The Digital Divide: Arguments for and Against Facebook, Google, Texting, and the Age of Social Networking

by Mark Bauerlein

Book Overview

This definitive work on the perils and promise of the social- media revolution collects writings by today's best thinkers and cultural commentators, with an all-new introduction by Bauerlein. Twitter, Facebook, e-publishing, blogs, distance-learning and other social media raise some of the most divisive cultural questions of our time. Some see the technological breakthroughs we live with as hopeful and democratic new steps in education, information...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1585428868
• ISBN13: 9781585428861
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: Tarcherperigee
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher