Buch, Englisch, 264 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm
Networked Counterpublics and Participatory Capitalism
Buch, Englisch, 264 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm
Reihe: Routledge Research in Digital Humanities
ISBN: 978-1-138-63819-8
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
This book examines the ways digital networks facilitate new dissemination models for information, aesthetic texts, and amateur media by tracing the proliferation of "viral structures." A viral structure can be a text, video, internet joke, computer virus, game, blog post, or technological platform that represents or relies upon a paradigm of infectiousness, i.e. operation outside of control structures, obscured paths of transmission, and an engagement in production and reproduction via unconventional means. Here Knight examines how viral structures are affected by, or can affect, the relationship between powerful institutions and the subjects of network society, arguing that though the viral structure opens up space for participation by media makers from underrepresented groups, the disruptive possibilities of this space are tempered by the pre-existing media models of control society. Methodologically, she combines close reading of texts with analysis of data patterns. Chapters two through four have accompanying digital companions and invite the reader to engage with the book’s materials.
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Fachgebiete
- Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Mediensoziologie
- Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Strömungen & Epochen
- Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften
- Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Professionelle Anwendung
Weitere Infos & Material
Introduction 1. Strange Signal: A Theory of the Viral Structure 2. Mutating Media: Transmission of the Ring Virus 3. The Work of the Viral Structure in the Age of Networked Transmission 4. Making Viral Structures and Counterpublics
