ISBN:
9781443814195
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (205 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version Digital Technologies of the Self
DDC:
303.4834
Keywords:
Electronic books
;
Aufsatzsammlung
Abstract:
Inspired by the "technologies of the self" theorized by Michel Foucault in the early 1980s, this volume investigates how contemporary individuals fashion their identity/identities using digital technologies such as ambient intelligent devices, social networking platforms and online communities (Facebook, CouchSurfing and craigslist), online gaming (SilkRoad Online, Oblivion and World of Warcraft), podcasts, etc. Other high-speed internet access, ubiquitous computing and generous storage capaci
Description / Table of Contents:
TABLE OF CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; SURVEILLANCE AND IDENTITY; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; DIGITAL POLITICAL IDENTITY; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; WE SURF THEREFORE I AM; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; IDENTITY GATHERING; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS;
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
