ISBN:
9781666935738
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (191 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
302.17
Keywords:
Collective behavior
;
Fear
;
Information technology-Political aspects
;
Information technology-Psychological aspects
;
Information technology-Social aspects
;
Social psychology
Abstract:
The aim of this book is to examine digitalized mass society through the new collective behaviors of people connected by smartphones and other electronic devices. It departs from previous works by rethinking the plausibility of invisible crowds and digital swarms that form in cyberspace to become commercially and politically expedient.
Abstract:
Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The Crowd after History -- The Power of Virality -- Smartphone Nation -- Sleepwalkers, Inc. -- The Data Imperative -- Fear, Terror, and Mass Hysteria -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- References -- Index -- About the Author.
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