Terms of service : social media and the price of constant connection /

Social networking has grown into a staple of modern society, but its continued evolution is becoming increasingly detrimental to our lives. Shifts in communication and privacy are affecting us more than we realize or understand. Terms of Service crystallizes the current moment in technology and cont...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Silverman, Jacob (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Harper, [2015]
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Information technology > Social aspects. Information technology > Moral and ethical aspects. Privacy, Right of. Electronic surveillance > Social aspects. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies. COMPUTERS / Web / Social Networking. COMPUTERS / Social Aspects / General.

Table of Contents:

The ideology of social
Engineered to like
Pics or it didn't happen
The viral dream
Churnalism and the problem of social news
To watch and be watched
The war against identity
The reputation racket
Life and work in the sharing economy
Digital serfdom; or, we all work for Facebook
The myth of privacy
Big Data and the informational appetite
Social-media rebellion.