Share Better and Stress Less

Informationen zum Autor Whitney Phillips , PhD, is an assistant professor in the School of Journalism and Communication at the University of Oregon, with research interests in political communication, media history, and online ethics. She is the author of This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things: Mapping the Relationship Between Online Trolling and Mainstream Culture and the coauthor, with Ryan M. Milner, of The Ambivalent Internet: Mischief , Oddity , and Antagonism Online and You Are Here: A Field Guide for Navigating Polarized Speech , Conspiracy Theories , and Our Polluted Media Landscape . Share Better and Stress Less: A Guide to Thinking Ecologically about Social Media is her first book for young adults. Whitney Phillips lives in Oregon. Ryan M. Milner is an associate professor and the department chair of communication at the College of Charleston. He studies internet culture, including everything from funny GIFs to Twitter debates to large-scale propaganda campaigns. He is the author of The World Made Meme: Public Conversations and Participatory Media and, with Whitney Phillips, The Ambivalent Internet: Mischief , Oddity , and Antagonism Online and You Are Here: A Field Guide for Navigating Polarized Speech , Conspiracy Theories , and Our Polluted Media Landscape . Share Better and Stress Less: A Guide to Thinking Ecologically about Social Media is his first book for young adults. Ryan M. Milner lives in South Carolina. Klappentext "Drawing on ecological, social justice and storytelling frameworks, this . . . book discusses how information pollution spreads and why, tackling the topic of internet ethics while empowering readers to create a safe, secure and inclusive digital world"--OCLC. Leseprobe INTRODUCTION Ecological Thinking and You   Whitney: There we were, exploring a place we’ll call Redwood Adventure Park, a nature attraction in Northern California. It was 2003, and my parents and teenage brother and sister were visiting during my first year of college. We’d decided to drive along the coast and visit every Highway 101 pit stop we could find. Road sign after road sign pointed us to this particular adventure, so five twenty-dollar tickets later, we were in weird redwood heaven. Wooden placards gave background stories on all the trees, and there were carved stumps—of woodland creatures, loggers, and Bigfoot—everywhere. A few months earlier, I’d given myself a buzz cut and dyed my naturally blondish hair black for “I’ll show you, world” reasons. It had grown out into an unruly mullet and was flopping around mop-like as I scampered among the living and carved-up trees, giggling at what could only be described as forest clickbait.    After wandering the park’s crisscrossing trails, we decided to head over to the forest ridge lookout for a bird’s-eye view of the canopy. At the top of a seemingly endless flight of stairs, a worker wearing head-to-toe pink camouflage ushered us onto the viewing platform, gestured around dramatically, and told us in a hushed voice that on one side we’d see the ocean and on the other, “the Awesomeness,” which I think just meant more trees.    But before we could climb to the top, my sister needed to finish drinking her hot chocolate. “’Kay, ready,” she said when she was finished. She handed her empty cup to my mom, who held it for a moment. Then, looking right at my sister, my mom threw the cup smack on the ground. We all paused. Gasped! Why would she do such a thing? And then my mom started laughing. She bent down to pick up the cup. “The look on your faces!” she said, still laughing. We all started laughing too, and then, of course, as soon as we saw a trash can, she threw the cup away.    This was funny because, for one thing, it was so unexpected. I’d never seen my mom litter in my whole life. It was also...

Product details

• Authors: Ryan Milner, Whitney Phillips
• Publisher: Penguin Books USA
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 14
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2024
• EAN: 9781536232691
• ISBN: 978-1-5362-3269-1
• No. of pages: 176
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 208 mm x 10 mm
• Subject: Children's and young people's books > Play, learning > Quiz, puzzle