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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781787437173
Publisert
2018-04-30
Utgiver
Vendor
Emerald Publishing Limited
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
168

Forfatter

Biographical note

Katrin Tiidenberg, is an Associate Professor of Social Media and Visual Culture at the Baltic Film, Media, Arts and Communication School of Tallinn University, Estonia and a Post-Doctoral Researcher at the School of Communication and Culture in Aarhus University, Denmark. Her research focuses on visual culture and social media, she has published extensively on selfies and is interested on the methods and ethics of studying visual self-presentation and sexuality. She is the founding member of Estonian Young Academy of Sciences, second time board member of the Estonian Sociology Association, a long term member of the Association of Internet Researchers and its Ethics Committee and a member of the E-Read Cost Network.