The Virtual Self

The Virtual Self
Author: Nora Young
Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2013-08-13
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0771070667


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The new radically social habit of tracking our behaviours and preferences is booming. From Facebook timelines to Google Navigator to Twitter, we generate enormous amounts of online data about our activities: where we go, what we do, how we feel. In The Virtual Self, journalist Nora Young examines this growing phenomenon of self-tracking - why it's compulsive, its attractions and benefits, the dangers surrounding privacy and information control, and moreover, what it means for our sense of self. Fascinating and entertaining, and offering unique insights into our emerging technological culture, The Virtual Self takes the personal, psychological reality of everything from smart phones to social networking and teases out the increasing impact of the virtual information we all produce on the real world around us.


The Virtual Self
Language: en
Pages: 242
Authors: Nora Young
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-08-13 - Publisher: McClelland & Stewart

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The new radically social habit of tracking our behaviours and preferences is booming. From Facebook timelines to Google Navigator to Twitter, we generate enormo
The Virtual Self
Language: en
Pages: 242
Authors: Nora Young
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-04-10 - Publisher: McClelland & Stewart

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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
The Virtual Self
Language: en
Pages: 242
Authors: Nora Young
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-08-13 - Publisher: McClelland & Stewart

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The new radically social habit of tracking our behaviours and preferences is booming. From Facebook timelines to Google Navigator to Twitter, we generate enormo
The Virtual Self
Language: en
Pages: 216
Authors: Ben Agger
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008-04-15 - Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

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The Virtual Self is an engaging and exciting text that addresses issues relating to our rapidly changing society, social structure, and communication needs. In
Handbook of Research on Technoself: Identity in a Technological Society
Language: en
Pages: 874
Authors: Luppicini, Rocci
Categories: Computers
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-10-31 - Publisher: IGI Global

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"This book provides insights to better enhance the understanding of technology's widespread intertwinement with human identity within an advancing technological