The Ambivalent Internet - Ryan M. Milner, Whitney Phillips

The Ambivalent Internet

Mischief, Oddity, and Antagonism Online
Buch | Softcover
240 Seiten
2017
Polity Press (Verlag)
978-1-5095-0127-4 (ISBN)
20,90 inkl. MwSt
This book explores the weird and mean and in-between that characterize everyday expression online, from absurdist photoshops to antagonistic Twitter hashtags to deceptive identity play.

Whitney Phillips and Ryan M. Milner focus especially on the ambivalence of this expression: the fact that it is too unwieldy, too variable across cases, to be essentialized as old or new, vernacular or institutional, generative or destructive. Online expression is, instead, all of the above.

This ambivalence, the authors argue, hinges on available digital tools. That said, there is nothing unexpected or surprising about even the strangest online behavior. Ours is a brave new world, and there is nothing new under the sun - a point necessary to understanding not just that online spaces are rife with oddity, mischief, and antagonism, but why these behaviors matter.

The Ambivalent Internet is essential reading for students and scholars of digital media and related fields across the humanities, as well as anyone interested in mediated culture and expression.

Ryan M. Milner is Assistant Professor of Communication at the College of Charleston.

Whitney Phillips is Assistant Professor of Literary Studies and Writing at Penfield College, Mercer University.

Contents Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Folkloric Expression 2. Identity Play 3. Constitutive Humor 4. Collective Storytelling 5. Public Debate Conclusion Notes References Index

Erscheinungsdatum
Verlagsort Oxford
Sprache englisch
Maße 149 x 208 mm
Gewicht 338 g
Einbandart kartoniert
Themenwelt Informatik Web / Internet Social Web
Sozialwissenschaften Kommunikation / Medien Kommunikationswissenschaft
Sozialwissenschaften Kommunikation / Medien Medienwissenschaft
Schlagworte Digitale Medien • Identität • Internet • Kulturwissenschaft • social media • Soziale Medien • Trolle
ISBN-10 1-5095-0127-4 / 1509501274
ISBN-13 978-1-5095-0127-4 / 9781509501274
Zustand Neuware
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