The Social Media Handbook [Hardcover]

The Social Media Handbookexplores how social media are changing disciplinary understandings of the internet and our everyday lives. In addition to person-to-person social networking services like Facebook and Twitter, this volume considers a broad range of networked information services that support in-depth social interaction, community formation, and collaboration in the Web 2.0 era.

Rather than considering social media in terms of specific technologies, the chapters in this book engage topics across a range of research, techniques, practices, culture and society, and theories. These broader topicsincluding community, gender, fandom, disability, and journalismare entryways through which students and faculty can explore ways of thinking about social media and find new paradigms for analysis.

Contributors:Axel Bruns, Francesca Coppa, Katie Ellis, Gerard Goggin, Alexander Halavais, Andrew Herman, Jeremy Hunsinger, Angus Johnston, Alice Marwick, Safiya Umoja Noble, Zizi Papacharissi, Toni Sant, Theresa Senft

Introduction, Jeremy Hunsinger and Theresa Senft.  1.Infrastructure and Interface in Social Media, Jeremy Hunsinger.  2. Community and Social Media, Angus Johnston.  Chapter 3. Production, Consumption, and Labor in the Social Media Mode of Communication and Production, Andrew Herman. 4. Art and Performance & Social Media, Toni Sant.  5. Gender, Sexuality and Social Media, Alice Marwick.  6. Pop Culture, Fans, and Social Media, Francesca Coppa.  7. Teaching and Learning with Social Media, Alexander Halavais.  8. Race and Social Media, Theresa Senft & Safiya Umoja Noble.  9. Disability and SolÑ