{"product_id":"digital-disconnect-robert-w-mcchesney-9781620970317","title":"Digital Disconnect: How Capitalism Is Turning the Internet Against Democracy","description":"Hailed as \"important\" (\u003ci\u003eTruthdig\u003c\/i\u003e) and praised for its \"excellent insight\" (Patricia J. Williams, \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003eDigital Disconnect\u003c\/i\u003e, by activist and \"exemplary public intellectual\" (\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e) Robert W. McChesney, skewers the assumption that a society drenched in information in a digital age is inherently a democratic one. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA prescient examination of the relationship between the Internet and the economy--one that has become even more relevant since its publication in hardcover--the book argues that capitalism's colonization of the Internet has spurred the collapse of credible journalism and made the Internet an unparalleled apparatus for government and corporate surveillance. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A provocative and far-reaching account of how capitalism has shaped the Internet in the United States\" (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e) and \"an excellent analysis of the problem where a medium with the capacity to empower people is itself becoming a tool of social control\" (\u003ci\u003eDaily Kos\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003eDigital Disconnect\u003c\/i\u003e is both a groundbreaking critique of the Internet and an urgent call to reclaim the democratizing potential of the digital revolution while we still can.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"New Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50268894658753,"sku":"9781620970317","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0781\/5512\/0833\/files\/9781620970317.jpg?v=1779986717","url":"https:\/\/www.porchlightbooks.com\/products\/digital-disconnect-robert-w-mcchesney-9781620970317","provider":"Porchlight Book Company","version":"1.0","type":"link"}