Gizmos or: The Electronic Imperative : How Digital Devices have Transformed American Character and Culture

Gizmos or: The Electronic Imperative How Digital Devices have Transformed American Character and Culture

Gizmos or: The Electronic Imperative offers a concise series of analyses on the transformative impact of digital devices on American society. With approaches ranging from semiotic theory to psychoanalytic theory, sociological theory to personal reflection, Berger taps the span of knowledge from his...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Berger, Arthur Asa. author (author)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US 2015.
Edition:1st ed. 2015.
Series:Palgrave pivot.
Subjects:
Communication.
Social media.
Motion pictures and television.
Photography.
Culture—Study and teaching.
Media and Communication.
Social Media.
Screen Studies.
Cultural and Media Studies, general.
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009463888706719
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Half-Tile; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface: Alone withMy Thoughts; Acknowledgments; About the Author; Introduction: Why I Decided to Write This Book; 1 The Internet: Everyone Is Connected; 2 Smartphones: Everyone Can Do Anything; 3 Television: Everyone's Watching; 4 Tablet Computers: Everyone's a God; 5 Computers: Everyone's a Writer; 6 Video Game Consoles and Video Games: Everyone's a Hero; 7 Digital Watches and Smart Watches: Everyone's Monitored; 8 Digital Cameras and Photography: Everyone's a Documentary Maker
  • 9 Computer Printers: Everyone's a Publisher10 Flatbed Computer Scanners: Everyone's an Art Director; Coda; References; Index

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