Meaning in the Age of Social Media
The search for meaning is an essential human activity. It is not just about agreeing on some definitions about the world, objects, and people; it is an ethical process of opening up to find new possibilities. Langlois uses case studies of social media pla
- PDF / 1,515,767 Bytes
- 214 Pages / 396 x 612 pts Page_size
- 8 Downloads / 291 Views
10.1057/9781137356611 - Meaning in the Age of Social Media, Ganaele Langlois
Copyright material from www.palgraveconnect.com - licensed to The Chinese University of Hong Kong - PalgraveConnect - 2016-02-24
Meaning in the Age of Social Media
10.1057/9781137356611 - Meaning in the Age of Social Media, Ganaele Langlois
Copyright material from www.palgraveconnect.com - licensed to The Chinese University of Hong Kong - PalgraveConnect - 2016-02-24
This page intentionally left blank
Ganaele Langlois
10.1057/9781137356611 - Meaning in the Age of Social Media, Ganaele Langlois
Copyright material from www.palgraveconnect.com - licensed to The Chinese University of Hong Kong - PalgraveConnect - 2016-02-24
Meaning in the Age of Social Media
meaning in the age of social media
Copyright © Ganaele Langlois, 2014. First published in 2014 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN® in the United States—a division of St. Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN: 978–1–137–35660–4 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available from the Library of Congress. A catalogue record of the book is available from the British Library. Design by Newgen Knowledge Works (P) Ltd., Chennai, India. First edition: June 2014 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
10.1057/9781137356611 - Meaning in the Age of Social Media, Ganaele Langlois
Copyright material from www.palgraveconnect.com - licensed to The Chinese University of Hong Kong - PalgraveConnect - 2016-02-24
All rights reserved.
List of Tables
vii
Acknowledgments
ix
Introduction Meaning and Social Media
1
Chapter 1 Governing Meaning
23
Chapter 2 Meaning Machines
51
Chapter 3 Meaningfulness and Subjectivation
85
Chapter 4 Social Networking and the Production of the Self
111
Chapter 5 Being in the World
141
Afterword Social Data and the Politics of Existence
169
Notes
175
Bibliography
177
Index
193
10.1057/9781137356611 - Meaning in the Age of Social Media, Ganaele Langlois
Copyright material from www.palgraveconnect.com - licensed to The Chinese University of Hong Kong - PalgraveConnect - 2016-02-24
Contents
10.1057/9781137356611 - Meaning in the Age of Social Media, Ganaele Langlois
Copyright material from www.palgraveconnect.com - licensed to The Chinese University of Hong Kong - PalgraveConnect - 2016-02-24
This page intentionally left blank
2.1 Glossematics 2.2 Guattari and Glossematics 2.3 Mixed Semiotics
10.1057/9781137356611 - Meaning in the Age of Social Media, Ganaele Langlois
74 76 80
Copyright material from www.p
Data Loading...
