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.
| Translated title of the contribution | Chatting with images. How images are used in microblogging services. |
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| Original language | Italian |
| Title of host publication | Gli effetti sociali del web. Forme della comunicazione e metodologie della ricerca online : Social effects of the Web. Forms of communication and research methods for online research. |
| Publisher | Edizioni FrancoAngeli |
| Publication date | 2015 |
| Pages | 135 |
| Chapter | 147 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9788820417413 |
| Publication status | Published - 2015 |
Keywords
- Microblogging
- Visual Communication
- Self-Portraits
- User Generated Content
- Screenshots