The peep diaries : how we're learning to love watching ourselves and our neighbors /
We have entered the age of "peep culture": a tell-all, show-all, know-all digital phenomenon that is dramatically altering notions of privacy, individuality, security, and even humanity. Peep culture is reality TV, YouTube, MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, over-the-counter spy gear, blogs, chat...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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San Francisco :
City Lights Books,
[2009]
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| Summary: | We have entered the age of "peep culture": a tell-all, show-all, know-all digital phenomenon that is dramatically altering notions of privacy, individuality, security, and even humanity. Peep culture is reality TV, YouTube, MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, over-the-counter spy gear, blogs, chat rooms, amateur porn, surveillance technology, Dr. Phil, Borat, cell phone photos of your drunk friend making out with her ex-boyfriend, and more. In the age of peep, core values and rights we once took for granted are rapidly being renegotiated, often without our even noticing. In this part-travelogue, part-diary, part meditation and social history, social critic Hal Niedzviecki dives into peep, starting his own video blog, joining social networks, monitoring the movements of his toddler, selling his secrets on Craigslist, hiring a private detective to investigate him, spying on his neighbors, trying out for reality TV shows, and stripping for a web audience he isn't even sure exists.--From publisher description. |
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| Physical Description: | 296 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-285) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780872864993 0872864995 |