SOC100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Klout, Public Space, Linkedin
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Public space: a lot of human traffic (shopping malls, unrestricted areas, parks, etc. ) Mall: public space that is privately owned! Social media, also public space privately owned. Civility of strangers in public spaces, talked about by solnit, boyd is interested in this as well. Unsafe public space: people stop caring about others people stop watching out for others, structure of the city; unable to walk to work, to the mall, to school increased automobile traffic, decreased sidewalk traffic. Van dijk is interested in corporate surveillance. Companies looking at people"s facebook profiles before hiring them. Online activity (liking and following) dictates the ads on your facebook page by channelling your wants and desires. Knowing your information to know what you want to buy or have the potential to buy. Facebooks measures and tracks your interactions and rewards klout (influence) and companies will approach people to get you to market and advertise products.
