The digital evolution of an American identity / . Waite.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Waite, C. Kaha, 1949- author.

Series:

Routledge Studies in Science, Technology and Society

Routledge studies in science, technology, and society ; 20

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Technology--Social aspects.

Technology.

Digital media.

Technological innovations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (136 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Digital Evolution of an American Identity details how the concept of American individualism is challenged by the digital revolution. As digital media alter our print-dominant culture, assumptions regarding the relationship of the individual to the larger community become increasingly problematic. Current arguments regarding freedom of speech and confusion about what is meant by privacy illustrate the nature of the challenge. C. Waite defines individualism as the ways in which the American culture traditionally strives to balance the rights of the individual against the nee

Contents:

Front Cover; The Digital Evolution of an American Identity; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Section One; 1. The American Dilemma; The Theme of Individual Rights; Caught at Cross Purposes with Confl icting Goods; Greater Awareness of One's Choices; Unique Capabilities and Consequences; A Precarious Balance; 2. The Promise and the Peril; Community and Connectivity; Individualistic and Collectivistic Responses; The Legacy of the European Enlightenment; A New Social Environment; 3. Challenges of a Digital Culture; From Church Bell to Cell; The Example of Print

Macro Comparison of Print and Digital ErasMicro Comparison of Print and Digital Eras; The Twenty-First Century Enlightenment; Section Two; 4. Self versus Society: Inherent Tensions; Affi liation and Privacy; Bias and Scale; Tocqueville's Critique; Bellah's Response; Putnam's Analysis; 5. The Evolution of the First Amendment; Attitudes Regarding Free Speech; Speech Rights versus Privacy Rights; Instantaneous Access and Unpredictable Consequences; Constraints of Differing Environments; Speech, Ownership, and Control; 6. Inner and Outer Experience; Reflection and Reinvention; Language as Games

Opposition to AutonomyCommunitarianism; Enduring Fault Lines; Section Three; 7. New Forms of Conversations and Communities; A Changing Landscape; Engagement versus Isolation; From Neighborhood to Network; Different Conversations; Past and Future Converge; 8. The Challenge of Interdependence; Collective Knowledge; Connections and Patterns; Challenges for Disaster Response; Education Reconfigured; Tracking Health Care; 9. Beyond the Dichotomy of Self and Society; The Key Question; The Contours of a New Paradigm; Beyond Individualism; Unexpected Repercussions; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-283-97281-6

0-203-06640-5

1-135-07461-5

9780203066409

OCLC:

827208945