{"product_id":"emotions-online-feelings-and-affordances-of-digital-media-paperback","title":"Emotions Online: Feelings and Affordances of Digital Media - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlan Petersen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDigital media have become deeply immersed in our lives, heightening both hopes and fears of their affordances. While the internet, mobile phones, and social media offer their users many options, they also engender concerns about their manipulations and intrusions. \u003cem\u003eEmotions Online\u003c\/em\u003e explores the visions that shape responses to media and the emotional regimes that govern people's engagements with them.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book critically examines evidence on the role of digital media in emotional life. Offering a sociological perspective and using ideas from science and technology studies and media studies, it explores: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e- The dimensions and operations of the online emotional economy\u003cbr\u003e- Growing concerns about online harms and abuse, especially to children\u003cbr\u003e- 'Deepfakes' and other forms of image-based abuse\u003cbr\u003e- The role of hope in shaping online behaviours\u003cbr\u003e- 'Digital well-being' and its market\u003cbr\u003e- COVID-19's impacts on perceptions of digital media and Big Tech\u003cbr\u003e- Growing challenges to centralised control of the internet, and the implications for future emotional life\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book breaks new ground in the sociological study of digital media and the emotions. It reveals the dynamics of online emotional regimes showing how deceptive designs and algorithm-driven technologies serve to attract and engage users. As it argues, digital media rely on the emotional labours of many people, including social media inf luencers and content moderators who make the internet seem smart. The book provides an invaluable overview of the evidence and debates on the role of digital media in emotional life and guidance for future research, policy, and action.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlan Petersen\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of Sociology in the School of Social Sciences at Monash University, Australia. His research interests include the sociology of health and medicine, science and technology studies, and gender studies. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eDigital Health and Technological Promise: A Sociological Inquiry\u003c\/em\u003e (2018), \u003cem\u003eThe Politics of Bioethics\u003c\/em\u003e (2011), and \u003cem\u003eThe Body in Question: A Socio-Cultural Approach\u003c\/em\u003e (2007), and co-author of \u003cem\u003eThe New Genetics and the Public's Health\u003c\/em\u003e (2001) and \u003cem\u003ePoststructuralism, Citizenship and Social Policy\u003c\/em\u003e (1999), among others.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 186\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.41 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 30, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51781442797856,"sku":"9780367706654","price":89.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/5dcc617d58d89b3f8780bb9392d9ea85.webp?v=1780550807","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/emotions-online-feelings-and-affordances-of-digital-media-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}