Digitizing Race: Visual Cultures Of The Internet (Volume 23) (Electronic Mediations),Used
Digitizing Race: Visual Cultures Of The Internet (Volume 23) (Electronic Mediations),Used
Digitizing Race: Visual Cultures Of The Internet (Volume 23) (Electronic Mediations),Used

Digitizing Race: Visual Cultures Of The Internet (Volume 23) (Electronic Mediations),Used

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In The Nineties, Neoliberalism Simultaneously Provided The Context For The Internets Rapid Uptake In The United States And Discouraged Public Conversations About Racial Politics. At The Same Time Many Scholars Lauded The Widespread Use Of Textdriven Interfaces As A Solution To The Problem Of Racial Intolerance. Todays Online World Is Witnessing Textdriven Interfaces Such As Email And Instant Messaging Giving Way To Far More Visually Intensive And Commercially Driven Media Forms That Not Only Reveal But Showcase Peoples Racial, Ethnic, And Gender Identity.Lisa Nakamura, A Leading Scholar In The Examination Of Race In Digital Media, Uses Case Studies Of Popular Yet Rarely Examined Uses Of The Internet Such As Pregnancy Web Sites, Instant Messaging, And Online Petitions And Quizzes To Look At The Emergence Of Race, Ethnic, And Genderidentified Visual Cultures.While Popular Media Such As Hollywood Cinema Continue To Depict Nonwhite Nonmales As Passive Audiences Or Consumers Of Digital Media Rather Than As Producers, Nakamura Argues The Contrarywith Examples Ranging From Jennifer Lopez Music Videos; Films Including The Matrix Trilogy, Gattaca, And Minority Report; And Online Joke Sitesthat Users Of Color And Women Use The Internet To Vigorously Articulate Their Own Types Of Virtual Community, Avatar Bodies, And Racial Politics.Lisa Nakamura Is Associate Professor Of Speech Communication And Asian American Studies At The University Of Illinois, Urbanachampaign. She Is The Author Of Cybertypes: Race, Ethnicity, And Identity On The Internet And Coeditor, With Beth Kolko And Gilbert Rodman, Of Race In Cyberspace.

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