Emotive Internet Emotive Internet Emotive Internet is a concept that describes the Internet as a new emotional public space, particularly serving as a space for the social sharing of emotions. It also considers the Internet as an expressive medium that allows identity construction and representation online. This can be demonstrated in the way emotional responses are now integrated into online vocabulary and interactions. The concept is also linked to emotional analytics and emotion-sensing applications, particularly those technologies that power the Internet of Things (IoTs) such as smart home devices, which has the capability to store and process the user's emotional profile to
The Culture of Connectivity a (profitable) connectivity is dominant. In the book, Van Dijck critically reads the histories of five social media platforms according to an approach that brings into focus how their technological, social and cultural dimensions contribute to their current status. The Culture of Connectivity The Culture of Connectivity: A Critical History of Social Media is a book by José van Dijck published by Oxford University Press in 2013 on social media platforms and their history. The author critically considers the histories of five social media platforms: Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, YouTube and Wikipedia. Van Dijck's approach is based on the premise that