From selfies and memes to hashtags and parodies, social media are used for mundane and personal expressions of political commentary, engagement and participation. The coverage of politics reflects the social mediation of everyday life, where individual experiences and thoughts are documented and shared online.
In Social Media and Everyday Politics, Tim Highfield examines political talk as everyday occurrences on Twitter, Facebook, blogs, Tumblr, Instagram and more. He considers the personal and the political, the serious and the silly, and the everyday within the extraordinary, as politics arises from seemingly banal and irreverent topics. The analysis features international examples and evolving practices, from French blogs to Vine loops from Australia, via the Arab Spring, Occupy, #JeSuisCharlie, Eurovision, #BlackLivesMatter, Everyday Sexism and #illridewithyou.
This timely book will be a valuable resource for students and scholars in media and communications, internet studies and political science, as well as general readers keen to understand our contemporary media and political contexts.
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