CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 1
5. I. Global Politics and New Media
6. 1. Perfect Transmissions: Evil Bert Laden 9
7. 2. Postcolonial Theory and Global Media 26
8. 3. The Information Empire 46
9. 4. Citizens, Digital Media, and Globalization 67
10. II. The Culture of the Digital Self
11. 5. Identity Theft and Media 87
12. 6. The Aesthetics of Distracting Media 116
13. 7. The Good, the Bad, and the Virtual 139
14. 8. Psychoanalysis, the Body, and Information Machines 161
15. III. Digital Commodities in Everyday Life
16. 9. Who Controls Digital Culture? 185
17. 10. Everyday (Virtual) Life 211
18. 11. Consumers, Users, and Digital Commodities 231
19. 12. Future Advertising: Dick’s Ubik and the Digital Ad 250
20. Conclusion 267
21. Notes 269
22. References 281
23. Index 299