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System operacyjny naszego życia
The operating system of our lives

Review of the book by Siva Vaidhyanathan "Antisocial media. How Facebook disconnects us and undermines democracy"

Author(s): Paweł Bohuszewicz
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Communication studies, Sociology
Published by: Instytut Dyskursu i Dialogu
Keywords: Facebook;society;politics;disinformation;protest;

Summary/Abstract: Siva Vaidhyanathan’s book Antisocial Media. Jak Facebook oddala nas od siebie i zagraża demokracji certainly has it’s own flaws, but also has more obvious pluses. The positive value of this book is in specification of all problems that we have in social and political life because of Mark Zuckenberg’s platform. This list has been presented in the set of chapters: The pleasure machine, The surveillance machine, The attention machine, The machine of goodness, The protest machine, The command machine, The disinformation machine, which reviews discusses focusing on selected examples.

  • Issue Year: I/2019
  • Issue No: 2 (2)
  • Page Range: 97-109
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Polish