Decoding Digital Culture with Science Fiction

Hyper-Modernism, Hyperreality, and Posthumanism

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Shapiro, Alan N.
Language
English
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Résumé
How do digital media technologies affect society and our lives? Through the cultural theory hypotheses of hyper-modernism, hyperreality, and posthumanism, Alan N. Shapiro investigates the social impact of Virtual/Augmented Reality, AI, social media platforms, robots, and the Brain-Computer Interface. His examination of concepts of Jean Baudrillard and Katherine Hayles, as well as films such as Blade Runner 2049, Ghost in the Shell, Ex Machina, and the TV series Black Mirror, suggests that the boundary between science fiction narratives and the »real world« has become indistinct. Science-fictional thinking should be advanced as a principal mode of knowledge for grasping the world and digitalization.
URI
https://doab-dev.siscern.org/handle/20.500.12854/169478
Keywords
Science Fiction; Media Theory; Posthumanism; Creative Coding; Digital Cuture; Marxism; Critical Theory; Media; Culture; Film; Cultural Theory; Digital Media; Media Studies; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBC Cultural and media studies::JBCT Media studies; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBC Cultural and media studies::JBCC Cultural studies; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBC Cultural and media studies::JBCT Media studies::JBCT1 Media studies: internet, digital media and society
DOI
10.14361/9783839472422
ISBN
9783839472422, 9783837672428
Publisher
transcript Verlag
Publisher website
http://www.transcript-verlag.de
Publication date and place
Bielefeld, 2024
Imprint
transcript Verlag
Series
Digitale Gesellschaft,
Pages
374