Tales from Facebook
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
xx, 218 pages ; 23 cm
9780745652108, 9780745652092, 0745652107, 0745652093
667822912
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
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