[Air-L] Definitions of Social Media

[Julian Hopkins]

Hi all,

following the useful sharing of definitions of social media a few weeks
ago, I compiled them and put them on a blog post for myself and for my
students.

If anyone is interested, it's here:
http://julianhopkins.com/how-to-define-social-media-an-academic-summary/

I also noted that Miller et al.'s more anthropological, 'culture as text'
approach was not mentioned:

"Social media should not be seen primarily as the platforms upon which
people post, but rather as the contents that are posted on these
platforms." (Miller et al. 2016: 61)

MILLER, D., E. COSTA, N. HAYNES, ET AL. 2016. How the World Changed Social
Media. London: UCL Press (available on-line:
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ucl-press/browse-books/how-world-changed-social-media,
accessed 15 April 2016).


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