Handbook

We click, share, rank and remix with a perverse indifference to technologies of capture. The design of devices and/or media technology and its interfaciality are key to inviting users to participate. As a result, new media practices and forms of contention between users and producers are established. We will examine a symbiotic yet problematic relation between networks and social movements, and further develops the notion of organized networks. We will develop a theoretical understanding of the development, significance and contemporary uses of social media. It fosters both critical analysis and reflective practice in the networked digital media environment. You will critically engage with key ideas of creativity, sharing and visibility in social media and will participate in creative and reflective practice using leading social media tools and platforms. What is social about media? What are the implications of social media platforms for power, the economy and politics? How meaningful is the notion of participatory culture for thinking about social media?