| Consumption in an Age of Information Contributor(s): Cohen, Sande (Editor), Rutsky, R. L. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1845200896 ISBN-13: 9781845200893 Publisher: Berg Publishers OUR PRICE: $46.48 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2005 Annotation: Consumption has become a global phenomenon. This expansion of consumption has occurred at the same time as notions of information and digitization have become all-pervasive in our media culture. As ever greater aspects of the world have come to be seen as "data," information has increasingly become the very currency of consumption. "Consumption in an Age of Information" analyzes this new relationship between information and consumption. Leading theorists and critics map this new terrain, ranging across high theory and popular culture--from E-Bay auctions to "smart homes," from the everyday consumption of MP3 files and DVDs to the rituals of media violence, from internet-surfing to the role of "speed" in contemporary culture. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Popular Culture - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social |
| Dewey: 306.309 |
| LCCN: 2005017083 |
| Physical Information: 0.39" H x 6.28" W x 9.2" (0.67 lbs) 192 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: We live in an age when consumption and consuming have come to define us. Consumption, now a global phenomenon, is so dominant it allows little room for alternatives. At the same time, information and digitization have become all-pervasive in our media culture . As ever greater aspects of the world have come to be seen as 'data', information has increasingly become the very currency of consumption. Consumption in an Age of Information maps this new terrain. Bringing together some of the world's leading theorists and critics, the essays range across high theory and popular culture - from informational flows to science fiction simulations, from pop-cultural consumption to capitalism as religion, from the consumption of time to the role of 'speed' in contemporary culture. |
Contributor Bio(s): Cohen, Sande: - Sande Cohen is at the California Institute of the Arts. Rutsky, R. L.: - R. L. Rutsky is at the San Francisco State University. |