Public Parts : How Sharing in the Digital Age Improves the Way We Work and Live

by Jarvis, Jeff

• ISBN13: 9781451636000
• ISBN10: 1451636008
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-09-27
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Summary

A journalist and visionary internet optimist's compelling argument for increased openness online in the digital age.

Author Biography

Jeff Jarvis blogs about media, news, technology, and business at Buzzmachine.com. He is associate professor and director of the Tow-Knight Center for Entrepreneurial Journalism at the City University of New York’s Graduate School of Journalism, and lives in the New York area.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Ages of Publicness	p. 1
The Prophet of Publicness: Mark Zuckerberg	p. 15
Public Choices	p. 25
Private Germans	p. 25
The German Paradox	p. 30
My Public Parts	p. 33
My Private Parts	p. 38
The Benefits of Publicness	p. 43
Publicness	p. 43
Builds Relationships	p. 43
Disarms Strangers	p. 46
Enables Collaboration	p. 47
Unleashes the Wisdom (and Generosity) of the Crowd	p. 49
Defuses the Myth of Perfection	p. 53
Neutralizes Stigmas	p. 55
Grants Immortality... or at Least Credit	p. 56
Organizes Us	p. 58
Protects Us	p. 60
A History of the Private and the Public	p. 63
Fiendish kodakers	p. 63
Technology Fears	p. 66
The Making of the Modern Public	p. 69
The Public Sphere	p. 73
The Public Press	p. 79
Gutenberg's-and God's-Gift	p. 79
The Making-and Unmaking-of Mass Media	p. 87
What Is Privacy?	p. 93
How Do You Define Privacy?	p. 93
How Do We Protect Privacy?	p. 102
The Ethics of Privacy and Publicness	p. 110
How Public Are We?	p. 115
We Have Met the Public, and They Are Us	p. 115
How Public Is Too Public?	p. 118
Oversharing	p. 123
The Public You	p. 127
Identity and Reputation	p. 127
Public Advice	p. 131
The Sharing Industry	p. 137
The Public Economy	p. 137
Evan Williams: Blogger and Twitter	p. 139
Dennis Crowley: Dodgeball and Foursquare	p. 147
Philip Kaplan: Blippy	p. 152
Josh Harris: We Live in Public and Wired City	p. 157
The Radically Public Company	p. 163
Imagine	p. 163
Open-and-Shut Case Studies	p. 166
By the People	p. 193
Killing Secrecy	p. 193
Beyond Openness	p. 198
The New World	p. 207
Who Will Protect Publicness?	p. 207
Principles of Publicness	p. 215
Acknowledgments	p. 219
Notes	p. 221
Bibliography	p. 243
Index	p. 249
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