The Culture of Connectivity Quotes

“Perhaps a symbolic rebalancing of Time’s earlier veneration of the user was the designation, four years later, of Mark Zuckerberg as Time’s Person of the Year.7 When Facebook’s CEO in 2010 took over the badge of honor from “You,” he promised to make the world more open and transparent, echoing the utopian spirit that had previously galvanized users.”
― José van Dijck, The Culture of Connectivity: A Critical History of Social Media

“The year 2006 turned out to be the apex of user euphoria when Time magazine selected “You” as the Person of the Year, trumpeting the world-changing potential of connected users: “It’s a story about community and collaboration … about the many wresting power from the few and helping one another for nothing and how that will not only change the world, but also change the way the world changes.”
― José van Dijck, The Culture of Connectivity: A Critical History of Social Media

“appliancization.”
― José van Dijck, The Culture of Connectivity: A Critical History of Social Media

“Facebook’s business model is most certainly a contentious balancing act between stimulating users’ activity and exploiting it;”
― José van Dijck, The Culture of Connectivity: A Critical History of Social Media

“all companies have a common interest in making the online ecosystem uniformly accessible and shareable.”
― José van Dijck, The Culture of Connectivity: A Critical History of Social Media

“Berry, D. M. 2011. The Philosophy of Software: Code and Mediation in the Digital Age. London: Palgrave.”
― José van Dijck, The Culture of Connectivity: A Critical History of Social Media