Affective Publics: Sentiment, Technology, and Politics (Oxford Studies in Digital Politics)
Zizi Papacharissi
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Description for Affective Publics: Sentiment, Technology, and Politics (Oxford Studies in Digital Politics)
Paperback. Series: Oxford Studies in Digital Politics. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GTC; JPVH1; JPVK; UBJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 168 x 8. Weight in Grams: 304.
Over the past few decades, we have witnessed the growth of movements using digital means to connect with broader interest groups and express their points of view. These movements emerge out of distinct contexts and yield different outcomes, but tend to share one thing in common: online and offline solidarity shaped around the public display of emotion. Social media facilitate feelings of engagement, in ways that frequently make people feel re-energized about politics. In doing so, media do not make or break revolutions but they do lend emerging, storytelling publics their own means for feeling their way into events, frequently ... Read more
Over the past few decades, we have witnessed the growth of movements using digital means to connect with broader interest groups and express their points of view. These movements emerge out of distinct contexts and yield different outcomes, but tend to share one thing in common: online and offline solidarity shaped around the public display of emotion. Social media facilitate feelings of engagement, in ways that frequently make people feel re-energized about politics. In doing so, media do not make or break revolutions but they do lend emerging, storytelling publics their own means for feeling their way into events, frequently ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Series
Oxford Studies in Digital Politics
Condition
New
Weight
303g
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780199999743
SKU
V9780199999743
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About Zizi Papacharissi
Zizi Papacharissi is Professor and Head of the Department of Communication at the University of Illinois-Chicago. She is also the author of A Private Sphere and editor of A Networked Self and the Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media.
Reviews for Affective Publics: Sentiment, Technology, and Politics (Oxford Studies in Digital Politics)
I HEART #affectivepublics! Zizi Papacharissi brings enormous insight and much needed clarity to current debates about the role of social media in political life. Rejecting binaries which ascribe social movements to Twitter or Facebook or that dismiss all forms of online participation as 'Slacktivism,' she instead acknowledges the ways that social media has provided opportunities for new forms of expression ... Read more