Free Delivery Over $100
|
|
|||
|
||||
OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Jeremy Weissman, Mudd Postdoctoral Fellow, Washington and Lee UniversityPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield Dimensions: Width: 16.10cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 24.10cm Weight: 0.445kg ISBN: 9781538144312ISBN 10: 153814431 Pages: 158 Publication Date: 06 March 2021 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsIntroduction Part I: Conformity 1. The Human Animal in Civilized Society 2. Social Media as an Escape from Freedom 3. Meaninglessness in the Present Age Part II: Control 4. The Spectacular Power of the Public 5. 'P2P' Surveillance and Control 6. The Net of Noramlization Part III: Resistance 7. Freedom from the Public Eye 8. Strategies of Resistance Bibliography IndexReviewsTo avoid dystopias you need to know what it takes to create them-how to engineer people to conform to harmful norms and participate in practices that erode freedom and perpetuate injustice. Hyper-Exposure: Conformity and Control on Social Media presents a powerful philosophical warning for resisting the detrimental programmed behavior encouraged on social media and afforded by so-called smart devices. -Evan Selinger, Prof. Philosophy Rochester Institute of Technology -- Evan Selinger Jeremy Weissman's chilling account of a future in which digital technology is fully enmeshed in the fabric of society and our human selves is no science fantasy. It is lucidly argued with enormous clarity and imagination. Warnings of this gripping book are informed by classical parables and centuries of philosophical thinking about human aspirations and ethical values combined with a unique grasp of on-the-ground realities of digital life. -- Helen Nissenbaum, professor of information science, Cornell Tech Jeremy Weissman's chilling account of a future in which digital technology is fully enmeshed in the fabric of society and our human selves is no science fantasy. It is lucidly argued with enormous clarity and imagination. Warnings of this gripping book are informed by classical parables and centuries of philosophical thinking about human aspirations and ethical values combined with a unique grasp of on-the-ground realities of digital life. -- Helen Nissenbaum, professor of information science, Cornell Tech To avoid dystopias you need to know what it takes to create them-how to engineer people to conform to harmful norms and participate in practices that erode freedom and perpetuate injustice. Hyper-Exposure: Conformity and Control on Social Media presents a powerful philosophical warning for resisting the detrimental programmed behavior encouraged on social media and afforded by so-called smart devices. -Evan Selinger, Prof. Philosophy Rochester Institute of Technology -- Evan Selinger Author InformationJeremy Weissman is Mudd postdoctoral ethics fellow at the Roger Mudd Center at Washington and Lee University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
||||
