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This module introduces students to the modes through which people tell stories through social media and provides a critical lens through which to interpret the social and cultural significance of these emerging practices. It considers a variety of platforms/apps, examining how the particular ways in which the sociotechnical and economic affordances of each shape what can be said and the form that story takes. It also examines a variety of online story-telling functions – journalism, activism, dating/hook-ups, community – as well as a variety of modes through which stories are told – microblogging, selfies, user profiles, avatars. It asks questions about how the widespread use of social media shapes and reshapes our relationship with self, body, politics, and society.
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