Fan Attachment and Corporate Control at Disneyland
In Contested Kingdom: Fan Attachment and Corporate Control at Disneyland, William McCarthy presents a groundbreaking study centered on the history of Disneyland and Disney theme park enthusiasts. Focusing on two unexplored yet interconnected phenomena-the dynamic relationship between the Disney corporation and Southern Californian fans in both ......
In the past five years, Brunei Darussalam's socio-cultural landscape has witnessed a significant transformation, creating social and economic opportunities for Bruneians. Social media sites such as Instagram, Twitter and TikTok have become spaces and sites for racial, political and religious engagements in Bruneian society.
Bring the customers you need to your business by expanding your reach to the right people and market using targeted tools and messages to increase business using this essential guide. This expertly written, concise reference will help you develop a marketing plan, create the right messages for the right media platform, use the platform to reach ......
Every day, over 4 billion videos are watched on YouTube, making it second only to Facebook for social media marketing and an essential tool for your business. Your YouTube audience spans nearly every age group, every country and every important demographic. This 6 page laminated guide will show you how to reach them through creating a channel, ......
An Introduction to Global Social Media Entertainment
"Creator Culture introduces readers to "ways of seeing" social media entertainment from perspectives that critically assess claims for its relation to, yet differentiation from, well-established media forms and institutions within scope for cultural and media studies, including emerging platform and social media studies"--
Exploring questions of both exploitation and empowerment, Understanding Social Media provides a critical conceptual toolbox for navigating the evolution and practices of social media. Taking an interdisciplinary and intercultural approach, it explores the key themes and concepts, going beyond specific platforms to show you how to place social media more critically within the changing media landscape. Updated throughout, the Second Edition of this bestselling text includes new and expanded discussions of: Qualitative and quantitative approaches to researching social media Datafication and algorithmic cultures Surveillance, privacy and intimacy The rise of apps and platforms, and how they shape our experiences Sharing economies and social media publics The increasing importance of visual economies AR, VR and social media play Death and digital legacy Tying theory to the real world with a range of contemporary case studies throughout, it is essential reading for students and researchers of social media, digital media, digital culture, and the creative and cultural industries.
Exploring questions of both exploitation and empowerment, Understanding Social Media provides a critical conceptual toolbox for navigating the evolution and practices of social media. Taking an interdisciplinary and intercultural approach, it explores the key themes and concepts, going beyond specific platforms to show you how to place social media more critically within the changing media landscape. Updated throughout, the Second Edition of this bestselling text includes new and expanded discussions of: Qualitative and quantitative approaches to researching social media Datafication and algorithmic cultures Surveillance, privacy and intimacy The rise of apps and platforms, and how they shape our experiences Sharing economies and social media publics The increasing importance of visual economies AR, VR and social media play Death and digital legacy Tying theory to the real world with a range of contemporary case studies throughout, it is essential reading for students and researchers of social media, digital media, digital culture, and the creative and cultural industries.
All the Pointless Trivia You Never Knew about Twitter
In under five years Twitter has become almost as popular as TV, with close to 20 million Brits of all age groups using. But what actually happens on Twitter?! This amusing book gathers for the first time all the facts and trivia about this new media friend in our home and on our phone. Did you know that it might have been called 'Friendstalker' or ......