With
all of these books being published so recently it was a difficult task trying
to find good reviews. Of the reviews available and the descriptions of the
books, I chose Disconnected: Youth, New Media, and the Ethics Gap by
Carrie James. A large portion of this book comes from numerous interviews with
people ranging from ages 10-25 and focusing on the psychological components of
their technology use. Overall this book seemed the most interesting and given
that we are learning about similar societal topics in this course I think it
was the best choice.
The
process of choosing which book to read was a lot harder than I anticipated.
After reading all of the descriptions and reviews I had something I wanted to
learn from each book I found. It was unfortunate that none of these books had
scholarly reviews on the databases I searched. Finally after considering the
main idea of each book it was pretty obvious which one I was really interested
in. I look forward to reading Disconnected: Youth, New Media, and the Ethics
Gap.
Brett, I was surprised with how hard it was to find a book too. I suppose that these books being published so recently makes it difficult for them to have a lot of exposure and reviews already. I found it was easiest to find scholarly reviews on books first and then find those on Amazon as opposed to the other way around. That book sounds interesting and is definitely relevant to issues and topics today.
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