Recognition in the Age of Social Media

Bruno Campanella

• Publisher: Polity
• Year: 2023
• Print ISBN: 9781509544578, 9781509544561
• eBook ISBN: 9781509544585
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Political Philosophy
• Index: Social Sciences

The desire to be recognized is a basic human trait. In contemporary society, social media platforms play a key role in defining how processes of recognition take shape. To post, to like, or to comment have become daily practices of expressing individual recognition. On the one hand, social media platforms make it easier for individuals to be visible and to be recognized; on the other hand, they control the structure of these dynamics.

This timely and original book reflects on processes of recognition on social media platforms. Revisiting traditional discussions on recognition theory, Bruno Campanella investigates how the field of media and communication has used the concept and poses new questions raised by the omnipresence of social media. He argues thatexisting work does not fully explore the impact of platforms on contemporary processes of recognition.Individuals must learn new skills to make themselves visible online, but how to achieve this changes as a consequence of the role played by platforms: what is seen depends on decisions taken by their algorithms, which impacts how individuals and social groups are valued in society.

Recognition in the Age of Social Media is a key contribution to the field, and a must-read for students and scholars of media and communication, sociology, and politics.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Table of Contents
• Half Title Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Introduction
• 1. Lethal Intersections and Violence
• 2 Recognition and the Media
• 3 Regimes of Visibility on Social Media Platforms
• 4 The Demand for New Dispositions
• Conclusion
• Notes
• References
• Index
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