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  1. Becoming Human Amid Diversions
    Playful, Stupid, Cute and Funny Evolution
    Author: Ervik, Andreas
    Published: 2023
    Publisher:  Springer International Publishing AG, [Erscheinungsort nicht ermittelbar]

    This book develops a philosophy of the predominant yet obtrusive aspects of digital culture, arguing that what seems like insignificant distractions of digital technology - such as video games, mindless browsing, cute animal imagery, political memes,... more

     

    This book develops a philosophy of the predominant yet obtrusive aspects of digital culture, arguing that what seems like insignificant distractions of digital technology - such as video games, mindless browsing, cute animal imagery, political memes, and trolling - are actually keyed into fundamental aspects of evolution. These elements are commonly framed as distractions in an economy of attention and this book approaches them with the prospect of understanding their attraction, from the starting point of diversions. Diversions designate not simply shifting states of attention but characterize the direction of any system on a different course, a theoretical perspective which makes it possible to investigate distractions as not only by-products of contemporary media and human attention. The perspective shifts from distractions as the unwanted and inconsequential to considering instead the function of diversions in the process of evolutionary development. Grounded in media theory but drawing from diverse interdisciplinary perspectives in biology, philosophy, and systems theory, this book provocatively theorizes the process of diversions - of the playful, stupid, cute, and funny - as significant for the evolution of a range of organisms

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 9783031138768
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022
    Subjects: Computer-Anwendungen in den Sozial- und Verhaltenswissenschaften; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Library & Information Science; Literatur: Geschichte und Kritik; Literature: history & criticism; Media studies; Medienwissenschaften: Internet, digitale Medien und Gesellschaft; PHILOSOPHY / Aesthetics; Philosophie Ästhetik; Philosophy: aesthetics; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies
    Scope: 289 Seiten
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    Interessenniveau: 06, Professional and scholarly: For an expert adult audience, including academic research. (06)

    1. Attractive Screens2. Microbe Computing3. Vegetative Games4. Worldwide Fungi5. Social Petworks6. Human Tribes7. Becoming Humidity
  2. Becoming human amid diversions
    playful, stupid, cute and funny evolution
    Author: Ervik, Andreas
    Published: [2022]; © 2022
    Publisher:  Palgrave Macmillan, Cham, Switzerland

    Location:
    Universitätsbibliothek Erlangen-Nürnberg, Hauptbibliothek
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    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
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