Avatar Assembled: The Social and Technical Anatomy of Digital Bodies
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Avatar Assembled: The Social and Technical Anatomy of Digital Bodies
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Avatar, Assembled is a curated volume that unpacks videogame and virtual world avatars-not as a monolithic phenomenon (as they are usually framed) but as sociotechnical assemblages, pieced together from social (human-like) features like voice and gesture to technical (machine-like) features like graphics and glitches. Each chapter accounts for the empirical, theoretical, technical, and popular understandings of these avatar"components"-60 in total-altogether offering a nuanced explication of avatars-as-assemblages as they matter in contemporary society and in individual experience.
The volume is a"crossover" piece in that, while it delves into complex ideas, it is written in a way that will be accessible and interesting to students, researchers, designers, and practitioners alike. |9781433138294, 1433135604|1433138298, 9781433138287, 143313828X. Avatar, Assembled: The Social and Technical Anatomy of Digital Bodies 1st Edition and published by Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers.
Book Details
- eBook ISBN: 9781433143267, 1433143267
- Print ISBN: 9781433135606, 1433135604
- Other ISBNs: 1433138298, 143313828X, 9781433138294, 9781433138287
