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The Hidden Psychology of Social Networks: How Brands Create Authentic Engagement by Understanding What Motivates Us
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The Hidden Psychology of Social Networks: How Brands Create Authentic Engagement by Understanding What Motivates Us

by Joe Federer
September 2020
Beginner
288 pages
8h 1m
English
McGraw-Hill
Audiobook available
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THE UNREALIZED POWER OF TRUE SELF NETWORKS

The Id and the Unconscious Self

Anonymity has poisoned online life,” reads the subtitle of a 2016 Atlantic article titled, “How to Fix the Internet.”1 The article begins:

We have to fix the internet. After 40 years, it has begun to corrode, both itself and us. It is still a marvelous and miraculous invention, but now there are bugs in the foundation, bats in the belfry, and trolls in the basement. . . .

I love the internet and all of its digital offshoots. What I bemoan is its decline.

This article captures the prevailing attitude of the media toward online anonymity. The logic seems to be that ...

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ISBN: 9781260460230