Personal Relationships and Intimacy in the Age of Social Media
Author | : Cristina Miguel |
Publisher | : Palgrave Pivot |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2018-11-20 |
ISBN-10 | : 3030020614 |
ISBN-13 | : 9783030020613 |
Rating | : 4/5 (14 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: This book examines how intimate relationships are built, negotiated and maintained through social media. The study takes a cross-platform approach, analysing three social media platforms of different genres – Badoo, Couchsurfing and Facebook – and exploring two interactive forces that shape the way people communicate through social media: the platforms’ architecture and policies, and actual practises of use. Combining analysis of the political economy of social media with users’ perspectives of their own practises – as well as exploring the tensions between the two – the book provides a detailed picture of intimacy as a complex structure of continuity and change.