Picture 1 of 1
Networks Without a Cause: A Critique of Social Media, Lovink, Geert, Good Book
Condition:
“.”
Postage:
Located in: Tucson, Arizona, United States
Delivery:
Estimated between Thu, 27 Jun and Mon, 1 Jul to 43230
Returns:
Coverage:
Read item description or contact seller for details. See all detailsSee all details on coverage
(Not eligible for eBay purchase protection programmes)
Seller information
- 99.5% positive feedback
Registered as a Business Seller
Seller assumes all responsibility for this listing.
eBay item number:204339490614
Item specifics
- Condition
- Good
- Seller Notes
- “.”
- ISBN
- 9780745649689
- Subject Area
- Computers, Social Science
- Publication Name
- Networks Without a Cause : a Critique of Social Media
- Publisher
- Polity Press
- Item Length
- 8.9 in
- Subject
- Media Studies, Web / Social Media
- Publication Year
- 2012
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.5 in
- Item Weight
- 12.8 Oz
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Number of Pages
- 220 Pages
About this product
Product Information
With the vast majority of Facebook users caught in a frenzy of 'friending', 'liking' and 'commenting', at what point do we pause to grasp the consequences of our info-saturated lives? What compels us to engage so diligently with social networking systems? Networks Without a Cause examines our collective obsession with identity and self-management coupled with the fragmentation and information overload endemic to contemporary online culture. With a dearth of theory on the social and cultural ramifications of hugely popular online services, Lovink provides a path-breaking critical analysis of our over-hyped, networked world with case studies on search engines, online video, blogging, digital radio, media activism and the Wikileaks saga. This book offers a powerful message to media practitioners and theorists: let us collectively unleash our critical capacities to influence technology design and workspaces, otherwise we will disappear into the cloud. Probing but never pessimistic, Lovink draws from his long history in media research to offer a critique of the political structures and conceptual powers embedded in the technologies that shape our daily lives.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Polity Press
ISBN-10
0745649688
ISBN-13
9780745649689
eBay Product ID (ePID)
109428865
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
220 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Networks Without a Cause : a Critique of Social Media
Publication Year
2012
Subject
Media Studies, Web / Social Media
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Computers, Social Science
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.5 in
Item Weight
12.8 Oz
Item Length
8.9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
LCCN
2012-406302
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
"Geert Lovink is one of the most brilliant and original theorists around today ... This is a highly engaging book, packed thick with arguments ... Every word Lovink writes elicits a response." The Huffington Post "This book offers a number of strong points which help to regain focus on establishing and nurturing much-needed alternative networks." Neural "Makes a unique contribution by effectively capturing the technological specificities of Web 2.0 amidst the larger issues of technocapitalism, while not erasing possibilities for organization and change." Mobile Media and Communication "Geert Lovink is our Tin Tin. Like that canny adventurer, he travels the world discovering new frontiers of both folly and invention. In place of Tin Tin's trusty dog Snowy, he takes with him a quick wit and independent mind. He has a detective's eye for the real story behind the bright assurances of twenty-first-century networked culture." McKenzie Wark, Professor of Culture and Media, The New School, and author of Gamer Theory "This book proposes a new kind of memory for the computer: counter-memory, revisiting recent pasts, deep presents and near-miss futures, always challenging us to ask of, and to invent, the nature of networks." Matthew Fuller, Centre for Cultural Studies, Goldsmiths, University of London
Target Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Dewey Decimal
302.30285
Lc Classification Number
Hm742
Table of Content
Acknowledgements Introduction: Capturing Web 2.0 Before its Disappearance Psychopathology of Information Overload Facebook, Anonymity and the Crisis of the Multiple Self Treatise on Comment Culture Disquisition on Internet Criticism Media Studies - Diagnostics of a Failed Merger Society of the Query: The Googlization of our Lives Online Video Aesthetics or the Art of Watching Databases Blog Theory after the Hype Three Blogospheres: Germany, France, Iraq Radio after Radio: From Pirate to Internet Experiments Techno-Politics at Wikileaks Organizing Networks in Culture and Politics Bibliography
Copyright Date
2012
Item description from the seller
Seller assumes all responsibility for this listing.
eBay item number:204339490614
Postage and handling
Item location:
Tucson, Arizona, United States
Post to:
Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan Republic, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, British Virgin Islands, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde Islands, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, Colombia, Comoros, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Democratic Republic of the Congo, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon Republic, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Gibraltar, Greenland, Grenada, Guam, Guatemala, Guernsey, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jersey, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macau, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Montserrat, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Republic of Croatia, Republic of the Congo, Romania, Rwanda, Saint Helena, Saint Kitts-Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, San Marino, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Turks and Caicos Islands, Tuvalu, Uganda, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vatican City State, Virgin Islands (U.S.), Wallis and Futuna, Western Sahara, Western Samoa, Worldwide, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Excludes:
Barbados, Belgium, Brazil, China, Cyprus, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Greece, Guadeloupe, Kuwait, Libya, Macedonia, Martinique, Mexico, Netherlands, New Caledonia, Philippines, Portugal, Reunion, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Venezuela, Vietnam
| Postage and handling | To | Service | Delivery*See Delivery notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free postage | United States | Economy Shipping | Estimated between Thu, 27 Jun and Mon, 1 Jul to 43230 |
| US $5.00 (approx S$ 6.78) | United States | Standard Shipping | Estimated between Wed, 26 Jun and Sat, 29 Jun to 43230 |
| Handling time |
|---|
| Will usually ship within 1 business day of receiving cleared payment. |
| Taxes |
|---|
| Seller charges sales tax in |
Sales Tax for an item #204339490614
Sales Tax for an item #204339490614
Seller collects sales tax for items shipped to the following states:
| State | Sales Tax Rate |
|---|
Return policy
| After receiving the item, contact seller within | Refund will be given as |
|---|---|
| 30 days after the buyer receives it | Money Back |
The buyer is responsible for return postage costs.
Seller feedback (124,050)
g***p (230)- Feedback left by buyer.
Past month
Verified purchase
Item in great condition, great packaging, fast shipping, great price, A+ seller.
d***d (9592)- Feedback left by buyer.
Past month
Verified purchase
Item as described. Would buy again from this 5 star seller !!!!
x***c (1406)- Feedback left by buyer.
Past month
Verified purchase
Good Vendor, Good Service ++++++++++++++++++++++