Visualising Facebook A Comparative Perspective / Daniel Miller and Jolynna Sinanan

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Miller, Daniel

Sinanan, Jolynna, Author.

Series:

Why we post

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social sciences.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (226 pages) : illustrations, photographs

Place of Publication:

London UCL Press 2017

Summary:

Since the growth of social media, human communication has become much more visual. This book presents a scholarly analysis of the images people post on a regular basis to Facebook. By including hundreds of examples, readers can see for themselves the differences between postings from a village north of London, and those from a small town in Trinidad. Why do women respond so differently to becoming a mother in England from the way they do in Trinidad? How are values such as carnival and suburbia expressed visually? Based on an examination of over 20,000 images, the authors argue that phenomena such as selfies and memes must be analysed in their local context. The book aims to highlight the importance of visual images today in patrolling and controlling the moral values of populations, and explores the changing role of photography from that of recording and representation, to that of communication, where an image not only documents an experience but also enhances it, making the moment itself more exciting.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

CC BY-NC-ND

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781911307396

1911307398

9781911307402

1911307401

OCLC:

976406838

Publisher Number:

10.14324/111.9781911307402

Access Restriction:

Open Access Unrestricted online access