Abundance on the experience of living in a world of information plenty / Pablo J. Boczkowski.

Author/creator Boczkowski, Pablo J.
Other author Oxford University Press.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2021]
Descriptionxxvii, 218 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Oxford Scholarship Online
Subjects

Contents Abundance -- Screens -- Platforms -- News -- Entertainment -- Scarcity.
Abstract "The book examines the experience of living in a society that has more information available to the public than ever before. It focuses on the interpretations, emotions, and practices of dealing with this abundance in everyday life. Drawing upon extensive fieldwork and survey research conducted in Argentina, the book inquiries into the role of cultural and structural factors that mediate between the availability of information and the actual consequences for individuals, media, politics, and society. Providing the first book-length account of the topic in the Global South, it concludes that the experience of information abundance is tied to an overall unsettling of society, a reconstitution of how we understand and perform our relationships with others, and a twin depreciation of facts and appreciation of fictions"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 195-210) and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2020056387
ISBN9780197565742 (hardback)
ISBN9780197565759 (paperback)
ISBN(epub)

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