Networks Without a Cause: A Critique of Social Media

By Geert Lovink

Book Overview

With a dearth of theory on the social and cultural ramifications of hugely popular online services, Lovink provides a path-breaking critical analysis of our over-hyped, networked world with case studies on search engines, online video, blogging, digital radio, media activism and the Wikileaks saga.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 074564967X
• ISBN13: 9780745649672
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.1"