Overview
Superheroes and Digital Perspectives: Super Data examines the intersection of the superhero genre and issues of the internet, data, and digital media to provide not only a posthuman study of the superhero, but also an examination of the ways in which the superhero acts as a lens for our interactions with technology. Contributions to this collection range from the virality of the superhero as political expression to human-nonhuman relations, social expectations, and trends in cultural products. Providing fruitful, rigorous analysis of this genre in the context of ubiquitous handheld networked technology, social media, and data harvesting techniques, this book will be of particular interest to scholars of media studies, posthuman studies, communication, and popular culture.
Full Product Details
Author: Sarah Young ,
Freyja McCreery ,
Daniel Trottier ,
Christian Gonzatti
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint: Lexington Books
Dimensions:
Width: 15.80cm
, Height: 1.90cm
, Length: 23.80cm
Weight: 0.458kg
ISBN: 9781666952193
ISBN 10: 1666952192
Pages: 172
Publication Date: 18 April 2024
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
This book succeeds magnificently in opening up and illuminating the dynamic interplay between the global phenomenon of superheroes and the digital world in which we live. Richly and scrupulously researched, Superheroes and Digital Perspectives: Super Data is an important book and a stimulating read. -- Torsten Caeners, University of Duisburg-Essen Superheroes and Digital Perspectives considers how the superhero narrative is both shaped and informed by digital assemblages. This timely book examines how the superhero is often empowered by digital technologies; is mediated by digital technology within the narrative text; and is consumed and disseminated to an audience and readership that is itself fragmented and mediated by digital and social media. Exploring television, film and video-games, this new work on superhero culture is an important addition for scholars of popular media. -- Robert Hyland, Queen's University
Superheroes and Digital Perspectives considers how the superhero narrative is both shaped and informed by digital assemblages. This timely book examines how the superhero is often empowered by digital technologies; is mediated by digital technology within the narrative text; and is consumed and disseminated to an audience and readership that is itself fragmented and mediated by digital and social media. Exploring television, film and video-games, this new work on superhero culture is an important addition for scholars of popular media. --Robert Hyland, Queen's University This book succeeds magnificently in opening up and illuminating the dynamic interplay between the global phenomenon of superheroes and the digital world in which we live. Richly and scrupulously researched, Superheroes and Digital Perspectives: Super Data is an important book and a stimulating read. --Torsten Caeners, University of Duisburg-Essen
This book succeeds magnificently in opening up and illuminating the dynamic interplay between the global phenomenon of superheroes and the digital world in which we live. Richly and scrupulously researched, Superheroes and Digital Perspectives: Super Data is an important book and a stimulating read. --Torsten Caeners, University of Duisburg-Essen
Author Information
Sarah Young is a postdoctoral researcher in the Media and Communication Department at Erasmus University. Freyja McCreery is a freelance researcher and PhD candidate.
