Loneliness affects quality of life, life satisfaction, and well-being, and it is associated with various health problems, both somatic and mental. This book takes an international and interdisciplinary approach to the study of loneliness, identifying and bridging the gaps in academic research on loneliness, and creating new research pathways. Focusing in particular on loneliness in the context of new and emergent communication technologies, it provides a wide range of theoretical and methodological perspectives and will contribute to the re-evaluation of the way we understand and research this contemporary global phenomenon.
Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Loneliness Essentialism and Mental Illness Stigmatization.- Chapter 3. Media Representation of Loneliness in China.- Chapter 4. Making sense of the lonely crowd, today. Youth, emotions and loneliness in a networked society.- Chapter 5. Lonelier than ever? Romania's forgotten Seniors.- Chapter 6. 'Experiences of loneliness; people with a learning disability and barriers to community inclusion'.- Chapter 7. The emotional public sphere and social media: performativity, mobilization and media hypes.- Chapter 8. Mediatised Emotions: A Framework for Understanding the Display of Affect in the Network Society.- Chapter 9. Communication of loneliness emotions in the online vlogs, and their moral value.- Chapter 10. Connected emotions on Tinder: the development of social skills and a digital self among users from Mexico City and Madrid.- Chapter 11. Emotions of belonging and playing families across borders in Sub-Saharan Africa.- Chapter 12. Loneliness as Advertising Strategy. A Structurational Perspective on Health and Social Interaction in German Adverts.- Chapter 13. Lonely Indian Housewives: Gendered Portrayal of Loneliness in Bollywood Cinema.- Chapter 14. Online connectedness as a cure for loneliness?.- Chapter 15. Biodigital influencers and the feeling of surprise they leave behind: new alternatives to fight loneliness in a networked society.- Chapter 16. In defence of social media: Towards a digital strategy of combating loneliness.- Chapter 17. Conclusion.
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