Binding: Paperback
Description: " Taylor is the Marshall Mc Luhan or the Neil Postman of our new digital economy the lonely voice raising urgent questions we need to answer together If The People's Platform doesn't spark the conversation about the kind of democracy and culture we deserve then we'll deserve the one we get." NY 1 News The Book Reader The Internet has been hailed as an unprecedented democratizing force a place where all can participate equally. But how true is this claim? In a seminal dismantling of techno - utopian visions The People's Platform argues that the Internet in fact amplifies real - world inequities at least as much as it ameliorates them. Online just as off - line attention and influence largely accrue to those who already have plenty of both. A handful of giant companies remain the gatekeepers while the worst habits of the old media model the pressure to seek easy celebrity to be quick and sensational above all have proliferated in the ad - driven system. We can do better Astra Taylor insists. The online world does offer a unique opportunity but a democratic culture that supports work of lasting value will not spring up from technology alone. If we want the Internet to truly be a people's platform we will have to make it so.
Title: The People's Platform Taking Back Power And Culture In The Digital Age
Author(s): Taylor Astra
Publisher: Picador
Barcode: 9781250062598
Pages: 288 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 4/7/2015
Category: Media Studies