Digital technologies of the self / edited by Yasmine Abbas and Fred Dervin.

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TextPublisher: Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2009Description: 1 online resource (205 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781443815970
1443815977
1443814199
9781443814195
1282481347
9781282481343
9786612481345
661248134X

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Digital Technologies of the Self.DDC classification:

303.4834

LOC classification:

HM742 .D543 2009

Other classification:

71.43

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Contents:

Identity in a world of ambient intelligence / Katja de Vries -- I judged you at Starbucks -- identification and regulation of the non-persistent subject on craigslist Missed Connections / Jed Brubaker -- Practicing identity in the digital game world: the Turkish tribes' community practices in "Silkroad online" / Mutlu Binark and Güseli Bayraktutan Sütcü -- Mobilization and peer-to-peer identity: an investigation of Barack Obama's presidential campaign / Yasmine Abbas -- The ideology of the self in ludic digital worlds / Olivier Mauco -- Whatever I am, wherever I am, how does it matter? ... why does it matter? Egocasting in-between identities / Fred Dervin and Tanja Riikonen -- Collect to connect in the mobile age / Cati Vaucelle -- New technologies of the self and social networking sites: hospitality exchange clubs and the changing nature of tourism and identity / Michael O'Regan.

Summary: Inspired by the "technologies of the self" theorized by Michel Foucault in the early 1980s, this volume investigates how contemporary individuals fashion their identity/identities using digital technologies such as ambient intelligent devices, social networking platforms and online communities (Facebook, CouchSurfing and craigslist), online gaming (SilkRoad Online, Oblivion and World of Warcraft), podcasts, etc. Other high-speed internet access, ubiquitous computing and generous storage capaci ...

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Inspired by the "technologies of the self" theorized by Michel Foucault in the early 1980s, this volume investigates how contemporary individuals fashion their identity/identities using digital technologies such as ambient intelligent devices, social networking platforms and online communities (Facebook, CouchSurfing and craigslist), online gaming (SilkRoad Online, Oblivion and World of Warcraft), podcasts, etc. Other high-speed internet access, ubiquitous computing and generous storage capaci ...