The Limits of Social Media

What Social Media Can Be, and What We Should Hope They Never Become

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2413615
AutoresSam Srauy (0000-0002-6810-9403, Oakland University, autor correspondente)
Ano2015
Volume1
Fascículo1
Páginas1/1/2056305115578676
Data de publicação2015-04-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoSocial Media + Society (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 2056-3051 • E-ISSN: 2056-3051
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/2056305115578676
OpenAlexW2103688255
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas10
Referências citadas12

Social media are among many tools that people use to articulate culture. However, it must be remembered that social media are websites that afford community building regardless of the morality, social benefit, or social detriment of the communities that get built. At their core, social media sites are products created by their respective corporations with the intent of monetizing the labor of their users. The values that these sites might offer are dependent on the users and the users' ability to claim some social benefit. In this regard, the author argues that social media can be beneficial spaces where society articulates and records culture 'only if' users can maintain that use despite corporate actors' efforts to monetize users' labor

Business · Internet privacy · Morality · Political science · Public relations · Social media · Sociology · Computer Science · Impact of Technology on Adolescents · Law · Privacy, Security, and Data Protection · Social Media and Politics