How are we influenced by social media? How are social media technologies influenced by us? This ebook examines social media technologies through the lens of human cooperation including perspectives around current events and trends. From algorithms to activism, today’s social technologies reflect human signatures and biases and shape who we are.

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• Acknowledgments
• Preface: On Platforms
• Introduction
• Chapter 1: Know thy self, social media (on Identity)
• Chapter 2: The evolution of social media and the neutral net
• Chapter 3: Getting in your business (on Privacy)
• Chapter 4: Algorithms and blues
• Interlude: Picture This...Air Facebook
• Chapter 5: Performative activism from Zapatistas to Black Lives Matter
• Chapter 6: Women's movements from Saudi Arabia to the Americas
• Chapter 7: Spreading salt, brands, and bones (on Marketing and Memes)
• Chapter 8: Truths, knowledge, and bullshit
• Chapter 9: Bumbling and grinding online (on dating)
• Chapter 10: Conclusion, or Humans are Social Media Superstars

How to cite this book (APA)

Daly, D. (2018) Humans are social media (2nd Ed). [THEN WRITE WHAT SECTION OR CHAPTER.] [THEN PASTE IN THE WEB ADDRESS OF THE PAGE THE PART YOU ARE CITING IS ON].

IMPORTANT (and especially for young readers): Be sure to include quotation marks and cite the chapter name or number when directly quoting three or more words from any part of this book.

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