The People's Platform: Taking Back Power And Culture In The Digital Age
by Astra Taylor
Buy on AmazonThe People's Platform: Taking Back Power and Culture in the Digital Age is a 2014 book by Astra Taylor. Its central argument "challenges the notion that the Internet has brought us into an age of cultural democracy." The book was the winner of the American Book Award and has been praised by The Boston Globe, Flavorwire, and NY1 News' The Book Reader.
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"Debates about culture and technology are often couched in terms of either/or: Is streaming good or bad for musicians? Are social media good or bad for activism? Does online journalism leave us more or less informed? The People’s Platform takes on a weightier question: At the end of the day, whose interests is our wired world best equipped to serve? With devastating real-world examples and a sober sense of humor, Astra Taylor illustrates how the tool that promised access and influence to a generation of regular folks has left many of the old hierarchies intact — and asks how we can do better."
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