
The Host in the Machine
Examining the Digital in the Social
- 1st Edition - July 27, 2010
- Imprint: Chandos Publishing
- Author: Angela Thomas-Jones
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 8 4 3 3 4 - 5 8 8 - 6
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 7 8 0 6 3 - 1 8 4 - 4
This book tackles online social networks by navigating these systems from the birth to the death of their digital presence. Navigating the social within the digital can be a… Read more

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Request a sales quote- Identifies the undercurrents present in social networks and explores how these influence everyday life
- Provides insight into how the digital presence insidiously encroaches on offline aspects of a user’s life
- Examines the idea of becoming ‘digitally dead’ by discussing the often taboo subject of virtual and non-virtual suicide in the context of social networks
About the author
Chapter 1: Introduction
Birth
Life
Death
Birth
Chapter 2: Name/age/education/status update: creating a digital presence
Chapter 3: All a twitter: celebrities and social networking
Sycophants and imposters
I bet you look good on the dancefloor…
Life
Chapter 4: Putting the social in social networks
Chapter 5: (Net)Working: online social networks and the New Economy
Working nine to five … what a way to make a living
Digitally present
Death
Chapter 6: You've been poked: bullying, harassment and everyday undercurrents
Everyday undercurrents
Did I really need to know that?
Chapter 7: Are we dead yet?
Chapter 8: Conclusion
Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: July 27, 2010
- Imprint: Chandos Publishing
- No. of pages: 150
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9781843345886
- eBook ISBN: 9781780631844
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