Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. 1 Introduction: What Are Digital Cultures? 1
4. Part I Methods and Approaches
5. 2 On Methods 11
6. 3 Digital Textuality 17
7. 4 The Political Economy of Digital Media 23
8. 5 Media Archaeology and Media Genealogy 33
9. 6 Digital Ethnography 43
10. 7 Prescriptive Media and Autoethnographies of the Self 61
11. 8 Hybrid Space Revisited 75
12. 9 Software Studies 83
13. 10 Computer Programming as a Method for the Study of Digital Cultures 89
14. 11 Decolonial Media Studies 97
15. 12 Repair 115
16. 13 Digital Ontology 123
17. 14 Analyzing Digital Media Practices to Define Digital Media Literacy 133
18. Part II Histories
19. 15 History and Digital Cultures 145
20. 16 Lessons from the Hologram 151
21. 17 Information Theory and its Detractors 161
22. 18 Interface 171
23. 19 Barcodes and Digital/Physical Hybrids 181
24. 20 Sharing 189
25. 21 Advertising and Branding 197
26. 22 Automation and Inequality 211
27. Part III Identities
28. 23 Digital Identities 225
29. 24 Digital Culture and Race 235
30. 25 The Digital Closet and Queer Community Online 245
31. 26 Tactical Queer Identity in China 255
32. 27 Rurality, Gender, and Short-Video Platforms in China 263
33. 28 Digital Nomads 277
34. 29 Boundaries of Digital Infrastructures in India 285
35. 30 Sensual Ethos and Digital Intimacies in Brazilian Camming 295
36. 31 Embodiment and Representation in Social VR 305
37. 32 The Manosphere 313
38. 33 Digital Hate 323
39. Part IV Aesthetics
40. 34 Digital Aesthetics and Collective Judgment 333
41. 35 Screens and Power 341
42. 36 Framing Digital Culture 351
43. 37 Beyond the Frame 361
44. 38 The Weird Internet and Speculative Knowledge 371
45. 39 The Weirdness of Generative AI 387
46. 40 Supercuts 397
47. 41 Futurisms Beyond Western Cultural Imaginaries 407
48. 42 Color in Digital Culture 419
49. Part V Materialities and Infrastructures
50. 43 The Materiality of the Digital 429
51. 44 The Logistical Episteme 439
52. 45 Degrowth and Digital Culture 455
53. 46 Digital Modeling and the Climate Crisis 467
54. 47 Telehealth 477
55. 48 The Culture and Cultures of Twitch 483
56. 49 Edge Computing 491
57. 50 Humanoid Robots 497
58. Index