{"product_id":"networks-without-a-cause-geert-lovink-9780745649689","title":"Networks Without a Cause: A Critique of Social Media","description":"With the vast majority of Facebook users caught in a frenzy of 'friending', 'liking' and 'commenting', at what point do we pause to grasp the consequences of our info-saturated lives? What compels us to engage so diligently with social networking systems? \u003ci\u003eNetworks Without a Cause\u003c\/i\u003e examines our collective obsession with identity and self-management coupled with the fragmentation and information overload endemic to contemporary online culture.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 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. This book offers a powerful message to media practitioners and theorists: let us collectively unleash our critical capacities to influence technology design and workspaces, otherwise we will disappear into the cloud. Probing but never pessimistic, Lovink draws from his long history in media research to offer a critique of the political structures and conceptual powers embedded in the technologies that shape our daily lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Geert Lovink\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0745649688\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780745649689\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Polity Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/19\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 220\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.80d","brand":"Geert Lovink","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44120140120319,"sku":"9780745649689","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e853190c-647c-4230-a1e7-89bc011e5b04.jpg?v=1687412761","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/networks-without-a-cause-geert-lovink-9780745649689","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}