Media contributions
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Title The Ineternet Is Headed for a Point of No Return where the disadvantages will become too great Degree of recognition International Media name/outlet University of Amsterdam Media type Web Country/Territory Netherlands Date 17/11/22 Description Eventually, the disadvantages of sharing your opinion online will become so great that people will turn away from the internet. This is the argument made by Geert Lovink, Professor at the University of and Amsterdam and Amsterdam University of Applied Science (AUAS), in his new essay Extinction Internet. While Lovink’s previous research focused on critical counterculture and possible alternatives, such as fairer social media platforms, he now sketches a future in which the internet (partially) disappears and we are forced to give up our tech addiction. Producer/Author Lisette Wagener Persons Geert Lovink