ISBN:
9781433166914
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
xvi, 270 Seiten
Serie:
Digital formations vol. 121
Serie:
Digital formations
DDC:
302.23
Schlagwort(e):
Information technology Social aspects
;
Mass media Social aspects
;
Spam (Electronic mail) Social aspects
;
Noise Social aspects
;
Internet
;
Gesetzgebung
;
Lobbyismus
;
Werbewirtschaft
;
Cookie
;
Spam-Mail
;
Geschichte 1999-2004
;
Facebook
;
Content
;
Abweichendes Verhalten
;
Filter
;
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
;
Lärmschutz
;
Kooperation
;
Lärmbelastung
;
Definition
;
Geschichte 1930-1950
Kurzfassung:
"Forget everything you know about spam. Now, let's talk about spam. Digital Distortions is about the power behind producing deviant media categories. This book explores the politics behind categories we take for granted such as spam and noise, and what this power means for our broader understanding of media. Despite being an inseparable part of our lives, we know very little about these media categories. The book synthesizes approaches such as media theory, sound studies, feminist technoscience and software studies into a new composition to explore media power. Through the concepts of processed listening and rhythmedia, Digital Distortions draws on sound and sound's ability to cross boundaries as a conceptual framework to think and examine media power more productively. Drawing on repositories of legal, technical and archival sources, Digital Distortions amplifies three stories about media distortions. The book shows that spam received different names in different periods; it is part of a larger project to influence the way people think, understand, and engage with media. The book starts in the early 20th century with Bell Telephone's production of noise. The next story jumps several decades to the web metric standardization in the European Union and the production of spam. The final story focuses on the 2010s and the way Facebook constructs unwanted behaviours. These stories show how deviant categories re-draw boundaries between human and non-human, public and private spaces, and, importantly, social and antisocial"--
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references
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