Tim Highfield (2016) Social Media and Everyday Politics

Abstract

The book represents the outcome of the author’s research during his PhD and postdoctoral study at the Queensland University of Technology, Australia, from 2008 to 2015. Tim Highfield has recently been appointed assistant professor at the University of Amsterdam^[1]. The book engages with an empirical and theoretical study on social media and everyday politics. Highfield’s empirical study mainly consists of digital research methods and his theoretical angle is rooted in Cultural Studies. The book consists of seven chapters, each of which focuses on specific aspects of everyday social media and politics.

^[1] See: http://www.uva.nl/en/profile/h/i/t.j.highfield/t.j.highfield.html