Book Review : The Digital Environment: How We Live, Learn, Work, and Play Now by Pablo J. Boczkowski and Eugenia Mitchelstein

Authors

Devi Swamy, San Jose State UniversityFollow

Abstract

The Digital Environment: How We Live, Learn, Work, and Play Now by Pablo J. Boczkowski and Eugenia Mitchelstein examines how digital technologies shape modern life, presenting the digital environment as a distinct sphere alongside natural and urban environments. Drawing on expert interviews, the authors explore its defining features—totality, duality, conflict, and indeterminacy—and their impact on society. The book highlights both the potential of digital tools to perpetuate inequities and their capacity to promote equity, offering insights particularly valuable to library and information science professionals.

About Author

Devi Swamy is pursuing her MLIS degree at San Jose State University. She has an MA in Counseling from Saint Mary's College of California and works as an adjunct counselor at Chabot College.

Recommended Citation

Swamy, D. (2024). [Review of the Book The digital environment: How we live, learn, work, and play now, by Pablo J. Boczkowski and Eugenia Mitchelstein]. School of Information Student Research Journal, 14(2), Article 6. https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/ischoolsrj/vol14/iss2/6

Recommended Citation

Swamy, D. (2024). [Review of the Book The digital environment: How we live, learn, work, and play now, by Pablo J. Boczkowski and Eugenia Mitchelstein]. School of Information Student Research Journal, 14(2), Article 6. https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/ischoolsrj/vol14/iss2/6