Social Ties in Online Networking

• Main Author: Ivana, Greti-Iulia (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 Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Palgrave Studies in Relational Sociology
• Subjects: Mass media.; Communication.; Social media.; Social sciences-Philosophy.; Media Sociology.; Media and Communication.; Social Media.; Social Theory.

This book explores the relevance of social networking from the perspective of its users to reveal the sociological significance of (inter)active experiences on Facebook. In doing so, the work examines obscure aspects of Facebook by addressing such questions as: What constitutes keeping in touch?; ho...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. It Happened on Facebook
• 3. Facebook and Real Life
• 4. Meaning Construction in Overviewing: "It was like catching up, but without talking"
• 5. Meaning Construction in Onlince Social Interactions
• 6. Social Networking and Emotions
• 7. The Structural Underpinnings of Online Bonds
• 8. Conclusions .-.