Tales from Facebook

Name: Tales from Facebook
Availability: InStock
ISBN: 9780745652108

ISBN-10: 0745652107

ISBN-13: 9780745652108

Edition: 2011

Authors: Daniel Miller

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Book details

List price: $15.99
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Polity Press
Publication date: 4/26/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 220
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgements


Glossary



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 Farm Ville


A rather unsuccessful young man finds friends through Farm Ville



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 role for Facebook, after it had first assisted and then betrayed his primary relationship



The History Woman


A woman links her personal history to the history of Facebook


Lagniappe



The Philosophy of Doubles


Quick thoughts from a fast food



The Anthropology of Facebook


Introduction



The Invention of Fasbook


What makes Facebook Trinidadian



Fifteen Theses on What Facebook Might Be


What makes Facebook important



The Fame of Facebook


What makes Facebook Melanesian


Conclusion