Internet Culture

Memes are often considered silly and trivial, but as we've seen in recent years, they can have a profound impact on the way we consume culture. Listen in as Wisecrack breaks down all things memes from the origins of the phrase “OK Boomer", to storming Area 51 in this curated collection, available for the first time in audio.

Here’s some of what just happened: Millions of ordinary, sensible people came into possession of computers. These machines had wondrous powers, yet made unexpected demands on their owners. Telephones broke free of the chains that had shackled them to bedside tables and office desks. No one was...

From the publisher of the NextDraft newsletter comes a cathartic and humorous ride through the unnerving, maddening hellscape of the 2020 press cycle, reestablishing the line between "real" news and real life.Please lower your shoulder restraint and keep your hands and feet in. You’re about to...

How the Internet lost its way—and how to fix it. Reclaiming the Internet is an indictment of how Big Tech cloaks ruthless commercial exploitation in the language of free speech. Olivier Sylvain, a leading legal scholar and former senior advisor at the Federal Trade Commission, exposes the...

This book traces the Internet's development from its theoretical foundations in the 1950s through its maturation as a global network by 2025. It explores not only the technical milestones and breakthrough innovations but also the social, economic, and political forces that shaped its growth. The story of the Internet is simultaneously a tale of brilliant individual inventors, collaborative scientific communities, corporate competition, government policy, and grassroots adoption.

Web3 Marketing: A Handbook for the Next Internet Revolution is the essential book for anyone looking to understand the next era of the internet and start building. Beyond the sensational hype and headlines around crypto and NFTs, a real revolution is taking place: new technologies for owning, moving, and organizing value spell the overdue end of an internet where a few huge companies hoard data and power, and open a new frontier for products, services, and applications in which ownership and control belongs to creators, builders, and users.

THE CURATORS OF CULTURE: Celebrate Black digital art in this essay collection revealing how Black artists have shaped everything from TikTok dances to viral memes Steven Underwood digs into the current Black digital arts movement that has shaped popular culture for the last decade. He connects...

Internet addiction has become a very common problem, especially in countries that have instant access to the online community at any time of day or night. Since the Internet has become a necessity in our modern age, it is impossible for Internet addicts to avoid it. For this reason, full recovery for anyone associated with this illness will have a harder time to beat their addiction than a heroin addict. What causes Internet addiction, and what is the cure?

Just how dedicated can gamers be? Video games inspire people to write fan fiction, draw characters, and even dress up in costume to act out video game scenes. Listen to this audiobook and dive into gaming culture. Whether you like to read comics, write stories, perform in plays, make music, create movies, or dress up in wacky outfits, video gaming culture has got something for everyone!