Decoding digital culture with science fiction : hyper-modernism, hyperreality, and posthumanism /
How do digital media technologies affect society and our lives? Through the cultural theory hypotheses of hyper-modernism, hyperreality and posthumanism, Alan N. Shapiro investigates the social impact of Virtual/Augmented Reality, AI, social media platforms, robots and the Brain-Computer Interface....
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Bielefeld, Germany :
Transcript Verlag,
2024.
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| Series: | Digital society (Bielefeld, Germany) ;
v. 67. |
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| Summary: | How do digital media technologies affect society and our lives? Through the cultural theory hypotheses of hyper-modernism, hyperreality and posthumanism, Alan N. Shapiro investigates the social impact of Virtual/Augmented Reality, AI, social media platforms, robots and the Brain-Computer Interface. His examination of concepts of Jean Baudrillard and Katherine Hayles, as well as films such as Blade Runner 2049, Ghost in the Shell, Ex Machina and the television series Black Mirror, suggests that the boundary between science fiction narratives and the "real world" has become indistinct. Science-fictional thinking should be advanced as a principal mode of knowledge for grasping the world and digitalization. |
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| Physical Description: | 373 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 3837672425 9783837672428 |