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Ebook: Debates for the Digital Age [2 volumes]: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Our Online World
- Tags: Information technology -- Social aspects. Information technology -- Moral and ethical aspects. SOCIAL SCIENCE / General
- Year: 2016
- Publisher: Praeger
- Language: English
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By evaluating the Internet's impact on key cultural issues of the day, this book provides a comprehensive overview of the seismic technological and cultural shifts it has created in contemporary society.
• Includes essays on overarching themes and issues that are essential to understanding Internet culture, including privacy, celebrity, superficiality, and the personal toll online living can have on users
• Addresses current Internet material as well as classic memes, sites, and products
• Engages readers through a deliberately provocative point of view
• Provides a comprehensive examination of the realities surrounding Internet culture, which can be extremely positive or very ugly
• Differentiates itself from other examinations of Internet culture through emphasis on continuing themes rather than time-specific content
• Takes a distinctly international approach to the topic of today's digital, interconnected world