Society of the Query Reader: Reflections on Web Search

by Miriam Rasch (Editor), René König (Editor)

Looking up something online is one of the most common applications of the web. Whether with a laptop or smartphone, we search the web from wherever we are, at any given moment. ‘Googling’ has become so entwined in our daily routines that we rarely question it. However, search engines such as Google or Bing determine what part of the web we get to see, shaping our knowledge and perceptions of the world. But there is a world beyond Google – geographically, culturally, and technologically.

Genres: Ebooks

292 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2014

About the author

Miriam Rasch werkt als onderzoeker en docent bij het Instituut voor Netwerkcultuur van de Hogeschool van Amsterdam. Ze schrijft essays en kritieken voor onder meer De Gids, De Groene Amsterdammer, Revisor en het Amerikaanse deep-webmagazine The Torist. In 2015 won ze de Jan Hanlo Essayprijs Klein.