And Then There's This: How Stories Live and Die in Viral Culture
by Bill Wasik
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6 hours
An entertaining and eye-opening look into the new frontier of idea making.
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This was an enjoyable read with a few decent statements on modern culture. They were awash in a tide of personal reflection but they were, at least, interesting personal reflections from the creator of the flash mob. The insights in the corporate appropriation of modern collaborative and viral culture wee particularly interesting.
Remember flash mobs? Bill Wasik invented the flash mob, and in this book he details the rise of online memes and viral culture. Interesting subject and very well written, though more than I wanted to read on the topic [ full review ]
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[An] impressionistic account of the viral culture on the Internet
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- Canonical title
- And Then There's This: How Stories Live and Die in Viral Culture
- Original publication date
- 2009
- People/Characters
- Jonah Peretti; Chris Anderson; Malcolm Gladwell; The Annuals; Peter, Bjorn, & John
- First words
- I begin with a plea to the future historians, those eminent and tenured minds of a generation as yet unconceived, who will sift through our benighted present, compiling its wreckage into wiki-books while lounging about in sil... (show all)very bodysuits: to these learned men and women I ask only that in telling the story of this waning decade, the first of the twenty-first century, they will spare a thought for the fate of a girl named Blair Hornstine.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)We cannot unplug the machine, nor would we want to; but we must rewire it to serve us, rather than the other way around. And for that, we must learn how to partially unplug ourselves.
- Blurbers
- Anderson, Kurt; Conover, Ted; Hodgman, John; Godin, Seth; Sharlet, Jeff; Lapham, Lewis
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- Genres
- Sociology, Nonfiction, Technology, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 303.4833 — Society, government, & culture Social sciences, sociology & anthropology Social processes Social change Causes of change Development of science and technology Communication
- LCC
- HM851 .W38 — Social sciences Sociology (General) Sociology Social change
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- 118
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- 275,912
- Reviews
- 2
- Rating
- (3.38)
- Languages
- English, Korean
- Media
- Paper, Audiobook, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 8
- ASINs
- 3
