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The crisis of presence in contemporary culture : ethics, privacy and speech in mediated social life

In the context of globalization, the internet and social media, presence has returned as an important term for social science and cultural studies. This book explores a key concept for our generation. Now that we have a distributed presence in digital networks, this is no longer just a topic for phi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Miller, Vincent
Format: Printed Book
Published: London Sage 2016.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Metaphysical and technological presence
  • 2. Presence, proximity and ethical behaviour online
  • 3.'Find love in Canada': Distributed selves, abstraction and the problem of privacy and autonomy
  • 4.'Going to Africa ... ': The problem of speech in a world where we write instead of talk
  • Conclusion