Personal Media and Everyday Life: A Networked Lifeworld

By Terje Rasmussen

Book Overview

This book addresses the widespread use of digital personal media in daily life. With a sociological and historical perspective, it explores the media-enhanced individualization and rationalization of the lifeworld, discussing the dramatic mediatization of daily life and calling on theorists such as McLuhan, Habermas and Goffman.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137446455
• ISBN13: 9781137446459
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: Palgrave Pivot
• Length: 141 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"