Emotions, Technology, and Social Media (Emotions and Technology)

__Emotions, Technology, and Social Media__ discusses the ways the social media sphere uses emotion and technology, and how each of these has become part of the digital culture. The book explores this expression within a psychological theoretical framework, addressing feelings about social media, and its role in education and knowledge generation. The second section investigates the expression of feelings within social media spaces, while subsequent sections adopt a paradigm of active audience consumption to use social media to express feelings and maintain social connectivity. * Discusses the significant relationships between Web 2.0 technologies and learning traits * Presents studies about Facebook usage and individual emotional states * Investigates the shared emotions in the construction of “cyberculture” * Shows the extent to which scientists use social media in their work, and the ways in which they use the social media * Analyzes the consequences of the online disinhibition effect * Examines YouTube as a source of opinions and discussions which can be used to track the emotions evoked by videos and the emotions expressed through textual comments * Details how Reddit users’ media choices are emotionally useful and gratifying in the “memeplex” * Links social interaction and the emotional life with that of digital devices and resources

Emotions, Technology, and Social Media discusses the ways the social media sphere uses emotion and technology, and how each of these has become part of the digital culture. The book explores this expression within a psychological theoretical framework, addressing feelings about social media, and its role in education and knowledge generation. The second section investigates the expression of feelings within social media spaces, while subsequent sections adopt a paradigm of active audience consumption to use social media to express feelings and maintain social connectivity.

• Discusses the significant relationships between Web 2.0 technologies and learning traits
• Presents studies about Facebook usage and individual emotional states
• Investigates the shared emotions in the construction of “cyberculture”
• Shows the extent to which scientists use social media in their work, and the ways in which they use the social media
• Analyzes the consequences of the online disinhibition effect
• Examines YouTube as a source of opinions and discussions which can be used to track the emotions evoked by videos and the emotions expressed through textual comments
• Details how Reddit users’ media choices are emotionally useful and gratifying in the “memeplex”
• Links social interaction and the emotional life with that of digital devices and resources

Content: Front Matter,Copyright,Contributors,Foreword,PrefaceEntitled to full textSection 1: Human Affect and Its Effect in Social Media TechnologyChapter 1 - Affect, People, and Digital Social Networks, Pages 3-23, Adam Nash Chapter 2 - Online Community Empowerment, Emotional Connection, and Armed Love in the Black Lives Matter Movement, Pages 25-47, Joshua Schuschke, Brendesha M. Tynes Chapter 3 - The Role of Shared Emotions in the Construction of the Cyberculture: From Cultural Industries to Cultural Actions: The Case of Crowdfunding, Pages 49-62, Gloria Gomez-Diago Chapter 4 - Social Media and Sorting Out Family Relationships, Pages 63-82, Jolynna Sinanan Chapter 5 - Understanding Emotional Expressions in Social Media Through Data Mining, Pages 85-103, John Ranellucci, Eric G. Poitras, François Bouchet, Susanne P. Lajoie, Nathan Hall Chapter 6 - Social Media as a Venue for Emotion Regulation Among Adolescents, Pages 105-116, Fran C. Blumberg, Jaime L. Rice, Anne Dickmeis Chapter 7 - Facebook as a Tool for Enhancing Communication and Self-Expression, Pages 117-138, Theresa A. Thorkildsen, Kuan Xing Chapter 8 - Affective Impacts of Learning on Facebook: Postsecondary Students’ Voices, Pages 139-162, Jenny S. Wakefield, Scott J. Warren, Pam Ponners Index, Pages 163-167