BOOKS
"Have you ever been afraid of Uber? Afraid of Tinder? Frightened of Facebook, Booking.com,
Lyft, or Airbnb? No?
Well, you should be."
This book takes a deep dive into the dark underbelly of the internet - a place where scammers lurk, fraudsters scout for unsuspecting targets, human traffickers set up criminal empires, and where rapists and murderers prowl for their next victim.
Sound scary? It is. That said, you're probably already thinking this has nothing to do with you. But if you are connected to the internet, then you're wrong.
Julie Reid's latest book follows how scammers and criminals are able to use everyday ubiquitous sharing economy platforms like Uber, Airbnb, Facebook, and others, to do enormous harm to innumerable people. She also investigates why Big Tech companies have done too little to make their platforms safer, and what they should do to stem the tide of online crime and scams.
The pursuit of the media diversity ideal needs to happen differently in the Global South. Western and Eurocentric policy perspectives and methodologies are woefully inadequate within Southern contexts. This book establishes and implements the audience centered approach - a novel way to research and formulate policy positions where media diversity is a policy goal.