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Superheroes and Digital Perspectives: Super Data examines the intersection of the superhero genre and issues of the internet, data, and digital media to provide not only a posthuman study of the superhero, but also an examination of the ways in which the superhero acts as a lens for our interactions with technology. Contributions to this collection range from the virality of the superhero as political expression to human-nonhuman relations, social expectations, and trends in cultural products. Providing fruitful, rigorous analysis of this genre in the context of ubiquitous handheld networked technology, social media, and data harvesting techniques, this book will be of particular interest to scholars of media studies, posthuman studies, communication, and popular culture.
Published | 18 Apr 2024 |
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Format | Hardback |
Edition | 1st |
Extent | 172 |
ISBN | 9781666952193 |
Imprint | Lexington Books |
Dimensions | 238 x 158 mm |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
This book succeeds magnificently in opening up and illuminating the dynamic interplay between the global phenomenon of superheroes and the digital world in which we live. Richly and scrupulously researched, Superheroes and Digital Perspectives: Super Data is an important book and a stimulating read.
Torsten Caeners, University of Duisburg-Essen
Superheroes and Digital Perspectives considers how the superhero narrative is both shaped and informed by digital assemblages. This timely book examines how the superhero is often empowered by digital technologies; is mediated by digital technology within the narrative text; and is consumed and disseminated to an audience and readership that is itself fragmented and mediated by digital and social media. Exploring television, film and video-games, this new work on superhero culture is an important addition for scholars of popular media.
Robert Hyland, Queen's University
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