{"product_id":"zero-comments-geert-lovink-9780415973168","title":"Zero Comments: Blogging and Critical Internet Culture","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eZero Comments\u003c\/em\u003e, internationally renowned media theorist and 'net critic' Geert Lovink revitalizes worn out concepts about the Internet and interrogates the latest hype surrounding blogs and social network sites. In this third volume of his studies into critical Internet culture, following the influential \u003cem\u003eDark Fiber\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eMy First Recession\u003c\/em\u003e, Lovink develops a 'general theory of blogging.' He unpacks the ways that blogs exhibit a 'nihilist impulse' to empty out established meaning structures. Blogs, Lovink argues, are bringing about the decay of traditional broadcast media, and they are driven by an in-crowd dynamic in which social ranking is a primary concern. The lowest rung of the new Internet hierarchy are those blogs and sites that receive no user feedback or 'zero comments'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eZero Comments\u003c\/em\u003e also explores other important changes to Internet culture, as well, including the silent globalization of the Net in which the West is no longer the main influence behind new media culture, as countries like India, China and Brazil expand their influence and looks forward to speculate on the Net impact of organized networks, free cooperation and distributed aesthetics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Geert Lovink\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415973163\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415973168\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/09\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 340\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.02lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.88h x 6.15w x 0.70d","brand":"Geert Lovink","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48112901882111,"sku":"9780415973168","price":55.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a5eddfe1-ebe2-4f31-885f-e031e34d46e4.jpg?v=1769611710","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/zero-comments-geert-lovink-9780415973168","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}