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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Dominic PettmanPublisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd Imprint: Polity Press Dimensions: Width: 13.00cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 19.80cm Weight: 0.322kg ISBN: 9781509502264ISBN 10: 1509502262 Pages: 140 Publication Date: 15 January 2016 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Preface: There is Nothing Outside the Texting Chapter 1: Hypermodulation (or the Digital Mood-Ring) Chapter 2: The Will-to-Synchronize Chapter 3: Slaves to the Algorithm Chapter 4: NSFW: The Fappening, and Other Erotic Distractions Conclusion: Chasing the Unicorn Notes BibliographyReviewsThe social media of 'Web 2.0' distract us to death, yet they also demand and absorb all our attention. They make us all interchangeable with one another, yet they also divide us into tiny groups that never meet or interact. In Infinite Distraction, Dominic Pettman takes the measure of these odd paradoxes and cuts the Gordian knot of perplexity in which they leave us. Steven Shaviro, Wayne State University Infinite Distraction offers a critical analysis that is itself attentive to the various nuances of how a new kind of selfhood is being synchronized in screen-based networking. this provocative text is written with flair; it functions as a necessary manual to understand the massive grey zone somewhere between the preprogrammed and the accidental. Jussi Parikka, University of Southampton The social media of 'Web 2.0' distract us to death, yet they also demand and absorb all our attention. They make us all interchangeable with one another, yet they also divide us into tiny groups that never meet or interact. In Infinite Distraction, Dominic Pettman takes the measure of these odd paradoxes and cuts the Gordian knot of perplexity in which they leave us. Steven Shaviro, Wayne State University Infinite Distraction offers a critical analysis that is itself attentive to the various nuances of how a new kind of selfhood is being synchronized in screen-based networking. This provocative text is written with flair; it functions as a necessary manual to understand the massive grey zone somewhere between the preprogrammed and the accidental. Jussi Parikka, University of Southampton Author InformationDOMINIC PETTMAN is Chair of Liberal Studies, New School for Social Research, and Professor of Culture and Media, Eugene Lang College. He has held previous positions at the University of Melbourne, the University of Geneva, and the University of Amsterdam. He is the author or co-author of a large number of publications on technology and society. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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