Title
Social media and morality : losing our self control / Lisa S. Nelson, University of Pittsburgh.
ISBN
9781316616574 (paperback)
1316616576 (paperback)
9781107164932 (hardcover)
1107164931 (hardcover)
9781316691359 (electronic book)
1316691357 (electronic book)
9781316730775 (electronic book)
Published
Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
Language
English
Description
v, 225 pages ; 23 cm
Call Number
HM741 .N45 2018
Dewey Decimal Classification
302.23/1
Summary
"Is social media changing who we are? We assume social media is only a tool for our modern day communications and interactions, but is it quietly changing who we are and how we see the world and one another? Our current debate about the human behaviours behind social media misses the important effects these social networking technologies are having on our sense of shared morality and rationality. This book reconsiders our usual regulatory and developmental approach and suggests a new methodological inquiry to inform a new direction in policy for these increasingly important technologies"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-221) and index.
Introduction
1. The Political Significance of Social Media and the Limits of Our Understanding
2. The Moral Significance of Social Networking Technologies
3. Why We Do What We Do
4. Time Consciousness and the Specious Present of Social Media
5. Pretty Is as Pretty Does
6. Revealing the Moral Self in the Context of Us.
