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Facebook and philosophy : what's on your mind? / edited by D.E. Wittkower.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Popular culture and philosophy ; v. 50.
- Popular culture and philosophy ; v. 50
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Online social networks.
- Internet--Social aspects.
- Internet.
- Facebook (Electronic resource).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (325 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : Open Court, c2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Facebook and Philosophy is an entertaining, multi-faceted exploration of what Facebook means for us and for our relationships. With discussions ranging from the nature of friendship and its relationship to ""friending,"" to the (debatable) efficacy of ""online activism,"" this book is the most extensive and systematic attempt to understand Facebook yet. And with plenty of new perspectives on Twitter and Web 2.0 along the way, this fun, thought-provoking book is a serious and significant contribution for anyone working with social media, whether in academia, journalism, public relat
- Contents:
- News Feed; Profile Pages; A Reply to facebook Critics; Who Uses facebook and Why?; facebook Itself; 1 The Privacy Virus; 2 It's Like Talking to a Wall; 3 Ian Became a Fan of Marshall McLuhan on facebook and Suggested You Become a Fan Too; 4 With Friends Like These,Who Needs Enemies?; The Profile and the Self; 5 Profile Picture, Right Here, Right Now; 6 You Can't Front on facebook; 7 Why I Am Not a Friend; 8 Playing Around with Identity; 9 Spectacle 2.0?; facebook Friends; 10 Why Can't We Be Virtual Friends?; 11 The Friendship that Makes No Demands; 12 Care Ethics, Friendship, and facebook
- 13 What Are Friends For?Social Networking; Dear Facebook; 15 Gossip and the Evolution of facebook; 16 facebook as an Excess of Seeing; 17 Do Status Updates Have Any Value?; 18 Gatekeeper, Moderator, Synthesizer; Activity and Passivity; 19 facebook, Surveillance and Power; 20 Wall to Wall or Face to Face; 21 facebook as Playground and Factory; 22 The Proles and Cons of facebook; 23 Faking It on facebook; Keyword Search
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-87737-2
- 9786612877377
- 0-8126-9720-0
- OCLC:
- 693762020
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