Google and the Culture of Search
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| Rating | : | 4.52 (835 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0415883016 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-03-15 |
| Language | : | English |
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He is author ofOnline a Lot of the Time: Ritual, Fetish, Sign, also published by Routledge and Digital Sensations: Space, Identity and Embodiment in Virtual Reality. He is co-editor of Everyday eBay: Culture, Collecting, and Desire, also published by Routledge.
In a time in which the question "What did you do before Google? has become important both epistemologically and ontologically, Google and the Culture of Search makes a provoking read and provides many new insights into how Google (problematically?) positions itself in our 'society of the query'."Frederiek Pennink, Society of the Query, May 28, 2013."Some say Google makes us stupid. Read this book!" John Durham Peters, University of Iowa "If you wonder why Google gets billions of search queries every day, and (like me) don't think &
Calling upon this nexus between political economy and metaphysics, Google and the Culture of Search explores what is at stake for an increasingly networked culture in which search technology is a site of knowledge and power.. What did you do before Google?The rise of Google as the dominant Internet search provider reflects a generationally-inflected notion that everything that matters is now on the Web, and should, in the moral sense of the verb, be accessible through search. Ken Hillis, Michael Petit, and Kylie Jarrett seek to understand the ascendancy of search and its naturalization by historicizing and contextualizing Google’s dominance of the search industry, and suggest that the contemporary culture of search is inextricably bound up with a metaphysical longing to manage, order, and categorize all knowledge. In this theoretically nuanced study of search technology’s broader implications for knowledge production and social relations, the authors shed light on a culture of search in which our increasing reliance on search engines influences not only the way we navigate, classify, and evaluate Web content, but also how we think about ourselves and the world around us, online and off
Thank you for a thought-provoking book. Until I reached the end of the book, reflected on the contents, and tried to summarize what I have learned from the authors, I had some difficulties understanding the book. I've encouraged my friends to be patient and read it through to the end. They should free their minds of any biases and prejudices they have about cultures and . Overeducated pablum Ricki Fitzpatrick A book short on research and high on vague academic theorizing. Ironic how they use Google to attract people to their book and yet spend so much energy damning the company. That's having it both ways. If you want information about Google, you won't find it here. If you help thinking about Google, you'd be better off reading the ori