Constant (eds.): Tracks in Electr(on)ic Fields (2009) [English/French/Dutch]
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Publication contains texts and images from Verbindingen/Jonctions 10: Tracks in electr(on)ic fields festival, organised by Constant VZW in Brussels in 2007. Its design by OSPublish won a 2009 Fernand Baudin prize.
Edited by Constant featuring Clementine Delahaut, Laurence Rassel and Emma Sidgwick
Publisher Constant, Association for Art and Media, Brussels, 2009
Free Art Licence
332 pages
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D. E. Wittkower (ed.): Facebook and Philosophy: What’s on Your Mind? (2010)
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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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Comments (2)John Palfrey, Urs Gasser: Born Digital. Understanding the First Generation of Digital Natives (2008)
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The first generation of “Digital Natives”—children who were born into and raised in the digital world—are coming of age, and soon our world will be reshaped in their image. Our economy, our politics, our culture, and even the shape of our family life will be forever transformed. But who are these Digital Natives? And what is the world they’re creating going to look like? In Born Digital, leading Internet and technology experts John Palfrey and Urs Gasser offer a sociological portrait of these young people, who can seem, even to those merely a generation older, both extraordinarily sophisticated and strangely narrow. Exploring a broad range of issues, from the highly philosophical to the purely practical, Born Digital will be essential reading for parents, teachers, and the myriad of confused adults who want to understand the digital present—and shape the digital future.
Publisher Basic Books, 2008
ISBN 0465005152, 9780465005154
375 pages
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