Emotions Technology And Social Media by Sharon Tettegah, Paperback | Indigo Chapters

Emotions, Technology, and Social Mediadiscusses the ways the social media sphere uses emotion and technology, and how each of these has become part of the digital culture. The book explores this expression within a psychological theoretical framework, addressing feelings about social media, and its role in education and knowledge generation. The second section investigates the expression of feelings within social media spaces, while subsequent sections adopt a paradigm of active audience consumption to use social media to express feelings and maintain social connectivity. Discusses the significant relationships between Web 2.0 technologies and learning traitsPresents studies about Facebook usage and individual emotional statesInvestigates the shared emotions in the construction of cybercultureShows the extent to which scientists use social media in their work, and the ways in which they use the social mediaAnalyzes the consequences of the online disinhibition effectExamines YouTube as a source of opinions and discussions which can be used to track the emotions evoked by videos and the emotions expressed through textual commentsDetails how Reddit users' media choices are emotionally useful and gratifying in the memeplexLinks social interaction and the emotional life with that of digital devices and resources | Emotions Technology And Social Media by Sharon Tettegah, Paperback | Indigo Chapters