Networked Self and Love

Zizi Papacharissi is Professor and Head of the Communication Department and Professor of Political Science at the University of Illinois-Chicago, and University Scholar at the University of Illinois System. Her work focuses on the social and political consequences of online media. She has published nine books, including Affective Publics, A Private Sphere, A Networked Self: Identity, Community, and Culture on Social Network Sites (Routledge, 2010) and over 60 journal articles, book chapters or reviews. She is the founding and current editor of the open access journal Social Media and Society.

"Gathering a dozen different angles on how technology and relationships are interwoven, this delightful book reveals the inconsistent and complicated ways in which love manifests - or is crushed - in contemporary society and how technology introduces countless new twists and turns to an already curvy path. Filled with heartbreak and passionate joy, A Networked Self and Love is a refreshing take on technology’s role in the intimate parts of society."— danah boyd, Microsoft Research + Data & Society"Like media, love is everywhere. This volume brings love back into the field of media studies - where it belongs. I'm loving it!" – Mark Deuze, University of Amsterdam

• IntroductionZizi PapacharissiCalling the Irrational Unmanageable Neoliberal SelfIlana GershonChannel navigation in interpersonal communication: Contemporary practices and proposed future research directionsPenny Trieu and Nicole EllisonInterpersonal Dynamics in Online Dating: Profiles, Matching, and DiscoveryDavid M. Markowitz, Jeffrey T. Hancock, and Stephanie TongConnection, Conflict, and Communication Technologies: How Romantic Couples use the Media for Relationship ManagementCatalina L. Toma Social Media and Subjective Well-Being: A Relational Perspective Samuel Hardman Taylor and Natalya N. BazarovaBreak-ups and the limits of encoding loveBernie HoganTechnologically Enhanced Dating: Augmented Human Relationships, Robots and Fantasy Brittany Davidson, Adam Joinson, and Simon JonesMobilizing the Biopolitical Category: Problems, devices and designs in the construction of the gay sexual marketplaceKane Race"How angels are made." Ashley Madison and the Social Bot Affair Tero KarppiDisruptive Joy: #BlackOutDay’s Affirmative ResonancesAlexander ChoAm I Why I Can’t Have Nice Things? A Reflection on Personal Trauma, Networked Play, and Ethical SightWhitney PhillipsOn Love and Touch: The Radical Haptics of Gestational SurrogacyMargaret SchwartzWhat’s Love Got to Do With It?Shaka McGlotten