KQED Forum: Psychology of Social Networking

"Psychologists have long studied social networks, and the growing popularity of sites like MySpace and Facebook provide fertile territory for research. Stanford University even has a class called Psychology of Facebook. What do our online profiles say about us?" (via)

Guests:

B.J. Fogg, director of the Persuasive Technology Laboratory at Stanford University and the author of an upcoming book on the psychology of Facebook.

Sam Gosling, assistant professor of psychology at the University of Texas at Austin.

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