The Internet Is for Cats: How Animal Images Shape Our Digital Lives
Author:   Jessica Maddox
Publisher:   Rutgers University Press
ISBN:  

9781978827912


Pages:   254
Publication Date:   14 October 2022
Recommended Age:   From 16 to 99 years
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Jessica Maddox
Publisher:   Rutgers University Press
Imprint:   Rutgers University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.313kg
ISBN:  

9781978827912


ISBN 10:   1978827911
Pages:   254
Publication Date:   14 October 2022
Recommended Age:   From 16 to 99 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

"Contents List of Illustrations Introduction    1          Kittens in Context                     2          “I’ve Heard People on TikTok Love This"": Attention as Materiality and Looking Relation      3          Beyond Doomscrolling in an Internet of Cute           4          “You Can’t Buy Happiness, But You Can Rescue It”: Neoliberal Pets and Animals  5          Feels Good, Man: Collisions, Collusions, and Cloaks in Pet and Animal Social Media       6          Nature is Healing, We are the Virus: Beyond Signifiers                                                       Appendix Acknowledgments Bibliography   Index"

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By exploring the ambivalent overlaps between attention, cuteness, toxicity, and neoliberalism - among other key themes - in animal imagery sharing practices, The Internet is for Cats is essential reading for understanding how and why the fun of animal memes is serious cultural business. --Whitney Phillips author of You Are Here: A Field Guide for Navigating Polarized Speech, Conspiracy Theories, and Our Polluted Media Landscape


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JESSICA MADDOX is an assistant professor in the Department of Journalism and Creative Media at the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa.

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