LEADER 04330oam 2200685I 450 001 9910462680203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-97281-6 010 $a0-203-06640-5 010 $a1-135-07461-5 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203066409 035 $a(CKB)2670000000325580 035 $a(EBL)1114674 035 $a(OCoLC)827208945 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000821809 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12332315 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000821809 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10881197 035 $a(PQKB)11049159 035 $a(OCoLC)826685133 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1114674 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1114674 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10650294 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL428531 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000325580 100 $a20180706d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe digital evolution of an American identity /$f. Waite 210 1$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (136 p.) 225 0 $aRoutledge studies in science, technology, and society ;$v20 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-138-91468-1 311 $a0-415-89761-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aFront Cover; The Digital Evolution of an American Identity; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Section One; 1. The American Dilemma; The Theme of Individual Rights; Caught at Cross Purposes with Confl icting Goods; Greater Awareness of One's Choices; Unique Capabilities and Consequences; A Precarious Balance; 2. The Promise and the Peril; Community and Connectivity; Individualistic and Collectivistic Responses; The Legacy of the European Enlightenment; A New Social Environment; 3. Challenges of a Digital Culture; From Church Bell to Cell; The Example of Print 327 $aMacro Comparison of Print and Digital ErasMicro Comparison of Print and Digital Eras; The Twenty-First Century Enlightenment; Section Two; 4. Self versus Society: Inherent Tensions; Affi liation and Privacy; Bias and Scale; Tocqueville's Critique; Bellah's Response; Putnam's Analysis; 5. The Evolution of the First Amendment; Attitudes Regarding Free Speech; Speech Rights versus Privacy Rights; Instantaneous Access and Unpredictable Consequences; Constraints of Differing Environments; Speech, Ownership, and Control; 6. Inner and Outer Experience; Reflection and Reinvention; Language as Games 327 $aOpposition to AutonomyCommunitarianism; Enduring Fault Lines; Section Three; 7. New Forms of Conversations and Communities; A Changing Landscape; Engagement versus Isolation; From Neighborhood to Network; Different Conversations; Past and Future Converge; 8. The Challenge of Interdependence; Collective Knowledge; Connections and Patterns; Challenges for Disaster Response; Education Reconfigured; Tracking Health Care; 9. Beyond the Dichotomy of Self and Society; The Key Question; The Contours of a New Paradigm; Beyond Individualism; Unexpected Repercussions; References; Index 330 $aThe Digital Evolution of an American Identity details how the concept of American individualism is challenged by the digital revolution. As digital media alter our print-dominant culture, assumptions regarding the relationship of the individual to the larger community become increasingly problematic. Current arguments regarding freedom of speech and confusion about what is meant by privacy illustrate the nature of the challenge. C. Waite defines individualism as the ways in which the American culture traditionally strives to balance the rights of the individual against the nee 410 0$aRoutledge Studies in Science, Technology and Society 606 $aTechnology$xSocial aspects 606 $aDigital media 606 $aTechnological innovations 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aTechnology$xSocial aspects. 615 0$aDigital media. 615 0$aTechnological innovations. 676 $a303.48/330973 700 $aWaite$b C.$0894089 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910462680203321 996 $aThe digital evolution of an American identity$91997260 997 $aUNINA