Tales from Facebook by Daniel Miller
* This is a highly original book about Facebook D now one of the most-visited sites on the web. Facebook is now used by nearly 500 million people throughout the world, many of whom spend several hours a day on this site. *Tales from Facebook explores the ways in which people use Facebook in their everyday lives."It is Miller's focus on Trinidad and his beguilingly intimate style of writing that makes this work specialPrepare to have your expectations confounded."
The Age
"A very welcome and distinctive contribution to what is currently a small body of work on emerging online social networks."
LSE Politics Blog
"With social media playing an increasingly dominant role in our lives, it was about time somebody undertook a serious academic study of the way the Facebook phenomenon is changing and shaping behavior.... Whatever your feelings about the ever-present Facebook, Twitter etc., they are here to stay, so this book is an intriguing guide to as-yet uncharted territory."
The Style King
"Miller has written an insightful and engaging look at what Facebook has done to Trinidad and, more intriguingly, what Trinidad is doing to Facebook. For anyone keen to understand what human culture is becoming as the internet becomes its nearly universal vehicle, Tales from Facebook is obligatory reading."
Julian Dibbell, contributing editor for Wired magazine and author of My Tiny Life and Play Money
"Tales from Facebook is a genre-busting tour de force. Miller moves between fascinating stories of the often unexpected ways Trinidadians (for whom the verb 'to friend' is over a century old) use Facebook to thought-provoking discussions of the broad implications of social networking sites. Readers from a wide range of backgrounds will find this book an insightful treasure."
Tom Boellstorff, Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Irvine, and author of Coming of Age in Second Life: An Anthropologist Explores the Virtually Human
Daniel Miller is Professor of Anthropology at University College London.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780745652108 |
| ISBN 10 | 0745652107 |
| Title | Tales from Facebook |
| Author | Daniel Miller |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | John Wiley and Sons Ltd |
| Year published | 2011-04-26 |
| Number of pages | 220 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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