Rousseau, Signe, 1975-

Food and social media : you are what you tweet / Signe Rousseau. - xvi, 119 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. - AltaMira studies in food and gastronomy . - AltaMira studies in food and gastronomy. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Sweet but sticky Web -- Food For Sharing: -- Web: history and criticism -- Virtual food(ie) communities -- Pioneer women: birds of a feather -- Notes -- Food Not For Sharing: -- Culinary plagiarism: legal protection vs social norms -- Cooks Source: misunderstanding the "public domain" -- Ethical blogging -- Notes -- Twitter Feeding: Too Much Of A Good Thing?: -- Digital narcissism and foodie fatigue -- Health and social media -- Paradox of plenty -- Notes -- Everyone Is A Critic (But Who Is This "Everyone"?): -- Reviewing ethics -- Yelp, Zagat, and the "wisdom of crowds" -- Searching for recipes: to Google or not to Google? -- Notes -- Business Of Pleasure: Right kind of attention is key -- Ina Garten, Alton Brown, and the harshness of crowds -- Chefs and social media: for your eyes only -- Notes -- Conclusion: How is the Internet changing the way you think about food? -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the author.

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Cooking--Information services
Online social networks.
Food--Social aspects

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