebook as key instances of the category of \"social media,\" which is still taking shape. Lomborg combines micro-analyses of the communicative functionalities of social media and their place in ordinary people’s wider patterns of media usage and everyday practices.

Editions of Social Media, Social Genres

EBook
ISBN 9781134080229
PDF
ISBN 9781134080151

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Internet-based applications such as blogs, social network sites, online chat forums, text messages, microblogs, and location-based communication services used from computers and smart phones represent central resources for organizing daily life and making sense of ourselves and the social worlds we inhabit. This interdisciplinary book explores the meanings of social media as a communicative condition for users in their daily lives; first, through a theoretical framework approaching social media as communicative genres and second, through empirical case studies of personal blogs, Twitter, and Facebook as key instances of the category of \"social media,\" which is still taking shape. Lomborg combines micro-analyses of the communicative functionalities of social media and their place in ordinary people’s wider patterns of media usage and everyday practices.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Social Media, Social Genres about?

Internet-based applications such as blogs, social network sites, online chat forums, text messages, microblogs, and location-based communication services used from computers and smart phones represent central resources for organizing daily life and making sense of ourselves and the social worlds we inhabit. This interdisciplinary book explores the meanings of social media as a communicative condition for users in their daily lives; first, through a theoretical framework approaching social media as communicative genres and second, through empirical case studies of personal blogs, Twitter, and Facebook as key instances of the category of \"social media,\" which is still taking shape. Lomborg combines micro-analyses of the communicative functionalities of social media and their place in ordinary people’s wider patterns of media usage and everyday practices.

What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Social Media, Social Genres?

Society and Social Sciences > Society and culture: general > Cultural and media studies > Media studies

Where can I read a sample of Social Media, Social Genres?

You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9781134080229

Is Social Media, Social Genres part of a series, and can it be read as a standalone?

Yes it is a part of series Routledge Studies in New Media and Cyberculture

Who is/are the Author/s of the book Social Media, Social Genres?

Stine Lomborg

Who is the Publisher of the book Social Media, Social Genres?

Taylor and Francis

What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?

Social Media, Social Genres is available as ebook(ISBN 9781134080229) and pdf(ISBN 9781134080151)