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'Facebook is an interesting example of the egocasting phenomenon,' [Christine Rosen, a fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington] says, 'because it encourages egocasting even though it claims to further 'social networking' and build communities.' Unlike real communities, however, most interactions in online groups do not take place face-to-face. 'It would be more accurate to call it 'Imagebook' rather than 'Facebook,'' Rosen says, 'because users first see an image of a face, not the face itself, and identities are constructed and easily manipulated (and often not truthful).' It's no surprise, she says, that 'people who use networks like Facebook have a tendency to describe themselves like products.'

Samtidigt listar Forbes de mest uppkopplade campusarna (campi?) i USA (där flera stora som Yale, Harvard, Stanford och Princeton saknas, till förmån för lite mindre universitet). Att ha en schysst IT-infrastruktur är så klart ett sätt att konkurrera om studenternas genomdigitaliserade hjärtan. Stanford och Berkeley (säkert fler) publicerar podcasts av föreläsningar, vilket får studenterna att skolka mer enligt Chicago Tribune (reg. krävs).