Digital Keywords: A Vocabulary of Information Society and Culture by Benjamin Pe

Description: FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE Digital Keywords by Benjamin Peters In the age of search, keywords increasingly organize research, teaching, and even thought itself. Inspired by Raymond Williamss 1976 classic Keywords, the timely collection Digital Keywords gathers pointed, provocative short essays on more than two dozen keywords by leading and rising digital media scholars from the areas of anthropology, digital FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description In the age of search, keywords increasingly organize research, teaching, and even thought itself. Inspired by Raymond Williamss 1976 classic Keywords, the timely collection Digital Keywords gathers pointed, provocative short essays on more than two dozen keywords by leading and rising digital media scholars from the areas of anthropology, digital humanities, history, political science, philosophy, religious studies, rhetoric, science and technology studies, and sociology. Digital Keywords examines and critiques the rich lexicon animating the emerging field of digital studies. This collection broadens our understanding of how we talk about the modern world, particularly of the vocabulary at work in information technologies. Contributors scrutinize each keyword independently: for example, the recent pairing of digital and analog is separated, while classic terms such as community, culture, event, memory, and democracy are treated in light of their historical and intellectual importance.Metaphors of the cloud in cloud computing and the mirror in data mirroring combine with recent and radical uses of terms such as information, sharing, gaming, algorithm, and internet to reveal previously hidden insights into contemporary life. Bookended by a critical introduction and a list of over two hundred other digital keywords, these essays provide concise, compelling arguments about our current mediated condition. Digital Keywords delves into what language does in todays information revolution and why it matters. Back Cover " Digital Keywords interrogates some of the words at the center of our socio-technical world, revealing the way in which the digital has reconfigured culture. This inspiring book is essential for all who are trying to understand our contemporary mediated society. Its a pure delight for anyone who hasnt stopped to think about the power of these words." --danah boyd, founder of Data & Society and author of Its Complicated: The Social Lives of Networked Teens " Digital Keywords is fascinating, erudite, informative, and delightful. This is a cabinet of present-day wonders to which Im sure Ill return many times." --Todd Gitlin, Columbia University "The distinguished contributors of Digital Keywords analyze the ways language has changed as a result of the digital revolution. The result is an engaging and readable tour through important concepts in scholarly debate and public discourse." --Daniel Kreiss, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Author Biography Benjamin Peters is assistant professor of communication at the University of Tulsa and affiliated faculty at the Information Society Project at Yale Law School. Table of Contents Acknowledgments xi Introduction, Benjamin Peters xiii 1 Activism, Guobin Yang 1 2 Algorithm, Tarleton Gillespie 18 3 Analog, Jonathan Sterne 31 4 Archive, Katherine D. Harris 45 5 Cloud, John Durham Peters 54 6 Community, Rosemary Avance 63 7 Culture, Ted Striphas 70 8 Democracy, Rasmus Kleis Nielsen 81 9 Digital, Benjamin Peters 93 10 Event, Julia Sonnevend 109 11 Flow, Sandra Braman 118 12 Forum, Hope Forsyth 132 13 Gaming, Saugata Bhaduri 140 14 Geek, Christina Dunbar-Hesterv 149 15 Hacker, Gabriella Coleman 158 16 Information, Bernard Geoghegan 173 17 Internet, Thomas Streeter 184 18 Meme, Limor Shifman 197 19 Memory, Steven Schrag 206 20 Mirror, Adam Fish 217 21 Participation, Christopher Kelty 227 22 Personalization, Stephanie Ricker Schulte 242 23 Prototype, Fred Turner 256 24 Sharing, Nicholas A. John 269 25 Surrogate, Jeffrey Drouin 278 Appendix: Over Two Hundred Digital Keywords 287 About the Contributors 291 Index 297 Review "[A] new and revolutionary publication... Digital Keywords serves as an in-depth interrogation of the meaning and development of digitised language... Those wishing to gain a deeper understanding of the modern, digital world we all inhabit would be well advised to begin by taking a look at this book. Just as Keywords made its way firmly onto reference shelves in the 1970s, so too will Digital Keywords today."--Jade Fell, Engineering and Technology "This a good springboard to spark a discussion about the cultural and social significance of a select set of words in the context of a computer-mediated society and culture."--Choice Prizes Winner of 2017 Susanne K. Langer Award for Outstanding Scholarship in the Ecology of Symbolic Form, Media Ecology Association 2017 Long Description In the age of search, keywords increasingly organize research, teaching, and even thought itself. Inspired by Raymond Williamss 1976 classic Keywords, the timely collection Digital Keywords gathers pointed, provocative short essays on more than two dozen keywords by leading and rising digital media scholars from the areas of anthropology, digital humanities, history, political science, philosophy, religious studies, rhetoric, science and technology studies, and sociology. Digital Keywords examines and critiques the rich lexicon animating the emerging field of digital studies. This collection broadens our understanding of how we talk about the modern world, particularly of the vocabulary at work in information technologies. Contributors scrutinize each keyword independently: for example, the recent pairing of digital and analog is separated, while classic terms such as community, culture, event, memory, and democracy are treated in light of their historical and intellectual importance.Metaphors of the cloud in cloud computing and the mirror in data mirroring combine with recent and radical uses of terms such as information, sharing, gaming, algorithm, and internet to reveal previously hidden insights into contemporary life. Bookended by a critical introduction and a list of over two hundred other digital keywords, these essays provide concise, compelling arguments about our current mediated condition. Digital Keywords delves into what language does in todays information revolution and why it matters. Review Quote This a good springboard to spark a discussion about the cultural and social significance of a select set of words in the context of a computer-mediated society and culture. Details ISBN0691167346 Short Title DIGITAL KEYWORDS Publisher Princeton University Press Language English ISBN-10 0691167346 ISBN-13 9780691167343 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2016 Imprint Princeton University Press Subtitle A Vocabulary of Information Society and Culture Place of Publication New Jersey Country of Publication United States Edited by Benjamin Peters DEWEY 302.231 Illustrations 3 halftones. 1 table. Pages 352 Author Benjamin Peters Publication Date 2016-06-07 Translated from English Series Number 8 UK Release Date 2016-06-07 NZ Release Date 2016-06-07 US Release Date 2016-06-07 Alternative 9780691167336 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education Series Princeton Studies in Culture and Technology AU Release Date 2016-08-15 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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