VELESKI, Stefan. Acerbi, Alberto (2020). Cultural Evolution in the Digital Age. Oxford : Oxford University Press (Book review). Evolutionary Studies in Imaginative Culture. Boston: Academic Studies Press, 2020, vol. 4, No 2, p. 135-140. ISSN 2472-9884. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.26613/esic.4.2.195.
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Original name Acerbi, Alberto (2020). Cultural Evolution in the Digital Age. Oxford : Oxford University Press (Book review)
Authors VELESKI, Stefan.
Edition 2020.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Review
Field of Study 50902 Social sciences, interdisciplinary
Country of publisher United States of America
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
WWW Link
Organization unit Faculty of Arts
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.26613/esic.4.2.195
Keywords in English cultural evolution; cognitive anthropology; digital age; epistemic vigilance
Tags cognitive anthropology, cultural evolution, digital age, epistemic vigilance
Tags International impact, Reviewed
Changed by Changed by: Mgr. Jana Pelclová, Ph.D., učo 39970. Changed: 3/4/2021 09:17.
Abstract
This review of Alberto Acerbi's Cultural Evolution in The Digital Age provides a summary of the book and weighs its potential to impact media studies as a whole. Acerbi intertwines cultural evolution and cognitive anthropology to study the impact of the digital age on human behavior. Unlike digital doomsayers, Acerbi downplays the negative impact of digital media on our culture and social life and provides a solid, science-based take on the issue, which I argue should be more frequently featured in syllabi of media and cultural studies.
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MUNI/A/1204/2019, interní kód MUName: Researching Communication in English: Paradigms, Strategies, Developments - II (Acronym: ReComE 2020)
Investor: Masaryk University, Category A
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