Fifteen Minutes of Privacy: Privacy, Sociality, and Publicity on Social Network Sites

In celebration of a burgeoning celebrity pop culture, Andy Warhol famously proclaimed that in the future, everyone would be famous for 15 minutes. Almost half a century later, being public online has become so easy that one wonders how, in the future, one may be truly private for 15 minutes. Both st...

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Published inPrivacy Online pp. 75 - 89
Main Authors Papacharissi, Zizi, Gibson, Paige L.
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Germany Springer Berlin / Heidelberg 2011
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Subjects
Communication studies
Ethical & social aspects of computing
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Personal Information
Privacy Protection
Privacy Setting
Social Network Site
Social, group or collective psychology
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Summary:In celebration of a burgeoning celebrity pop culture, Andy Warhol famously proclaimed that in the future, everyone would be famous for 15 minutes. Almost half a century later, being public online has become so easy that one wonders how, in the future, one may be truly private for 15 minutes. Both statements reflect the distance that separates the self from privacy, publicity, and that which lies in between: sociality.
ISBN:9783642215209
3642215203
DOI:10.1007/978-3-642-21521-6_7