The psychodynamics of social networking : connected-up instantaneous culture and the self / by Aaron Balick.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Balick, Aaron, author.

Series:

Psychoanalysis and popular culture series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Online social networks--Psychological aspects.

Online social networks.

Internet--Psychological aspects.

Internet.

Internet--Social aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton, FL : Routledge, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, [2018].

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Over the past decade, the very nature of the way we relate to each other has been utterly transformed by online social networking and the mobile technologies that enable unfettered access to it. Our very selves have been extended into the digital world in ways previously unimagined, offering us instantaneous relating to others over a variety of platforms like Facebook and Twitter. In The Psychodynamics of Social Networking, Aaron Balick draws on his experience as a psychotherapist and cultural theorist to interrogate the unconscious motivations behind our online social networking use, powerfully arguing that social media is not just a technology but is essentially human and deeply meaningful.

Contents:

chapter ONE Psychodynamics / Aaron Balick

chapter TWO On searching and being sought 15 / Aaron Balick

chapter THREE The matrix / Aaron Balick

chapter FOUR Who's afraid of being an object? / Aaron Balick

chapter FIVE Being in the mind of the other / Aaron Balick

chapter SIX Identities are not virtual / Aaron Balick

chapter Conclusion / Aaron Balick.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 8, 2013).

ISBN:

0-429-92190-X

0-429-90767-2

0-367-10136-X

0-429-48290-6

1-78241-165-8

9780429482908

OCLC:

861536711