{"product_id":"people-s-platform-book-astra-taylor-9781250062598","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":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49549908508945,"sku":"GOR010909351","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49984898138385,"sku":"CIN1250062594G","price":5.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50586366640401,"sku":"CIN1250062594VG","price":4.93,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51022122844433,"sku":"NIN9781250062598","price":21.09,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":52964200415505,"sku":"CIN1250062594A","price":4.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1250062594.jpg?v=1751368647","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/people-s-platform-book-astra-taylor-9781250062598","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}