Description: This book is the fifth volume of leading media theorist Geert Lovink's ongoing investigation into critical internet culture. He examines the symbiotic yet problematic relation between networks and social movements, analysing phenomena from selfie-culture to Bitcoin while providing alternatives to hegemonic internet culture.
Review Quotes: "For nearly thirty years, Geert Lovink has been the singular vanguard of net criticism. Zeroing in on what we are doing before we know that we are doing it, he poses the questions not that we should now ask but that we must ask next. Social Media Abyss is Lovink at his insightful, provocative, best."
Jodi Dean, Hobart and William Smith Colleges
"Geert Lovink has set his laptop up in the internet cafe teetering on the edge of the abyss. Staring deep into that vortex, and catching sight of its many shiny whirling surfaces, Lovink's writing always reminds us of the fundamental pleasure and necessity of saying 'No'."
Matthew Fuller, Goldsmiths, University of London