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Posts Tagged 'facebook'

Survey under the surface: interpreting the NCI/NELL/Mulley Communications Facebook eye-tracking study

It was reported in the Sunday Business Post, and it got a bit of attention elsewhere, so I’d like to introduce you to the most recent Irish research to look at Facebook. Entitled ‘Face the Facts: An eye-tracking study investigating how Irish users engage with advertising and media on Facebook’ and authored by Caroline Fox, […]

30 June 2010 at 14:40 - Comments

Job-seeking, social networking and the law: It’s a lot like Facebook stalking

As I’ve mentioned before, companies are increasingly looking at potential employees profiles on social networking sites. Just like online dating, all this extra information can have both advantages and disadvantages, for the eh, client and um, service provider. I realise this after reading this post: Is It Legal To Use Social Network Data When Hiring? […]

29 June 2010 at 17:57 - Comments

Face of things to come: The philosophy of Facebook

(Credit: Audrey Fukuman, www.sfweekly.com) As I predicted, the privacy debate about Facebook came to nothing, as it appears that Facebook growth ACCELERATED in the last month, thereby proving the old adage that ‘any publicity is good publicity’. The bottom line is that the vast majority of Facebook’s users really don’t care enough about the privacy […]

23 June 2010 at 13:00 - Comments

Recent press coverage: Interviews in Business & Finance, and Irish Independent

A few links to a couple of interviews I’ve given recently, with thanks to Adam Maguire and John Costello. Technorati Tags: facebook,psychology,interview,psychbook

21 June 2010 at 22:54 - Comments

Just to keep you on your toes: More Facebook design changes

As I’ve said before, whether or not this is a deliberate strategy on their part, Facebook alters the site’s architecture every couple of months. The link below provides an early release of what the next changes might look like – but what the improvement is supposed to be, I haven’t a notion. More Facebook Design […]

12 June 2010 at 15:32 - Comments