Breakup 2. 0 Disconnecting over New Media

Name: Breakup 2. 0 Disconnecting over New Media
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ISBN: 9780801477898

ISBN-10: 0801477891

ISBN-13: 9780801477898

Edition: 2012

Authors: Ilana M. Gershon

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A few generations ago, college students showed their romantic commitments by exchanging special objects: rings, pins, varsity letter jackets. Pins and rings were handy, telling everyone in local communities that you were spoken for, and when you broke up, the absence of a ring let everyone know you were available again. Is being Facebook official really more complicated, or are status updates just a new version of these old tokens?Many people are now fascinated by how new media has affected the intricacies of relationships and their dissolution. People often talk about Facebook and Twitter as platforms that have led to a seismic shift in transparency and (over)sharing. What are the new…

Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Publication date: 2/15/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.65" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover: Media Ideologies and Idioms of Practice



E-mail My Heart: The Structure of Technology and Heartache



Remediation and Heartache



How Do You Know?



Breaking Up in a Public


Conclusion


Bibliography


Index