Friends, followers, and the future
Subtitle: how social media are changing politics, threatening big brands, and killing traditional media
By: Rory O'Connor
Publisher: City Lights Books
Published: 2012
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 285
ISBN-13: 9780872865563
Subjects: Social media; Political aspects; Economic aspects
Table of contents: title: Introduction: word of mouse; title: The rise of social media; title: Brands, cesspools, and credibility; title: Can brands be trusted?; title: The Facebook decade: F8=Fate?; title: The death of privacy; title: The YouTube effect : 48 hours every minute; title: Twitter : news no longer breaks, it tweets; title: Google loses its buzz; title: The new breed of media researchers; title: Public displays of connection; title: Politics 2.0; title: The daily me vs. the daily we; title: The state of the media & the death of brands; title: Politics 3.0; title: Conclusion: the feed is your friend; title: Acknowledgments; title: About the author.