{"product_id":"social-capital-life-online-in-the-shadow-of-irelands-tech-boom-paperback","title":"Social Capital: Life Online in the Shadow of Ireland's Tech Boom - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAoife Barry\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eA David and Goliath story about Ireland's role as prime real estate for the world's largest tech multinationals, and the considerable impact it has had on us as individuals.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the start of the millennium, the Tech giants landed on Ireland's shores. Dublin, once one of Europe's poorest cities, became a beacon of Silicon Valley's promise of progress and power. As the face of the capital was remade in the image of Big Tech, Irish society embraced technology like no other. Romantic Ireland was dead and gone: social media was here to stay.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this provocative account, Aoife Barry explores the human cost of Ireland's Faustian pact with Big Tech, from the local communities uprooted by Google to the traumatised moderators squirrelled in the capital's pockets, keeping the internet safe at a terrible price. Unsettling, insightful, and wryly funny, she paints a portrait of a country addicted to the internet, refreshing the news, refreshing Twitter, scrolling and scrolling towards a feverish future. She turns an equally honest eye on her own life online, from her humble beginnings using dial-up in her parent's kitchen to working for Ireland's first digital-only newsroom, and asks what we bargain in exchange for life in the metaverse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSocial Capital is the coming of age story of Ireland 3.0: set against the backdrop of the tech revolution, it chronicles how we collapse the boundary between physical and virtual reality, and where we might go from here.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAoife Barry is assistant news editor and reporter at \u003cem\u003eThe Journal\u003c\/em\u003e, one of Ireland's most-read online news sites. Her work has also appeared in \u003cem\u003eThe Irish Times\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Irish Independent\u003c\/em\u003e, and she has a regular slot on RTÉ Radio 1's \u003cem\u003eToday with Claire Byrne\u003c\/em\u003e. She has been a contributor on Today FM's \u003cem\u003eThe Last Word\u003c\/em\u003e and TV3's \u003cem\u003eTonight With Vincent Browne\u003c\/em\u003e, and received a Justice Media Award for her reporting. This is her first book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.87 x 9.21 x 6.13 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 01, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42732366069823,"sku":"9780008524234","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/5889aa5e7d6414f7387c477c21e3677e.webp?v=1765132230","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/social-capital-life-online-in-the-shadow-of-irelands-tech-boom-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}