Sociology Books
Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age
Renowned media scholar Sherry Turkle investigates how a flight from conversation undermines our relationships, creativity, and productivity—and wh…
Too Big to Know: Rethinking Knowledge Now That the Facts Aren't the Facts, Experts Are Everywhere, and the Smartest Person in the Room Is the Room
We used to know how to know. We got our answers from books or experts. We'd nail down the facts and move on. But in the Internet age, knowledge ha…
Against Technoableism: Rethinking Who Needs Improvement
A manifesto exploding what we think we know about disability, and arguing that disabled people are the real experts when it comes to technology an…
The Filter Bubble: What the Internet is Hiding From You
An eye-opening account of how the hidden rise of personalization on the Internet is controlling - and limiting - the information we consume. <…
Brotopia: Breaking Up the Boys' Club of Silicon Valley
For women in tech, Silicon Valley is not a fantasyland where millions of dollars grow on trees. It's a "Brotopia," where men hold all the cards an…
Cognitive Surplus: Creativity and Generosity in a Connected Age
The author of the breakout hit Here Comes Everybody reveals how new technology is changing us from consumers to collaborators, unleashing a torren…
Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations
Evaluates the significant role being played by technological advances on the formation and experience of modern group dynamics, citing such exampl…
So You've Been Publicly Shamed
For the past three years, Jon Ronson has travelled the world meeting recipients of high-profile public shamings. The shamed are people like us - p…
Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism
O capitalismo está morto. Bem-vindos ao tecnofeudalismo. Um dos Melhores Livros do Ano para o The Financial Times Gradualmente, a partir do…
Zucked: Waking Up to the Facebook Catastrophe
"If you had told Roger McNamee even three years ago that he would soon be devoting himself to stopping Facebook from destroying our democracy, he …