Promiscuity of Network Culture - Queer Theory and Digital Media

In a contemporary network culture characterized by a proliferation of new forms of intimate mediated sociality, this book argues that promiscuity is a new standard of user engagement. Payne brings crucial questions of gender, sexuality, intimacy, and attention back into conversation with recent thinking on network culture and social media, identifying the queer undercurrents of these current media dynamics.

List of contents

Introduction: "Are We Sluts?" 1. Virality Minus the Virus 2. Frictionless Sharing 3. Media Whore 4. Index Case 5. Contagious Acts Conclusion

About the author

Robert Payne is Assistant Professor of Global Communications at the American University of Paris, France.

Product details

• Authors: Robert Payne, Robert (American University of Paris Payne
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.02.2018
• EAN: 9781138549029
• ISBN: 978-1-138-54902-9
• No. of pages: 168
• Series: Routledge Studies in New Media and Cyberculture
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > Data communication, networks; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; History, Media Studies, Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, Cultural Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, Humanities, SOCIAL SCIENCE / LGBTQ+ Studies / Gay Studies, Gender studies: men and boys, Gender Studies: Men, COMPUTERS / Internet / Social Media