{"product_id":"digital-disconnect-9781620970317","title":"Digital Disconnect","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eHailed as “important” (\u003ci\u003eTruthdig\u003c\/i\u003e) and praised for its “excellent insight” (Patricia J. Williams, \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003eDigital Disconnect\u003c\/i\u003e, by activist and “exemplary public intellectual” (\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e) Robert W. McChesney, skewers the assumption that a society drenched in information in a digital age is inherently a democratic one.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eA prescient examination of the relationship between the Internet and the economy—one that has become even more relevant since its publication in hardcover—the book argues that capitalism's colonization of the Internet has spurred the collapse of credible journalism and made the Internet an unparalleled apparatus for government and corporate surveillance.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e“A provocative and far-reaching account of how capitalism has shaped the Internet in the United States” (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e) and “an excellent analysis of the problem where a medium with the capacity to empower people is itself becoming a tool of social control” (\u003ci\u003eDaily Kos\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003eDigital Disconnect\u003c\/i\u003e is both a groundbreaking critique of the Internet and an urgent call to reclaim the democratizing potential of the digital revolution while we still can.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Robert W. McChesney","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48283887862011,"sku":"9781620970317","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_77af88a4-fd2a-4333-a0e0-30eb80d034e4.jpg?v=1771382185","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/digital-disconnect-9781620970317","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}