| Title:
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TAKING OFFENCE ON SOCIAL MEDIA
CONVIVIALITY AND COMMUNICATION ON FACEBOOK |
| By: |
Caroline Tagg, Amy Aisha Brown, Philip Seargeant |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£49.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
3319567160 |
| ISBN 13: |
9783319567167 |
| Publisher: |
SPRINGER INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHING AG |
| Pub. date: |
28 June, 2017 |
| Edition: |
1st ed. 2017 |
| Pages: |
139 |
| Description: |
This book explores communication on Facebook, developing the new theoretical concept of context design as a way of understanding the dynamics of online interaction. |
| Synopsis: |
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. |
| Illustrations: |
9 Illustrations, black and white; IX, 139 p. 9 illus. |
| Publication: |
Switzerland |
| Imprint: |
Springer International Publishing AG |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |