Francesca da Rimini (ed.): A Handbook for Coding Cultures (2007)
Filed under book | Tags: · code, digital culture, floss, media culture, networks, open source, software
“A Handbook for Coding Cultures provides a lasting companion to the inspiring projects and topical currents of thought explored in the Coding Cultures Symposium and Concept Lab. Six invited writers and groups from Australia, Belgium, Brazil, England, Italy and Hong Kong share their experiences of building imaginative digital tools, social networks, open labs and internet-based knowledge platforms for communication and creativity. Complementing these commissioned texts are contributions from our guest artists from Canada, England and Jamaica. Artist statements from Symposium speakers completes this snapshot of contemporary cultural practice.”
Publisher d/Lux/MediaArts and Campbelltown Arts Centre, Sydney, 2007
d/Lux/Editions/02
ISBN 9780975136935
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Comments (3)Sherry Turkle: Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other (2011)
Filed under book | Tags: · connectivity, internet, networks, psychology, technology, web, web 2.0
“Consider Facebook—it’s human contact, only easier to engage with and easier to avoid. Developing technology promises closeness. Sometimes it delivers, but much of our modern life leaves us less connected with people and more connected to simulations of them. In Alone Together, MIT technology and society professor Sherry Turkle explores the power of our new tools and toys to dramatically alter our social lives. It’s a nuanced exploration of what we are looking for—and sacrificing—in a world of electronic companions and social networking tools, and an argument that, despite the hand-waving of today’s self-described prophets of the future, it will be the next generation who will chart the path between isolation and connectivity.”
Publisher Basic Books, 2011
ISBN 0465010210, 9780465010219
384 pages
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Comment (0)D. E. Wittkower (ed.): Facebook and Philosophy: What’s on Your Mind? (2010)
Filed under book | Tags: · facebook, internet, journalism, media activism, networks, philosophy, privacy, twitter, web 2.0
Facebook and Philosophy is an entertaining, multi-faceted exploration of what Facebook means for us and for our relationships. With discussions ranging from the nature of friendship and its relationship to “friending,” to the (debatable) efficacy of “online activism,” this book is the most extensive and systematic attempt to understand Facebook yet. And with plenty of new perspectives on Twitter and Web 2.0 along the way, this fun, thought-provoking book is a serious and significant contribution for anyone working with social media, whether in academia, journalism, public relations, activism, or business. Exploring far-reaching questions — Can our interactions on Facebook help us care about each other more? Does Facebook signal the death of privacy, or (perhaps worse yet) the death of our desire for privacy? — Facebook and Philosophy is vital reading for anyone involved in social networks today.
Publisher Open Court, 2010
Volume 50 of Popular Culture and Philosophy
ISBN 0812696751, 9780812696752
288 pages
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