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The Emperor's New Nudity
The Return of Authoritarianism and the Digital Obscene
ISBN: 9780262549042
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: December 3, 2024
An analysis of contemporary authoritarianism and the medium in which it flourishes, the internet, and what lies at the complex intersection of authority and technology.
Computing Legacies
Digital Cultures of Simulation
ISBN: 9780262549837
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: December 3, 2024
A media history of simulation that contextualizes our digital heritage and the history of computing.
Glitchy Vision
A Feminist History of the Social Photo
ISBN: 9780262550826
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: November 19, 2024
A novel exploration of popular photographic media cultures in 1930s Europe through a feminist lens—and how visual social media changes what it means to be human both then and now.
Quantum Ecology
Why and How New Information Technologies Will Reshape Societies
ISBN: 9780262546218
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: November 12, 2024
An exploration of the emerging quantum technological paradigm and its effects on human consciousness and cultures.
Toy Theory
Technology and Imagination in Play
ISBN: 9780262548212
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: November 5, 2024
A novel interpretation of the history and theory of technology from the perspective of toys, play, and play objects.
The Connectivity of Things
Network Cultures since 1832
ISBN: 9780262550741
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: November 5, 2024
A media history of the material and infrastructural features of networking practices, a German classic translated for the first time into English.
Gaming Democracy
How Silicon Valley Leveled Up the Far Right
ISBN: 9780262549417
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: October 15, 2024
How play and gaming culture have mainstreamed far right ideology through social media platforms.
The Aesthetics of Stealth
Digital Culture, Video Games, and the Politics of Perception
ISBN: 9780262549783
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: October 8, 2024
How performances of tactical imperceptibility—or “stealth”—have become a key political practice in digital culture as a means of escaping surveillance and tracking technologies.
Your Stone Age Brain in the Screen Age
Your Stone Age Brain in the Screen Age
ISBN: 9780262049009
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: October 1, 2024
An award-winning neurologist on the Stone-Age roots of our screen addictions, and what to do about them.
The Emperor's New Nudity
The Return of Authoritarianism and the Digital Obscene
ISBN: 9780262549042
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: December 3, 2024
An analysis of contemporary authoritarianism and the medium in which it flourishes, the internet, and what lies at the complex intersection of authority and technology.
Computing Legacies
Digital Cultures of Simulation
ISBN: 9780262549837
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: December 3, 2024
A media history of simulation that contextualizes our digital heritage and the history of computing.
Glitchy Vision
A Feminist History of the Social Photo
ISBN: 9780262550826
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: November 19, 2024
A novel exploration of popular photographic media cultures in 1930s Europe through a feminist lens—and how visual social media changes what it means to be human both then and now.
Quantum Ecology
Why and How New Information Technologies Will Reshape Societies
ISBN: 9780262546218
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: November 12, 2024
An exploration of the emerging quantum technological paradigm and its effects on human consciousness and cultures.
Toy Theory
Technology and Imagination in Play
ISBN: 9780262548212
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: November 5, 2024
A novel interpretation of the history and theory of technology from the perspective of toys, play, and play objects.
The Connectivity of Things
Network Cultures since 1832
ISBN: 9780262550741
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: November 5, 2024
A media history of the material and infrastructural features of networking practices, a German classic translated for the first time into English.
Gaming Democracy
How Silicon Valley Leveled Up the Far Right
ISBN: 9780262549417
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: October 15, 2024
How play and gaming culture have mainstreamed far right ideology through social media platforms.
The Aesthetics of Stealth
Digital Culture, Video Games, and the Politics of Perception
ISBN: 9780262549783
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: October 8, 2024
How performances of tactical imperceptibility—or “stealth”—have become a key political practice in digital culture as a means of escaping surveillance and tracking technologies.
Your Stone Age Brain in the Screen Age
Your Stone Age Brain in the Screen Age
ISBN: 9780262049009
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: October 1, 2024
An award-winning neurologist on the Stone-Age roots of our screen addictions, and what to do about them.