Online a Lot of the Time - 9780822344483
Un libro in lingua di Ken Hillis edito da Duke Univ Pr, 2009
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Hillis analyzes forms of ritual and fetishism made possible through second-generation virtual environments such as Second Life and the popular practice of using webcams to “lifecast” one's life online twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. Discussing how people create and identify with their electronic avatars, he shows how the customs of virtual-world chat reinforce modern consumer-based subjectivities, allowing individuals to both identify with and distance themselves from their characters. His consideration of web-cam cultures links the ritual of exposing one's life online to a politics of visibility. Hillis argues that these new “rituals of transmission” are compelling because they provide a seemingly material trace of the actual person on the other side of the interface.
Informazioni bibliografiche
- Titolo del Libro in lingua: Online a Lot of the Time
- Sottotitolo: Ritual, Fetish, Sign
- Lingua: English
- Autore: Ken Hillis
- Editore: Duke Univ Pr
- Collana: Duke Univ Pr (Paperback)
- Data di Pubblicazione: 01 Maggio '09
- Genere: SOCIAL SCIENCE
- Argomenti : Web 2.0 Social aspects Online social networks Online identities
- Pagine: 316
- Dimensioni mm: 222 x 152 x 25
- ISBN-10: 0822344483
- EAN-13: 9780822344483