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Author:   A.R.E. Taylor (University of Exeter)
Publisher:   Bristol University Press
Imprint:   Bristol University Press
ISBN:  

9781529233704

ISBN 10:   1529233704
Pages:   216
Publication Date:   26 February 2026
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction: A New Idyll Myth? - A.R.E. Taylor 2. ‘We Don’t Have Wi-Fi, Talk to Each Other’: Digital Disconnection in the Hospitality Industry - Alexandra Kviat 3. Digital Disconnection and Agency: Ambiguities, Differences and Continuities - Paula Helm 4. Selling the Promise of Presence: How Companies Promote Digital Disconnection and Detox Courses in Denmark - Kristoffer Albris, Malene Hornstrup Jespersen and Annika Isfeldt Disentangling 5. Digital Collapse and Doomsday Prepping - A.R.E. Taylor 6. Digital Representations on the Appalachian Trail: Complicating Experiences of Long-Distance Walking as an Analogue Idyll - Dave McLaughlin 7. Disconnecting Against Intrusion: Ethnographic Reflections from Kinshasa - Katrien Pype 8. Finding Digital Distance: Tactics in the New Digital Divide - Paul O’ Connor 9. Analogue Celebrity - Neil Ewen and A.R.E. Taylor 10. Analogue Labour: The Making of Vinyl Records and Craft Work after Digitization - Michael Palm 11. Fugitive Pathways: Seclusion, Ephemerality and Co-Presence in Higher Education - Lesley Gourlay

Reviews

‘Is the culture of connectivity giving rise to an age of technostalgia? This book provides you with illuminating analyses of how digitization leads to a new longing for disconnection and offline purity. A real eye opener!’ José van Dijck, Utrecht University

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A.R.E. Taylor is Lecturer in Communications at the University of Exeter, UK.

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