Roberto Simanowski: 6 books

Book cover of Waste

Waste

A New Media Primer

by Roberto Simanowski
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2018

On Facebook and fake news, selfies and self-consciousness, selling our souls to the Internet, and other aspects of the digital revolution. With these engaging and provocative essays, Roberto Simanowski considers what new media has done to us. Why is digital privacy being eroded and why does...
Book cover of Digital Art and Meaning

Digital Art and Meaning

Reading Kinetic Poetry, Text Machines, Mapping Art, and Interactive Installations

by Roberto Simanowski
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2011

In a world increasingly dominated by the digital, the critical response to digital art generally ranges from hype to counterhype. Popular writing about specific artworks seldom goes beyond promoting a given piece and explaining how it operates, while scholars and critics remain unsure about how to...
Book cover of Data Love

Data Love

The Seduction and Betrayal of Digital Technologies

by Roberto Simanowski
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2016

Intelligence services, government administrations, businesses, and a growing majority of the population are hooked on the idea that big data can reveal patterns and correlations in everyday life. Initiated by software engineers and carried out through algorithms, the mining of big data has sparked...
Book cover of Facebook Society

Facebook Society

Losing Ourselves in Sharing Ourselves

by Roberto Simanowski
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2018

Facebook claims that it is building a “global community.” Whether this sounds utopian, dystopian, or simply self-promotional, there is no denying that social-media platforms have altered social interaction, political life, and outlooks on the world, even for people who do not regularly use them....
Book cover of Data Love
by Roberto Simanowski
Language: German
Release Date: July 1, 2014

Data Love beschreibt die unvermeidliche Obsession, Daten zu sammeln und untersucht ihre kulturellen Nebenwirkungen. Nicht nur Geheimdienste, Verwaltungen, Wirtschaft und ein Großteil der Bevölkerung sind elektrisiert von den Möglichkeiten der computergesteuerten Analyse großer Datenmengen, um...
Book cover of Facebook-Gesellschaft
by Roberto Simanowski
Language: German
Release Date: March 1, 2016

Zehn Jahre nach seiner Gründung im Jahr 2004 ist Facebook das größte soziale Netwerk der Welt und einer der mächtigsten Global Player des Internet. Der Reiz dieses Netzwerks liegt auf der Hand: die geballte Kommunikation mit vielen, die Lust der Selbstdarstellung, die Zeugenschaft im Leben der...
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