{"product_id":"textual-cacophony-daniel-johnson-9781501772269","title":"Textual Cacophony: Online Video and Anonymity in Japan","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTextual Cacophony\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e explores the behaviors and routines of communication within anonymous internet culture in Japan. \u003c\/b\u003eFocusing on the video sharing website Niconico, social media aggregation sites, and the notorious 2channel message board, Daniel Johnson uncovers these sites' complex cultures of writing that obscure meaning through playful and opaque forms of deviant script and overwhelming waves of text. Those practices conflate language with images, meaning with play, and confound individual representation with aggregate forms of social identity. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohnson argues that online media cultures in and around Japan are entwined with a cultural logic and visual syntax of cacophony that expresses ambivalence toward representation, media form, and distinct experiences of time. This aesthetic of cacophony provides an alternative way of expressing social identity and belonging, with an unmarked sense of anonymity providing a counter-form to the dissolving institutions and relationships of neoliberal Japan.\u003ci\u003e Textual Cacophony\u003c\/i\u003e investigates what it means and feels like to participate in this influential online culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Daniel Johnson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501772260\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501772269\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cornell East Asia Series\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/15\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.59lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.41d","brand":"Daniel Johnson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44201829073151,"sku":"9781501772269","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_86b5876d-604b-409e-b37e-a36c8649de16.jpg?v=1691491657","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/textual-cacophony-daniel-johnson-9781501772269","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}