The quirks of digital culture /
This book explores the quirks of digital culture. Through a series of short punchy chapters, it uses these quirks as momentary glimpses into the hidden dynamics of our swirling, highly mediated and often unfathomable cultural experiences. -- Provided by publisher
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Bingley, UK :
Emerald Publishing Limited,
2019
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Intro; Contents; About the Author; Acknowledgements
- Chapter 1. On-demand Culture and its Quirks ; A Bit More Context: Crew-Neck Capitalism
- Chapter 2. The Order of Things ; Ripping Up the Yellow Pages; The End of the NME and the Changing Sources of Cultural Information; Whatever Happened to the Mysterious Epicentre of the British Music Scene?; The Chaos of Music Genres; Why Is Everyone Talking About Algorithms?; Algorithms as Heroes and Villains; Cultural Acceleration 1: The Closure of Vine; Cultural Acceleration 2: Debut Number 1s and the Accelerating Pop Chart; Conclusion
- Chapter 3. Total Recall: The Past, Present and Future ; FutureBecoming Media Savvy: TV Game Shows and Social Change; Those Matter Out of Place Moments; Platform Nostalgia; Are Cassette Tapes Really Making a Comeback Too?; The Rise of the Comeback; Social Media and Memories; Conclusion
- Chapter 4. The Comforts and Discomforts of Connection The Comfort of a Smartphone; Bodies in Bubbles; The Comforts and Discomforts of Smartness; Social Media's Collective Backfiring; The Discomforting Power of Our Social Media Data; The Ideals and Tensions of Our Social Media Spaces
- Chapter 5. The Demands of On-demand Culture.
