ABSTRACT
Virtual Identities and Digital Culture investigates how our online identities and cultures are embedded within the digital practices of our lives, exploring how we form community, how we play, and how we re-imagine traditional media in a digital world.
The collection explores a wide range of digital topics – from dating apps, microcelebrity, and hackers to auditory experiences, Netflix algorithms, and live theatre online – and builds on existing work in digital culture and identity by bringing new voices, contemporary examples, and highlighting platforms that are emerging in the field. The book speaks to the modern reality of how our digital lives have been forever altered by our transnational experiences – one of those key experiences is the pandemic, but so too is systemic inequality, questions of digital privacy, and the role of joy in our online lives.
A vital contribution at a time of significant social and cultural flux, this book will be highly relevant to those studying digital culture within media, communication, cultural studies, digital humanities, and sociology departments.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part Section I|86 pages
Online Identity and Connections
chapter 2|9 pages
“We're Here for You During This Pandemic, Just Not Financially or Emotionally”
chapter 3|10 pages
Mediated Identities
chapter 5|12 pages
“Victims of the System”
chapter 6|10 pages
From Networks to Assemblages
chapter 9|8 pages
From a Group of Friends to a Mainstream Audience
part Section II|73 pages
Games & Play
chapter 10|10 pages
Not All Fun and Games in #mypokehood
chapter 12|10 pages
‘Turn Off That Friggin’ Radio!’
chapter 13|8 pages
Inventing with Zoom
chapter 14|8 pages
Interfaces and Their Affordances
part Section III|84 pages
Reimagining Traditional Media