Sharing our lives online
Subtitle: risks and exposure in social media
By: David R. Brake
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 193
ISBN-13: 9780230320291; 9780230320369
Subjects: Social media; Online social networks; Privacy; Self-disclosure; Interpersonal communication; Computer crimes; Psychological aspects; Risk perception
Description: "Most of us know someone who has inadvertently revealed something shameful or embarrassing online about themselves or someone else. With the growth of social media like Facebook and Twitter, we are heading towards a radically open society. In exploring this phenomenon, David R. Brake first provides an overview of the harms that can be posed by unwary social media use - not just for children but for all of us, young or old. He then draws on in-depth interviews, a range of related theories of human behaviour and a wealth of other studies to analyse why this happens. He explains in detail the social, technological and commercial influences and pressures that keep us posting what we should not and stop us fully appreciating the risks when we do so. This is an invaluable book for students, parents, policy-makers and any social media user. "--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: What is risky and who is at risk?; title: How and why social media interaction is different; title: Imagining the reader; title: Time and memory in social media; title: Towards a radically open society; title: Conclusion.