Personal Relationships and Intimacy in the Age of Social Media

• Main Author: Miguel, Cristina (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Social media.; Culture.; Technology.; Communication.; Social Media.; Culture and Technology.; Media and Communication.

This book examines how intimate relationships are built, negotiated and maintained through social media. The study takes a cross-platform approach, analysing three social media platforms of different genres - Badoo, Couchsurfing and Facebook - and exploring two interactive forces that shape the way...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1 Introduction
• Chapter 2 Intimacy Frameworks in the Context of Social Media.-Chapter 3 Intimacies of Digital Identity
• Chapter 4 Social Media Platforms as Intimacy Mediators
• Chapter 5 The Political Economy of Networked Intimacy
• Chapter 6 Meeting people online
• Chapter 7 Conclusion: Networked Intimacy.