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Gadget consciousness : collective thought, will and action in the age of social media

Title
Gadget consciousness : collective thought, will and action in the age of social media / Joss Hands.
Author
Hands, Joss
Publication
  • London : PlutoPress, 2019.
  • ©2019

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Series Statement
Digital barricades : interventions in digital culture and politics
Uniform Title
Digital barricades.
Subject
  • Technology > Social aspects
  • Implements, utensils, etc. > Social aspects
  • Embedded computer systems
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Call Number
JFD 19-3147
ISBN
  • 9780745335339
  • 0745335330
  • 9780745335346
  • 0745335349
OCLC
1079209478
Author
Hands, Joss, author.
Title
Gadget consciousness : collective thought, will and action in the age of social media / Joss Hands.
Publisher
London : PlutoPress, 2019.
Copyright Date
©2019
Description
191 pages ; 23 cm.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Digital barricades : interventions in digital culture and politics
Digital barricades.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary
What impact does our relentless fixation on gadgets have on the struggle for new kinds of solidarity, political articulation and intelligence? In this groundbreaking study, Joss Hands explores the new political and social forces that are emerging in the age of social media. Gadget Consciousness examines the transformation of our consciousness as a historical political force in two senses: as individual consciousness - in terms of sentience and will - and also as class consciousness. Exploring a range of manifestations in the digital commons, he investigates what forms digital solidarity can take, and asks whether we can learn from the communisms of the past and how might solidarity be manifested in the future? Today, the ubiquity of networked gadgets offers exciting new opportunities for social and political change, but also significant dangers of alienation and stupefaction. -- Provided by publisher.
Research Call Number
JFD 19-3147
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