The limits of Facebook ‘banter’
Alleged posting on Kerr ‘offensive’ – The Irish Times – Fri, Jul 01, 2011 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/0701/1224299848156.html
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The commodification of emotion: Celeb/rating
I read recently of an curious turn of phrase, which, as these phrases often do, belied an interesting idea – ‘commodification of emotion’ – which in itself had an interesting history. It came from the mouth of one Carmen Hermosillo, an early victim of cyberspace. Hers is a very sad story, which I could never […]
A picture is worth a thousand words: A content analysis of Facebook profile photographs
This is rather odd: “None of the profile picture categories significantly differed by gender”. I would’ve thought there would be all kinds of gender differences in Facebook profile photographs. I suppose that depends on how they were coded…. ScienceDirect – Computers in Human Behavior : A picture is worth a thousand words: A content analysis […]
Quality versus quantity: What does ‘friendship maintenance’ mean?
For the notion of friendship ‘maintenance’ is ambiguous— I might speak of ‘maintaining’ my garden, when by this I mean throwing some water on it just often enough to keep it limping along, or I might refer to my sustained and careful efforts to nourish and tend to it lovingly, to ensure that every part […]
Too many masks: Social media schizophrenia
Have you updated your Myspace account recently? Should you tweet that link or email it? Can you remember your Bebo password? Are you using your work address or your hotmail? Should this be a LinkedIn or a Facebook post? Are all your online profiles linked, consistent and up-to-date? I’ve been trying to draft recommendations for […]