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Miller, Daniel, 1954-

Tales from Facebook / Daniel Miller. - Cambridge, UK ; Malden, MA : Polity Press, 2011. - xx, 218 pages ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references.

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.

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.

ISBN: 0745652107 9780745652108 9780745652092 0745652093

LCCN: 2011410216

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 015690657 Uk

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Facebook (Electronic resource)

Subjects--Uniform Titles:
Facebook (Electronic resource)
Facebook (Electronic resource)
Facebook (Web site)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Online social networks.
Information technology--Social aspects.
Information technology--Social aspects.
Online social networks.
Facebook
Internet
Facebook.
Social networking.
Information technology--Social aspects.
Facebook.
Sociala nätverk online--sociala aspekter.
Information technology--Social aspects.
Online social networks.

LC Class. No.: HM743.F33 / M55 2011

Dewey Class. No.: 302.30285