social media

Text and color illustrations explore strategies for raising money from large groups of people online.

Provides alphabetically arranged entries examining social media and the impact it has on daily life.

"Drawing on terabytes of data from Twitter, Facebook, Reddit, OkCupid, and many other sites, Rudder examines the terrain of human experience"--Provided by publisher.

Ethan Zuckerman draws on contemporary research in psychology, sociology and his own work on how humans "flock together" to explain why the technological ability to reach someone does not inevitably lead to increased connection.

What you put on the Internet may stay there forever. So how can you protect your online reputation? What can you to do keep your identity safe? Learn how to be a smart user of technology, why watching what you post is important, and what to do if someone misuses your information.

"William Shakespeare's tragedy [Macbeth] told in the style of texts, tweets, and status posts"--Provided by publisher.

"Examines some of the legal and ethical issues surrounding social media, its impact on civil discourse and its role in suicides, murders and criminal enterprise."--Provided by publisher.

"In this near-future mystery, Kyla Cheng, the smartest, hottest, most popular student at her Brooklyn high school, gets taken down a peg by a faked sex tape that goes viral"--Provided by publisher.

Lauren believes she has met her soul mate under the stars at the local planetarium but before she can learn his name, she is forced to leave, so when she learns that a guy named Riley is looking for the girl he met at the planetarium, Lauren is thrilled, until she finds out that hordes of girls are claiming to be her.

Bayleigh is addicted to her cell phone and her mom has had enough. After catching her sending a less than lady-like photo to a boy who barely knows her, Bayleigh's mom sends her away to her grandparent's house for the summer--sans cell phone, laptop and Ipod. Bayleigh thinks the summer will be torture without social media...that is until she meets the boy next door.