Working with conference presenters, well-known scholars and international researchers, the founders of have published two books – Social Media: Culture and Identity and Social Media: Pedagogy and Practice.
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Social Media: Culture and Identity examines how interactive technologies can be applied to teaching, research and the practice of communication. This book demonstrates how social media can be utilized in the classroom to build the skillsets of students going into journalism, public relations, integrated marketing and other fields.
Edited by Kehbuma Langmia & Tia Tyree
Table of Contents Highlights
Introduction: Social Media as the Hydra, by Kehbuma Langmia
Part I: Social Media: Identity and Social Behaviors
Chapter 1: #THOTsBeLike: The Construction of the THOT Female Sexual Stereotype in Social Media, by Tia C. M. Tyree and Morgan D. Kirby
Chapter 2: “I Don’t Belong in Here!”: A Social Media Analysis of Digital Protest, Transgender Rights, and International Restroom Legislation, by Melvin L. Williams
Chapter 3: When Minors Become Sex Offenders: The Identity Crisis of Teenage Sexting, by Angela D. Minor
Chapter 4: The Dark Side of Social Media: A Content Analysis of Cyberbullying, by Jean-Louis P. Ntang-Beb and Leticia D. Williams
Chapter 5: How Minorities Use Social Media During Weather Related Crises: Results of a U.S. National Weather Survey, by Brandale N. Mills, Michelle A. Dovil, Leticia D. Williams and Tia C. M. Tyree
Part II: Social Media: Culture and the International Community
Chapter 6: The Coins for Justice Movement: The Rise of New Media Activism in Indonesia, by Maria N. D. Maer
Chapter 7: ICTs and Power Relations in Traditional Settings in Cameroon, by Agbome Salome Nangah and Julius Che Tita
Chapter 8: Towards a Framework for Communicating Women’s Health via Social Media in Jamaica, by Nickesia S. Gordon
Chapter 9: ICT use in Teaching, Research and Outreach in the University of Buea, Cameroon, by Kingsley L. Ngange and Melanie Tchewo
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Social Media: Pedagogy and Practice examines how interactive technologies can be applied to teaching, research and the practice of communication. This book demonstrates how social media can be utilized in the classroom to build the skillsets of students going into journalism, public relations, integrated marketing, and other communications fields.
Edited by Kehbuma Langmia; Tia Tyree; Pamela O’Brien and Ingrid Sturgis
978-0-7618-6195-9 • Paperback
February 2014 • $34.99 • (£21.95)
978-0-7618-6196-6 • eBook
February 2014 • $34.99 • (£21.95)
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Social Media History and Use, Pamela C. O’Brien
Section I: Pedagogy
Chapter 1: Using Social Media and Creating Social Media Courses, Tia C. M. Tyree
Chapter 2: Twitter, Facebook, Blogs, and Media-Sharing Sites in
the Classroom, Jennifer B. Cox
Chapter 3: Teaching Computational Literacy Through Game Design, Ingrid Sturgis & Todd Shurn
Chapter 4: Social Media and Critical Pedagogy, Kehbuma Langmia & Stella-Monica Mpande
Chapter 5: How to Do Communication Research Using Social Media Data, William B. Hart & Erica C. Taylor
Chapter 6: Conducting Research Utilizing Social Media: Best Practices, Jamie Cohen & Paul Mihailidis
Section II: Social Media Practices in the United States
Chapter 7: African Americans and Social Media, Jayne Cubbage
Chapter 8: The Seven Sisters and Their Siblings Go Digital: An Analysis of Women’s Magazine Content on Websites, iPads, and Cell Phones, Yanick Rice Lamb & Kendra Desrosiers
Chapter 9: Social Branding of College Students to Seek Employment, Jamila A Cupid & S. Lenise Wallace
Chapter 10: Social Media, Law, and Practice, Angela D. Minor Esq.
Section III: International Social Media Practices
Chapter 11: Participatory Media Impact on the Arab Spring, Adam Klein
Chapter 12: Social Media and Participatory Communication: The UNDP and the Diffusion of Empowerment, Nickesia S. Gordon
Chapter 13: Cock Crow in the “Electronic Republic:” Social Media and Kenya’s 2013 Presidential Election, Kehbuma Langmia
