The virtual self
Subtitle: how our digital lives are altering the world around us
By: Nora Young
Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Toronto, Ont
Language: eng
Number of pages: 230
ISBN-13: 9780771070648; 9780771070662
Subjects: Social media; Soziales Netzwerk; Personal information management; Réalité virtuelle; Gestion d'informations personnelles; Virtual reality; Monitorage de soi; Online identities; Internet; Social Web; Médias sociaux; Self-monitoring; Online social networks; Social aspects; Welt; Réseautage personnel (Informatique); Persönlichkeitspsychologie
Description: "The host of CBC Radio's Spark explores the very real impact of the virtual information we generate about ourselves -- on our own lives, our communities, and our government. We generate enormous amounts of online data about our habits: where we go, what we do, and how we feel. Some of that is stuff we choose to report; some of it is the offhand data trails we leave behind. The Virtual Self looks at the debates and challenges around virtual data-sharing -- from Facebook status updates to Google Navigator -- and its potential for building more responsive communities and governments. Nora argues that if we wrestle now with issues like privacy and data control, we can harness the power of that data. The host of CBC Radio's Spark, Nora Young has fascinating information at her disposal, unique insights into the intersection of the virtual and real worlds, and a wonderful voice for making all of these clear to a general audience. Accessible and entertaining, The Virtual Self takes that personal, psychological reality of everything from email to status updates and teases out the increasingly bigger impacts on the real world around us of the virtual information we all generate."--Publisher's website.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: An accountant for the body; title: We are all Ben Franklin now; title: Thoroughly modern self-tracking; title: The delights and damage of digital life; title: Meet your digital doppelgänger; title: Going social; title: Looking for a meaningful relationship; title: Unite!; title: The data map and your future.