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The Internet Trap: How the Digital Economy Builds Monopolies and Undermines Democracy

Hardback

Main Details

Title The Internet Trap: How the Digital Economy Builds Monopolies and Undermines Democracy
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Matthew Hindman
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:256
Dimensions(mm): Height 235,Width 155
ISBN/Barcode 9780691159263
ClassificationsDewey:303.4833
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations 7 b/w illus., 5 tables

Publishing Details

Publisher Princeton University Press
Imprint Princeton University Press
Publication Date 25 September 2018
Publication Country United States

Description

A book that challenges everything you thought you knew about the online economy The internet was supposed to fragment audiences and make media monopolies impossible. Instead, behemoths like Google and Facebook now dominate the time we spend online-and grab all the profits from the attention economy. The Internet Trap explains how this happened.

Author Biography

Matthew Hindman is associate professor of media and public affairs at George Washington University and the author of the award-winning book The Myth of Digital Democracy (Princeton). He lives in Washington, DC.

Reviews

"Co-winner of the 2019 Goldsmith Book Prize for Academic Books, Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School" "Winner of the 2018 Frank Luther Mott-Kappa Tau Alpha Journalism and Mass Communication Research Award" "This book reinforces the arguments of other experts in the field with a considerable amount of data and analysis." * Paradigm Explorer *