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Bloggerati, twitterati : how blogs and Twitter are transforming popular culture / Mary Cross.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cross, Mary, 1934-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Internet--Social aspects.
- Internet.
- Blogs--Social aspects.
- Blogs.
- Twitter.
- Popular culture.
- Social aspects.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 190 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Barbara, Calif. : Praeger, [2011]
- Summary:
- Blogs, Twitter, and social media networks on the Internet have realized Marshall McLuhan's 20th century prediction that electronic technology would transform the world into a global village. Cross (emerita, English, Fairleigh Dickinson U., NJ) presents an analysis of the factors behind this cultural shift and its impact on communication, journalism, language, books, privacy, government oversight, and the identity and social relationships of "digital natives." The book includes a digital milestones timeline, statistics on online and social networking site use, case examples, cartoons, and predictions about cyberculture. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Popular culture in a digital age
- Got blog?
- Twitter world
- Are blogs and twitter hijacking journalism?
- Language in a twittering, blogging world
- Issues in the age of oversharing
- Inventing the digital self
- Bloggerati, twitterati, and the transformation of practically everything
- Welcome to the revolution.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780313384844
- 0313384843
- 9780313384851
- 0313384851
- OCLC:
- 690088641
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