The Qualified Self: Social Media and the Accounting of Everyday Life by Humphreys, Lee - 2018-04-13

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MIT Press, 2018. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

The MIT Press, 4/13/2018. 1. Hardcover. Good. 6x0x9. Bruise/tear to cover.

The MIT Press, 4/13/2018. 1. hardcover. Like New. 6x0x9. LIKE NEW/UNREAD!!! Text is Clean and Unmarked! Has a small black line or red dot on the bottom/exterior edge of pages.

First printing. Volume, measuring approximately 6.5" x 9.75", is bound in gray paper spine and boards, with stamped black lettering to spine. Book and dust jacket are like new. Jacket is preserved in mylar cover. xvi/179 pages."How sharing the mundane details of daily life did not start with Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube but with pocket diaries, photo albums, and baby books. Social critiques argue that social media have made us narcissistic, that Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube are all vehicles for me-promotion. In "The Qualified Self," Lee Humphreys offers a different view. She shows that sharing the mundane details of our lives―what we ate for lunch, where we went on vacation, who dropped in for a visit―didn't begin with mobile devices and social media. People have used media to catalog and share their lives for several centuries. Pocket diaries, photo albums, and baby books are the predigital precursors of today's digital and mobile platforms for posting text and images. The ability… Read More

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Mit Pr, 2018. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 179 pages. 9.50x6.50x1.00 inches.