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This book is about words that fool us into thinking that the digital technologies we use every day are beautiful, benign, and consequence-free. The collection shows how metaphors used by Big Tech to promote digital technologies are reductive or misleading. With a commitment to social justice, the contributors rename digital technologies in order to subvert Big Tech's branding. Each chapter discusses a specific technology, rechristening it in a way that points explicitly to the social and political harms it is associated with. The alternative vocabularies that are proposed draw attention to what these technologies bring about, providing a means of resisting Silicon Valley's claims about what people and organisations should buy and experience.

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  • ISBN-13: 9783032051547
  • ISBN-10: 3032051541
  • Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
  • Publish Date: February 2026
  • Dimensions: 8.27 x 5.83 x 0.75 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.18 pounds
  • Page Count: 307

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