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Ben Agger - Oversharing:  Presentations of Self in the Internet Age - 9781138841369 - V9781138841369
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Oversharing: Presentations of Self in the Internet Age

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Description for Oversharing: Presentations of Self in the Internet Age Paperback. Series: Framing 21st Century Social Issues. Num Pages: 87 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 255 x 180 x 12. Weight in Grams: 186.

People ‘overshare’ when they interact with others through the screens of computers and smartphones. Oversharing means to divulge more of their inner feelings, opinions and sexuality than they would in person, or even over the phone. Text messaging, Facebooking, tweeting, camming, blogging, online dating, and internet porn are vehicles of this oversharing, which blurs the boundary between public and private life. This book examines these ‘presentations of self’, acknowledging that we are now much more public about what used to be private. With this second edition, Agger adds a new chapter on whether privacy is possible that addresses selfies, job ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Condition
New
Series
Framing 21st Century Social Issues
Number of Pages
75
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781138841369
SKU
V9781138841369
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-4

About Ben Agger
Ben Agger works in critical theory, cultural /media/Internet studies, and critical food and exercise studies at University of Texas-Arlington,where he also directs the Center for Theory. He edits Fast Capitalism,which can be found at www.fastcapitalism.com. Among his recent books are Texting toward Utopia and Body Problems, and he is working on Age of Opinion, a study of message boards, tweeting ... Read more

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