You Are Here

A Field Guide for Navigating Polarized Speech, Conspiracy Theories, and Our Polluted Media Landscape

By Ryan M. Milner, Whitney Phillips | Publisher: MIT Press

About the book

How to understand a media environment in crisis, and how to make things better by approaching information ecologically.

Our media environment is in crisis. Polarization is rampant. Polluted information floods social media. Even our best efforts to help clean up can backfire, sending toxins roaring across the landscape. In You Are Here, Whitney Phillips and Ryan Milner offer strategies for navigating increasingly treacherous information flows. Using ecological metaphors, they emphasize how our individual me is entwined within a much larger we, and how everyone fits within an ever-shifting network map.

Editions of You Are Here

Paperback
ISBN 9780262539913
EBook
ISBN 9780262361378
EBook
ISBN 9780262361385

Read an Excerpt

How to understand a media environment in crisis, and how to make things better by approaching information ecologically.

Our media environment is in crisis. Polarization is rampant. Polluted information floods social media. Even our best efforts to help clean up can backfire, sending toxins roaring across the landscape. In You Are Here, Whitney Phillips and Ryan Milner offer strategies for navigating increasingly treacherous information flows. Using ecological metaphors, they emphasize how our individual me is entwined within a much larger we, and how everyone fits within an ever-shifting network map.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is You Are Here about?

How to understand a media environment in crisis, and how to make things better by approaching information ecologically.

Our media environment is in crisis. Polarization is rampant. Polluted information floods social media. Even our best efforts to help clean up can backfire, sending toxins roaring across the landscape. In You Are Here, Whitney Phillips and Ryan Milner offer strategies for navigating increasingly treacherous information flows. Using ecological metaphors, they emphasize how our individual me is entwined within a much larger we, and how everyone fits within an ever-shifting network map.

What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in You Are Here?

Society and Social Sciences > Society and culture: general > Cultural and media studies > Media studies

Where can I read a sample of You Are Here?

You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9780262539913

Who is/are the Author/s of the book You Are Here?

Ryan M. Milner, Whitney Phillips

Who is the Publisher of the book You Are Here?

MIT Press

What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?

You Are Here is available as paperback(ISBN 9780262539913) and ebook(ISBN 9780262361378) and ebook(ISBN 9780262361385)

Where can I buy You Are Here online or support local independent bookshops?

You can buy You Are Here from below

Where can I buy You Are Here?