| Description |
1 online resource (108 pages.) |
| Contents |
Intro; Contents; About the Author; Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1. On-demand Culture and its Quirks ; A Bit More Context: Crew-Neck Capitalism -- Chapter 2. The Order of Things ; Ripping Up the Yellow Pages; The End of the NME and the Changing Sources of Cultural Information; Whatever Happened to the Mysterious Epicentre of the British Music Scene?; The Chaos of Music Genres; Why Is Everyone Talking About Algorithms?; Algorithms as Heroes and Villains; Cultural Acceleration 1: The Closure of Vine; Cultural Acceleration 2: Debut Number 1s and the Accelerating Pop Chart; Conclusion -- Chapter 3. Total Recall: The Past, Present and Future ; FutureBecoming Media Savvy: TV Game Shows and Social Change; Those Matter Out of Place Moments; Platform Nostalgia; Are Cassette Tapes Really Making a Comeback Too?; The Rise of the Comeback; Social Media and Memories; Conclusion -- Chapter 4. The Comforts and Discomforts of Connection The Comfort of a Smartphone; Bodies in Bubbles; The Comforts and Discomforts of Smartness; Social Media's Collective Backfiring; The Discomforting Power of Our Social Media Data; The Ideals and Tensions of Our Social Media Spaces -- Chapter 5. The Demands of On-demand Culture |
| Summary |
This book explores the quirks of digital culture. Through a series of short punchy chapters, it uses these quirks as momentary glimpses into the hidden dynamics of our swirling, highly mediated and often unfathomable cultural experiences. -- Provided by publisher |
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| Notes |
Description based on print version record |
| Subject |
Internet -- Social aspects
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Internet -- Technological innovations
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Mass media -- Social aspects
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Culture -- Internet
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
EBSCOhost
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| ISBN |
9781787699137 (electronic bk.) |
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1787699137 (electronic bk.) |
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