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082 0 _a302.23
100 1 _aCarmi, Elinor.
245 1 0 _aMedia Distortions :
_bUnderstanding the Power Behind Spam, Noise, and Other Deviant Media.
250 _a1st ed.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bPeter Lang Publishing, Incorporated,
_c2020.
264 4 _c�2020.
300 _a1 online resource (294 pages)
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aDigital Formations Series ;
_vv.121
505 0 _aCover -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction: Listen Closely -- Don't Be Evil! But I'm Not! -- Conducting Processes -- Three Distortion Stories -- Structure of the Book -- 2. Orchestrating Media Power through Sound -- Re-processing Foucault -- Sound as a Conceptual Framework -- Processed Listening: Producing Knowledge in Mediated Spaces -- Rhythmedia, or Orchestrating Sociality -- Mediated Territories -- Mediating Bodies -- Come to the Dark Side, We Have Cookies -- Conclusion: What's in the Mix? -- 3. Noisy Behaviors on the Line -- The Noise Abatement Commission in Early 20th Century New York City -- Mapping City Noise -- No Deal on the Street -- Selling (the) Telephone -- Shutting Street Noise -- Controlling (the Other) Street Rhythm -- Quieting Noisy Women -- Connecting Bodies -- Designing the Communication Line Model -- Personal Immediacy -- The Human Information Processors -- A Design for Living -- Silencing Dissent -- Conclusion: Noise Against the Machine -- 4. Fabricating the European Union Safety Net -- Opening the 'Back-End' -- Governing Softly -- Baking Cookies into the Ecosystem -- Inventing Private and Public Spaces -- Lobbying to Spam -- Composing the Data Subject -- Standardizing Metrics -- Bodies that Count -- Bidding for Real-Time -- User Control to Control Users -- Keep Your Body Safe -- Conclusion: Brave New Web? -- 5. Engineering the (anti)social -- Filtering the Unwanted Using Four Mechanisms -- Modulating Architecture -- Who Listens to You? -- Channeling through Your Friends -- Amplified Listening Capacities -- Every Breath You Take I'll Be Listening to You -- Ordering Algorithms -- Money, Sorted -- Standardizing the Digital Advertising Industry -- Naturalizing Organic Feed -- Maintaining the Immune System -- You Better Work -- Clicking Machine -- Excessive Behaviors.
505 8 _aAsking As If It Matters -- Listening: The Silent Actions that Count -- Majority Report -- The Human Processors -- Filtering the Rubbish -- Feed the Panel -- Conclusion: Fileting the Rhythms of Anti-Sociality -- 6. Conclusion: Transducing the Deviant -- The Power of Sound -- Creating a Dynamic Database with Processed Listening -- Deviant Order: How Rhythmedia Orchestrates Sociality.
520 _aForget everything you know about spam. Now, let's talk about spam. Media Distortions is about the power behind producing deviant media categories. This book examines the politics behind categories we take for granted such as spam and noise, and what this power means for our broader understanding of media.
588 _aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590 _aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2023. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
655 4 _aElectronic books.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_aCarmi, Elinor
_tMedia Distortions
_dNew York : Peter Lang Publishing, Incorporated,c2020
_z9781433166921
797 2 _aProQuest (Firm)
830 0 _aDigital Formations Series
856 4 0 _uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bacm-ebooks/detail.action?docID=30686056
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