{"title":"Geert Lovink","description":"\u003cp\u003eGeert Lovink's work explores the intersection of technology, society, and culture, offering insightful critiques on the impact of digital media. His books delve into contemporary issues such as globalisation, social networks, and the shifting landscapes of communication and creativity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect thoughtful analysis that blends cultural theory with a critical perspective on the digital age, making his work essential for those interested in \u003cem\u003earts \u0026amp; culture\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eeducation \u0026amp; reference\u003c\/em\u003e. Lovink's writing challenges us to reconsider our relationship with technology in a rapidly changing world.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"social-media-abyss-by-geert-lovink-9781509507764","title":"Social Media Abyss","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSocial Media Abyss\u003c\/em\u003e plunges into the paradoxical condition of the new digital normal versus a lived state of emergency. There is a heightened, post-Snowden awareness; we know we are under surveillance but we click, share, rank and remix with a perverse indifference to technologies of capture and cultures of fear.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDespite the incursion into privacy by companies like Facebook, Google and Amazon, social media use continues to be a daily habit with shrinking gadgets now an integral part of our busy lives. We are thrown between addiction anxiety and subliminal, obsessive use. Where does art, culture and criticism venture when the digital vanishes into the background?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGeert Lovink strides into the frenzied social media debate with \u003cem\u003eSocial Media Abyss\u003c\/em\u003e – the fifth volume of his ongoing investigation into critical internet culture. He examines the symbiotic yet problematic relation between networks and social movements, and further develops the notion of organised networks. Lovink doesn't just submit to the empty soul of 24\/7 communication but rather provides the reader with radical alternatives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSelfie culture is one of Lovink's many topics, along with the internet obsession of American writer Jonathan Franzen, the internet in Uganda, the aesthetics of Anonymous and an anatomy of the Bitcoin religion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWill monetisation through cybercurrencies and crowdfunding contribute to a redistribution of wealth or further widen the gap between rich and poor? In this age of the free, how can a revenue model of the 99% be collectively designed? Welcome back to the Social Question.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47461422858476,"sku":"9781509507764","price":37.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781509507764-social-media-abyss.jpg?v=1774967373"},{"product_id":"made-in-china-designed-in-california-criticised-in-europe-by-geert-lovink-9789063695873","title":"Made in China, Designed in California, Criticised in Europe","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen everything is destined to be designed, design disappears into the everyday. We simply do not see it anymore because it is everywhere. This is the vanishing act of design. At this moment, design registers its redundancy: our products, environments and services have been comprehensively improved. Everything has been designed to perfection and is under a permanent upgrade regime.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWithin such a paradigm, design is taken over by the capitalist logic of reproduction. But this does not come without conflicts, struggles and tensions. The most obvious of these is that design is constantly being replaced. Our dispense culture prompts a yearning for longevity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe compulsion to delete brings alive a desire to retrieve objects, ideas and experiences that refuse to become obsolete. Society is growing more aware of sustainability and alert to the depletion of this world. 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