Affect and Social Media: Emotion, Mediation, Anxiety and Contagion

This text reviews the book Affect and Social Media. Emotion, Mediation, Anxiety and Contagion (2018), edited by Tony D. Sampson, Stephen Maddison and Darren Ellis. The book seeks to introduce the concept of affects, and to question the ubiquity of the digital in our daily lives in order to analyze t...

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Main Author: Lahouij Mohamed Anouar
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Language:English
Published: Université du Québec à Montréal 2020-05-01
Series:Communiquer
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/communiquer/5586
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spelling doaj-art-9dd037a0ee2e4bc58e6c1eeb25fd151f2025-01-13T13:43:47ZengUniversité du Québec à MontréalCommuniquer2368-95872020-05-012816917310.4000/communiquer.5586Affect and Social Media: Emotion, Mediation, Anxiety and ContagionLahouij Mohamed AnouarThis text reviews the book Affect and Social Media. Emotion, Mediation, Anxiety and Contagion (2018), edited by Tony D. Sampson, Stephen Maddison and Darren Ellis. The book seeks to introduce the concept of affects, and to question the ubiquity of the digital in our daily lives in order to analyze the disproportionate role social media have acquired in our emotional lives. It shows how digital media continuously modulates our moods and feelings.https://journals.openedition.org/communiquer/5586social mediadigital affectdigital emotiondigital mediationemotional contaminationemotional life
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Affect and Social Media: Emotion, Mediation, Anxiety and Contagion
Communiquer
social media
digital affect
digital emotion
digital mediation
emotional contamination
emotional life
title Affect and Social Media: Emotion, Mediation, Anxiety and Contagion
title_full Affect and Social Media: Emotion, Mediation, Anxiety and Contagion
title_fullStr Affect and Social Media: Emotion, Mediation, Anxiety and Contagion
title_full_unstemmed Affect and Social Media: Emotion, Mediation, Anxiety and Contagion
title_short Affect and Social Media: Emotion, Mediation, Anxiety and Contagion
title_sort affect and social media emotion mediation anxiety and contagion
topic social media
digital affect
digital emotion
digital mediation
emotional contamination
emotional life
url https://journals.openedition.org/communiquer/5586
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