The people's platform : taking back power and culture in the digital age / Astra Taylor.
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TextPublisher: London : Fourth Estate, 2014Description: 276 pages ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780007525591 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Internet -- Social aspects | Information society | Media Studies | Media StudiesDDC classification: 303.4'833 Summary: 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.
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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.
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