The Public Space of Social Media: Connected Cultures of the Network Society

Thérèse Tierney

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Abstract

Social media is restructuring urban practices–through ad-hoc experimentation, commercial software development, and communities of participation. This book is the first to consider how practices contained within social media are situated within a larger genealogy of public space, including theories of communal identity, civitas and democracy, the fete, and self-expression. Through empirical research, the actual social practices of participants of networked publics are described and analyzed. Documenting how online counterpublics use the Internet to transmit classified photos, mobilize activists, and challenge the status quo, Tierney argues that online activities do not stop in online conversations; they are physically grounded through mobile GPS coordinates which are then transformed into activities in physical space—the street, the plaza, the places where people have traditionally gathered to demonstrate and express their opinions publicly.
Original languageEnglish (US)
Place of PublicationNew York
PublisherRoutledge
Number of pages188
ISBN (Electronic)9780203093863
ISBN (Print)9781138649309
DOIs
StatePublished - 2013

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NameRoutledge Studies in New Media and Cyberculture

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network society
media culture
social media
public space
software development
genealogy
empirical research
restructuring
conversation
democracy
Internet
participation
community

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Tierney, T. (2013). The Public Space of Social Media: Connected Cultures of the Network Society. (Routledge Studies in New Media and Cyberculture). New York: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203093863

The Public Space of Social Media : Connected Cultures of the Network Society. / Tierney, Thérèse.

New York : Routledge, 2013. 188 p. (Routledge Studies in New Media and Cyberculture).

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Tierney, T 2013, The Public Space of Social Media: Connected Cultures of the Network Society. Routledge Studies in New Media and Cyberculture, Routledge, New York. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203093863
Tierney T. The Public Space of Social Media: Connected Cultures of the Network Society. New York: Routledge, 2013. 188 p. (Routledge Studies in New Media and Cyberculture). https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203093863
Tierney, Thérèse. / The Public Space of Social Media : Connected Cultures of the Network Society. New York : Routledge, 2013. 188 p. (Routledge Studies in New Media and Cyberculture).
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