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David Arditi, Jennifer Miller - Dialectic of Digital Culture, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 2021

Dialectic of Digital Culture

Av David Arditi, Jennifer Miller

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This edited collection analyzes the role of digital technology in contemporary society dialectically. While many authors, journalists, and commentators have argued that the internet and digital technologies will bring us democracy, equality, and freedom, digital culture often results in loss of privacy, misinformation, and exploitation. This collection challenges celebratory readings of digital technology by suggesting digital culture's potential is limited because of its fundamental relationship to oppressive social forces.The Dialectic of Digital Culture explores ways the digital realm challenges and reproduces power. The contributors provide innovative case studies of various phenomenon including #metoo, Etsy, mommy blogs, music streaming, sustainability, and net neutrality to reveal the reproduction of neoliberal cultural logics. In seemingly transformative digital spaces, these essays provide dialectical readings that challenge dominant narratives about technology and study specific aspects of digital culture that are often under explored.Check out the blog for more: http://blog.uta.edu/digitaldialectic
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2021-10-18
  • Mått: 154 x 219 x 17 mm
  • Vikt: 445 g
  • Format: Häftad
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 260
  • Förlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
  • ISBN: 9781498589888
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David Arditi is associate professor of sociology and director of the Center for Theory at the University of Texas at Arlington.Jennifer Miller is lecturer of English at the University of Texas at Arlington.

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With a nod to Max Horkheimer and Theodor W. Adorno's classic work of critical cultural studies, Dialectic of Enlightenment (1944), in the title, this volume similarly seeks to challenge Enlightenment assumptions, namely that the embrace of science and technology results in human freedom, democratization, and social progress. Applying the critique and methodology of Horkheimer and Adorno's work on Enlightenment thinkers to postmodern ramifications of digital culture in the 21st century, editors Arditi and Miller (both, Univ. of Texas, Arlington) ably set the stage for 12 provocative essays in their introduction by outlining a dialectic approach to digital technology. An even balance is achieved through four sections organized by theme: power, politics, culture, and humanity; each section has three essays. The authors tackle the promise of technology to promote social justice and the contradictions or paradoxes that arise in practice, often outside the awareness of users. They also address thorny digital-era concepts such as net neutrality, streaming, and privacy with analytical insight and often a dose of editorializing that is critical of government and corporate interests in and control of technology.Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty.

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