Moving Data

The iPhone and the Future of Media

Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Technology, Engineering, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Cultural Studies, Popular Culture
Cover of the book Moving Data by , Columbia University Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: ISBN: 9780231504386
Publisher: Columbia University Press Publication: July 10, 2012
Imprint: Columbia University Press Language: English
Author:
ISBN: 9780231504386
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication: July 10, 2012
Imprint: Columbia University Press
Language: English

The iPhone has revolutionized not only how people communicate but also how we consume and produce culture. Combining traditional and social media with mobile connectivity, smartphones have redefined and expanded the dimensions of everyday life, allowing individuals to personalize media as they move and process constant flows of data. Today, millions of consumers love and live by their iPhones, but what are the implications of its special technology on society, media, and culture?

Featuring an eclectic mix of original essays, Moving Data explores the iPhone as technological prototype, lifestyle gadget, and platform for media creativity. Media experts, cultural critics, and scholars consider the device's newness and usability—even its "lickability"—and its "biographical" story. The book illuminates patterns of consumption; the fate of solitude against smartphone ubiquity; the economy of the App Store and its perceived "crisis of choice"; and the distance between the accessibility of digital information and the protocols governing its use. Alternating between critical and conceptual analyses, essays link the design of participatory media to the iPhone's technological features and sharing routines, and they follow the extent to which the pleasures of gesture-based interfaces are redefining media use and sensory experience. They also consider how user-led innovations, collaborative mapping, and creative empowerment are understood and reconciled through changes in mobile surveillance, personal rights, and prescriptive social software. Presenting a range of perspectives and arguments, this book reorients the practice and study of media critique.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

The iPhone has revolutionized not only how people communicate but also how we consume and produce culture. Combining traditional and social media with mobile connectivity, smartphones have redefined and expanded the dimensions of everyday life, allowing individuals to personalize media as they move and process constant flows of data. Today, millions of consumers love and live by their iPhones, but what are the implications of its special technology on society, media, and culture?

Featuring an eclectic mix of original essays, Moving Data explores the iPhone as technological prototype, lifestyle gadget, and platform for media creativity. Media experts, cultural critics, and scholars consider the device's newness and usability—even its "lickability"—and its "biographical" story. The book illuminates patterns of consumption; the fate of solitude against smartphone ubiquity; the economy of the App Store and its perceived "crisis of choice"; and the distance between the accessibility of digital information and the protocols governing its use. Alternating between critical and conceptual analyses, essays link the design of participatory media to the iPhone's technological features and sharing routines, and they follow the extent to which the pleasures of gesture-based interfaces are redefining media use and sensory experience. They also consider how user-led innovations, collaborative mapping, and creative empowerment are understood and reconciled through changes in mobile surveillance, personal rights, and prescriptive social software. Presenting a range of perspectives and arguments, this book reorients the practice and study of media critique.

More books from Columbia University Press

Cover of the book Acts of God and Man by
Cover of the book The Struggle for Sustainability in Rural China by
Cover of the book The Metamorphoses of Fat by
Cover of the book Social Work Practice with Survivors of Sex Trafficking and Commercial Sexual Exploitation by
Cover of the book The Fall of the Wild by
Cover of the book After Christianity by
Cover of the book The Beginner's Guide to Winning the Nobel Prize by
Cover of the book Orphan of Asia by
Cover of the book Discontinuities in Ecosystems and Other Complex Systems by
Cover of the book People, Plants, and Justice by
Cover of the book Facing Death in Cambodia by
Cover of the book Sexual Orientation and Gender Expression in Social Work Practice by
Cover of the book Political Liberalism by
Cover of the book Frustrated Democracy in Post-Soviet Azerbaijan by
Cover of the book AIDS Between Science and Politics by
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy