Books about what it means to be online with others
Social Media Criticism Public
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The Hype Machine by Sinan Aral
A landmark insider's tour of how social media affects our decision-making and shapes our world in ways both useful and …
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Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport
4 stars
The key to living well in a high tech world is to spend much less time using technology.
In recent …
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Twittering Machine by Richard Seymour
4 stars
In surrealist artist Paul Klee’s The Twittering Machine, the bird-song of a diabolical machine acts as bait to lure …
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This is why we can't have nice things by Whitney Phillips (The information society series)
3 stars
Internet trolls live to upset as many people as possible, using all the technical and psychological tools at their disposal. …
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Algorithms of Oppression by Safiya Umoja Noble
4 stars
A revealing look at how negative biases against women of color are embedded in search engine results and algorithms
Run …
Literally a Blue Cup says: more about Google / search engines, but same theme
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The Shame Machine by Cathy O'Neil
4 stars
Examines how (predominantly American) society uses shame, and explores how shame could be put to better use.
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The Age of Surveillance Capitalism by Shoshana Zuboff
4 stars
"Shoshana Zuboff, named "the true prophet of the information age" by the Financial Times, has always been ahead of her …
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The Age of Addiction by David T. Courtwright
We live in an age of addiction, from compulsive gaming and shopping to binge eating and opioid abuse. Sugar can …
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4 stars
The prescient, page-turning account of a journey in Silicon Valley: a defining memoir of our digital age
In her mid-twenties, …
