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Series
Visit from the Goon Squad volume 2
Description
"The Candy House opens with the staggeringly brilliant Bix Bouton, whose company, Mandala, is so successful that he is "one of those tech demi-gods with whom we're all on a first name basis." Bix is 40, with four kids, restless, desperate for a new idea,when he stumbles into a conversation group, mostly Columbia professors, one of whom is experimenting with downloading or "externalizing" memory. It's 2010. Within a decade, Bix's new technology, "Own...
2) Disconnect
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (115 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A couple is drawn into a dangerous situation when their secrets are exposed online. A widowed ex-cop struggles to raise a mischievous son who cyber-bullies a classmate. An ambitious journalist sees a career-making story in a teen that performs on an adult-only site. They are strangers, neighbors and colleagues and their stories collide in this riveting dramatic thriller about ordinary people struggling to connect in today's wired world.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
138 pages ; 19 cm.
Description
To be a content moderator is to see humanity at its worst--but Kayleigh needs money. So she takes a job working for a social media platform whose name she isn't allowed to mention. Her task: review offensive videos and pictures, rants and conspiracy theories, and decide which need to be removed. It's grueling work. Kayleigh and her colleagues spend all day watching horrors and hate on their screens, evaluating them with the platform's ever-changing...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
328 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Description
"Iris Hagarty has just about had it with weddings. After witnessing one too many meltdowns over flower arrangements, she takes to the internet to vent about the trials and tribulations of being a bridesmaid to her usually reasonable friends-turned-bridezillas. She finds she is not alone, and soon becomes the moderator of a Facebook group full of other bridesmaids, eager to share their own horror stories. Enter Iris's own estranged sister Jasmine,...
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Description
Jesse Braddock is trapped in a tiny cabin deep in the Everglades with her infant daughter and her ex-boyfriend, a wannabe reality TV star who turned out to be a lot prettier on the outside than on the inside. Broke and desperate for a way out, Jesse stumbles across a long-lost treasure, which could solve all her problems—if she can figure out how to keep it. The problem is, some very bad men are also looking for the treasure, and they know Jesse...
Author
Publisher
Ediciones Obelisco
Pub. Date
2021
Physical Desc
252 pages ; 24 cm
Description
¿Cómo puedes causar un gran impacto en el mundo digital y sobresalir frente a todos los demás? Cada día se envían más de sesenta mil millones de mensajes online en plataformas digitales, y sólo una pequeñísima cantidad de ellos alcanza el éxito en la alocada carrera por obtener la atención de los consumidores. Esto significa que la pregunta para cualquiera que desee conseguir una exposición masiva de sus contenidos, negocio o marca transformadores,...
10) A burning
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
293 pages ; 22 cm
Description
"After a fiery attack on a train leaves 104 people dead, the fates of three people become inextricably entangled. Jivan, a bright, striving woman from the slums looking for a way out of poverty, is wrongly accused of planning the attack because of a careless comment on Facebook. PT Sir, a slippery gym teacher from Jivan's former high school, has hitched his aspirations to a rising right wing party, and his own ascent becomes increasingly linked to...
11) Ron's gone wrong
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Inc
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (107 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Ron's Gone Wrong is a computer-animated film set in a world where it's the norm to have B-Bots, digitally connected robot companions. Barney is a shy middle-schooler who is the last one in his city to finally get Ron, his B-Bot. Unfortunately, his "Best Friend Out of the Box" becomes a major pain, malfunctioning on a regular basis. Not knowing what else to do, Barney sets out to teach Ron about social cues and what it means to be a human.
13) Ron's gone wrong
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Twentieth Century Studios and Locksmith Animation's film is the story of Barney, a socially awkward middle-schooler, and Ron, his new walking, talking, digitally connected device, which is supposed to be his 'Best Friend out of the Box.' Ron's hilarious malfunctions set against the backdrop of the social media age launch them into an action-packed journey in which boy and robot come to terms with the wonderful messiness of true friendship.
14) Ingrid goes West
Pub. Date
2017
Physical Desc
1 DVD (1 hr., 38 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Following the death of her mother, a young girl moves to Los Angeles to befriend a social media star.
15) The circle
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2017]
Formats
Description
When Mae is hired to work for, The Circle, the world's largest and most powerful tech and social media company, she sees it as an opportunity. As she rises through the ranks, she is encouraged by the company's founder, Eamon Bailey, to engage in a groundbreaking experiment that pushes the boundaries of privacy, ethics and ultimately her personal freedom. Her participation in the experiment, and every decision she makes begin to affect the lives and...
16) Whisker Wizard
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
195 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Description
"Babymouse becomes a influencer after she tries out a new whisker style and posts a tutorial online"--
Author
Series
Tapper twins volume 4
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
243 pages
Description
"Twelve-year-old twins Reese and Claudia Tapper race to become more popular on social media sites in order to win a high-stakes bet"--
18) Dear Evan Hansen
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2021]
Formats
Description
The breathtaking, generation-defining Broadway phenomenon becomes a soaring cinematic event as Tony, Grammy, and Emmy Award winner Ben Platt reprises his role as an anxious, isolated high schooler aching for understanding and belonging amid the chaos and cruelty of the social-media age.
19) Dumb money
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 1 hr., 45 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Dumb Money is the ultimate David vs. Goliath tale, based on the insane true story of everyday people who flipped the script on Wall Street and got rich by turning GameStop (yes, the mall video game store) into the world's hottest company. In the middle of everything is regular guy Keith Gill, who starts it all by sinking his life savings into the stock and posting about it. When his social posts start blowing up, so does his life - and the lives of...
Author
Series
Mirador volume 1
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
335 pages ; 22 cm.
Description
Los Angeles in 2050 is a city of open doors, as long as you have the right connections. That connection is a djinni -- a smart device implanted right in a person's head. In a world where virtually everyone is online twenty-four hours a day, this connection is like oxygen -- and a world like that presents plenty of opportunities for someone who knows how to manipulate it. Marisa Carneseca is one of those people. She might spend her days in Mirador,...
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