Against the machine : how the web is reshaping culture and commerce--and why it matters /

Against the machine : how the web is reshaping culture and commerce--and why it matters / Lee Siegel.

Analyzes the World Wide Web in terms of its negative influence on the people who use it, arguing that modern technology has given rise to a new, malevolent mass culture that threatens the ideals of humanity, democracy, and the individual.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Siegel, Lee, 1957-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Spiegel & Grau, 2009.
Edition:First paperback edition.
Subjects:
Information technology > Social aspects.
Cyberspace > Social aspects.
Internet > Social aspects.
Subculture.
Popular culture.
Computers and civilization.
Subcultures.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. "The world is all that is the case"
  • 2. Bait and switch
  • 3. The me is the message
  • 4. The context of participatory culture
  • 5. Down with popular culture
  • 6. Participatory culture
  • 7. A dream come true
  • 8. Being there
  • 9. The emperor's new modem
  • Epilogue: Homo Interneticus.

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