| Description |
vi, 215 pages ; 23 cm |
| Series |
Digital formations, 1526-3169 ; vol. 75 |
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Digital formations. 1526-3169 ; vol. 75
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| Contents |
Contents note continued: From patterned interaction to the reddit circlejerk/hivemind -- ch. 5 Playing seriously -- Patterns of play -- Karma(ic) rewards -- Reddit Rules -- Inverting play -- What reddit can teach us about play -- ch. 6 Open platforms, closed discourse -- Geek culture and hegemonic masculinities -- Reddit's male gaze -- /r/ShitRedditSays (SRS) and its contrarians -- Where open-source idealism meets reality -- ch. 7 Conclusion -- The future of reddit -- Revisiting the politics of platforms -- The end of participatory culture? -- Future directions |
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Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Introduction -- Why reddit? -- Contemporary media cultures and gatekeeping in Web 2.0+ -- A few notes on method -- Overview of this book -- ch. 2 Defining reddit -- Reddit as carnival -- Reddit as performance/ritual -- Reddit as play -- Reddit as community -- Reddit as platform -- What reddit is not -- ch. 3 Cynicism, altruism, and hating everything, including ourselves -- Altruism and its limits -- Cynicism on reddit: the case of /r/cringe and /r/cringepics -- Activism and mobilization -- Pseudoanonymity, authenticity, and the reddit community -- OP is a faggot -- How redditors view themselves -- Rewarding the authentic; punishing the disingenuous -- ch. 4 Reliving the past [REPOST] -- Community membership---the transition from newbie to "redditor" -- Why everyone hates the defaults -- Reddiquette and its discontents -- Reddit's obsession with and repudiation of its own history -- Meta-subreddits -- |
| Summary |
This is the definitive primer on Reddit, in all its contradiction and complexity. This book provides an invaluable contribution to the ongoing debate over 'Web 2.0', what it is, what it isn't, and what we might reasonably expect from platforms that rely on user-generated content. This book takes us on a deep dive into Reddit's complex ecosystem of memes, bots, drama, and karma illuminating the local norms and technical algorithms by which it both functions and malfunctions. This book is a valuable contribution to the literature on Internet culture and its discontents |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Computer bulletin boards.
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Information technology -- Social aspects.
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Online chat groups.
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Online social networks.
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| LC no. |
2014044348 |
| ISBN |
9781433126772 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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9781433126789 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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(ebook) |
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