The People's Platform: Taking Back Power and Culture in the Digital Age

by Astra Taylor

Book Overview

From a cutting-edge cultural commentator, a bold and brilliant challenge to cherished notions of the Internet as the great leveler of our age The Internet has been hailed as an unprecedented democratizing force, a place where everyone can be heard and all can participate equally. But how true is this claim? In a seminal dismantling of techno-utopian visions, The People's Platform argues that for all that we "tweet" and "like" and "share," the Internet...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805093567
• ISBN13: 9780805093568
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Metropolitan Books
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.6"