Digital matters

Analyzing the complex interaction between the and immaterial aspects of new digital technologies this book draws upon a mix of theoretical approaches including sociology media theory cultural studies and technological philosophy suggest that the matrix of science fiction and read more hollywood is simply an extreme example of how contemporary technological society enframes and conditions its citizens arranged in two parts the book covers theorizing the im/material matrix living in the digital matrix providing a novel perspective on on-going digital developments by using both the work of current thinkers and that of past theorists not normally associated with digital issues it gives a fresh insight into the roots and causes of the social matrix behind the digital one of popular imagination the authors highlight the way we should be concerned by the power of the digital undermine physical reality but also explore the potential the digital has for alternative empowering social uses the bo...