Digital Icons: Memes, Martyrs and Avatars

ISBN-13: 9780367548056 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 150 str.

Yasmin Ibrahim

Opis

This book offers critical perspectives on the digital ‘iconic’, exploring how the notion of the iconic is re-appropriated and re-made online, and the consequences for humanity and society.

Spis treści

1. An Introduction: Digital Icons  2.The Shoe and the American President  3.Martyrdom and the Mobile Phone  4. Tank Man as the Unknown Icon  5.The ‘Jihadi Bride’ as a Media Icon  6. The Iconic Migrant Body  7. The Napalm Girl and Platform Capital  8. Digital Icons – Recombined with Speed in the Digital Age

O autorze

Yasmin Ibrahim is Professor of Digital Economy and Culture at Queen Mary, University of London.