ISBN:
9780745671475
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (212 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Print version Webcam
DDC:
306.46
Keywords:
Television cameras
;
Webcams
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
The use of webcam, especially through Skype, has recently become established as one more standard media technology, but so far there has been no attempt to assess its fundamental nature and consequences. Yet webcam has profound implications for many facets of human life, from self-consciousness and intimacy to the sustaining of long-distance relationships and the place of the visual within social communications.Based on research in London and Trinidad, this book shows how 'always-on' webcam is becoming an entirely different phenomenon from the initial use of webcam as a videophone. Webcam is e
Description / Table of Contents:
Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1: Conclusion: A Theory of Attainment; Skype and webcam; A theory of attainment; Webcam and attainment; A note on method and context; 2: Self-Consciousness; Self-consciousness and embarrassment; Is this the real you?; The Eye in Isis; Conclusion; 3: Intimacy; Always-on; Other forms of intimacy; Monique; Sex; Shantel; Stephanie; Donovan; Tonia; Conclusion; 4: The Sense of Place; Living inside the web; Attention; De-stabilizing the home; Establishing location; Jason and Nikhil; A balancing act; Monique and Transnational Domestic Life
Description / Table of Contents:
Conclusion5: Maintaining Relationships; Parents; Emily; Nadine and Alia; Grandparents and toddlers; Vera; Siblings; Kendra; Friends; Whitney; Jamie; Conclusion; 6: Polymedia; Introduction: polymedia as theory; Cost; Remediation; Christian; The BlackBerry connection; Emotions and power; Olivia: Creating Relationships; Polymedia within Skype; 7: Visibility; Webcam as truth and trust; Webcam as functionality and efficiency; Webcam as community and sociality; Madeira Shoes; Conclusions to this chapter; A theory of attainment in the light of our ethnography; References; Index
Note:
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