ISBN:
0812696751
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9780812696752
Language:
English
Pages:
xxxvii, 285 p
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ill
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23 cm
Series Statement:
Popular culture and philosophy 50
Series Statement:
Popular culture and philosophy
DDC:
302.30285
Keywords:
Facebook (Electronic resource)
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Online social networks
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Internet Social aspects
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Facebook
;
Philosophy of Mind
Abstract:
This volume is an entertaining, multi-faceted exploration of what Facebook means for us and for our relationships. Facebook is a social networking service and website that launched in 2004. Users may create a personal profile, add other users as friends, and exchange messages, including automatic notifications when they update their profile. Additionally, users may join common interest user groups, organized by workplace, school or college, or other characteristics. With discussions ranging from the nature of friendship and its relationship to "friending," to the (debatable) efficacy of "online activism," this book is a systematic attempt to understand Facebook, also offering perspectives on Twitter and Web 2.0
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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A reply to Facebook critics
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Who uses Facebook and why?
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The privacy virus
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It's like talking to a wall
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Ian became a fan of Marshal McLuhan on Facebook and suggested you become a fan too
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With friends like these, who needs enemies?
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Profile picture, right here, right now
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You can't front on Facebook
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Why I am not a friend
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Playing around with identity
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Spectacle 2.0?
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Why can't we be virtual friends?
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The friendship that makes no demands
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Care ethics, friendship, and Facebook
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What are friends for?
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Dear Facebook
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Gossip and the evolution of Facebook
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Facebook as an excess of seeing
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Do status updates have any value?
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Gatekeeper, moderator, synthesizer
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Facebook, surveillance, and power
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Wall to wall or face to face
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Facebook as playground and factory
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The proles and cons of Facebook
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Faking it on Facebook
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