The Twittering Machine

In surrealist artist Paul Klee's The Twittering Machine, the bird-song of a diabolical machine acts as bait to lure humankind into a pit of damnation. Leading political writer and broadcaster Richard Seymour argues that this is a chilling metaphor for our relationship with social media.Former social media executives tell us that the system is an addiction-machine. We are users, waiting for our next hit as we like, comment and share. We write to the machine as individuals, but it responds by aggregating our fantasies, desires and frailties into data, and returning them to us as a commodity experience.Through journalism, psychoanalytic reflection and insights from users, developers, security experts and others, Seymour probes the human side of the machine, asking what we're getting out of it, and what we're getting into.

Product details

• Authors: Richard Seymour, Seymour Richard
• Publisher: External catalogues UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2019
• EAN: 9781999683382
• ISBN: 978-1-9996833-8-2
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 218 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Health; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology, COMPUTERS / Internet / General, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Social Aspects, Social, group or collective psychology, Internet: general works, Impact of science & technology on society, Impact of science and technology on society, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Technology Studies