Facebook nation
Subtitle: total information awareness
By: Newton Lee
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 235
ISBN-13: 9781461453079
Subjects: Multimedia systems; Data protection; Online social networks; Right of Privacy; Location-based services; Internet; Security measures; Facebook (Firm); Facebook (Electronic resource)
Description: President Barack Obama, in his 2011 State of the Union Address, called America "the nation of Edison and the Wright brothers" and "of Google and Facebook." U.S. Chief Information Officer, Steven VanRoekel, said that America has become a "Facebook nation" that demands increased transparency and interactivity from the federal government. Facebook as a nation in 2012 would be the third largest country in the world with over 900 million citizens, after China and India. This book portrays the social media ecosystem as a world of increasing Total Information Awareness, which is essentially a civilian version of the controversial Total Information Awareness program unveiled in 2002 by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) at the U.S. Department of Defense. Back in the 60's, DARPA initiated and funded the research and development of Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET) that went online in 1969.

The success of ARPANET gave rise to the global commercial Internet in the 90's and the new generation of Fortune 500 companies today including Amazon.com, Google, eBay, and Yahoo!. As if life comes full circle in the 21st century, private businesses and the ubiquity of social networks such as Facebook, Google+, Twitter, and YouTube are creating the technologies and infrastructures necessary for the DARPA-proposed Total Information Awareness program.WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange called Facebook "the most appalling spying machine that has ever been invented." Indeed, military and civilian technologies have interwoven into every fabric of our society, as Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg said, "We exist at the intersection of technology and social issues." This book offers discourse and practical advice on the privacy issue in the age of big data, the rise of Facebook nation, and Total Information Awareness.

Opening with President Ronald Reagan's 1984 National Security Decision Directive and ending with George Orwell's novel 1984, the author takes us on a roller-coaster ride through Facebook's botched IPO, Carrier IQ, Kony 2012, SOPA/PIPA blackout, cyber bullying, crime fighting, and a host of other timely issues facing our Facebook nation. Social media strategists, information architects, social scientists, policymakers, and academic scholars in the Program in Science, Technology, and Society (STS) will find this book a valuable asset.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part I. Prologue: 1.From 1984 to Total Information Awareness: 1.1.President Ronald Reagan in 1984 ; 1.2.Total Information Awareness ; References; title: pt. II. Privacy in the Age of Big Data: 2.Social Networks and Privacy: 2.1.Zero Privacy ; 2.2.The Pervasiveness of Facebook ; 2.3.Facebook and Personal Privacy ; 2.4.Facebook, Children, and COPPA ; 2.5.Facebook and Peer Pressure ; 2.6.Reality TV and Social Media ; 2.7.YouTube and Facebook Videos ; 2.8.Netflix and Social Apps on Facebook ; 2.9.Facebook Timeline ; 2.10.Ambient Social Apps ; 2.11.Stalking Apps and Facebook for Sex ; 2.12.Facial Recognition Apps ; 2.13.Facial Recognition on Facebook, Google+, and iPhone ; 2.14.Virtual Passports : From Privacy to Data Use ; 2.15.Social Search: Google, Plus Your World and Microsoft's Bing ; 2.16.Connected Cars : In-vehicle Social Networks ; References ; 3. Smartphones and Privacy: 3.1.Smartphones ; 3.2.Location Tracking on iPhone and iPad ; 3.3.Carrier IQ ; 3.4.Smartphone Data Collection Transparency ; 3.5.Always On ; 3.6.Mobile Apps Privacy Invasion ; 3.7.Mobile Apps for Children ; 3.8.Android Market ; 3.9.Apple Store ; 3.10.Facebook App Center ; References ; 4.Consumer Privacy in the Age of Big Data ; 4.1.Oil of the Digital Age-Personal Information for Sale ; 4.2.Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights ; 4.3.California's Online Privacy Protection Act ; 4.4.European Union's Right to be Forgotten Law ; 4.5.A Response to Zero Privacy ; References; title: pt. III. The Rise of Facebook Nation: 5.Twitter: A World of Immediacy ; 5.1.The Pen is Mightier Than the Sword ; 5.2.Citizen Journalists ; 5.3.A World of Immediacy ; 5.4.Prevalence of Twitter ; 5.5.Advertisements on Twitter ; 5.6.Creative Uses of Twitter ; References; title: 6.Generation C in the Age of Big Data: 6.1.Digital Omnivores and Generation C ; 6.2.Big Data Research and Development Initiative ; 6.3.Big Data in Public Health and Economics ; 6.4.Big Data in Facebook and Google ; References; title: 7.Privacy Breaches: 7.1.Google Street View ; 7.2.Google Easter Eggs in Disguise ; 7.3.Apple Software Bugs ; 7.4.Carrier IQ and Other Privacy Blunders ; References; title: 8.Business Intelligence: 8.1.Intelligent Digital Billboards ; 8.2.Tumblr and Gmail : Yes to Advertisements ; 8.3.Social Ads on Facebook ; 8.4.Sponsored Stories and Facebook Exchange ; 8.5.Mobile Market and Instagram ; 8.6.Location-Based Mobile Advertisements ; 8.7.Disney and Other Businesses on Facebook ; References; title: 9.Misinformation and Disinformation: 9.1.The War of the Worlds ; 9.2.Misinformation and Disinformation on Twitter and Facebook ; 9.3.Serious Consequences of Misinformation and Disinformation ; 9.4.Trustworthiness of Wikipedia ; 9.5.Google Search Sabotage ; 9.6.Advertising Misinformation and Disinformation ; 9.7.Fake Information on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube ; 9.8.Facebook Account Verification ; 9.9.Twitter Verified Accounts ; 9.10.Abuse of Power ; References; title: 10.E-Government and E-Activism: 10.1.President Barack Obama and Web 2.0 ; 10.2.Gov 2.0 Apps ; 10.3.The Kony 2012 Phenomenon ; 10.4.Reactions to Kony 2012 ; 10.5.SOPA/PIPA Blackout Day ; 10.6.Reactions to SOPA/PIPA Blackout ; 10.7.Battles over Internet Legislations: OPEN, ACTA, CISPA ; 10.8.Internet Activism ; 10.9.Transnational (Arab-Israeli) Facebook Nation ; 10.10.Internet Censorship in Western Democracies and China ; 10.11.Arab Spring Uprisings and Egypt Shutting Down the Internet ; 10.12.The Rise of Facebook Nation ; 10.13.Electoral College and Social Network Constitution ; References; title: pt. IV. Total Information Awareness in Facebook Nation: 11.Living in Facebook Nation: 11.1.Digital Personalities and Identities ; 11.2.Intertwining Lives, Online and Offline ; 11.3.Digital Footprint and Exhaust Data ; 11.4.Facebook Knows Who, When, Where ; 11.5.Online Births in Facebook Nation ; References; title: 12.Personal Information Management: 12.1.Identity Theft Prevention ; 12.2.Privacy Protection ; 12.3.Privacy on Facebook ; 12.4.Privacy on Google ; 12.5.Data Vault : Data is the New Oil ; 12.6.Personal Analytics and Social Networks ; References; title: 13.Total Information Awareness: 13.1.Humanity's Dashboard ; 13.2.Ambient Awareness and Suicide Prevention ; 13.3.Parental Awareness and (Cyber) Bullying ; 13.4.Student Awareness and School Safety ; 13.5.Crime Awareness and Video Surveillance ; 13.6.Community Awareness and Neighborhood Watch ; 13.7.Location Awareness and Traffic Safety ; 13.8.Location Awareness and Personal Safety ; 13.9.Information Awareness and Law Enforcement ; 13.10.Self-Awareness and Online Dating ; 13.11.Pandora's Box of Total Information Awareness ; References; title: pt. V. Epilogue: 14.From Total Information Awareness to 1984: 14.1.Brave New World of Total Information Awareness ; 14.2.George Orwell's 1984 ; 14.3.Aldous Huxley's Brave New World ; 14.4.Point of No Return ; 14.5.Facebook Questions ; References.