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Worlding : identity, media, and imagination in a digital age / David Trend.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Trend, David.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Internet--Social aspects.
- Internet.
- Virtual reality--Social aspects.
- Virtual reality.
- Mass media and technology--Social aspects.
- Mass media and technology.
- Identity (Psychology) and mass media.
- Mass media and globalization.
- Social aspects.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 179 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Boulder : Paradigm Publishers, [2013]
- Summary:
- Worlding brings ideas about "virtual" places and societies together with perceptions about the "real" world in an era of mounting global uncertainty. As mass media and the Internet consume ever-increasing portions of our lives, are we becoming disengaged from face-to-face human interaction and real-world concerns? Or is the virtual world actually bringing people closer together and making them more involved with social issues? Worlding argues that the "virtual" and the "real" are profoundly interconnected, often in ways we don't fully appreciate. Drawing on sociology, cultural studies, philosophy, media analysis, and technology studies, Worlding makes the argument that virtual experience and social networking can be vital links to Utopian visions and an appreciation of the world's diversity. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- 1 Introduction 1
- Virtual or Real? 1
- Worlding and Identity 4
- 2 World Systems of Thought 9
- Time and Memory 10
- Knowledge Domains 13
- World Philosophy 17
- Cosmology 22
- Utopia 24
- 3 Consuming Desires 37
- Getting and Spending 42
- Wants versus Needs 44
- Consumer Society 45
- Shopping in Space 49
- 4 Mapping Media 54
- Communication Territories 54
- Growing Up with Media 62
- Representation and Storytelling 68
- The Media Entertainment Complex 71
- 5 Destination America 85
- Americana Dreams 88
- The Jewel City 91
- Casino Capitalist 92
- Be a Tourist in Your Own Town 94
- 6 Virtual Culture 100
- Virtual Worlds in Historical Perspective 100
- Imagined Communities 104
- Immersive Games 108
- Convergence Culture 115
- 7 The Mean World 131
- The Mean World Syndrome 132
- Shock and Awe 134
- Witnessing Violence 137
- We Like to Watch 142
- Crime and Punishment 145
- 8 Globalization 151
- Resources and Crises 153
- Science and Belief 163
- The Post-American World 166
- Hope and the Future 168.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781612052304
- 1612052304
- 9781612052311
- 1612052312
- OCLC:
- 759916670
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