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Participatory Culture, Community, and Play: Learning from Reddit
Adrienne L. Massanari
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Hardback. Series: Digital Formations. Num Pages: 215 pages. BIC Classification: GTC; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 450.
What does online community look like in the age of social networking? How do participatory culture platforms reflect both their designers' intentions and the desires of their users? In this incisive and timely work, Adrienne L. Massanari discusses how culture is created and challenged on Reddit.com, the self-proclaimed front page of the internet . Reddit enables the sharing of original and reposted content from around the web, and provides a platform for like-minded individuals to commune around topics of interest - everything from the joys of drinking beer in a shower (/r/showerbeer) to celebrating the pleasures of tidy penmanship ... Read more
What does online community look like in the age of social networking? How do participatory culture platforms reflect both their designers' intentions and the desires of their users? In this incisive and timely work, Adrienne L. Massanari discusses how culture is created and challenged on Reddit.com, the self-proclaimed front page of the internet . Reddit enables the sharing of original and reposted content from around the web, and provides a platform for like-minded individuals to commune around topics of interest - everything from the joys of drinking beer in a shower (/r/showerbeer) to celebrating the pleasures of tidy penmanship ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Peter Lang Publishing Inc United States
Number of pages
215
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Series
Digital Formations
Condition
New
Weight
438g
Number of Pages
215
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9781433126789
SKU
V9781433126789
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About Adrienne L. Massanari
Adrienne L. Massanari (PhD, University of Washington) is Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Illinois at Chicago. She is co-editor of Digital Ethics (Peter Lang, 2012) and Critical Cyberculture Studies (2006).
Reviews for Participatory Culture, Community, and Play: Learning from Reddit
Adrienne L. Massanari has written the definitive primer on Reddit, in all its contradiction and complexity. This accessible book provides an invaluable contribution to the ongoing debate over `Web 2.0', what it is, what it isn't, and what we might reasonably expect from platforms that rely on user-generated content. (Douglas Rushkoff, Professor of Media Theory and Digital Economics, ... Read more