Friendship and Technology: A Philosophical Approach to Computer Mediated Communication

ISBN-13: 9781032037493 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 150 str.

Tiffany A. Petricini

Opis

This book explores the nature of technology – participatory media in particular – and its effects on our friendships and our fundamental sense of togetherness.

Recenzje

"This book provides a unique perspective for readers to reexamine friendship in mediated settings. Those interested in the fields of interpersonal communication, mediated communication, communication theory and philosophy, and media ecology will find this book to be a fascinating read." - Miao Hao, International Journal of Communication

Spis treści

Introduction: Friendship as a Communicative Phenomenon  1 The Phenomenology of Encounter and its Relationship to Friendship  2 Particularity and Voice: Recognizing our Friends as Unique  3 Hermeneutic Presence: Dialogue and Digitization and the Implications for Friendship  4 Time and Space: Altered Dimensions of Friendship  5 Sunaisthesis: The Synecdochal Activity of Friendship Ethics  6 Better People, Better World: Friendship as a Communicative Good

O autorze

Tiffany Petricini is an assistant teaching professor of communication studies at Pennsylvania State Shenango in Sharon, PA. Her work focuses on media ecology, phenomenology, and communication ethics.