Tales from Facebook
by
Miller, Daniel, 1954-
Title
:
Tales from Facebook
Author
:
Miller, Daniel, 1954-
ISBN
:
9780745652108
9780745652092
Personal Author
:
Miller, Daniel, 1954-
Publication Information
:
Cambridge, UK ; Malden, MA : Polity Press, 2011.
Physical Description
:
xx, 218 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents
:
Pt. 1. Twelve portraits -- 1. Marriage Dun Mash Up -- 2. Community -- 3. For Whom the Bell Doesn't Toll -- 4. The Book of Truth -- 5. Cultivating FarmVille -- 6. Avatar -- 7. Time Suck -- 8. Getting the Word Out -- 9. It Was Just Sex -- 10. It's Who You Know -- 11. Picking BlackBerrys -- 12. The History Woman -- Lagniappe -- 13. The Philosophy of Doubles -- pt. 2. The Anthropology of Facebook -- A. The Invention of Fasbook -- B. Fifteen Theses on What Facebook Might Be -- C. The Fame of Facebook.
Abstract
:
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.
Title Subject
:
Facebook (Electronic resource)
Subject Term
:
Online social networks.
Information technology -- Social aspects.
| Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | Copy |
|---|
| IIEMSA | General Books | 23168001674215 | 302.30285 M647T 2011 | 1 |