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Sharing our lives online : risks and exposure in social media /

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"Most of us know someone who has inadvertently revealed something shameful or embarrassing online about themselves or someone else. With the growth of social media like Facebook and Twitter, we are heading towards a radically open society. In exploring this phenomenon, David R. Brake first prov...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brake, David, 1966-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
Subjects:
Online social networks.
Self-disclosure.
Privacy.
Risk perception.
Computer crimes.
Interpersonal communication > Psychological aspects.
Social media > Psychological aspects.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies.
Onlinecommunity.
Privatheit.
Interpersonale Kommunikation.
Sozialer Wandel.
Sociale netwerken.
Internet.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. What is Risky about Online Self-Disclosure and Who is at Risk?
  • 3. How and Why Social Media Interaction is Different
  • 4. Imagining the Reader
  • 5. Time and Memory in Social Media
  • 6. Towards a Radically Open Society
  • 7. Conclusion.