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The Happiness Effect

How Social Media Is Driving a Generation to Appear Perfect at Any Cost

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Sexting. Cyberbullying. Narcissism. People--and especially the media--are consumed by fears about the effect of social media on young people. We hear constantly about the dangers that lurk online, and about young people's seemingly pathological desire to share anything and everything about themselves with the entire world.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 164mm x 35mm
• Gewicht: 640g
• ISBN-13: 9780190239855
• ISBN-10: 0190239859
• Artikelnr.: 47148468

Autorenporträt

Donna Freitas is a Research Associate at the University of Notre Dame's Center for the Study of Religion and Society. A regular contributor to Publishers Weekly, she has also written for The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and Christianity Today.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Masters of Happiness
1) The Importance of Being "Liked"
2) The Professionalization of Facebook
3) My Name is My Brand and My Brand is Happiness!
4) The Selfie Generation
5) Performing for God
6) Virtual Playgrounds
7) An Acceptable Level of Meanness
8) So You Wanna Make that Facebook Official?
9) The Ethics of Sexting
10) My Smartphone and Me
11) Taking a Timeout from the Timeline
Conclusion: The Problem with Happiness
Appendix: Methodology
Notes
Bibliography
Index