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Culture and Politics in the Age of Digital Machines
1st Edition
Published on 30. August 2006
320 pages
978-0-8223-8847-0 (ISBN)
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Mark Poster considers how new media-from TiVO to digital file sharing-affects society, and he traces its implications for cultural theory and progressive political change.
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Mark Poster is Professor of History and of Film and Media Studies at the University of California, Irvine. His many books include What's the Matter with the Internet?; Cultural History and Postmodernity; The Second Media Age; and The Mode of Information.
Content
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1
I. Global Politics and New Media
1. Perfect Transmissions: Evil Bert laden 9
2. Postcolonial Theory and Global Media 26
3. The Information Empire 46
4. Citizens, Digital Media, and Globalization 67
II. The Culture of the Digital Self
5. Identity Theft and Media 87
6. The Aesthetics of Distracting Media 116
7. The Good, the Bad, and the Virtual 139
8. Psychoanalysis, the Body, and Information Machines 161
III. Digital Commodities in Everyday Life
9. Who Controls Digital Culture? 185
10. Everyday (Virtual) Life 211
11. Consumers, Users and Digital Commodities 231
12. Future Advertising: Dick's Ubik and the Digital Ad
Conclusion 267
Notes 269
References 281
Index 299
Introduction 1
I. Global Politics and New Media
1. Perfect Transmissions: Evil Bert laden 9
2. Postcolonial Theory and Global Media 26
3. The Information Empire 46
4. Citizens, Digital Media, and Globalization 67
II. The Culture of the Digital Self
5. Identity Theft and Media 87
6. The Aesthetics of Distracting Media 116
7. The Good, the Bad, and the Virtual 139
8. Psychoanalysis, the Body, and Information Machines 161
III. Digital Commodities in Everyday Life
9. Who Controls Digital Culture? 185
10. Everyday (Virtual) Life 211
11. Consumers, Users and Digital Commodities 231
12. Future Advertising: Dick's Ubik and the Digital Ad
Conclusion 267
Notes 269
References 281
Index 299
