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YouTubers
Two billion people now watch YouTube. Yet stars such as KSI and PewDiePie mystify many. What is the secret of their appeal? How do they cope with being in front of the lens? And who is behind their success? Chris Stokel-Walker has spoken to more than 100 insiders for this – the first independent, in-depth book on YouTube. He charts its rise from single home video to global boom industry, while getting the facts on brand deals, burnout and authenticity. Delve into the real lives of YouTubers, discover their true impact on society, and see the future of social media.
African Lions
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TikTok Boom
TikTok has taken over the world in just a few short years. What does its success mean for the future of technology? Journalist and author Chris Stokel-Walker tells the inside story of the Chinese app, with unprecedented access to key company figures, along with the superpower battle with the US over its future. 'A careful, detailed teardown of the people, culture and technology behind the world's most dynamic social network, TikTok. It is rare for a business analysis to read like a thriller – this one does.' Azeem Azhar, Founder, Exponential View 'TikTok is perhaps the fastest growing and most addictive social media tool yet created. This book is vital to understanding how it works and the...
Proxies
How those with the power to design technology, in the very moment of design, are allowed to imagine who is included--and who is excluded--in the future. Our world is built on an array of standards we are compelled to share. In Proxies, Dylan Mulvin examines how we arrive at those standards, asking, "To whom and to what do we delegate the power to stand in for the world?" Mulvin shows how those with the power to design technology, in the very moment of design, are allowed to imagine who is included--and who is excluded--in the future. For designers of technology, some bits of the world end up standing in for other bits, standards with which they build and calibrate. These "proxies" carry spec...
Rust
Originally publlished in hardcover in 2015 by Simon & Schuster.
Alpha City
How London was bought and sold by the Super-Rich, and what it means for the rest of us Who owns London? Today, the city is the epicentre of the world’s financial markets, an elite cultural hub, and a place to hide one’s wealth. In Alpha City, Rowland Atkinson tells the story of eager developers, sovereign wealth, and grasping politicians, all of which paved the way for the plutocratic colonisation of the cityscape. Atkinson moves through the gated communities and the mega-houses of the urban elite, charting how the rich live and their influence on the disturbing rise in evictions and displacements from the city. The book, fully updated, also looks at the capital’s prospects in the aftermath of Brexit and the pandemic, showing how the super-rich may capitalise on the crisis, increasing inequality and hardship.
Brexit Without The Bullshit
A short guide to Brexit which answers all the key questions. Will Brexit boost jobs in Britain? Or wreck the National Health Service? Or cause food shortages? From strawberries to passports, the former BBC broadcaster Gavin Esler sets out the impact of the most momentous change in the UK for decades. In seven succinct chapters, he reveals how leaving the European Union affects: Food and diet Health and the NHS Jobs and industry Education Travel to Europe From the food markets of Kent to NHS operating theatres to the boardrooms of big employers, Brexit throws up many surprises. Many are unpleasant. Brexit Without the Bullshit is not about the Brexit British people were told we were getting. It's about the one that is arriving.
Junk DNA
From the author of the acclaimed The Epigenetics Revolution (‘A book that would have had Darwin swooning’ – Guardian) comes another thrilling exploration of the cutting edge of human science. For decades after the structure of DNA was identified, scientists focused purely on genes, the regions of the genome that contain codes for the production of proteins. Other regions – 98% of the human genome – were dismissed as ‘junk’. But in recent years researchers have discovered that variations in this ‘junk’ DNA underlie many previously intractable diseases, and they can now generate new approaches to tackling them. Nessa Carey explores, for the first time for a general audience, ...
Videocracy
From YouTube's Head of Culture and Trends, a rousing and illuminating behind-the-scenes exploration of internet video's massive impact on our world. Whether your favorite YouTube video is a cat on a Roomba, “Gangnam Style,” the “Bed Intruder” song, an ASAPscience explainer, Rebecca Black's “Friday,” or the “Evolution of Dance,” Kevin Allocca's Videocracy reveals how these beloved videos and famous trends--and many more--came to be and why they mean more than you might think. YouTube is the biggest pool of cultural data since the beginning of recorded communication, with four hundred hours of video uploaded every minute. (It would take you more than sixty-five years just to wa...
