Download The Digital Divide: Writings for and Against Facebook, YouTube, Texting, and the Age of Social Networking AudioBook Free
Twitter, Facebook, e-publishing, sites, distance-learning and other social media raise some of the most divisive ethnical questions of the time. Some start to see the scientific breakthroughs we live with as hopeful and democratic new steps in education, information gathering, and real human improvement. But others are deeply worried by the eroding of civility online, declining reading habits, withering attention spans, and the treacherous ramifications of 24/7 peer pressure on our young. With The Dumbest Technology, Draw Bauerlein emerged as the primary voice up against the development of an overpowering digital social culture. But The Digital Split doesn't take attributes. Framing the discussion so that leading voices from across the spectrum, followers and detractors similarly, have the possibility to consider in on the deep issues raised by the new media---from questions of reading skills and attention course, to cyber-bullying and the digital playground---Bauerlein's new publication takes the question to a higher ground. The publication includes essays by Steven Johnson, Nicholas Carr, Don Tapscott, Douglas Rushkoff, Maggie Jackson, Clay Shirky, Todd Gitlin, and many more. Though these pieces have been previously published, the organization of The Digital Split offers them freshness and new relevancy, making them part of an individual document listeners can use to truly control online level of privacy, the perils of a plugged-in childhood, and other technology-related hot subject areas. Rather than dividing the publication into "pro" and "con" parts, the essays are assemble by subject---"THE MIND, the Senses," "Learning in and out of the Class," "Friendly and Personal Life," "The Millennials," "The Fate of Culture," and "The People (and Political) Impact." Bauerlein features a brief headnote and a capsule bio about each contributor, as well as relevant contextual information about the foundation of the choice.
