Toys, games, and media
What does it mean that we can be reached on our mobile phones wherever we are and at all times? What are the cultural consequences if we are informed about & lsquo;everything and anything important & rsquo; via television? How are our political, religious and ethnic belongings i…
"We are Data explores what identity means in an algorithmic age: how it works, how our lives are controlled by it, and how we can resist it. Algorithms are everywhere, organizing the near limitless data that exists in our world. Derived from our every search, like, click, and pu…
Algorithms are everywhere, organizing the near-limitless data that exists in our world. Drawing on our every search, like, click, and purchase, algorithms determine the news we get, the ads we see, the information accessible to us, and even who our friends are. These complex con…
This book is about online subcultures taking shape in the force field between control and subversion. Combining classic theories of space, power and resistance with current case studies of digital piracy, online activism and remix culture, the book develops a cultural theory of …