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Avatar, Assembled: The Social and Technical Anatomy of Digital Bodies
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i.d.R. innert 14-24 Tagen versandfertig |
Veröffentlichung: |
November 2017
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Genre: |
Wirtschaft / Recht |
ISBN: |
9781433138287 |
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9781433138287 |
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Peter Lang |
Einband: |
Gebunden |
Sprache: |
English
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Dimensionen: |
H 231 mm / B 155 mm / D 25 mm |
Gewicht: |
632 gr |
Seiten: |
344 |
Zus. Info: |
HC runder Rücken kaschiert |
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Inhalt: |
Avatar, Assembled is a curated volume that unpacks videogame and virtual world avatars¿not as a monolithic phenomenon (as they are usually framed) but as sociotechnical assemblages, pieced together from social (human-like) features like voice and gesture to technical (machine-like) features like graphics and glitches. Each chapter accounts for the empirical, theoretical, technical, and popular understandings of these avatar "components"¿60 in total¿altogether offering a nuanced explication of avatars-as-assemblages as they matter in contemporary society and in individual experience. The volume is a "crossover" piece in that, while it delves into complex ideas, it is written in a way that will be accessible and interesting to students, researchers, designers, and practitioners alike. |
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