The unleashed scandal : the end of control in the digital age / Bernhard Poerksen and Hanne Detel ; translated by Alison Rosemary Koeck and Wolfram Karl Koeck
Cover; Contents; Front matter; Title page; Publisher information; Body matter; I. The Unleashed Scandal: An Introduction; II. The New Disclosers & the Old Media; III. The New Victims & the Power of the Public; IV. The New Technologies & the Opportunities of Ruthless Documentation; V. The End of Control in the Digital Age: A Programmatic Résumé; Back matter; List of Figures; The Authors
Summary
In an age of ubiquitous digital media and permanent mutual observation scandals are omnipresent. Everybody can release them, everybody can become their victim. Videos on mobile phones terminate careers, Twitter messages generate outrage, and SMS messages turn into evidence. Documents of embarrassment and public disgrace today display a novel kind of lightness and agility. They can be copied in no time, spread very quickly, resist all censorship - and in the extreme case stir up worldwide ind ..
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Translated from the German
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