People's Platform - Couverture souple

Taylor, Astra

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1250062594 ISBN 13 : 9781250062598

Editeur : Picador Paper, 2015

Synopsis

"Taylor is the Marshall McLuhan or the Neil Postman of our new digital economy, the lonely voice raising urgent questions we need to answer together . . . If The People's Platform doesn't spark the conversation about the kind of democracy and culture we deserve, then we'll deserve the one we get."--NY1 News' The Book Reader

The Internet has been hailed as an unprecedented democratizing force, a place where all can participate equally. But how true is this claim? In a seminal dismantling of techno-utopian visions, The People's Platform argues that the Internet in fact amplifies real-world inequities at least as much as it ameliorates them. Online, just as off-line, attention and influence largely accrue to those who already have plenty of both. A handful of giant companies remain the gatekeepers, while the worst habits of the old media model--the pressure to seek easy celebrity, to be quick and sensational above all--have proliferated in the ad-driven system.
We can do better, Astra Taylor insists. The online world does offer a unique opportunity, but a democratic culture that supports work of lasting value will not spring up from technology alone. If we want the Internet to truly be a people's platform, we will have to make it so.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Astra Taylor is the author of The People's Platform (winner of the American Book Award) and made two documentary films, Zizek! and Examined Life. Taylor's writing has appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, n+1, and The Baffler, where she is a contributing editor. She lives in New York City.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Picador Paper
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1250062594
• ISBN 13: 9781250062598
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 288
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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