The digital divide : arguments for and against Facebook, Google, texting, and the age of social networking / edited and introduced by Mark Bauerlein.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin, [2011]Copyright date: ©2011Description: xiv, 354 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1585428868
- 9781585428861
- 303.4833 23
- HM851 .D524 2011
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
S. 1. The brain, the senses. "Digital natives, digital immigrants" -- "Do they really think differently?" / Marc Prensky -- "The internet" / Steven Johnson -- "Learning to think in a digital world" / Maryanne Wolf -- "Learning theory, video games, and popular culture" / James Gee -- "Usability of websites for teenagers" -- "User skills improving, but only slightly" / Jakob Nielson -- "Is Google making us stupid?" / Nicholas Carr -- "Your brain is evolving right now" / Gary Small and Gigi Vorgan -- s. 2. Social life, personal life, school. "Identity crisis" / Sherry Turkle -- "They call me Cyberboy" -- "The people's net" -- "Social currency" / Douglas Rushkoff -- "The eight net gen norms" / Don Tapscott -- Love online" / Henry Jenkins -- "We can't ignore the influence of digital technologies" / Cathy Davidson -- "Virtual friendship and the new narcissism" / Christine Rosen -- "Activists" / John Palfrey and Urs Gasser -- s. 3. The fate of culture. "Nomadicity" / Todd Gitlin -- "What is Web 2.0" / Tim O'Reilly -- "Web squared" / Tim O'Reilly and John Battelle -- "Web 2.0" / Andrew Keen -- "Wikipedia and beyond" / Katherine Mangu-Ward -- "Judgment" / Maggie Jackson -- "A dream come true" / Lee Siegel -- "The end of solitude" / William Deresiewicz -- "Means" / Clay Shirky.
A collection of writings by leading thinkers and cultural commentators on the pros and cons of the social media revolution, covering topics ranging from reading skills and attention spans to cyberbullying and the digital playground.
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