Status update :

Marwick, Alice Emily.

Status update : celebrity, publicity, and branding in the social media age / Alice E. Marwick. - 1 online resource (369 pages)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A Cultural History of Web 2.0 -- Leaders and Followers : Status in the Tech Scene -- Fabulous Lives of Micro-Celebrities -- Self-Branding : The (Safe for Work) Self -- Lifestreaming : We Live in Public -- Designed in California : Entrepreneurship and the Myths of Web 2.0 -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Cast of Characters.

9780300199154 (e-book)


Web 2.0.
Social media.
Social status.
Celebrities.
Publicity.
Branding (Marketing)


Electronic books.

TK5105.88817 / .M36 2013eb

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