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Escape
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- Book Synopsis
- 'Fifteen years ago, the internet felt like a special place my friends and I had built for each other; by 2020, we were standing on its ruins, wondering if we'd played a part in its destruction.' Journalist Marie Le Conte was born in 1991, the same year the World Wide Web was invented. She had her first blog at twelve, a successful music website at fifteen, a Wikipedia page at seventeen and now, at thirty, over 80,000 followers on Twitter. From MSN, Tumblr and MySpace, to chat rooms, forums and blogs; Marie is part of the millennial generation that grew up while the internet was growing up with them. Where did it go all wrong? How did the internet go from a place where you went to escape real life to where real life is shaped? A place where you could be yourself and find like-minded people to a world of filters and ads? A place we are all now desperately trying to escape from? Escape is a fascinating exploration of the rise and demise of the internet. It's a look back on the platforms, the people and the online places. It's an analysis of the lessons being online has taught us, how the internet has changed us - and a celebration of the tools it gives us to feel less alone. The online generation have forever altered the world we live in, but is the internet still a place for the people that shaped it?
- About The Author
- Marie Le Conte is a French-Moroccan journalist who has lived in London since 2009. She writes for a wide range of publications, including Vogue, Guardian, New Statesman, Vice and GQ, and frequently appears on the radio. Her first book, Haven't You Heard?: Gossip, Politics and Power received praise from, among others, Laura Kuenssberg, i newspaper and the Daily Telegraph. She cannot remember the last time she went through a day without tweeting. It was probably over a decade ago.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781788705158
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Blink, (01 September 2022)
- Number of Pages
- 304
- Weight
- 416 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 224 x 144 x 32 mm
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