Taking offence on social media : conviviality and communication on Facebook / Caroline Tagg, Philip Seargeant, Amy Aisha Brown.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tagg, Caroline, author.

Brown, Amy Aisha, author.

Seargeant, Philip, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Facebook (Firm).

Online social networks.

Social conflict in mass media.

Physical Description:

ix, 139 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, imprint published by Springer Nature, [2017]

Summary:

This book explores communication on Facebook, developing the new theoretical concept of context design as a way of understanding the dynamics of online interaction. Against a backdrop of fake news and other controversies surrounding online political debate, the authors focus on inadvertent acts of offence on Facebook; that is, when users of the site unwittingly offend or are offended by the airing of political or religious views, or of opinions deemed racist or sexist. Drawing on a survey of Facebook users, they explain why instances of offence occur and what users report doing in response. They argue that Facebook users contribute to the construction of a particular social space, one that is characterised by online conviviality and a belief that Facebook is not the place for serious debate. These views in turn shape the kind of political debate that can take place on the site. This thought-provoking book will appeal to scholars and students of applied linguistics, and anyone interested in the role of social media in contemporary political and social life.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9783319567167

3319567160

OCLC:

987370256