TY - BOOK N2 - "Social media penetrate our lives: Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and many other platforms define daily habits of communication and creative production. This book studies the rise of social media, providing both a historical and a critical analysis of the emergence of major platforms in the context of a rapidly changing ecosystem of connective media. Author José van Dijck offers an analytical prism that can be used to view techno-cultural as well as socio-economic aspects of this transformation as well as to examine shared ideological principles between major social media platforms. This fascinating study will appeal to all readers interested in social media."--Publisher's website. AB - "Social media penetrate our lives: Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and many other platforms define daily habits of communication and creative production. This book studies the rise of social media, providing both a historical and a critical analysis of the emergence of major platforms in the context of a rapidly changing ecosystem of connective media. Author José van Dijck offers an analytical prism that can be used to view techno-cultural as well as socio-economic aspects of this transformation as well as to examine shared ideological principles between major social media platforms. This fascinating study will appeal to all readers interested in social media."--Publisher's website. T1 - The culture of connectivity :a critical history of social media / DA - c2013. CY - Oxford ; CY - New York : AU - Dijck, José van. CN - HM742 CN - HM742 PB - Oxford University Press, PP - Oxford ; PP - New York : PY - c2013. ID - 476104 KW - Social media KW - Online social networks SN - 9780199970773 SN - 0199970777 SN - 9780199970780 SN - 0199970785 TI - The culture of connectivity :a critical history of social media / ER -