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Author Acerbi, Alberto, author

Title Cultural evolution in the digital age / Alberto Acerbi
Edition First edition
Published Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2020

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Description 1 online resource (xxiii, 247 pages) : illustrations
Contents Introduction -- A growing network for cultural transmission -- Wary learners -- Prestige -- Popularity -- Echo chambers -- Misinformation -- Transmitting and sharing -- Cumulation -- Conclusion -- References -- Index
Summary From emails to social media, from instant messaging to political memes, the way we produce and transmit culture is radically changing. 'Cultural Evolution in the Digital Age' examines, for the first time in a cognitive and evolutionary perspective, the impact of online and digital media on how we produce and transmit culture
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 12, 2019)
Subject Social evolution.
Social evolution -- Technological innovations
Internet -- Social aspects.
Information society.
Information society.
Internet -- Social aspects.
Social evolution.
Digitale Revolution
Kulturelle Evolution
Form Electronic book
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