C. Waite

The Digital Evolution of an American Identity (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The Digital Evolution of an American Identity details how the concept of American individualism is challenged by the digital revolution. As digital media alter our print-dominant culture, assumptions regarding the relationship of the individual to the larger community become increasingly problematic. Current arguments regarding freedom of speech and confusion about what is meant by privacy illustrate the nature of the challenge. C. Waite argues that though the transition from a print-based culture to the digital domain entails a global revolution, American culture will suffer the consequences of that revolution more profoundly than other cultures because the concept of American individualism is foundational to its democratic way of life.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 144
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Januar 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135074616
• Artikelnr.: 42827882

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