The Gentrification of the Internet – How to Reclaim Our Digital Freedom

"The Gentrification of the Internet deftly dismantles romanticized notions of Big Tech, helping readers understand the internet as a site of increasing isolation, commodification, surveillance, and displacement. This readable and accessible book will definitely be required reading for all my courses." --Clemencia Rodríguez, Professor of Media Studies, Temple University

"Jessa Lingel's book persuasively demonstrates that gentrification and its consequences in terms of displacement, isolation and commercialization has migrated from the realm of the urban economy to the internet. A revealing account of the way the digital world has transitioned from a space for DIY countercultures to a playground for the corporate oligarchy."--Paolo Gerbaudo, Director of the Centre for Digital Culture at King's College London