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People “overshare” when they interact with others through the screens of computers
and smartphones. Oversharing means to divulge more of their inner feelings,
opinions, and sexuality than they would in person, or even over the phone. Text
messaging, Facebooking, tweeting, camming, blogging, online dating, and Internet
porn are vehicles of this oversharing, which blurs the boundary between public and
private life. This book examines these “presentations of self,” acknowledging that
we are much more public about what used to be private. The book concludes with
reflections on the impact of oversharing on identity, friendship, sexuality, family, and
democracy, and suggests steps people can take to re-establish the boundary between
public and personal life.
Ben Agger is Professor of Sociology and Humanities and Director of the Center
for Theory at the University of Texas at Arlington. He works in critical theory and
media/cultural studies. Among his recent books are Body Problems: Running and
Living Long in a Fast-Food Society and, with Tim Luke, A Journal of No Illusions:
Telos, Paul Piccone and the Americanization of Critical Theory. He edits the journal
Fast Capitalism, which can be found at www.fastcapitalism.com.
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Body Problems The Future of Higher Education
Running and Living Long in a Fast-Food Dan Clawson and Max Page
Society
Ben Agger Waste and Consumption
Capitalism, the Environment, and the Life
Sex, Drugs, and Death of Things
Addressing Youth Problems in American Simonetta Falasca-Zamponi
Society
Tammy Anderson Rapid Climate Change
Causes, Consequences, and Solutions
The Stupidity Epidemic Scott G. McNall
Worrying About Students, Schools, and
America’s Future The Problem of Emotions in Societies
Joel Best Jonathan H. Turner
Forthcoming
Future Ethics Girls with Guns
Charles Lemert and Sam Han France Winddance Twine
Ben Agger
University of Texas at Arlington
First published 2012
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Series Foreword ix
Preface xi
V. Internet Pornography 36
References 51
Glossary/Index 54
Contents vii