{"product_id":"log-off-why-posting-and-politics-almost-never-mix-paperback","title":"Log Off: Why Posting and Politics (Almost) Never Mix - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKatherine Alejandra Cross\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA blistering, informed, and hilarious argument on how social media and political activism are fated never to intertwine.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAs seen in \u003ci\u003eDefector\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e404 Media\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eESC KEY\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"One of the most thought-provoking books I have read all year.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eLargehearted Boy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSocial media was supposed to pull us together for noble causes, but doomscrolling might not have been what most of us had in mind. Elon Musk might have ruined Twitter, but \"he's merely Twitter's all-too-Dantean punishment.\" In this impassioned, funny, and deeply thoughtful essay, Katherine Cross excavates a fallen world of social media's political promises--from Twitter epidemiology to revolutionary organizing--and its frustratingly inescapable joys. A kind, incisive, and barbed love letter from one of the millennial generation's wisest essayists, \u003ci\u003eLog Off\u003c\/i\u003e offers a path out of the doomscroll and into a future where we can organize and live.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eKatherine Alejandra Cross's writings have appeared in \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWIRED\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Baffler\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Verge\u003c\/i\u003e, and numerous other publications. She is a PhD candidate at the University of Washington\u003cbr\u003eSchool of Information, where she's studying online harassment and social media (for her sins).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7 x 4.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 04, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50329994592493,"sku":"9781736716861","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/H-Rk0FkTex9781736716861.webp?v=1784920013","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/products\/log-off-why-posting-and-politics-almost-never-mix-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}