Stories and Social Media: Identities and Interaction

by Ruth Page and Ruth E. Page

Book Overview

This book examines everyday stories of personal experience that are published online in contemporary forms of social media. Taking examples from discussion boards, blogs, social network sites, microblogging sites, wikis, collaborative and participatory storytelling projects, Ruth Page explores how new and existing narrative genres are being (re)shaped in different online contexts. The book shows how the characteristics of social media, which emphasize...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415889812
• ISBN13: 9780415889810
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.1"