The Twittering Machine - How Capitalism Stole Our Social Life (Paperback)

In surrealist artist Paul Klee's The Twittering Machine, the bird-song of a diabolical machine acts as bait to lure humankind into a pit of damnation. Leading political writer and broadcaster Richard Seymour argues that this is a chilling metaphor for our relationship with social media. Former social media executives tell us that the system is an addiction-machine. We are users, waiting for our next hit as we like, comment and share. We write to the machine as individuals, but it responds by aggregating our fantasies, desires and frailties into data, and returning them to us as a commodity experience. Through journalism, psychoanalytic reflection and insights from users, developers, security experts and others, Seymour probes the human side of the machine, asking what we're getting out of it, and what we're getting into.

General

Imprint:	The Indigo Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	August 2019
First published:	2019
Authors:	Richard Seymour (Author)
Dimensions:	216 x 136 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - With flaps / Trade
Pages:	250
ISBN-13:	978-1-999683-38-2
Categories:	Books > Computing & IT > Internet > General Books > Computing & IT > Social & legal aspects of computing > General Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Philosophy & theory of psychology > Psychoanalysis & psychoanalytical theory Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political structure & processes > Totalitarianism & dictatorship Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Political control & influence > Political campaigning & advertising
LSN:	1-999683-38-2
Barcode:	9781999683382

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