TY - BOOK AU - O'Connor,Rory TI - Friends, followers, and the future: how social media are changing politics, threatening big brands, and killing traditional media SN - 9780872865563 (pbk.) AV - HM742 .O26 2012 U1 - 302.3 23 PY - 2012/// CY - San Francisco PB - City Lights Books KW - Social media KW - Political aspects KW - Economic aspects N1 - Introduction: word of mouse -- The rise of social media -- Brands, cesspools, and credibility -- Can brands be trusted? -- The Facebook decade: F8=Fate? -- The death of privacy -- The YouTube effect : 48 hours every minute -- Twitter : news no longer breaks, it tweets -- Google loses its buzz -- The new breed of media researchers -- Public displays of connection -- Politics 2.0 -- The daily me vs. the daily we -- The state of the media & the death of brands -- Politics 3.0 -- Conclusion: the feed is your friend -- Acknowledgments -- About the author UR - http://swbplus.bsz-bw.de/bsz366581244inh.htm ER -