Avatar, Assembled is a curated volume that unpacks videogame and virtual world avatars—not as a monolithic phenomenon (as they are usually framed) but as sociotechnical assemblages, pieced together from social (human-like) features like voice and gesture to technical (machine-like) features like graphics and glitches. Each chapter accounts for the empirical, theoretical, technical, and popular understandings of these avatar "components"—60 in total—altogether offering a nuanced explication of avatars-as-assemblages as they matter in contemporary society and in individual experience.
The volume is a "crossover" piece in that, while it delves into complex ideas, it is written in a way that will be accessible and interesting to students, researchers, designers, and practitioners alike.
| ISBN: | 9781433138287 |
| Publication date: | 30th November 2017 |
| Author: | Jaime Banks |
| Publisher: | Peter Lang Publishing Inc |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 328 pages |
| Series: | Digital Formations |
| Genres: |
Media studies Media studies: internet, digital media and society |
Avatar, Assembled is a curated volume that unpacks videogame and virtual world avatars—not as a monolithic phenomenon (as they are usually framed) but as sociotechnical assemblages, pieced together from social (human-like) features like voice and gesture to technical (machine-like) features like graphics and glitches. Each chapter accounts for the empirical, theoretical, technical, and popular understandings of these avatar "components"—60 in total—altogether offering a nuanced explication of avatars-as-assemblages as they matter in contemporary society and in individual experience.
Avatar, Assembled features in the following genres: Media studies, Media studies: internet, digital media and society
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Avatar, Assembled was written by Jaime Banks and published by Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Avatar, Assembled has 328 pages
Yes it is part of Digital Formations series