This semester I enjoyed a portion of each of the books that we were required to read for our Facebook Culture class. Although the one that I personally found the most interesting was iSpy. The reason that I liked this book was because of the broad range of new ideas it presented. For someone who already had their own beliefs about surveillance and the internet before reading this book, it opened my eyes to a lot of arguments I had not considered. Even if someone does not agree with what the author is trying to say in iSpy, I believe that they can still come away from the book more informed on the issues being presented then they were before reading it. However, for those who already agree with author I feel they miss out on the opposing arguments to the issues presented in iSpy.
The book that I felt was the least interesting of the semester was The Cult of the Amateur. I did not enjoy this book because of the extreme viewpoints the author presented. He failed to make a strong argument to back up his beliefs, and I found it was better for a laugh than anything else. I had a tough time remaining interested and the book took longer to read then it should have. If you leave any book off this list semester this one would be my recommendation.
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I actually wrote that iSpy was my favorite book over the semester too. I thought that the points that it made about the "i" generation is very interesting to think about. Cult of the amateur was a bit harsh at times, but I thought it was also an interesting read to think about how much power normal people have now due to different medium outlets.
The Cult of the Amateur was my least favorite book too! The author's views were much too extreme and I was not able to stay interested at all throughout the book. In fact, the author's views actually made me rather angry.
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