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THE PEOPLE'S PLATFORM
TAKING BACK POWER AND CULTURE IN THE DIGITAL AGE |
| By: |
Astra Taylor |
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Paperback |
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£12.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0007565143 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780007565146 |
| Publisher: |
HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS |
| Pub. date: |
15 April, 2014 |
| Pages: |
288 |
| Description: |
From a cutting-edge cultural commentator, a bold and brilliant challenge to cherished notions of the internet as the great leveler of our age. |
| Synopsis: |
From a cutting-edge cultural commentator, a bold and brilliant challenge to 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, `The People's Platform' argues that for all our "tweeting" and "sharing," the internet in fact reflects and amplifies real-world inequalities as much as it reduces them. Online, just as off-line, attention accrues to those who already have plenty of it.What we have seen so far, Astra Taylor argues, has been not a revolution but a rearrangement. A handful of giants like Amazon, Apple, Google and Facebook are our gatekeepers. And the worst habits of the old media model - the pressure to seek easy celebrity - have proliferated. When culture is "free," creative work has diminishing value and advertising fuels the system.We can do better, Taylor insists. The online world does offer a unique opportunity, but a democratic culture that supports the diverse and lasting will not spring up from technology alone. If we want the internet to be a people's platform, we will have to make it so. |
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UK |
| Imprint: |
Fourth Estate Ltd |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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