Against The Machine (eBook)

Being Human in the Era of the Electronic Mob

Lee Siegel (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2011
ProFile (Verlag)
978-1-84765-497-7 (ISBN)

Infos

Against the Machine is a fascinating look at how the Internet is reshaping the way we think about ourselves and the world. Siegel explores how the internet affects culture and social life, particularly the psychological, emotional and social cost of high-tech solitude. Arguing that the internet's widespread anonymity eliminates boundaries and encourages otherwise polite people to be downright abusive, Siegel discusses the half-fantasy, half-realism of online personae. By experiencing virtual selves rather than other individuals, we run the risk of being reduced to avatars that other internet users manipulate for their own ends. Insightful and written with convincing evidence to support the author?s polemic, this book is a welcome addition to the debate on the personal ramifications of living in a wired world.

Rezensionen

In every case, Siegel is wildly and satisfyingly unpredictable.

The worldwide web is, for Siegel, essentially an optical illusion, an infinite hall of mirrors in which atomised, self-broadcasting individuals are really just staring at themselves

One of the country's most eloquent and acid-tongued cultural critics.

This witty and intelligent polemic looks at how being online makes us more disconnected.

Savour his vigorous prose, and prepare to be surprised

One of the heroic few.

Siegel is a zigzagging cultural omnivore... a confrontational enthusiast... an expert demolisher of critical group-think

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 30.9.2011
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik ► Web / Internet
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• ISBN-10: 1-84765-497-5 / 1847654975
• ISBN-13: 978-1-84765-497-7 / 9781847654977