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Lurking as Digital Literacy Practice

Gina Sipley (SUNY Nassau Community College)

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English

Bristol University Press
01 June 2024

Communication studies; Media studies; Ethical & social aspects of computing; Digital lifestyle

We all sometimes 'lurk' in online spaces without posting or engaging, just reading the posts and comments. But neither reading nor lurking are ever passive acts. In fact, readers of social media are making decisions and taking grassroots actions on multiple dimensions.

Unpacking this understudied phenomenon, this book challenges the conventional perspective of what counts as participatory online culture. Presenting lurking as a communication and literacy practice that resists dominant power structures, it offers an innovative approach to digital qualitative methods.

Unique and original in its subject, this is a call for internet researchers to broaden their methods to include lurkers' participation and presence.

By: Gina Sipley (SUNY Nassau Community College)
Imprint: Bristol University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781529227284
ISBN 10: 1529227283
Pages: 152
Publication Date: 01 June 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Undergraduate , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Gina Sipley is Associate Professor of English at SUNY Nassau Community College. Sipley is a first-generation college graduate.