Description
Product ID: | 9780367706654 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | Emotions Online |
Subtitle: | Feelings and Affordances of Digital Media |
Authors: | Author: Alan Petersen |
Page Count: | 186 |
Subjects: | Society and culture: general, Society & culture: general, Sociology, Psychology: emotions, Personal and public health / health education, Medical sociology, Digital and information technologies: social and ethical aspects, Digital and information technologies: Legal aspects, Human–computer interaction, Health, Relationships and Personal development, Sociology, Psychology: emotions, Personal & public health, Medical sociology, Ethical & social aspects of IT, Legal aspects of IT, Human-computer interaction, Health & personal development |
Description: | Select Guide Rating Digital media have become deeply immersed in our lives, heightening both hopes and fears of their affordances. Emotions Online explores the visions that shape responses to media and the emotional regimes that govern people’s engagements with them. Digital media have become deeply immersed in our lives, heightening both hopes and fears of their affordances. While the internet, mobile phones, and social media offer their users many options, they also engender concerns about their manipulations and intrusions. Emotions Online explores the visions that shape responses to media and the emotional regimes that govern people’s engagements with them. This book critically examines evidence on the role of digital media in emotional life. Offering a sociological perspective and using ideas from science and technology studies and media studies, it explores: • The dimensions and operations of the online emotional economy The book breaks new ground in the sociological study of digital media and the emotions. It reveals the dynamics of online emotional regimes showing how deceptive designs and algorithm-driven technologies serve to attract and engage users. As it argues, digital media rely on the emotional labours of many people, including social media inf luencers and content moderators who make the internet seem smart. The book provides an invaluable overview of the evidence and debates on the role of digital media in emotional life and guidance for future research, policy, and action. |
Imprint Name: | Routledge |
Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2022-12-30 |