Description
| Product ID: | 9789462989504 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | NL |
| Series: | MediaMatters |
| Title: | Digital Media Practices in Households |
| Subtitle: | Kinship through Data |
| Authors: | Author: Baohua Zhou, Sarah Pink, Larissa Hjorth, Kana Ohashi, Jolynna Sinanan, Heather Horst, Fumitoshi Kato |
| Page Count: | 206 |
| Subjects: | Media studies, Media studies, Social and cultural anthropology, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography |
| Description: | How are intergenerational relationships playing out in and through the digital rhythms of the household? Through extensive fieldwork in Tokyo, Shanghai and Melbourne, this book ethnographically explores how households are being understood, articulated and defined by digital media practices. It investigates the rise of self-tracking, quantified self and informal practices of care at distance as part of contemporary household dynamics. How are intergenerational relationships playing out in and through the digital rhythms of the household? Through extensive fieldwork in Tokyo, Shanghai and Melbourne, this book ethnographically explores how households are being understood, articulated and defined by digital media practices. It investigates the rise of self-tracking, quantified self and informal practices of care at distance as part of contemporary household dynamics. |
| Imprint Name: | Amsterdam University Press |
| Publisher Name: | Amsterdam University Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2020-08-17 |
