Web 2.0 discourse shapes self-conception, tech adoption, and capital flows

Evidence

Talk about Web 2.0 is a part of social life in the tech community, and is itself reflected in social media, blog posts, popular books, and presentations. These texts have far-reaching effects on how people think about themselves and their actions, on which technologies are attended to and which are ignored, and on how financial resources circulate. — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update, 57

Categorization

• XREF: Echoes discourse-theory framing (Foucault-derived) used across the reader’s other books on power and language. — connects to: Public discourse about technology shapes behavior, attention, and capital flows — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update: Celebrity, Publicity,…, 57

Broader Connections

• Public discourse about technology shapes behavior, attention, and capital flows #expands (0.95) — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update, 57