Executive Chairman, Futures Company
Executive Chairman of the Futures Company, trends and futures research consultancy
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Walker Smith
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Social Networking and Real Life Since we first broadcast this segment in October, Time magazine has the founder of Facebook its " Person of the Year ." Mark Zuckerberg's "friends" now number a half billion, the major example to date of social networking on the Internet. The film The Social Network has won big audiences and a lot of awards. Does social networking enhance and encourage the same kinds of human connections we find in real life, or does it do something else? Is it changing the way people think about themselves and their relations with others? What does it mean for the news media and commercial marketing? Does Internet anonymity require new protections for casual users who don't know the power of social networking?
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Facebook: The Social and the Anti-Social Network Hollywood has paid the ultimate compliment to Mark Zuckerberg by making The Social Newor k, a film about him and the phenomenon of Facebook . We'll let audiences draw their own conclusions about the movie. What matters is what it symbolizes.
To the Point
Facebook: The Social and the Anti-Social Network Hollywood has paid the ultimate compliment to Mark Zuckerberg by making The Social Network , a film about him and the phenomenon of Facebook . We'll let audiences draw their own conclusions about the movie. What matters is what it symbolizes. Zuckerberg 's "friends" now number a half billion, the major example to date of social networking on the Internet. What is "social networking?" Does it enhance and encourage the same kinds of human connections we find in real life, or does it do something else? Is it changing the way people think about themselves and their relations with others? What does it mean for the news media and commercial marketing? Are new protections required because of the anonymity provided for sociopaths or for casual users who don't know the power of social networking?
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