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On the end of privacy : dissolving boundaries in a screen-centric world / Richard E. Miller.

Van Pelt Library HM851 .M557 2019
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Miller, Richard E. (Richard Earl), 1961- author.
Series:
Pittsburgh series in composition, literacy, and culture
Composition, literacy, and culture
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Clementi, Tyler.
Information society--United States.
Information society.
United States.
Information technology--Social aspects--United States.
Information technology.
Information technology--Social aspects.
Physical Description:
xviii, 282 pages ; 23 cm.
Place of Publication:
Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2019]
Summary:
"On the End of Privacy explores how literacy is transformed by online technology that lets us instantly publish anything that we can see or hear. Miller examines the 2010 suicide of Tyler Clementi, a young college student who jumped off the George Washington Bridge after he discovered that his roommate spied on him via webcam. With access to the text messages, tweets, and chatroom posts of those directly involved in this tragedy, Miller asks: why did no one intervene to stop the spying? Searching for an answer to that question leads Miller to online porn sites, the invention of Facebook, the court-martial of Chelsea Manning, the contents of Hillary Clinton's email server, Anthony Weiner's sexted images, Chatroulette, and more as he maps out the changing norms governing privacy in the digital age." --Publisher's website (viewed on February 22, 2019).
Contents:
Chapter 1 On Chance, Distraction., and the Prepared Mind p. 3
Chapter 2 On the Persistence of the Digital Past p. 19
Chapter 3 On Willful Ignorance p. 40
Chapter 4 On the Private Pleasures of Looking p. 57
Chapter 5 On Getting Caught in the Act p. 74
Chapter 6 On the Mundanity of Cruelty p. 94
Chapter 7 On Virtual Communities and Embodied Realities p. 110
Chapter 8 On Viewing Parties p. 128
Chapter 9 On Suicide p. 148
Chapter 10 On Bullies, Bullying, and Fault-Finding p. 170
Chapter 11 On Guilt p. 189
Chapter 12 On Meaningfulness p. 215.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-275) and index.
ISBN:
9780822965688
0822965682
OCLC:
1050364301

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