ISBN:
9780262346252
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource
,
Illustrations (black and white).
Series Statement:
MIT Press scholarship online
DDC:
302.231
Keywords:
Information technology Social aspects
;
Social media
;
Diaries Social aspects
;
Self Social aspects
;
Identity (Psychology) and mass media
Abstract:
Social critiques argue that social media have made us narcissistic, that Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube are all vehicles for me-promotion. In this book, Lee Humphreys offers a different view. She shows that sharing the mundane details of our lives - what we ate for lunch, where we went on vacation, who dropped in for a visit - didn't begin with mobile devices and social media. People have used media to catalog and share their lives for several centuries. Pocket diaries, photo albums, and baby books are the predigital precursors of today's digital and mobile platforms for posting text and images. The ability to take selfies has not turned us into needy narcissists; it's part of a longer story about how people account for everyday life.
Note:
Previously issued in print: 2018
,
Includes bibliographical references and index
DOI:
10.7551/mitpress/9780262037853.001.0001
URL:
https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/9780262037853.001.0001
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