| Description |
1 online resource (150 pages) |
| Series |
Chandos internet series |
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Chandos internet series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Birth: Name/age/education/status update: creating a digital presence -- All a twitter: celebrities and social networking -- Life: Putting the social in social networks -- (Net)Working: online social networks and the New Economy -- Death: You've been poked: bullying, harassment and everyday undercurrents -- Are we dead yet? Conclusion. |
| Summary |
Navigating the social within the digital can be a contentious undertaking, as social networks confuse the boundary between offline and online relationships. These systems work to bring people together in an online environment. Participation can dislocate users from other relationships, however, and deviant 'online' behaviour can create 'offline' issues. This text tackles online social networks, by navigating these systems from the birth to the death of the digital self. The author begins by examining the creation of a virtual identity in online networks popularized by websites such as Facebook and Myspace. The book subsequently explores how the social self is intrinsic to how social, cultural and professional relationships are discovered, forged and maintained. The text journeys through the popular criticisms of social networking such as employee time-wasting, bullying, stalking, the alleged links between social networks and suicide and the decline of a user's public image. |
| Subject |
Internet -- Social aspects.
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Social change.
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Social media.
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Computers and civilization.
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Social Media |
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Internet -- Aspect social. |
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Médias sociaux. |
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Ordinateurs et civilisation. |
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social media. |
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Computers and civilization |
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Internet -- Social aspects |
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Social change |
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Social media |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Thomas-Jones, Angela. Host in the machine. Oxford : Chandos, 2010 (DLC) 2010530398 (OCoLC)503046725 |
| ISBN |
9781780631844 (electronic bk.) |
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1780631847 (electronic bk.) |
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