| Description |
1 online resource (x, 205 pages) |
| Contents |
Introduction: Self-Representation and Digital Culture -- Histories of Self-Representation -- Mediation -- Broadcasters -- Museums and Art Worlds -- Self-Representation Online -- Self-Representation, Digital Culture and Genre |
| Summary |
Taking a close look at ordinary people 'telling their own story', Nancy Thumim explores self-representations in contemporary digital culture in settings as diverse as reality TV, online storytelling, and oral histories displayed in museums. Self-Representation and Digital Culture addresses the institutional contexts of production, technology and form of the texts, and the point of view of those who represent themselves. This highly original research examines how contradictory and widely different politics inform and shape examples of 'speaking for oneself'. Thumim argues that analysis and theorization of the activity of self-representation is vital for media, communication and cultural studies at a time when examples of this genre both surround us and appear, at first glance, to all be alike |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Self-presentation in mass media.
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Digital media -- Social aspects
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Media studies.
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Cultural studies.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Television -- General.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Media Studies.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
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Media Studies.
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Digital media -- Social aspects
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Self-presentation in mass media
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Verhalen.
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Reality-TV.
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Media studies.
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Cultural studies.
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Media Studies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781137265135 |
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1137265132 |
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