Sociotechnical Systems
Books
Twitter: A Biography
Is Twitter a place for sociability and conversation, a platform for public broadcasting, or a network for discussion? Digital platforms have become influential in every sphere of communication, from the intimate and everyday to the public, professional, and political. Since…
In the spirit of “Nickel and Dimed”, a necessary and revelatory expose of the invisible human workforce that powers the web—and that foreshadows the true future of work.
Playing to the Crowd explores and explains how the rise of digital communication platforms has transformed artist-fan relationships into something closer to friendship or family.
A revealing and gripping investigation into how social media platforms police what we post online—and the large societal impact of these decisions.
A journey into an unexplored slice of life in rural America, Queering the Countryside offers a unique perspective on queer experience in the modern United States and Canada.
Participatory Culture in a Networked Era: A Conversation on Youth, Learning, Commerce, and Politics
Participatory Culture in a Networked Era will interest students and scholars of digital media and their impact on society and will engage readers in a broader dialogue and conversation about their own participatory practices in this digital age.
Counter the oversimplified versions you hear in the media with this one-stop-shop for everything you wanted to know about digital technologies in interpersonal relationships.
Do social media affect the quality of teens’ lives? In this eye-opening book, youth culture and technology expert danah boyd uncovers some of the major myths regarding teens’ use of social media.
Scholars from communication and media studies join those from science and technology studies to examine media technologies as complex, sociomaterial phenomena.