The people's platform : taking back power and culture in the digital age /
Taylor, Astra,
The people's platform : taking back power and culture in the digital age / Astra Taylor. - 276 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Astra Taylor challenges cherished notions of the internet as the great leveler of our age. The internet has been hailed as an unprecedented democratising force, a place where everyone can participate. But how true is this? Dismantling the techno-utopian vision, she argues that for all our 'tweeting' and 'sharing,' the internet in fact reflects and amplifies real-world inequities as much as it ameliorates them.
9780007525591 (pbk.) : £12.99 £13.43
Internet--Social aspects.
Information society.
Media Studies.
Media Studies.
303.4'833
The people's platform : taking back power and culture in the digital age / Astra Taylor. - 276 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Astra Taylor challenges cherished notions of the internet as the great leveler of our age. The internet has been hailed as an unprecedented democratising force, a place where everyone can participate. But how true is this? Dismantling the techno-utopian vision, she argues that for all our 'tweeting' and 'sharing,' the internet in fact reflects and amplifies real-world inequities as much as it ameliorates them.
9780007525591 (pbk.) : £12.99 £13.43
Internet--Social aspects.
Information society.
Media Studies.
Media Studies.
303.4'833