Papers from the Networked Self conference held May 20, 2009 at the University of Illinois-Chicago.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction and keynote to A networked self / Albert-Laslo Barabasi -- Part I. Context: communication theory and social network sites -- 1. Interaction of interpersonal, peer, and media influence sources online: a research agenda for technology convergence / Joseph D. Walther ... [et al.] -- 2. Social network sites as networked publics: affordances, dynamics, and implications / Danah Boyd -- 3. Social networking: addictive, compulsive, problematic, or just another media habit? / Robert Larose, Junghyun Kim, and Wei Peng -- 4. Social network exploitation / Mark Andrejevic -- Part II. Social textures: emerging patterns of sociability on social network sites -- 5. Social network sites as virtual communities / Malcolm R. Parks -- 6. With a little help from my friends: how social network sites affect social capital processes / Nicole B. Ellison ... [et al.] -- 7. From dabblers to omnivores: a typology of social network site usage / Eszter Hargittai and Yu-Li Patrick Hsieh -- 8. Exploring the use of social network sites in the workplace / Mary Beth Watson-Manheim -- Part III. Convergent practices: intuitive appropriations of social network site affordances -- 9. United we stand?: online social network sites and civic engagement / Thomas J. Johnson ... [et al.] -- 10. Between Barack and a net place: motivations for using social network sites and blogs for political information / Barbara K. Kaye -- 11. Working in the Twittersphere: microblogging as professional identity construction / Dawn R. Gilpin -- 12. Look at us: collective narcissism in college student Facebook photo galleries / Andrew L. Mendelson and Zizi Papacharissi -- 13. Copyright, fair use, and social networks / Patricia Aufderheide -- 14. Artificial agents entering social networks / Nikolaos Mavridis -- Conclusion: a networked self / Zizi Papacharissi. 0