Book by Pablo J. Boczkowski: “The book examines the experience of living in a society that has more information available to the public than ever before. It focuses on the interpretations, emotions, and practices of dealing with this abundance in everyday life. Drawing upon extensive fieldwork and survey research conducted in Argentina, the book inquiries into the role of cultural and structural factors that mediate between the availability of information and the actual consequences for individuals, media, politics, and society. Providing the first book-length account of the topic in the Global South, it concludes that the experience of information abundance is tied to an overall unsettling of society, a reconstitution of how we understand and perform our relationships with others, and a twin depreciation of facts and appreciation of fictions….(More)”.
Abundance: On the Experience of Living in a World of Information Plenty
How to contribute:
Did you come across – or create – a compelling project/report/book/app at the leading edge of innovation in governance?
Share it with us at info@thelivinglib.org so that we can add it to the Collection!
About the Curator
Get the latest news right in you inbox
Subscribe to curated findings and actionable knowledge from The Living Library, delivered to your inbox every Friday
Related articles
INSTITUTIONAL INNOVATION
Understanding the Future
Posted in August 11, 2025 by Stefaan Verhulst
INSTITUTIONAL INNOVATION
Smart City Code: Governance Handbook for Digital Transformation Managers in the Public Sector
Posted in August 11, 2025 by Stefaan Verhulst
artificial intelligence, democracy
AI and Democratic Publics
Posted in August 5, 2025 by Stefaan Verhulst