Debates for the Digital Age (2 volumes) - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Our Online World (2015).pdf Gooner

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Publisher: Praeger (November 23, 2015)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1440801231
ISBN-13: 978-1440801235

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