Book: The Digital Mystique: How the Culture of Connectivity Can Empower Your Life -- Online and Off by Sarah Granger with a Foreword by Elisa Camahort Page
Source: Borrowed from Publisher/NetGalley for an honest review
Publication: Available now
Description:
In The Digital Mystique, Sarah Granger—a nationally recognized expert on online culture and social technology—shows us how digital media is shaping our lives in real time. Whether it's how we raise our children, communicate in love and partnerships, support causes, or establish friendships and trust, Granger pinpoints the best ways to seize digital opportunities to make our lives richer and fuller.
While the Internet era is one that is frequently criticized as undermining our health, privacy, concentration, and ability to sustain real-world relationships, Granger takes a more optimistic and empowering view. She shares real-life stories and surprising facts about our lives—both online and off—to shed new and fascinating light on the positive effects of the digital media revolution, showing us how we can personally learn, grow, and thrive by engaging in our digitized world.
Rating: 2 stars
Review:
The title is a take on book The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan, who wrote the popular feminist book back in the 1960s. As Friedan's book was used to demystify feminism, this book is written as a way to demystify the internet.
This has a lot of good information but I found it to be boring. The writing although personal at times didn't really register with me. I don't why I felt bored reading this since it really does have good information but the thing is there isn't anything new in this book (especially if you're used to being on the Internet and using social media).
I think this book would be great for someone who is truly new to going online or has been confused with it. This book will give them plenty of information but for everyone else the information is probably something you already know about.
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