Interfacing with the Internet in Popular Cinema

2014. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-137-38668-7
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan Us

Buch, Englisch, 254 Seiten, Format (B × H): 142 mm x 218 mm, Gewicht: 4385 g

The Internet is the most terrifying and most beautifully innovative invention of the twentieth century. Using film theory and close textual analysis, Tucker offers an explanation of the Internet and a brief history of its portrayal on film in order examine how it has shaped contemporary versions of self-identity, memory, and the human body.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Tucker, A.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunst, allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction 1. The Cables Under, In, and Around Our Homes: 'The Net' as Viral Suburban Intruder 2. The Evolution of the Web Browser: The Global Village Outgrown 3. Avatar in the Uncanny Valley: The Na'vi and Us, The Machinic Audience 4. Hacking Against the Apocalypse: Tony Stark and the Remilitarized Internet 5. With a Great Data Plan Comes Great Responsibility: The Enmeshed Web 2.0 Internet User 6. Don't Shoot the (Instant) Messenger: The Efficient Virtual Body Learns 7. The Reel/Real Internet: Beyond Genre and the Often Vulnerable Virtual Family Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Aaron Tucker is Sessional Faculty in the Department of English at Ryerson University, Canada.