Social Media and the Internet

Books about the social and psychological impacts of social media and the internet.

Updated November 25, 2025
Newfoundland & Labrador Public Libraries
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This Is for Everyone
Berners-Lee, Tim
Paper Book
The groundbreaking memoir from the inventor of the World Wide Web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee. This is the story of our modern age.The most influential inventor of the modern world, Sir Tim Berners-Lee is a different kind of visionary. Born in the same year as Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, Berners-Lee...
Enshittification : Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do about It
Doctorow, Cory.
Paper Book
Enshittification: it's not just you--the internet sucks now. Here's why, and here's how we can disenshittify it. We're living through the Enshittocene, the Great Enshittening, a time in which the services that matter to us, that we rely on, are turning into giant piles of shit...
Careless people : a story of where I used to work
Wynn-Williams, Sarah
Paper Book
The instant Sunday Times bestseller No. 1 New York Times bestseller 'How else to put this? Bloody hell' - The Guardian 'Devastating . . . Funny . . . Highly enjoyable' - The Times 'Jaw-dropping . . . A tell-all tome' - Financial...
Internet Con : How to Seize the Means of Computation.
Doctorow, Cory.
Ebook
A USA TODAY BESTSELLER Winner of the 2024 Neil Postman Award for Career Achievement in Public Intellectual Activity "An essential read for anyone that wants to understand how we lost control of our digital spaces and infrastructure to Silicon Valley's tech giants,...
Broken Code: Inside Facebook and the fight to expose its toxic secrets
Horwitz, Jeff.
Paper Book
Facebook had a problem. Along with its sister platforms Instagram and WhatsApp, it was a daily destination for billions of users around the world, extolling its products for connecting people. But as a succession of scandals rocked Facebook from 2016, some began to question whether the...
Extremely online : the untold story of fame, influence and power on the Internet
Lorenz, Taylor
Paper Book
'A terrific history of the online creator economy.' The New York Times 'This book is about a revolution. It has radically upended how we've understood and interacted with our world. It has demolished traditional barriers and empowered millions who were previously marginalized. It...
The chaos machine : the inside story of how social media rewired our minds and our world
Fisher, Max.
Paper Book
The Chaos Machine is an essential book for our times - Ezra KleinThe Chaos Machine is the story of how the world was driven mad by social media. The election of populists like Trump and Bolsonaro; strife and genocide in countries like Myanmar; the rampant spread of COVID-19 conspiracy...
Logged in and stressed out : how social media is affecting your mental health an
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Paper Book
Social media is here to stay, and Logged In and Stressed Out presents the right information and tools to improve our lives through examining and changing our digital habits. America is facing a mental health crisis. Studies show that the average American...

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