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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: David Beer (University of York, UK)Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited Imprint: Emerald Publishing Limited ISBN: 9781787699168ISBN 10: 1787699161 Pages: 120 Publication Date: 11 October 2019 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsChapter 1. On-demand Culture and its Quirks Chapter 2. The Order of Things Chapter 3. Total Recall: The Past, Present and Future Chapter 4. The Comforts and Discomforts of Connection Chapter 5. The Demands of On-demand CultureReviewsBy revealing the intricacies and complexities of contemporary culture, this book opens up new ways to understand and interpret everyday experiences and does so in a way that is accessible even in today's attention-poor environment. In a nutshell, this is a highly recommended book. -- LSE Review of Books 'One of Britain's sharpest observers of the internet' -- Peter Pomerantsev, Senior Fellow, LSE and the Author of 'Nothing is True and Everything is Possible, Adventures in Modern Russia' 'One of Britain's sharpest observers of the internet' -- Peter Pomerantsev, Senior Fellow, LSE and the Author of 'Nothing is True and Everything is Possible, Adventures in Modern Russia' 'One of Britain's sharpest observers of the internet' -- Peter Pomerantsev, Senior Fellow, LSE and the Author of 'Nothing is True and Everything is Possible, Adventures in Modern Russia' By revealing the intricacies and complexities of contemporary culture, this book opens up new ways to understand and interpret everyday experiences and does so in a way that is accessible even in today's attention-poor environment. In a nutshell, this is a highly recommended book. -- LSE Review of Books Author InformationDavid Beer is Professor of Sociology at the University of York, UK. He is the author of Georg Simmel’s Concluding Thoughts (2019), The Data Gaze (2018), Metric Power (2016), Punk Sociology (2014), Popular Culture and New Media: The Politics of Circulation (2013) and New Media: The Key Concepts (2008, with Nicholas Gane) and is the editor of The Social Power of Algorithms (2018). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |