Book Selection: The Culture of Connectivity

I have been thinking about this book project since Professor Downey first mentioned that he wanted us to read a book. It never occurred to me that finding a book would be so difficult for me. Finding books has never been hard, because I constantly struggle to read the books on my shelves. But this assignment had restrictions that made this process much more difficult.

Finally, after doing some more research using sites like Amazon and World Cat, I decided that I would either read Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other or
The Culture of Connectivity: A Critical History of Social Media.  Alone Together sounded really interesting, and it got mixed reviews. Some people said that her findings were very interesting to consider and even quite disturbing. Others thought she lacked authority and references on the topic. Ultimately, I was able to find samples from both books, and I decided that I was more interested in The Culture of Connectivity. There weren't very many reviews, because the book is from 2013. But from what I read, it looks like an interesting read.

Unfortunately, there were not any academic reviews of this book yet, but the reviews that exist are pretty positive. I am excited to start reading this!