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Mon, May 12, 2008 -- 10:00 AM

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?

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Host: Michael Krasny

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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