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Cracking Facebook

The Importance of Understanding Technology-Based Communication

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  • © 2015

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Authors:
  1. Maria Leena Korpijaakko

    1. McGill University, Canada

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  • The first book of its kind to discuss the socio-cultural implications of
  • Facebook use by people of all ages
  • It looks through multiple, theoretical lenses
  • The findings contribute to academic discussions in the fields of cultural studies and Education and can be applied to the development of critical media literacy for curriculum and pedagogy

Part of the book series: Youth, Media, & Culture Series (YMCS)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction

    • Maria Leena Korpijaakko
    Pages 1-14

  3. Why People Use Facebook

    • Maria Leena Korpijaakko
    Pages 15-31

  4. Linking Identity Theory, Avatar Attachment Theory, and Hyperreal Considerations to Overconsumption and Self-Fetishization on Facebook

    • Maria Leena Korpijaakko
    Pages 33-53

  5. Facebook Study

    • Maria Leena Korpijaakko
    Pages 55-71

  6. Facebook Study Results

    • Maria Leena Korpijaakko
    Pages 73-104

  7. A Critical Analysis of Facebook Study Findings

    • Maria Leena Korpijaakko
    Pages 105-121

  8. Conclusion

    • Maria Leena Korpijaakko
    Pages 123-129

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 131-153
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About this book

This book presents a Facebook study on members of the Cusp Generation, or those born before the “great digital divide” of 1995. This delineation allows for a discussion on the possible socio-cultural implications of Facebook use for people of all ages. Members of the Cusp Generation are in a unique position as “part digital natives” to easily acquire and use new media technologies, while being more critically aware of the personal, social, and cultural effects that may arise from them thanks to having some memory of the pre-digital era. Drawing on identity theories rooted in critical theory and cultural studies, the author shows that there are potential constrictions on people’s agency in their Facebook use caused by consumer discourse, Facebook’s hyperreal nature and structure, psychological predispositions, and the potential for avatar attachment. In raising concerns over the impacts of technology-based communication, this book explores how the medium of Facebook extends and exacerbates processes of offline social reproduction and discusses how the positive social and political aspects of Facebook can be enhanced. The findings contribute to academic discussions in the fields of cultural studies and Education and can be applied to the development of critical media literacy for curriculum and pedagogy.

Authors and Affiliations

  • McGill University, Canada

    Maria Leena Korpijaakko

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Cracking Facebook

  • Book Subtitle: The Importance of Understanding Technology-Based Communication

  • Authors: Maria Leena Korpijaakko

  • Series Title: Youth, Media, & Culture Series

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-211-0

  • Publisher: SensePublishers Rotterdam

  • eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature B.V. 2015

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-6300-211-0Published: 30 October 2015

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 154

  • Topics: Education, general

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