Facebook nation : total information awareness / Newton Lee.
Facebook's psychological experiments and Edward Snowden's NSA leaks epitomize a world of increasing information awareness in the social media ecosystem. With over a billion monthly active users, Facebook as a nation is overtaking China as the largest country in the world. President Barack...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, N.Y. :
Springer,
2014.
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| Edition: | Second edition. |
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| Online Access: | Springer eBooks |
| Summary: | Facebook's psychological experiments and Edward Snowden's NSA leaks epitomize a world of increasing information awareness in the social media ecosystem. With over a billion monthly active users, Facebook as a nation is overtaking China as the largest country in the world. President Barack Obama, in his 2011 State of the Union Address, called America "the nation of Edison and the Wright brothers" and "of Google and Facebook." U.S. Chief Information Officer Steven VanRoekel opines that America has become a "Facebook nation" that demands increased transparency and interactivity from the federal. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 412 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |