Digital media practices in households kinship through data

How are intergenerational relationships playing out in the digital rhythms of the household? Through extensive fieldwork in Tokyo, Shanghai and Melbourne, this book ethnographically explores how households are being understood, articulated and defined by digital media practices. It explores the rise...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hjorth, Larissa
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam Amsterdam University Press [2020]©2020, 2020
Series:MediaMatters
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Collection: JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:How are intergenerational relationships playing out in the digital rhythms of the household? Through extensive fieldwork in Tokyo, Shanghai and Melbourne, this book ethnographically explores how households are being understood, articulated and defined by digital media practices. It explores the rise of self-tracking, quantified self and informal practices of care at distance as part of contemporary household dynamics
Physical Description:205 pages illustrations
ISBN:9789462989504
9462989508