Pity the poor engineer: review of Ragnedda & Muschert, Theorizing Digital Divides, and Ekbia & Nardi, Heteromation

European Journal of Communication, 33(3), 338-343

2018

Themes: Computing/The Internet, Digital modernity

Category: Book review, Open access

Review of two books, different in tone and intended audience, pour cold water on the optimism of the engineering project of using digital technologies to enable networks to develop and flourish at scale. Theorizing Digital Divides punctures the positive narrative of inclusion, while Heteromation problematises the whole idea.

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