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Emotions, Technology, and Social Media
1st Edition - May 26, 2016
Editor: Sharon Tettegah
Language: English
Paperback ISBN:9780128018576
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eBook ISBN:9780128018828
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Emotions, Technology, and Social Media discusses the ways the social media sphere uses emotion and technology, and how each of these has become part of the digital culture.…Read more
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Emotions, Technology, and Social Media discusses the ways the social media sphere uses emotion and technology, and how each of these has become part of the digital culture. The book explores this expression within a psychological theoretical framework, addressing feelings about social media, and its role in education and knowledge generation. The second section investigates the expression of feelings within social media spaces, while subsequent sections adopt a paradigm of active audience consumption to use social media to express feelings and maintain social connectivity.
Discusses the significant relationships between Web 2.0 technologies and learning traits
Presents studies about Facebook usage and individual emotional states
Investigates the shared emotions in the construction of “cyberculture”
Shows the extent to which scientists use social media in their work, and the ways in which they use the social media
Analyzes the consequences of the online disinhibition effect
Examines YouTube as a source of opinions and discussions which can be used to track the emotions evoked by videos and the emotions expressed through textual comments
Details how Reddit users’ media choices are emotionally useful and gratifying in the “memeplex”
Links social interaction and the emotional life with that of digital devices and resources
Psychology faculty, researchers, and clinicians in cognition, emotion, informatics, education, and technology. Depts of informatics, communication, and computer science
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Preface
Section I Human Affect and Its Effect in Social Media Technology
Section II Development, Social Media, Emotions, and the Psychology of Learning
Section 1: Human Affect and Its Effect in Social Media Technology
Chapter 1: Affect, People, and Digital Social Networks
Abstract
Introduction
Affect, Emotion, and Cognition
Ontogenesis and Individuation
Transindividual
Anxiety
Digital Networks and the Anxious Subject
Affect and Modulation
Digital Social Networks as Abstract Machines
Performing Digital Social Networks
Collective Emotion
Conclusion: The Technoaesthetic
Chapter 2: Online Community Empowerment, Emotional Connection, and Armed Love in the Black Lives Matter Movement
Abstract
Introduction
Theoretical Framework
Online Community
Method
Results
Shared Experiences
Community Building Online and Offline
Emotional Needs
Discussion
Chapter 3: The Role of Shared Emotions in the Construction of the Cyberculture: From Cultural Industries to Cultural Actions: The Case of Crowdfunding
Abstract
From Cultural Industries to Cultural Actions
Virtual Communication as Context for Interaction
Origins and Principles of Crowdfunding
From Shared Emotions to Actions on Crowdfunding
Context and Crowdfunding
Conclusions
Chapter 4: Social Media and Sorting Out Family Relationships
Abstract
Emotions and Anthropology
Polymedia
Trinidadian Families
Polymedia and Family Relationships
Conclusion
Section 2: Development, Social Media, Emotions, and the Psychology of Learning
Chapter 5: Understanding Emotional Expressions in Social Media Through Data Mining
Abstract
Emotion Terminology
Social Media and Social Networking Sites
Data Mining and Text Mining
Methodological Approaches to Social Network Data Mining
A Review of Social Network Data Mining
Mining Social Network Sites for Emotions in Education
Conclusion
Chapter 6: Social Media as a Venue for Emotion Regulation Among Adolescents
Abstract
What Is Emotion Regulation?
Emotional Regulation via the Media
Emotion Regulation via Social Media
Conclusion
Chapter 7: Facebook as a Tool for Enhancing Communication and Self-Expression
Abstract
A Dynamic Systems Approach to Understanding Intentions
Distinguishing Intentions on Facebook
Broadening Adolescents’ Use of Facebook
Chapter 8: Affective Impacts of Learning on Facebook: Postsecondary Students’ Voices
Abstract
Acknowledgment
Literature Review
Phenomenology
Method
Results
Visible Significant Statements and Themes
Discussion
Index
No. of pages: 188
Language: English
Edition: 1
Published: May 26, 2016
Imprint: Academic Press
Paperback ISBN: 9780128018576
eBook ISBN: 9780128018828
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Sharon Tettegah
Sharon Tettegah is a Professor in the Department of Teaching and Learning at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and Former Program Chair of Digital Environments for Learning, Teaching and Agency in the College of Education, at the University of Illinois, at Urbana Champaign. She has an appointment in the Cognitive Neuroscience in Bio-Intelligence at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology. In addition, she is a Research Scientist and affiliate at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA). Her research centers on the intersection of STEM learning, Emotions, Equity and Social justice. She was also a Program Director in 2010-2012 at the National Science Foundation where she managed five programs in the Directorates of Education and Human Resources, Computer and Information Science and Engineering and including a NSF cross-cutting program on Science, Engineering, Education for Sustainability (SEES). She is also the Series Editor for Emotions and Technology with Elsevier, Academic Psychology Division.
Affiliations and expertise
College of Education, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, National Center for Supercomputing Applications affiliate, University of Illinois, IL, USA
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