Tales from Facebook

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Facebook is used by nearly 500 million people throughout the world. Once the preserve of youth, the largest increase in usage today is amongst the older sections of the population. This book examines how Facebook transforms the lives of particular individuals, but it also presents a general theory of Facebook as culture and considers the likely consequences of social networking in the future.

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Full title :Tales from Facebook / Daniel Miller.

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Publication Date:2011.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Polity Press
Place of Publication:Cambridge, UK
Language:eng
Publication Date:2011.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (xx, 218 pages)

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ISBN:0745673112, 9780745673110, 9780745637877, 0745637876
oclc:ocn841908970
LC Classification:HM742
Dewey Decimal:302.30285

Part 1. Twelve portraits. Marriage dun mash up: We watch a man's marriage break up. Why he blames Facebook -- Community: A woman in a village compares her community with that of being on Facebook -- For whom the bell doesn't toll: A previously very active man, now in his sixties and housebound, is gifted his life back by Facebook -- The book of truth: A woman explains why what you see on Facebook is closer to the truth of a person than meeting them face to face -- Cultivating FarmVille: A rather unsuccessful young man finds friends through FarmVille -- Avatar: A woman reveals how being extremely public on Facebook is her means to remaining extremely private otherwise -- Time suck: What do teenagers who spend six hours a day on Facebook actually do? -- Getting the word out: The contrast between male and female usage within a church. Media as God's instrument for spreading the word -- It was just sex: A sex video which features the lead singer of a band is leaked onto the internet: the consequences -- It's who you know: How in business and private life we need to understand that all individuals are social networking sites -- Picking BlackBerrys: A BlackBerry helps a man find a new r…

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Atarazanas COMPUTERS -- Web Facebook Facebook (Electronic resource) Facebook (Web site) Information technology -- Social aspects Online social networks Réseaux sociaux (Internet) Social networking Sociala nätverk online -- sociala aspek… Technologie de l'information -- Aspect …