Unplugging Popular Culture - Reconsidering Analog Technology, Materiality, and the Digital Native'

This book showcases youth and young adult characters from film and television who defy the stereotype of the "digital native" or unquestioning devotee to technology.

List of contents

Introduction Unplugging: "It Forces You to Play Differently" Chapter One "My Charade is the Event of the Season:" Celebrating Supernatural with Materiality, Music, and Generations X to Z Chapter Two Beca as Bricoleur: How Pitch Perfect Characters Embrace Materiality and Music Chapter Three Analog Dinosaurs and Abandoned Kids in Jurassic World Chapter Four "Don’t Adjust Whatever Device You’re Hearing This On:" (Dis)embodiment and Analog Technology in 13 Reasons Why Chapter Five Complicating Materiality and Generational Labels: Get Out and the Role of the Collector Chapter Six Solving Z for X: Extending Generational Paradigms in Stranger ThingsConclusion Blooming (and Burning) Where You Are Planted: The Optimism of Generation Z

About the author

K. Shannon Howard is Assistant Professor in the Department of English and Philosophy at Auburn University Montgomery, USA

Summary

This book showcases youth and young adult characters from film and television who defy the stereotype of the "digital native" or unquestioning devotee to technology.

Additional text

"There are a lot of books about digital natives that simplify the complex nature of their experience with culture, technology and how that defines their lives. Professor Howard skilfully illustrates the complex nature of digital natives and their love for both their own tech savvy lives and the wonders of the glitches and DIY projects that are as meaningful today as ever before." --Brian Cogan, Molloy College, USA

Product details

• Authors: K. Shannon Howard, K. Shannon (Auburn University Montgomery Howard
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2020
• EAN: 9780367663711
• ISBN: 978-0-367-66371-1
• No. of pages: 166
• Series: Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Media Studies, Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Children's Studies, PERFORMING ARTS / Television / History & Criticism, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism, Impact of science & technology on society, Impact of science and technology on society, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / General