Digital media practices in households : kinship through data /

How are intergenerational relationships playing out in 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 explores the rise...

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Main Author: Hjorth, Larissa (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2020]
Series:MediaMatters.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Table of Contents
  • List of Figures
  • Acknowledgements
  • 1. Introduction
  • Section I. Digital Kinship
  • 2. Platform Genealogies
  • 3. Friendly Social Surveillance
  • Section II. Playful Kinship
  • 4. Digital Gifts and Rituals
  • 5. Playful Haptics in Families
  • Section III. Visualizing Kinship
  • 6. Personal Visual Collecting and Self-Cataloguing
  • 7. Visual Generational Genres
  • Section IV. Co-futuring Kinship
  • 8. Re-imagining Digital Care and Health
  • 9. Quotidian Care at a Distance
  • 10. Conclusion
  • Author Biographies
  • Index