New Noise: A Cultural Sociology of Digital Disruption (Digital Formations)

This book is about online subcultures thriving in the border zones between pop cultural and political engagement. Combining classic theories of space, power and resistance with current case studies of digital piracy, online activism and remix culture, the book develops a cultural theory of social movements in the digital age. Cover New Noise Contents Acknowledgments Foreword References 1. The Double Trap Beyond Technophilia and Technophobia Colonies of Enthusiasts Empowering Some While Disempowering Others Technopolitics: Towards a Continuous Re-theorization 2. In Search of Space Interference in the Orderly Sequence Opposing Machines Disruption as Heterodoxy Disruption as Rewiring 3. Shapes, Relations, Structures Beyond Triangulation A Qualitative Approach to Quantity Towards an Analysis of Practice 4. Hacktivist Mobilization The Hashtag as Settlement Discursive Aspects of Mobilization Social Aspects of Mobilization Semiotic Dynamics 5. Network Politics The Power of Directionality Oh Media! Where Are You? What Is a Revolution? Controlling the Flow 6. *.Sub Culture Setting the Subscene Coordination, Collaboration, Regulation Extract #1 Extract #2 Extract #3 Extract #4 Extract #5 Extract #6 Extract #7 Extract #8 Extract #9 Extract #10 Extract #11 Extract #12 Extract #13 Extract #14 The Damn Rules Extract #15 Extract #16 Extract #17 Rival Generosity 7. Holy Shit! it Works!! Affinity, Trolling, and Hating You’re Obviously Pretty . . . Knowledge through Connection Microcontent and Community Building 8. Plural Reactions YouTube Shootings: A Media Panic? Disrupting the Panic 9. The Subactivist Challenge Digital Piracy Cultures Dimensions of Pirate Praxis Catching the Third Wave? 10. A Cultural Sociology of Digital Disruption New Noise? A Manifesto for the Analysis of Digital Disruption Disruption Power Practice Moving Equilibrium Rewind: Objective vs. Subjective Culture Fast Forward: Transgressing into Hybrid Space Works Cited Index This book is about online subcultures taking shape in the force field between control and subversion. Combining classic theories of space, power and resistance with current case studies of digital piracy, online activism and remix culture, the book develops a cultural theory of social movements in the digital age. -- Résumé de l'éditeur This book is about online subcultures taking shape in the force field between control and subversion. Combining classic theories of space, power and resistance with current case studies of digital piracy, online activism and remix culture, the book develops a cultural theory of social movements in the digital age. -- Publisher description