Tales from Facebook /
Miller, Daniel, 1954-
Tales from Facebook / Daniel Miller. - Cambridge, UK : Polity Press, 2011. - xx, 218 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
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.
0745652107 (pbk.) 9780745652108 (pbk.) RM61.91 9780745652092 0745652093
Facebook (Electronic resource)
Online social networks.
Information technology--Social aspects.
Tales from Facebook / Daniel Miller. - Cambridge, UK : Polity Press, 2011. - xx, 218 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
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.
0745652107 (pbk.) 9780745652108 (pbk.) RM61.91 9780745652092 0745652093
Facebook (Electronic resource)
Online social networks.
Information technology--Social aspects.