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Alice E. Marwick, Status Update: Celebrity, Publicity, and Branding in the Social Media Age
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Helsper, Ellen J. |
| Copyright Year | 2014 |
| Abstract | She definitely succeeds in pushing the reader to consider the gender, racial, and other imbalances in the production of content in this digital age. To construct her argument, she builds on Social Constructivist Theories (SCOT) of design, thus explaining how social media, like other technologies before it, are designed by elites in ways that suit their normative status quo. She asks what the consequences are of locating design in a tech culture that celebrates risk taking and innovation for “the good of society.” Positing that this means those whose socioeconomic and cultural position allows them to live this risky lifestyle—predominantly young, white, rich men—are those who determine what this good is. |
| Starting Page | 5 |
| Ending Page | 5 |
| Page Count | 1 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Volume Number | 8 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/download/2755/1120 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
