Digital media practices in households : kinship through data / Larissa Hjorth [and six others]

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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Online Access: Full Text (via JSTOR)
Main Author: Hjorth, Larissa (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2020]
Series:MediaMatters.
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Summary: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 of self-tracking, quantified self and informal practices of care at distance as part of contemporary household dynamics.
Physical Description:1 online resource (205 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789048542062
9048542065
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.