The Reputation Society: How Online Opinions Are Reshaping the Offline World by Hassan Masum and Mark Tovey
This book discusses the pros and cons of online reputation systems like Amazon recommendations, TripAdvisor ratings, and elected representatives' voting records. They filter the vast amount of information on the internet, which can be good when done well and bad when done poorly.
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5 Stars (1 rating)
$22.50
248 pages
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1342 Libraries
Subject Classifications: Reputation, Information Society - Social Aspects, Internet - Social Aspects, World Wide Web 2.0
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Powerpoint, Communication, and the Knowledge Society by Hubert Knoblauch
This book analyzes Powerpoint as a form of communication, its impact on society, and the relationship between the different elements of a Powerpoint presentation. I think it would be interesting to do a Powerpoint presentation for this project on an analysis of Powerpoint presentations.
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$28.79 (paperback)
265 pages
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205 Libraries
Subject Classification: Powerpoint, Presentation, Communication, Information Society, Psychology
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The Information Diet: A Case for Conscious Consumption by Clay A. Johnson
The summary given for this book is well written, so I will include it here: "The modern human animal spends upwards of 11 hours out of every 24 in a state of constant consumption. Not eating, but gorging on information ceaselessly spewed from the screens and speakers we hold dear. Just as we have grown morbidly obese on sugar, fat, and flour--so, too, have we become gluttons for texts, instant messages, emails, RSS feeds, downloads, videos, status updates, and tweets. We're all battling a storm of distractions, buffeted with notifications and tempted by tasty tidbits of information. And just as too much junk food can lead to obesity, too much junk information can lead to cluelessness."
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3.9 Stars (83 ratings)
$16.58
160 pages
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692 Libraries
Subject Classification: Personal Information Management, Information Resources Management, Information Technology
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I chose The Information Diet not because it has the fewest pages, but because it had the most information (in reviews) available, and it seems to have a nice balance of readability and density of information. It appears to be making an excellent point, and it does not read like a textbook. Some of the reviews point out some flaws in the book, but nearly every reviewer acknowledged the point it makes and suggested that it is worth reading.
Academic Review
Wiley, Deborah Lynne (2012). The Information Diet: A Case for Conscious Consumption. Online 36(2): 61-62. Information Today, Inc.
As you said, "Powerpoint, Communication, and the Knowledge Society" would be the ideal candidate for our upcoming Powerpoint project. What better way to analyze a technology than by using the technology itself?
ReplyDeleteI think the book you chose looks really interesting. I wonder if there is any type of information "food pyramid" that Johnson comes up with to tell us how much information we should intake from certain portals. Maybe vegetables would be C-SPAN.