Screen LibrarySelf-representation and digital culture
Taking a close look at ordinary people 'telling their own story', Nancy Thumim explores self-representations in contemporary digital culture in settings as diverse as reality TV, online storytelling, and oral histories displayed in museums.
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| Literature type: | Electronic Software eBook |
| Language: | English |
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http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9781137265135 |
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Taking a close look at ordinary people 'telling their own story', Nancy Thumim explores self-representations in contemporary digital culture in settings as diverse as reality TV, online storytelling, and oral histories displayed in museums. 'In this elegantly written, clear sighted and yet theoretically rich book, Nancy Thumim offers a wealth of critical insights into the extraordinary contemporary explosion of opportunities presented to the public to represent themselves, speak out and, perhaps, be heard.' - Sonia Livingstone, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK 'I don't simply 'Like' this book, I love it: self-representation has been studied in bits and pieces, but Nancy Thumim is the first to bring these different approaches together and brilliantly shows how various forms and contexts of self-representation |
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Electronic book text. Epublication based on: 9780230229662. |
| Carrier Form: | 216 p. |
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9780230229662 9781137265135 : 1137265132 : |
| CLC: | G206 |
| Contents: | Introduction: Self-Representation and Digital Culture Histories of Self-Representation Mediation Broadcasters Museums and Art Worlds Self-Representation Online Self-Representation, Digital Culture and Genre Bibliography Endnotes Index. |