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The Digital Evolution of an American Identity (Paperback)
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The Digital Evolution of an American Identity (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Studies in Science, Technology and Society
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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 defines
individualism as the ways in which the American culture
traditionally strives to balance the rights of the individual
against the needs of the group. Americans struggle to understand
what it means to be responsible both for one's self and for the
welfare of others. They struggle with this not as an academic
might, but in concrete and specific cases, often caught at
cross-purposes with conflicting goods. This is a historic struggle,
intrinsic to the very fabric of America's democratic society, as
illustrated by its laws and customs. The American democracy has
supported a view of the person as an autonomous individual. Yet
that concept of American individualism no longer adequately
captures the role of the self in the social world. The digital
environment challenges that autonomy by creating new avenues for
speech and new forms of social networks. 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.
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