| The Psychodynamics of Social Networking: Connected-Up Instantaneous Culture and the Self Contributor(s): Balick, Aaron (Author) |
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ISBN: 036710136X ISBN-13: 9780367101367 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $178.13 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Movements - Psychoanalysis - Psychology | Mental Health |
| Dewey: 650.1 |
| Series: Psychoanalysis and Popular Culture |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.2" W x 9.1" (1.20 lbs) 224 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Over the past decade, the very nature of the way we relate to each other has been utterly transformed by online social networking and the mobile technologies that enable unfettered access to it. Our very selves have been extended into the digital world in ways previously unimagined, offering us instantaneous relating to others over a variety of platforms like Facebook and Twitter. In The Psychodynamics of Social Networking, the author draws on his experience as a psychotherapist and cultural theorist to interrogate the unconscious motivations behind our online social networking use, powerfully arguing that social media is not just a technology but is essentially human and deeply meaningful. |
Contributor Bio(s): Balick, Aaron: - Aaron Balick is a member of the faculty in the Centre for Psychoanalytic Studies at the University of Essex where he directs the MA in psychoanalytic studies. Dr. Balick is also a UKCP registered psychotherapist, supervisor and psychological consultant in London. As a founding and executive member of The Relational School, UK, he has worked to develop and promote contemporary relational thinking in the UK and abroad. Dr. Balick has published several articles in academic journals, book chapters, and more broadly in the popular press; he is a media spokesperson for the UKCP and a regular guest contributor and mental health expert on Radio One's phone-in show, The Surgery with Aled. |
