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Chatting with images. How images are used in microblogging services.

Original title: Chiacchierare con le immagini, l'uso delle fotografie nei servizi di microblogging
Research Output:
Conference Article in Proceeding or Book/Report chapter
Book chapter
Peer-review

Publication Information

Output type

Research Output:
Conference Article in Proceeding or Book/Report chapter
Book chapter
Peer-review

Host publication Subtitle

Social effects of the Web. Forms of communication and research methods for online research.

Original language

Italian

Pages from-to (Number of pages)

Pages 135

Publication milestones

  • Published - 2015

Publication status

Published - 2015

Publisher

Edizioni FrancoAngeli, Italy
9788820417413

Chapter Number

147

Host publication title

Gli effetti sociali del web. Forme della comunicazione e metodologie della ricerca online

Abstract

Images and visual content in general constitute a large part of online communication. This chapter attempts a first analysis of the role played by images within a microblogging platform suggesting three categories: self-portraits, user generated content, and screenshots.