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The Social Media Age
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The Social Media Age

  • Zoetanya Sujon - London College of Communication, University of the Arts London


April 2021 | 336 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd
Exploring power and participation in a connected world.

Social media are all around us. For many, they are the first things to look at upon waking and the last thing to do before sleeping. Integrated seamlessly into our private and public lives, they entertain, inform, connect (and sometimes disconnect) us. 

They’re more than just social though. In addition to our experiences as everyday users, understanding social media also means asking questions about our society, our culture and our economy. What we find is dense connections between platform infrastructures and our experience of the social, shaped by power, shifting patterns of participation, and a widening ideology of connection. 

This book introduces and examines the full scope of social media. From the social to the technological, from the everyday to platform industries, from the personal to the political. It brings together the key concepts, theories and research necessary for making sense of the meanings and consequences of social media, both hopefully and critically. 

Dr Zoetanya Sujon is a Senior Lecturer and Programme Director for Communications and Media at London College of Communication, University of the Arts London.
 
Part 1: What are Social Media and Where Do They Come From?
 
Chapter 1: The Social Media Landscape
 
Chapter 2: The Historical Origins of Social Media
 
Chapter 3: Power and Ideology
 
Part 2: Sociality and Social Technologies
 
Chapter 4: Understanding the ‘Social’ in Social Media
 
Chapter 5: Material Infrastructures and Platformization
 
Chapter 6: Participation, Culture and Protest
 
Part 3: Everyday Life and Social Media
 
Chapter 7: Selfie and Society: Snapchat and Instagram
 
Chapter 8: Privacy and Dataveillance
 
Chapter 9: Social Screens: From YouTube to TikTok
 
Chapter 10: Love, Intimacy and Personal Connections

The Social Media Age is a deeply researched, wonderfully wide-ranging and accessible examination of key contemporary and historical approaches towards understanding social media. Spanning from ideology to infrastructure, from privacy to participation and from memes to selfies, Zoetanya Sujon offers a thorough and critical introduction to how social media permeates and impacts many facets of modern social, cultural, political and economic life. The book’s clear structure and objectives, together with its discussion questions and diverse selection of in-depth case studies, lend itself perfectly for use in media and communications classrooms or as an indispensable resource book for any student seeking to better understand our complicated relationship with social media.

Patrick McCurdy
Associate Professor of Communication, University of Ottawa, Canada

The text touches upon the contemporary debates on digital and social media. It exposes students to crucial concepts and practices of the digital age. It is now available in our library both in ecopy and hard copy

Dr Chikezie E. Uzuegbunam
Mass Communications, University of Cape Town
March 1, 2022
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