Status update

By Alice Emily Marwick

Subjects: Web 2.0., Social status, Media Studies, Social media, Twitter, Advertising, Publicité, Médias sociaux, Branding, Famous Persons, Célébrités, Berühmte Persönlichkeit, Webb 2.0., Berömda personer, Gesellschaft, Computers & internet, Celebrities, Sociala aspekter, Sociala medier, Minority Studies, New York Times reviewed, Stratégie de marque, SOCIAL SCIENCE, Marketing, Statut social, Soziale Software, Öffentlichkeit, Social Media, World Wide Web 2.0, Discrimination & Race Relations, Publicity, Marknadsföring, Web 2.0, Facebook, Branding (Marketing)

Description: Presents an analysis of social media, discussing how a technology which was once heralded as democratic, has evolved into one which promotes elitism and inequality and provides companies with the means of invading privacy in search of profits.