{"product_id":"social-media-freaks-dustin-kidd-9780813350660","title":"Social Media Freaks: Digital Identity in the Network Society","description":"\u003cp\u003eSocial media has been transforming American and global cultural life for over a decade. It has flattened the divide between producer and audience found in other forms of culture while also enriching some massive corporations. At the core of \u003cem\u003eSocial Media Freaks\u003c\/em\u003e is the question: Does social media reproduce inequalities or is it a tool for subverting them?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSocial Media Freaks\u003c\/em\u003e presents a virtual ethnography of social media, focusing on issues of identity and inequality along five dimensions-race, class, gender, sexuality, and disability. It presents original and secondary findings, while also utilizing social theory to explain the dynamics of social media. It teaches readers how to engage social media as a tool for social activism while also examining the limits of social media's value in the quest for social change.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dustin Kidd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0813350662\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813350660\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/07\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2017","brand":"Dustin Kidd","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43926400860415,"sku":"9780813350660","price":46.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_b02782d7-2975-456a-8dfa-86288dd4fdb7.jpg?v=1681082879","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/social-media-freaks-dustin-kidd-9780813350660","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}