Sharing our Lives Online: Risks and Exposure in Social Media

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Springer, Sep 25, 2014 - Social Science - 193 pages
Why do we share so much about our lives on social media when we often have little idea who might be reading or viewing? David R. Brake examines the causes and consequences of moving towards a radically open society.
 

Contents

Acknowledgements
What Is Risky about Online SelfDisclosure and Who Is
How and Why Social MediaInteraction Is Different
Imagining the Reader
Time and Memory in Social Media
Towards a Radically Open Society
Conclusion
Methodological Appendix
Bibliography
Index

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David R. Brake (http://davidbrake.org/) is a communication scholar and pioneering web journalist who has been using and studying the internet for more than a quarter of a century.

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