While there is a lot of popular and academic interest in social media, this is the first academic work which addresses its growing presence in the surveillance of everyday life. Some scholars have considered its impact on privacy, but these efforts overlook the broader risks for…
Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introducing Social Media Surveillance -- 2 What Kind of Dwelling is Facebook? Scholarly Perspectives -- 3 Interpersonal Social Media Surveillance -- 4 Institutional Social Media Surveillance -- 5 Mark…
This text develops a surveillance studies approach to social media by presenting first hand ethnographic research with a variety of personal and professional social media users. Using Facebook as a case-study, it describes growing monitoring practices that involve social media.
This text develops a surveillance studies approach to social media by presenting first hand ethnographic research with a variety of personal and professional social media users. Using Facebook as a case-study, it describes growing monitoring practices that involve social media.