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Tumblr / Katrin Tiidenberg, Natalie Ann Hendry and Crystal Abidin.
Van Pelt Library TK5105.8885.T85 T55 2021
By Request
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tiidenberg, Katrin, author.
- Hendry, Natalie Ann, author.
- Abidin, Crystal, author.
- Series:
- Digital media and society series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Microblogs--United States--History.
- Microblogs.
- Microblogs--Social aspects.
- Online social networks--United States--History.
- Online social networks.
- Tumblr (Electronic resource).
- United States.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- x, 280 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge ; Medford, MA : Polity, 2021.
- Summary:
- "Launched in 2007, tumblr became a safe haven for LGBT youth, social justice movements, and a counseling station for mental health issues. For a decade, this micro-blogging platform had more users than either Twitter or Snapchat, but it remained an obscure subculture for nonusers. Katrin Tiidenberg, Natalie Ann Hendry, and Crystal Abidin offer the first systematic guide to tumblr and its crucial role in shaping internet culture. Drawing on a decade of qualitative data, they trace the prominent social media practices of creativity, curation, and community-making, and reveal tumblr's cultlike appeal and position in the social media ecosystem. The book demonstrates how diverse cultures can - in felt and imagined silos - coexist on a single platform and how destructive recent trends in platform governance are. The concept of "silosociality" is introduced to critically re-think social media, interrogate what kinds of sociality it affords, and what (unintended) consequences arise. This book is an essential resource for students and scholars of media and communication, as well as anyone interested in an influential but overlooked platform"--Publisher's description.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1. Tumblr Structure
- 2. Tumblr Sociality
- 3. Fame
- 4. Fandom
- 5. Social Justice
- 6. NSFW
- 7. Mental Health.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the John G. Hartman Memorial Library Fund.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Tiidenberg, Katrin. Tumblr
- ISBN:
- 9781509541089
- 150954108X
- 9781509541096
- 1509541098
- OCLC:
- 1228881140
- Publisher Number:
- 99991472606
- 40030827093
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