ISBN:
9780415897617
,
9781135074616 (Sekundärausgabe)
Language:
English
Pages:
136 p.
Edition:
Online-Ausg. Online-Ressource ISBN 9781135074616
Edition:
[Online-Ausg.]
Series Statement:
Routledge Studies in Science, Technology and Society
DDC:
303.48/330973
Keywords:
Neue Medien
;
Innovation
;
Sozialer Wandel
;
USA
;
Online-Publikation
;
Online-Publikation
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
The Digital Evolution of an American Identity details how the concept of American individualism is challenged by the digital revolution. As digital media alter our print-dominant culture, assumptions regarding the relationship of the individual to the larger community become increasingly problematic. Current arguments regarding freedom of speech and confusion about what is meant by privacy illustrate the nature of the challenge. C. Waite argues that though the transition from a print-based culture to the digital domain entails a global revolution, American culture will suffer the consequences of that revolution more profoundly than other cultures because the concept of American individualism is foundational to its democratic way of life.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
,
Online-Ausg.:
URL:
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