The present article gives an overview on central challenges humans face at the dawn of
complex digital societies and the Internet of Things (IoT), ie, a world completely connected to …

A fascination for the authentic is pervasive in contemporary culture. This article discusses
texts recommending digital detox and how these accentuate dilemmas of what it means to …

Whatdoes it mean to live in adigital society? Does social media empower political activism?
How do we form and express our identity in a digital age? Do algorithms and search engine …

Taking seriously the global trend of selfies becoming marketable and entangled in ecologies
of commerce, this article looks at Influencers who have emerged as (semi-) professional …

Purpose Facilitated by image retouch tools, social media influencers can digitally enhance
their self-image in product recommendation posts. This paper proposes that image …

What does it mean to live in a superconnected society? In this new revised, updated edition
of Superconnected: The Internet, Digital Media, and Techno-Social Life, Mary Chayko …

Social media have facilitated an environment in which ordinary users can reach large
audiences and make money with the content they produce. However, with growing success …

Social media have become a significant part of contemporary visual culture (Duggan et al.,
2015). In the global north, we now encounter many kinds of visual data for much of our daily …

This study applies the social comparison theory to examine the effects of adolescents'
engagement in comparison with friends and celebrities on social network sites (SNSs) on (a) …

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