{"product_id":"digital-disconnect-robert-w-mcchesney-9781620970317","title":"Digital Disconnect: How Capitalism Is Turning the Internet Against Democracy","description":"Hailed as \"important\" (\u003ci\u003eTruthdig\u003c\/i\u003e) and praised for its \"excellent insight\" (Patricia J. Williams, \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003eDigital Disconnect\u003c\/i\u003e, by activist and \"exemplary public intellectual\" (\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e) Robert W. McChesney, skewers the assumption that a society drenched in information in a digital age is inherently a democratic one. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA prescient examination of the relationship between the Internet and the economy--one that has become even more relevant since its publication in hardcover--the book argues that capitalism's colonization of the Internet has spurred the collapse of credible journalism and made the Internet an unparalleled apparatus for government and corporate surveillance. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A provocative and far-reaching account of how capitalism has shaped the Internet in the United States\" (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e) and \"an excellent analysis of the problem where a medium with the capacity to empower people is itself becoming a tool of social control\" (\u003ci\u003eDaily Kos\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003eDigital Disconnect\u003c\/i\u003e is both a groundbreaking critique of the Internet and an urgent call to reclaim the democratizing potential of the digital revolution while we still can.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert W. McChesney\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1620970317\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781620970317\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/02\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.40w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/04\/2015 pg. 43","brand":"Robert W. McChesney","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43987956662527,"sku":"9781620970317","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6a3ebfda-2828-40a7-b923-d3633b86e2b9.jpg?v=1683291812","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/digital-disconnect-robert-w-mcchesney-9781620970317","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}