Networks without a cause : a critique of social media /
Lovink, Geert.
Networks without a cause : a critique of social media / Geert Lovink. - Cambridge : Polity, 2011. - vii, 221 p.
This title offers a cutting-edge critical analysis of our contemporary networked world. Why are so many people so obsessed with social network sites like Facebook? Lovink dissects our collective obsession with identity, together with the fragmentation and information overload endemic to today's online culture.
Specialized.
9780745649672 (hbk.) : £55.00 074564967X (hbk.) : £55.00 9780745649689 (pbk.) : £15.99 0745649688 (pbk.) : £15.99
Online social networks--Sociological aspects.
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Networks without a cause : a critique of social media / Geert Lovink. - Cambridge : Polity, 2011. - vii, 221 p.
This title offers a cutting-edge critical analysis of our contemporary networked world. Why are so many people so obsessed with social network sites like Facebook? Lovink dissects our collective obsession with identity, together with the fragmentation and information overload endemic to today's online culture.
Specialized.
9780745649672 (hbk.) : £55.00 074564967X (hbk.) : £55.00 9780745649689 (pbk.) : £15.99 0745649688 (pbk.) : £15.99
Online social networks--Sociological aspects.
302.3'0285