Facebook & Philosophy

Klappentext This volume is an entertaining, multi-faceted exploration of what Facebook means for us and for our relationships. Facebook is a social networking service and website that launched in 2004. Users may create a personal profile, add other users as friends, and exchange messages, including automatic notifications when they update their profile. Additionally, users may join common interest user groups, organized by workplace, school or college, or other characteristics. With discussions ranging from the nature of friendship and its relationship to "friending," to the (debatable) efficacy of "online activism," this book is a systematic attempt to understand Facebook, also offering perspectives on Twitter and Web 2.0. Zusammenfassung Explores what Facebook means for us and for our relationships. This title discusses issues ranging from the nature of friendship and its relationship to 'friending', to the efficacy of 'online activism'.

Détails du produit

• Collaboration: D. E. Wittkower (Editeur), D E Wittkower (Editeur)
• Auteurs: D E (Ed) Wittkower
• Edition: Running Press
• Contenu: Livre
• Forme du produit: Livre de poche
• Date de parution: 13.05.2010
• Catégorie: Sciences naturelles, médecine, it, technique > Informatique, ordinateurs > Communication des données, réseaux; Littérature spécialisée > Philosophie, religion > Philosophie: général, ouvrages de référence; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Philosophie > 20e et 21e siècles
• EAN: 9780812696752
• ISBN: 978-0-8126-9675-2
• Thème: Popular Culture and Philosophy > 50
• Catégories: PHILOSOPHY / Social; Philosophy; COMPUTERS / Web / Social Networking