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Tim Highfield - Social Media and Everyday Politics - 9780745691350 - V9780745691350
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Social Media and Everyday Politics

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Description for Social Media and Everyday Politics Paperback. From selfies and memes to hashtags and parodies, social media are used for mundane and personal expressions of political commentary, engagement, and participation. The coverage of politics reflects the social mediation of everyday life, where individual experiences and thoughts are documented and shared online. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: GTC; JFD; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
From selfies and memes to hashtags and parodies, social media are used for mundane and personal expressions of political commentary, engagement, and participation. The coverage of politics reflects the social mediation of everyday life, where individual experiences and thoughts are documented and shared online.

In Social Media and Everyday Politics, Tim Highfield examines political talk as everyday occurrences on Twitter, Facebook, blogs, Tumblr, Instagram, and more. He considers the personal and the political, the serious and the silly, and the everyday within the extraordinary, as politics arises from seemingly banal and irreverent topics. The analysis features international examples and ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Polity
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
350g
Number of Pages
220
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745691350
SKU
V9780745691350
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50

About Tim Highfield
Tim Highfield is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow and Sessional Academic at Queensland University of Technology.

Reviews for Social Media and Everyday Politics
"Politics is personal and the personal is political. As new media platforms enhance our ability to express ourselves and connect with others, everyday politics are performed in public spheres interconnected by social media. Tim Highfield makes this abundantly clear in Social Media and Everyday Politics, a must read volume for those interested in how the language, the practice, and the ... Read more

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