In the few decades since they first blipped their way onto television screens, videogames
have become one of the most culturally, socially and economically significant media forms …

Journalists are increasingly reporting that online harassment has become a common feature
of their working lives, contributing to experiences of fatigue, anxiety and disconnection from …

Software applications (apps) are now prevalent in the digital media environment. They are
the site of significant sociocultural and economic transformations across many domains …

Taking the “right to disconnect” discussion as a starting point, this article considers how the
im/possibility of “opting out” is ruminated in scholarly discourses on technology non-use …

Despite the abundance of research on social networking sites, relatively little research has
studied those who choose not to use such sites. This paper presents results from a …

This paper is a study of consumer resistance among active abstainers of the Facebook
social network site. I analyze the discourses invoked by individuals who consciously choose …

This article looks at how the logic of big data analytics, which promotes an aura of
unchallenged objectivity to the algorithmic analysis of quantitative data, preempts …

Despite record sales and an ever-growing global industry, the simple fact is that videogames
are disappearing. Most obviously, the physical deterioration of discs, cartridges, consoles …

Grindr is a popular location-based social networking application for smartphones,
predominantly used by gay men. This study investigates why users leave Grindr. Drawing on …

Ben Light puts forward an alternative way of thinking about how we engage with social
networking sites. He analyses our engagements social networking sites in public, at work, in …