Emotions and Loneliness in a Networked Society

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Fox, Bianca (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2019.
• Θέματα: Social media.; Digital media.; Culture.; Technology.; Social Media.; Digital/New Media.; Culture and Technology.

This book analyses loneliness and other emotions in the context of new emerging communication technologies, underlining the diachronic impact of loneliness in network-centric societies and providing solutions to tackle loneliness by employing digital technologies. In an era of enhanced social interc...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Chapter 1. Introduction
• Chapter 2. Loneliness Essentialism and Mental Illness Stigmatization
• Chapter 3. Media Representation of Loneliness in China
• Chapter 4. Making sense of the lonely crowd, today. Youth, emotions and loneliness in a networked society
• Chapter 5. Lonelier than ever? Romania's forgotten Seniors
• Chapter 6. 'Experiences of loneliness; people with a learning disability and barriers to community inclusion'
• Chapter 7. The emotional public sphere and social media: performativity, mobilization and media hypes
• Chapter 8. Mediatised Emotions: A Framework for Understanding the Display of Affect in the Network Society
• Chapter 9. Communication of loneliness emotions in the online vlogs, and their moral value
• Chapter 10. Connected emotions on Tinder: the development of social skills and a digital self among users from Mexico City and Madrid
• Chapter 11. Emotions of belonging and playing families across borders in Sub-Saharan Africa
• Chapter 12. Loneliness as Advertising Strategy. A Structurational Perspective on Health and Social Interaction in German Adverts
• Chapter 13. Lonely Indian Housewives: Gendered Portrayal of Loneliness in Bollywood Cinema
• Chapter 14. Online connectedness as a cure for loneliness?
• Chapter 15. Biodigital influencers and the feeling of surprise they leave behind: new alternatives to fight loneliness in a networked society
• Chapter 16. In defence of social media: Towards a digital strategy of combating loneliness
• Chapter 17. Conclusion.