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How the World Changed Social Media

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How the World Changed Social Media
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Publisher: UCL Press
ISBN/ASIN: B01H2266QK
Number of pages: 260

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This book explores the impact of social media on politics and gender, education and commerce. What is the result of the increased emphasis on visual communication? Are we becoming more individual or more social? Why is public social media so conservative? Why does equality online fail to shift inequality offline?

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