Yasmin Ibrahim

Digital Icons

Memes, Martyrs and Avatars

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book offers critical perspectives on the digital 'iconic', exploring how the notion of the iconic is re-appropriated and re-made online, and the consequences for humanity and society.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jenny Stanford Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 150
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Oktober 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9780367445539
• ISBN-10: 0367445530
• Artikelnr.: 59993989

Autorenporträt

Yasmin Ibrahim is Professor of Digital Economy and Culture at Queen Mary, University of London.

Inhaltsangabe

1. An Introduction: Digital Icons 2.The Shoe and the American President
3.Martyrdom and the Mobile Phone 4. Tank Man as the Unknown Icon 5.The
'Jihadi Bride' as a Media Icon 6. The Iconic Migrant Body 7. The Napalm
Girl and Platform Capital 8. Digital Icons - Recombined with Speed in the
Digital Age