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Unmasked by Facebook

Article Abstract:

Facebook's Beacon technology tracks the purchasing history of its users and sends it to the user's friends list. The technology brings together the fragments of the user's online identity thereby revealing a truer picture of the user.

Author: Brown, Scott
Publisher: Conde Nast Publications, Inc.
Publication Name: Wired
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 1059-1028
Year: 2008
Services information, Other Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities, Privacy, Analysis, Services, Privacy issue, Data entry, Data collection, Online social networks, Facebook (Website)

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My Second Life as a muckraker

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Second Life, multiplayer online game, is described. The focus of the story-line is, The Second Life Herald, a news paper. It examines the legal, social and economic conditions in the virtual world.

Author: Wallace, Mark
Publisher: Conde Nast Publications, Inc.
Publication Name: Wired
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 1059-1028
Year: 2006
Product information, Computer and Data Processing Services, Social aspects, Computer services industry, Information technology services industry, Online game, Online games, Second Life (Computer game)

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A second life for MTV

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The increase in the viewership of MTV, after the launch of the virtual reality show "Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County" is described.

Author: Wallace, Mark
Publisher: Conde Nast Publications, Inc.
Publication Name: Wired
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 1059-1028
Year: 2007
Cable Television Systems, Cable Networks, Cable and other pay TV services, Cable television broadcasting industry, Technology application, Growth, MTV Networks Inc., Company growth, Reality television programs

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