CAUSAL ANALYSIS

CAUSAL ANALYSIS

Robert W. Gehl is an assistant professor of New Media at the University of Utah, where he teaches critical studies of communication design and technology. His research centers on issues of technology and culture, and he is the author of Reverse Engineering Social Media (2014). In this essay, Gehl offers a genealogy and a critique of “liking” online.

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Reading the Genre

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