The crisis of presence in contemporary culture : ethics, privacy and disclosure in mediated social life / Vincent Miller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Miller, Vincent (Vincent Alward), author.

Series:

Sage swifts

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Identity (Psychology) and mass media.

Identity (Psychology) |x Social aspects.

Mass media and culture.

Individualism.

Social interaction.

Physical Description:

vi, 132 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

London Sage Publications Ltd 2016.

Summary:

This book looks closely at how digital networks are changing our personal sense of self, and argues that the traditional division between self and mass media no longer applies.

Contents:

1.Metaphysical and Technological Presence

2.Presence, Proximity and Ethical Behaviour Online

3.`Find Love in Canada': Distributed Selves, Abstraction and the Problem of Privacy and Autonomy

4.`Going to Africa...': The Problem of Speech in a World Where We Write Instead of Talk

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographic references and index.

ISBN:

9781473906570

1473906571

OCLC:

935715933