‘War in 140 Characters’ Is to the Point
David Patrikarakos has written an engaging narrative that covers the activities and surroundings of eight 21st century social media crusaders.
A 21st-century Muckraker Pierces the Heart of the Internet in ‘Reading the Comments’
If Eggers' The Circle gave us a glance at the inimical nature of social media via Orwell’s idea of “groupthink”, then Reagle takes us even deeper into why we love to comment on anything and everything.
A Question of Immanence: Louis Vuitton, Lightning, and Our Virtual Selves
Clothes make the heroine, just as they do in real life or as they do in our virtual lives
Isn’t It Always Complicated, When It Comes to Teens?
Hangouts at a drive-in theater, bowling alley, or mall have moved to online spaces as changes in commuting, school districts, and chronic overscheduling of teens means they need a new way to network.