Book Review: Technoskepticism: Between Possibility and Refusal

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Summary: Overall, the book offers a significant contribution to a narrow field and context. Regrettably, the authors seem unaware of this specificity, embedding themselves in numerous general remarks throughout the chapters as if their empirical data were not solely derived from US American contexts. For readers specializing in Media Studies within the USA, this may not pose an issue, as they are indeed the intended audience for the book. Conversely, the broader social science community might perceive it as merely a collection of tweets and blog posts, potentially interesting without expecting academic depth. In addition to that, the striking questions of technoscepticism, such as the role of the technical and legal regulation for new digital technologies as well as global power relations behind the recent developments, remains unexamined.

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