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Networks Without a Cause: A Critique of Social Media
by
Geert Lovink
With the vast majority of Facebook users caught in a frenzy of 'friending', 'liking' and 'commenting', at what point do we pause to grasp the consequences of our info-saturated lives? What compels us to engage so diligently with social networking systems? "Networks Without a Cause" examines our collective obsession with identity and self-management coupled with the fragmen...more
Paperback, 220 pages
Published
February 2012
by Polity Press
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Just finished, one of the best contemporary critical work on social media.
Shallow digital narcissism of Facebook
Implications of information overload
Need to bring anonymity back
Wikileaks, YouTube aesthetics, many many interesting and relevant topics...
I unreservedly recommend it to all who are interested in media, society, technology, etc...
Shallow digital narcissism of Facebook
Implications of information overload
Need to bring anonymity back
Wikileaks, YouTube aesthetics, many many interesting and relevant topics...
I unreservedly recommend it to all who are interested in media, society, technology, etc...
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