Networked affect

"Our encounters with websites, avatars, videos, mobile apps, discussion forums, GIFs, and nonhuman intelligent agents allow us to experience sensations of connectivity, interest, desire, and attachment -- as well as detachment, boredom, fear, and shame. Some affective online encounters may arou...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hillis, Ken
Other Authors: Paasonen, Susanna, Petit, Michael
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts The MIT Press 2015
Subjects:
Online Access:
Collection: MIT Press eBook Archive - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
LEADER 02544nmm a2200373 u 4500
001 EB002071351
003 EBX01000000000000001211441
005 00000000000000.0
007 cr|||||||||||||||||||||
008 220922 ||| eng
020 |a 9780262327350 
020 |a 9780262327343 
020 |a 0262327341 
020 |a 026232735X 
050 4 |a BF531 
100 1 |a Hillis, Ken 
245 0 0 |a Networked affect  |h Elektronische Ressource  |c edited by Ken Hillis, Susanna Paasonen, and Michael Petit 
260 |a Cambridge, Massachusetts  |b The MIT Press  |c 2015 
300 |a vii, 267 pages  |b illustrations 
653 |a Internet / Social aspects 
653 |a Emotions 
653 |a SOCIAL SCIENCES/Media Studies 
653 |a DIGITAL HUMANITIES & NEW MEDIA/Social Media & Networking 
653 |a Social networks 
653 |a Affect (Psychology) / Social aspects 
653 |a INFORMATION SCIENCE/Internet Studies 
700 1 |a Paasonen, Susanna 
700 1 |a Petit, Michael 
041 0 7 |a eng  |2 ISO 639-2 
989 |b MITArchiv  |a MIT Press eBook Archive 
028 5 0 |a 10.7551/mitpress/9715.001.0001 
856 4 0 |u https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/9715.001.0001?locatt=mode:legacy  |x Verlag  |3 Volltext 
082 0 |a 302.23/1 
520 |a "Our encounters with websites, avatars, videos, mobile apps, discussion forums, GIFs, and nonhuman intelligent agents allow us to experience sensations of connectivity, interest, desire, and attachment -- as well as detachment, boredom, fear, and shame. Some affective online encounters may arouse complex, contradictory feelings that resist dualistic distinctions. In this book, leading scholars examine the fluctuating and altering dynamics of affect that give shape to online connections and disconnections. Doing so, they tie issues of circulation and connectivity to theorizations of networked affect. Their diverse investigations -- considering subjects that range from online sexual dynamics to the liveliness of computer code -- demonstrate the value of affect theories for Internet studies. The contributors investigate networked affect in terms of intensity, sensation, and value. They explore online intensities that range from Tumblr practices in LGBTQ communities to visceral reactions to animated avatars; examine the affective materiality of software in such platforms as steampunk culture and nonprofit altporn; and analyze the ascription of value to online activities including the GTD ("getting things done") movement and the accumulation of personal digital materials."