Superheroes and Digital Perspectives - Super Data

Superheroes and Digital Perspectives: Super Data examines the intersection of the superhero genre and issues of the internet, data, and digital media to provide not only a posthuman study of the superhero, but also an examination of the ways in which the superhero acts as a lens for our interactions with technology. Contributions to this collection range from the virality of the superhero as political expression to human-nonhuman relations, social expectations, and trends in cultural products. Providing fruitful, rigorous analysis of this genre in the context of ubiquitous handheld networked technology, social media, and data harvesting techniques, this book will be of particular interest to scholars of media studies, posthuman studies, communication, and popular culture.

About the author

Sarah Young is a postdoctoral researcher in the Media and Communication Department at Erasmus University.
Freyja McCreery is a freelance researcher and PhD candidate.

Summary

Looking primarily at the twenty-first century boom in superhero media, this collection provides insights into the overlap between data, the internet, and the superhero. Multiple disciplinary approaches investigate what can be learned from the superhero genre and its use and involvement with networked technology.

Product details

• Authors: Freyja McCreery, Sarah Young, Sarah Mccreery Young
• Assisted by: Freyja McCreery (Editor), Sarah Young (Editor), Trottier Daniel (Foreword)
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.04.2024
• EAN: 9781666952193
• ISBN: 978-1-66695-219-3
• No. of pages: 172
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 235 mm x 15 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > General, dictionaries; Media Studies, Television, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / Genres / Action & Adventure, PERFORMING ARTS / Television / Genres / General, Film: styles & genres