"For over a decade, Taylor Lorenz has been the authority on internet culture, documenting its far-reaching effects on all corners of our lives. Her reporting is serious yet entertaining and illuminates deep truths about ourselves and the lives we create online. In her debut book, Extremely Online, she reveals how online influence came to upend the world, demolishing traditional barriers and creating whole new sectors of the economy. Lorenz shows this...

"Este libro trata sobre el placer. También trata de dolor. Lo más importante es cómo encontrar el delicado equilibrio entre los dos y por qué ahora más que nunca es esencial encontrar el equilibrio. Vivimos en una época de acceso sin precedentes a estímulos de alta recompensa y alto contenido de dopamina: drogas, comida, noticias, juegos de azar, compras, juegos, mensajes de texto, mensajes de texto con mensajes de texto, Facebooking, Instagramming,...

Online privacy is under constant attack by social media and big data technologies. But we cannot rely on individual actions to remedy this - it is a matter of social justice. Alice E. Marwick offers a new way of understanding how privacy is jeopardized, particularly for marginalized and disadvantaged communities - including immigrants, the poor, people of color, LGBTQ+ populations, and victims of online harassment. Marwick shows that few resources...

"Data Duped is a book about how we are commonly deceived by numbers in our everyday lives. From lotteries, product warranties, and weight loss fads to misleading headlines and social media posts, there is no shortage of confusing or misleading information. Numbers are used to manipulate our decisions and impact our lives in ways that may not be immediately apparent. Data Duped will help you avoid being fooled by these messages and to develop a sense...

"This is a call to arms about how to bring the big online platforms to their knees. It concerns the question of interoperability: the way that Facebook, Twitter etc make it very difficult for you to move and own your data. Doctorow shows that this is not a problem of technology but of law, business and apathy in face of growing monopolies. He covers ground such as anti-trust, and how the platforms deal with take down orders. Through this he shows...

"As all aspects of our social and informational lives increasingly migrate online, the line between what is "real" and what is digitally fabricated grows ever thinner-and that fake content has undeniable real-world consequences. A History of Fake Things on the Internet takes the long view of how advances in technology brought us to the point where faked texts, images, and video content are nearly indistinguishable from what is authentic or true. Computer...