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| Varying Form of Title: | Visualizing Facebook
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| Other authors / contributors: | Sinanan, Jolynna, author.
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| ISBN: | 9781911307396
1911307398
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1911307401
1911307363
9781911307365
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9781911307365
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0781911307365
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| Digital file characteristics: | data file
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Summary: | Since the growth of social media, human communication has become much more visual. This book presents a scholarly analysis of the images people post on a regular basis to Facebook. By including hundreds of examples, readers can see for themselves the differences between postings from a village north of London, and those from a small town in Trinidad. Why do women respond so differently to becoming a mother in England from the way they do in Trinidad? How are values such as carnival and suburbia expressed visually? Based on an examination of over 20,000 images, the authors argue that phenomena such as selfies and memes must be analysed in their local context. The book aims to highlight the importance of visual images today in patrolling and controlling the moral values of populations, and explores the changing role of photography from that of recording and representation, to that of communication, where an image not only documents an experience but also enhances it, making the moment itself more exciting.
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| Other form: | Print version: Miller, Daniel. Visualising Facebook : a comparative perspective. London, [England] : UCL Press, ©2017 approximately 292 pages 9781911307365
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