{"product_id":"ambivalent-internet-whitney-phillips-9781509501274","title":"Ambivalent Internet: Mischief, Oddity, and Antagonism Online","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book explores the weird and mean and in-between that characterize everyday expression online, from absurdist photoshops to antagonistic Twitter hashtags to deceptive identity play.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhitney Phillips and Ryan M. Milner focus especially on the ambivalence of this expression: the fact that it is too unwieldy, too variable across cases, to be essentialized as old or new, vernacular or institutional, generative or destructive. Online expression is, instead, all of the above. This ambivalence, the authors argue, hinges on available digital tools. That said, there is nothing unexpected or surprising about even the strangest online behavior. Ours is a brave new world, and there is nothing new under the sun - a point necessary to understanding not just that online spaces are rife with oddity, mischief, and antagonism, but why these behaviors matter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Ambivalent Internet\u003c\/em\u003e is essential reading for students and scholars of digital media and related fields across the humanities, as well as anyone interested in mediated culture and expression.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Whitney Phillips,Ryan M. Milner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1509501274\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781509501274\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Polity Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/28\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.80w x 0.80d","brand":"Whitney Phillips","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48742582780159,"sku":"9781509501274","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ambivalent-internet-whitney-phillips-9781509501274","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}