The Social Media Political Subject Is an Infant
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2413645 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Athina Karatzogianni (0000-0002-6161-4423, University of Leicester, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2015-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Media + Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2056-3051 • E-ISSN: 2056-3051 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/2056305115580480 |
| OpenAlex | W2194678212 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 1 |
Any random sampling of a Facebook timeline or Twitter feed, to take the obvious examples, provides a prepackaged view of global politics. It is restrictive because we choose it to reflect our own pet subjects, groups, likes, and world interests. The lens is prejudiced to reflect our race, class, gender, sexuality, ideology, and affective positionality. We enter a social media world as many as 10 or 50 times a day that has ourselves as the center of the universe. This communication world is similar to an infant's world: Someone else decides what we can see, what we can consume, what is that extra treat we can earn, if we are good: in social media terms, if we pay for it by reputational capital, or simply, if we spend enough money
Human sexuality · Ideology · Media studies · Political science · Politics · Social media · Sociology · Surprise · Timeline · World Wide Web · Computer Science · Gender Studies · History · Law · Psychology · Social Media and Politics · Social Psychology
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,38 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2025 (8) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |