Cinematic Perspectives on Digital Culture: Consorting with the Machine

By Norman Taylor

Book Overview

Exploring research into mobile phone use as props to subjective identity, Norman Taylor employs concepts from Michelle Foucault, Gilles Deleuze and actor network theory to discuss the affect of mechanisms of make-believe, from celebrity culture to avatar-obsessed game players, and digital culture.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349335185
• ISBN13: 9781349335183
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"