{"product_id":"tales-from-facebook-9780745652108","title":"Tales from Facebook","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e* 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"It is Miller's focus on Trinidad and his beguilingly intimate style of writing that makes this work special. Prepare to have your expectations confounded.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Age\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A very welcome and distinctive contribution to what is currently a small body of work on emerging online social networks.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eLSE Politics Blog\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"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.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Style King\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"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.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJulian Dibbell, contributing editor for \u003ci\u003eWired\u003c\/i\u003e magazine and author of \u003ci\u003eMy Tiny Life and Play Money\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"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.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTom Boellstorff, Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Irvine, and author of \u003ci\u003eComing of Age in Second Life: An Anthropologist Explores the Virtually Human\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface \u003cbr\u003ePART ONE - PORTRAITS \u003cbr\u003e1) Marriage Dun Mash Up \u003cbr\u003e2) Avatar \u003cbr\u003e3) For Whom the Bell Doesn't Toll \u003cbr\u003e4) The Book of Truth \u003cbr\u003e5) It's Who You Know \u003cbr\u003e6) Community \u003cbr\u003e7) Time Suck \u003cbr\u003e8) Cultivating FarmVille \u003cbr\u003e9) It Was Just Sex \u003cbr\u003e10) Getting the Word Out \u003cbr\u003e11) Picking BlackBerrys \u003cbr\u003e12) The History Woman \u003cbr\u003eLagniappe \u003cbr\u003eThe Philosophy of Doubles \u003cbr\u003ePART TWO - The Anthropology of Facebook \u003cbr\u003eA) The Invention of Fasbook. \u003cbr\u003eB) The Fame of Facebook. \u003cbr\u003eC) 15 theses on what Facebook might just be. \u003cbr\u003eGlossary and Acknowledgements","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404400304471,"sku":"9780745652108","price":17.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780745652108.jpg?v=1730486347","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/tales-from-facebook-9780745652108","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}