ENGL 1301 SO Harvey

A visionary and optimistic thinker examines the tension between privacy and publicness that is transforming how we form communities, create identities, do business, and live our lives.

Hailed as the MySpace for professionals, LinkedIn has taken the Internet by storm. It is now estimated that 19 million business professionals log in to this site every day to look for job opportunities, search for potential clients, get recommendations from colleagues, and reconnect with former coworkers. LinkedIn allows users to create a profile detailing their professional experience and accomplishments, which will help them connect with literally thousands of qualified professionals in their field.

The ease with which digital content can be shared online, in addition to its many benefits, has created a host of problems for today's high school and college students. All too often, students are uploading, updating, posting and publishing without giving a second thought to who might see their content or how it might be perceived....

Over the past decade, the Internet has radically transformed our global culture. Many thinkers have speculated on how the Internet could transform society even further, and this anthology provides a range of possible scenarios.

A lively, thought-provoking memoir about how one woman "gamed" online dating sites like JDate, OKCupid and eHarmony--and met her eventual husband. Forty million people date online each year. Most don't find true love. Thanks to this book, their odds just got a whole lot better.