NSFW
Sex, Humor, and Risk in Social Media
- Paperback
232 pages
- Release Date
6 February 2024
Summary
The hashtag #NSFW (not safe for work) acts as both a warning and an invitation. NSFW tells users, “We dare you to click on this link! And by the way, don’t do it until after work!” Unlike the specificity of movie and television advisories (“suggestive dialogue,” “sexual content”), NSFW signals, nonspecifically, sexually explicit content that ranges from nude selfies to pornography. NSFW looks at how and why social media content is tagged “not safe” and shows how this serves to conflate sexual…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262551182 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0262551187 |
| Author: | Susanna Paasonen, Kylie Jarrett, Ben Light |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 232 |
| Release Date: | 6 February 2024 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
About The Author
Susanna Paasonen
Susanna Paasonen is Professor of Media Studies at the University of Turku, Finland, and the author of Carnal Resonance- Affect and Online Pornography and the coauthor of NSFW- Sex, Humor, and Risk in Social Media and Who’s Laughing Now- Feminist Tactics in Social Media.
Kylie Jarrett is Head of the Department of Media Studies at Maynooth University, Ireland, and author of Feminism, Labour and Digital Media- The Digital Housewife.
Ben Light is Professor of Digital Society at the University of Salford, UK, and the author of Disconnecting with Social Networking Sites.
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