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The People’s Platform: Taking Back Power and Culture in the Digital Age
By (author) Astra Taylor
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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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Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers
Published date | 15 Apr 2014
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Format | Paperback / softback
Pages | 288
Dimensions | 216 x 135 x 18mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 0g
ISBN | 978-0-0075-6514-6
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BISAC | computers / internet / general
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