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oapen-20.500.12657-509262021-10-14T02:43:40Z a tumblr book McCracken, Allison Cho, Alexander Stein, Louisa Neill Hoch, Indira Platforms;Social Justice;Activism;LGBTQ;Education;Popular Education;Media Ethics;Privacy;Spoonie Liv bic Book Industry Communication::T Technology, engineering, agriculture::TB Technology: general issues bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science::PD Science: general issues::PDR Impact of science & technology on society "This book takes an extensive look at the many different types of users and cultures that comprise the popular social media platform Tumblr. Though it does not receive nearly as much attention as other social media such as Twitter or Facebook, Tumblr and its users have been hugely influential in creating and shifting popular culture, especially progressive youth culture, with the <i>New York Times</i> referring to 2014 as the dawning of the “age of Tumblr activism.”<br> <br> Perfect for those unfamiliar with the platform as well as those who grew up on it, this volume contains essays and artwork that span many different topics: fandom; platform structure and design; race, gender and sexuality, including queer and trans identities; aesthetics; disability and mental health; and social media privacy and ethics. An entire generation of young people that is now beginning to influence mass culture and politics came of age on Tumblr, and this volume is an indispensable guide to the many ways this platform works." 2021-10-13T11:19:30Z 2021-10-13T11:19:30Z 2020 book 9780472074563 9780472054565 9780472126958 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/50926 eng application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International 9780472901296.pdf https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart2/ChicagoBook.aspx?ISBN=9780472054565&press=umich University of Michigan Press 10.3998/mpub.11537055 10.3998/mpub.11537055 e07ce9b5-7a46-4096-8f0c-bc1920e3d889 469b3de8-d5ec-4d3d-8ab7-18ab0916603d 9780472074563 9780472054565 9780472126958 405 DePaul University open access
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"This book takes an extensive look at the many different types of users and cultures that comprise the popular social media platform Tumblr. Though it does not receive nearly as much attention as other social media such as Twitter or Facebook, Tumblr and its users have been hugely influential in creating and shifting popular culture, especially progressive youth culture, with the <i>New York Times</i> referring to 2014 as the dawning of the “age of Tumblr activism.”<br>
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Perfect for those unfamiliar with the platform as well as those who grew up on it, this volume contains essays and artwork that span many different topics: fandom; platform structure and design; race, gender and sexuality, including queer and trans identities; aesthetics; disability and mental health; and social media privacy and ethics. An entire generation of young people that is now beginning to influence mass culture and politics came of age on Tumblr, and this volume is an indispensable guide to the many ways this platform works."
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