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Social media have rapidly spread across the globe, and much has been written about how they promote civic engagement and commercial opportunities. Less has been written about their most common function: for socializing. This article examines the most popular social media and how they have become embedded in everyday life in four countries: the United States, Sweden, India, and China. The uses of social media take many different forms across countries and cultural settings; this article asks w...
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- Publisher:
- University of Southern California, Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism Publisher's website
- Journal:
- International Journal of Communication Journal website
- Volume:
- 10
- Pages:
- 5626–5643
- Publication date:
- 2016-11-01
- Acceptance date:
- 2016-09-15
- ISSN:
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1932-8036
- Pubs id:
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pubs:657341
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uri:c71e6961-30bb-42ef-80aa-18181dceb992
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uuid:c71e6961-30bb-42ef-80aa-18181dceb992
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- Copyright holder:
- Ralph Schroeder
- Copyright date:
- 2016
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Copyright © 2016 (Ralph Schroeder). Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial
No Derivatives (by-nc-nd). Available at http://ijoc.org.
Journal article
The globalization of on-screen sociability: social media and tethered togetherness
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