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Consent of the Networked
Consent of the Networked; The Worldwide Struggle for Internet Freedom© 2012 Rebeca MacKinnon352 pages A couple of weeks ago I read Who Controls the Internet, which covered in part nation-states’ role in reasserting national boundaries in cyberspace. Consent of the … Continue reading
CYBERPUNK
CYBERPUNK: Hackers and Outlaws on the Computer Frontier© 1991 Katie Hafner400 pages Cyberpunk takes readers back to the early days of hacking, when it was so old-school that computers weren’t involved. Using three case in the United States and western … Continue reading
Posted in history, Reviews
Tagged crime, digital world, history, Kevin Mitnick, the Internet
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The Digital Divide
The Digital Divideed. © 2011 Mark Bauerlein 368 pages For those who often think about the way the internet has transformed every aspect of our society — our daily social interactions, the ways we shop and work, etc — The Digital … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews
Tagged digital world, participation, technology, Technology and Society, the Internet
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10 Don’ts On Your Digital Devices
10 Don’ts On Your Digital Devices© 2015 Eric Rzesut, Daniel Bachrach180 pages Networked computers are no longer the hulking monsters of the 1970s, only found in industrial and military installations. In the second decade of the 21st century, they are … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews
Tagged civic awareness, Cybersecurity, digital world, Politics-CivicInterest, technology, Technology and Society, the Internet
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@ War
@ War: The Rise of the Military-Internet Complex © 2014 Shane Harris 288 pages In the 21st century, intelligence and war are no longer the domain of pipe-smoking spooks hiding behind newspapers, and uniformed soldiers on the march. When so … Continue reading
Posted in General
Tagged Cybersecurity, digital world, military, technology, Technology and Society, the Internet
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Cinderella Ate My Daughter
Cinderella Ate My Daughter: Dispatches from the Front Lines of the New Girlie-Girl Culture© 2012 Peggy Orenstein260 pages When did every little girl become a princess to be bedecked in pink and fawned over? Such is the question posed by … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews
Tagged adolescence, Alistair Horne, children, Disney, Eric Schlosser, goods/services, marketing, marriage and family, media, parenting, sexuality, Society and Culture, the Internet, women, women's studies
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The Shallows
The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing To Our Brains© 2010 Nicholas Carr276 pages How many tabs do you have open right now? Neil Postman thought we were undoing ourselves with a distracting and busy fusion of information and entertainment … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews, science
Tagged digital world, media, neurology, science, social criticism, Society and Culture, technology, Technology and Society, the Internet
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