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This collected volume gathers a broad spectrum of social science and information science articles about Facebook. It looks into facets of users, such as age, sex, and culture, and into facets of use, e.g. privacy behavior after the Snowden affair, unfriending on Facebook, or Facebook addiction, as well as into quality perceptions. Written by leading scholars investigating the impact of Web 2.0., this volume is highly relevant for social media researchers, information scientists, and social scientists, and, not least, for everyone interested in Facebook-related topics.

The debate on Facebook raises questions about the use and users of this information service. This collected volume gathers a broad spectrum of social science and information science articles about Facebook.Facebook has many facets, and we just look forward above all to the use and users. The facet of users has sub-facets, such as different age, sex, and culture. The facet of use consists of sub-facets of privacy behavior after the Snowden affair, dealing with friends, unfriending and becoming unfriended on Facebook, and possible Facebook addiction. We also consider Facebook as a source for local temporary history and respond to acceptance and quality perceptions of this social network service, as well. This book brings together all the contributions of research facets on Facebook. It is a much needed compilation written by leading scholars in the fields of investigation of the impact of Web 2.0. The target groups are social media researchers, information scientists and social scientists, and also all those who take to Facebook topics.

Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- Chapter 1. Unfriending and Becoming Unfriended on Facebook -- Chapter 2. Photo Publication Behavior of Adolescents on Facebook -- Chapter 3. Does Facebook Cause Addiction? An Analysis of German Facebook Users -- Chapter 4. Facebook Social Games -- Chapter 5. Information Literacy Levels of Facebook Users -- Chapter 6. Privacy in Social Networks After the Global Surveillance Disclosures -- Chapter 7. From Cooperation to Compassion: Death and Bereavement on Social Networking Websites -- Chapter 8. Facebook: A Source for Microhistory? -- Chapter 9. Social Media as Channels for the Public Communication of Science: The Case of Spanish Research Centers and Public Universities -- Chapter 10. "Blind as a Bat": Users of Social Networking Services and Their Biased Quality Estimations in TAM-like Surveys -- Chapter 11. New Media and New Territories for European Law: Competition in the Market for Social Networking Services -- Index.