Hello, all - I hope you don't mind, but I want to announce the publication of my book, Reverse Engineering Social Media. You can read the first chapter online for free: http://www.temple.edu/tempress/titles/2275_reg.html (scroll down to "Excerpt"). The book is a critical exploration of social media, using concepts from software engineering to place social media into larger historical and economic contexts, including histories of online surveillance, the management of knowledge and creative labor, and the use of artificial intelligence to shape online discourse. After doing this work, the book builds criteria for socialized media systems that challenge dominant, corporate systems, and I then survey existing alternative social media sites to demonstrate that a better Web is possible. Thus, what I try to do is take the object "social media architecture" seriously, historicize it, contextualize it, consider it in terms of political economy and day-to-day life, and then use that critique to call for media justice in specific forms. I believe the book will be useful to those in cultural studies and media studies. If you want to purchase the book, use Temple's site and the promo code T20P for 20% off. The book is also available from Powell's in the US (https://www.powells.com/biblio/62-9781439910351-1) as well as the big online store with the bad labor practices. I am also sure Temple will send review copies to those who might use it for classes. Hardcover is now available, with paperback and an e-version in a matter of days. Regards, Rob Gehl Robert W. Gehl Assistant Professor, Department of Communication Affiliated Faculty, University Writing Program The University of Utah www.robertwgehl.org | @robertwgehl Sent from our OS on our Internet Watch for my book, Reverse Engineering Social Media, from Temple in 2014