C. Waite

The Digital Evolution of an American Identity

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the impact of digital technologies and culture on the American individualistic tradition. It examines the effects of the digital revolution on current legal and social practices - including such issues as intellectual property and privacy - to argue that neither an individualistic nor a collectivist perspective adequately captures the identities created through the digital environment or serves as a reference point for understanding the self and society.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 130
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Dezember 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 340g
• ISBN-13: 9780415897617
• ISBN-10: 0415897610
• Artikelnr.: 33259200

Autorenporträt

C. Waite is professor and chair of the department of Communication at Hamilton College. Her work is interdisciplinary, drawing on the traditions of the social sciences and humanities. Her research focuses on the ways in which the human and technological interface alters the social domain. An earlier book, Mediation and the Communication Matrix was published in 2003 by Peter Lang.

Inhaltsangabe

Section I. 1. The American Dilemma 2. The Promise and Peril 3. Challenges
of a Digital Culture Section II. 4. Self versus Society: Inherent Tensions
5. The Evolution of the First Amendment 6. Inner and Outer Experience
Section III. 7. New Forms of Conversations and Communities 8. The Challenge
of Interdependence 9. Beyond the Dichotomy of Self and Society