Postdigital cultural studies

What should a postdigital cultural studies look like? Identifying economies of attention is central to the study of media and culture. Calling for renewed focus on attention as power, this article pairs three long-established lessons of cultural studies with three examples of contemporary digital im...

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Published inInternational journal of cultural studies Vol. 23; no. 4; pp. 441 - 450
Main Author Murray, Sarah
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London, England SAGE Publications 01.07.2020
Sage Publications Ltd
Subjects
Cultural studies
Culture
Mass media
Sociology of culture
deepfakes
digital afterlife industry
postdigital studies
everyday theory
cultural studies
attention
algorithmic culture
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Summary:What should a postdigital cultural studies look like? Identifying economies of attention is central to the study of media and culture. Calling for renewed focus on attention as power, this article pairs three long-established lessons of cultural studies with three examples of contemporary digital immersion: deepfakes and manipulated media; algorithmic culture; and, the digital afterlife industry. In doing so, the critical questions that drive cultural studies emerge as ever relevant in a postdigital, post-truth landscape.
ISSN:1367-8779
1460-356X
DOI:10.1177/1367877920918599