Hello Avatar by B. Coleman - ISBN: 9780262549899
Paperback
Online identities blur reality: avatars customize our networked lives.

Hello Avatar

Rise of the Networked Generation

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  • Paperback

    216 pages

  • Release Date

    5 December 2023

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Summary

Hello Avatar! Or, {llSay(0, “Hello, Avatar!”); is a tiny piece of user-friendly code that allows us to program our virtual selves. In Hello Avatar, B. Coleman examines a crucial aspect of our cultural shift from analog to digital—the continuum between online and off—what she calls the “x-reality” that crosses between the virtual and the real. She looks at the emergence of a world that is neither virtual nor real but encompasses a multiplicity of network combinations. And she argues that it is…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780262549899
ISBN-10:0262549891
Author:B. Coleman, Clay Shirky
Publisher:MIT Press Ltd
Imprint:MIT Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:216
Release Date:5 December 2023
Weight:369g
Dimensions:216mm x 140mm
About The Author

B. Coleman

B. Coleman is Assistant Professor of Writing and New Media in MIT’s Program in Writing and Humanistic Studies and Comparative Media Studies. She is Faculty Director of the C3 Game Culture and Mobile Media initiative.

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