Cultural Technologies (eBook, ePUB)

The Shaping of Culture in Media and Society
Redaktion: Bolin, Göran

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Covering diverse themes such as intellectual property, media and architecture, satellite debris, server farms and search engines, art installations, surveillance, peer-to-peer file-sharing, the construction of techno-history and much more, this book discusses both the culture of technology that we live in today, and culture as technology.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 222
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. September 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136302961
• Artikelnr.: 38461672

Autorenporträt

Goran Bolin is Professor of Media & Communication Studies at Sodertorn University.

Inhaltsangabe

Selected Contents: 1. Introduction: Cultural Technologies in Cultures of
Technology Göran BolinPart 1: Histories of Cultural Technologies 2. The
Algorithmic Turn: Photosynth, Augmented Reality and the Changing
Implications of the Image William Uricchio 3. The Compact Disc and Its
Culture: Notes on Melancholia Eric Rothenbuhler 4. Peer-to-peer
File-sharing Systems: Files, Objects, Distribution Mats Björkin 5.
Technostruggles and the Satellite Dish: A Populist Approach to
Infrastructure Lisa ParksPart 2: Epistemologies of Cultural Technologies
6. Being `Accountable¿: TV Audiences and Surveillance Toby Miller 7. Time,
Space and Clouds of Information: Data Center Discourse and the Meaning of
Durability Peter Jakobsson and Fredrik Stiernstedt 8. Search Engines in
Practice: Structure and Culture in Technical Development Elizabeth Van
Couvering 9. Technology and Epistemology: Information Policy and Desire
Sandra BramanPart 3: Uses of Cultural Technologies 10. Web 2.0 Technologies
of the Self Maria Bakardjieva and Georgia Gaden 11. Virtual Technologies of
Nation-States. State Administration in Second Life Stina Bengtsson 12. The
Scary Promise of Technology: Developing New Forms of Audience Research
Joke Hermes