{"product_id":"books-the-people-s-platform-by-astra-taylor","title":"The People's Platform","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Taylor is the Marshall McLuhan or the Neil Postman of our new digital economy, the lonely voice raising urgent questions we need to answer together . . . If \u003ci\u003eThe People's Platform\u003c\/i\u003e doesn't spark the conversation about the kind of democracy and culture we deserve, then we'll deserve the one we get.\"--NY1 News' \u003ci\u003eThe Book Reader\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eThe Internet has been hailed as an unprecedented democratizing force, a place where all can participate equally. But how true is this claim? In a seminal dismantling of techno-utopian visions, \u003ci\u003eThe People's Platform\u003c\/i\u003e argues that the Internet in fact amplifies real-world inequities at least as much as it ameliorates them. Online, just as off-line, attention and influence largely accrue to those who already have plenty of both. A handful of giant companies remain the gatekeepers, while the worst habits of the old media model--the pressure to seek easy celebrity, to be quick and sensational above all--have proliferated in the ad-driven system.\u003cbr\u003e We can do better, Astra Taylor insists. The online world does offer a unique opportunity, but a democratic culture that supports work of lasting value will not spring up from technology alone. If we want the Internet to truly be a people's platform, we will have to make it so.\u003c\/p\u003e an do better, Astra Taylor insists. The online world does offer a unique opportunity, but a democratic culture that supports work of lasting value will not spring up from technology alone. If we want the Internet to truly be a people's platform, we will have to make it so.an do better, Astra Taylor insists. The online world does offer a unique opportunity, but a democratic culture that supports work of lasting value will not spring up from technology alone. If we want the Internet to truly be a people's platform, we will have to make it so.an do better, Astra Taylor insists. The online world does offer a unique opportunity, but a democratic culture that supports work of lasting value will not spring up from technology alone. If we want the Internet to truly be a people's platform, we will have to make it so.","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53673139994897,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781250062598_065f0b8c-f215-4e13-9d2e-c457f9acd95f.jpg?v=1781523420","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/books-the-people-s-platform-by-astra-taylor","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}