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The Resource Facebook society : losing ourselves in sharing ourselves, Roberto Simanowski ; translated by Susan H. Gillespie

Facebook society : losing ourselves in sharing ourselves, Roberto Simanowski ; translated by Susan H. Gillespie

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Facebook claims that it is building a “global community.” Whether this sounds utopian, dystopian, or simply self-promotional, there is no denying that social-media platforms have altered social interaction, political life, and outlooks on the world, even for people who do not regularly use them. In this book, Roberto Simanowski takes Facebook as a starting point to investigate our social-media society—and its insidious consequences for our concept of the self. Simanowski contends that while they are often denounced as outlets for narcissism and self-branding, social networks and the practices they cultivate in fact remake the self in their image. Sharing is the outsourcing of one’s experiences, encouraging unreflective self-narration rather than conscious self-determination. Instead of experiencing the present, we are stuck ceaselessly documenting and archiving it. We let our lives become episodic autobiographies whose real author is the algorithm lurking behind the interface. As we go about accumulating more material for the platform to arrange for us, our sense of self becomes diminished—and Facebook shapes a subject who no longer minds. Social-media companies’ relentless pursuit of personal data for advertising purposes presents users with increasingly targeted, customized information, attenuating cultural memory and fracturing collective identity. Presenting a creative, philosophically informed perspective that speaks candidly to a shared reality, Facebook Society asks us to come to terms with the networked world for our own sake and for all those with whom we share it.--
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  • eng
  • ger
  • eng
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xix, 269 pages
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  • Preface
  • Stranger friends
  • Automatic autobiography
  • Digital nation
  • Afterword
  • Epilogue to the English edition
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9780231182720
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Facebook society : losing ourselves in sharing ourselves
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Facebook society
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losing ourselves in sharing ourselves
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Roberto Simanowski ; translated by Susan H. Gillespie
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  • eng
  • ger
  • eng
Summary
Facebook claims that it is building a “global community.” Whether this sounds utopian, dystopian, or simply self-promotional, there is no denying that social-media platforms have altered social interaction, political life, and outlooks on the world, even for people who do not regularly use them. In this book, Roberto Simanowski takes Facebook as a starting point to investigate our social-media society—and its insidious consequences for our concept of the self. Simanowski contends that while they are often denounced as outlets for narcissism and self-branding, social networks and the practices they cultivate in fact remake the self in their image. Sharing is the outsourcing of one’s experiences, encouraging unreflective self-narration rather than conscious self-determination. Instead of experiencing the present, we are stuck ceaselessly documenting and archiving it. We let our lives become episodic autobiographies whose real author is the algorithm lurking behind the interface. As we go about accumulating more material for the platform to arrange for us, our sense of self becomes diminished—and Facebook shapes a subject who no longer minds. Social-media companies’ relentless pursuit of personal data for advertising purposes presents users with increasingly targeted, customized information, attenuating cultural memory and fracturing collective identity. Presenting a creative, philosophically informed perspective that speaks candidly to a shared reality, Facebook Society asks us to come to terms with the networked world for our own sake and for all those with whom we share it.--
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Translated from the German
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Facebook society : losing ourselves in sharing ourselves, Roberto Simanowski ; translated by Susan H. Gillespie
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Preface -- Stranger friends -- Automatic autobiography -- Digital nation -- Afterword -- Epilogue to the English edition
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23 cm
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xix, 269 pages
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9780231182720
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(OCoLC)1013736326
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Facebook society : losing ourselves in sharing ourselves, Roberto Simanowski ; translated by Susan H. Gillespie
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
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volume
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  • nc
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rdacarrier
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text
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  • txt
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rdacontent
Contents
Preface -- Stranger friends -- Automatic autobiography -- Digital nation -- Afterword -- Epilogue to the English edition
Control code
on1013736326
Dimensions
23 cm
Extent
xix, 269 pages
Isbn
9780231182720
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
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  • n
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(OCoLC)1013736326

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