In the competing traditions of Marshall McLuhan and Langdon Winner, authors Aaron Barlow and Robert Leston take readers on a revealing tour of the Internet "after" the explosion of the blogosphere and social media. In the world "Beyond the Blogosphere," information has surpassed its limits, the distinction between public and private selves has collapsed, information is more untrustworthy than it ever was before, and technology has exhibited a growth and a "desire" that may soon exceed human control.

As Langdon Winner pointed out long ago, "tools have politics." In an eye-opening journey...