Media refusal and conspicuous non-consumption: The performative and political dimensions of Facebook abstention

New Media and Society

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1041-1057

  Portwood Stacer, Laura ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumption; Facebook; non consumption performance; non users; performativity; refusal; rejection; resistance; social media

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885761150     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: 14617315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461444812465139     Document Type: Article

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