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Whose Global Village?: Rethinking How Technology Shapes Our World Audiobook, by Ramesh Srinivasan Play Audiobook Sample

Whose Global Village?: Rethinking How Technology Shapes Our World Audiobook

Whose Global Village?: Rethinking How Technology Shapes Our World Audiobook, by Ramesh Srinivasan Play Audiobook Sample
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Read By: Malcolm Hillgartner Publisher: Tantor Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 6.00 hours at 1.5x Speed 4.50 hours at 2.0x Speed Release Date: July 2017 Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN: 9781541477353

Quick Stats About this Audiobook

Total Audiobook Chapters:

12

Longest Chapter Length:

55:38 minutes

Shortest Chapter Length:

33:06 minutes

Average Chapter Length:

44:33 minutes

Audiobooks by this Author:

3

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Publisher Description

In the digital age, technology has shrunk the physical world into a “global village,” where we all seem to be connected as an online community as information travels to the farthest reaches of the planet with the click of a mouse. Yet while we think of platforms such as Twitter and Facebook as open and accessible to all, in reality, these are commercial entities developed primarily by and for the Western world. Considering how new technologies increasingly shape labor, economics, and politics, these tools often reinforce the inequalities of globalization, rarely reflecting the perspectives of those at the bottom of the digital divide.

This book asks us to reconsider “whose global village” we are shaping with the digital technology revolution today. Sharing stories of collaboration with Native Americans in California and New Mexico, revolutionaries in Egypt, communities in rural India, and others across the world, Ramesh Srinivasan urges us to reimagine what the Internet, mobile phones, or social media platforms may look like when considered from the perspective of diverse cultures.

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About Ramesh Srinivasan

Ramesh Srinivasan is Professor of Information Studies and Design Media Arts at UCLA. He makes regular appearances on NPR, The Young Turks, MSNBC, and Public Radio International, and his writings have been published in the Washington Post, Quartz, Huffington Post, CNN, and elsewhere.

About Malcolm Hillgartner

Malcolm Hillgartner is an accomplished actor, writer, and musician. Named an AudioFile Best Voice of 2013 and the recipient of several Earphones Awards, he has narrated over 250 audiobooks.