Contributor
Morris, Jeremy Wade, 1976- editor.
ImprintAnn Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2018]
Descriptionx, 390 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Note:A. WELCOME TO THE APP STORE -- App Annie App Industry Rankings and Infrastructure, p.23 / Patrick Vonderau -- Ashley Madison An Introduction to the Walkthrough Method, p.31 / Ben Light -- Tencent MyApp (Yingyong Bao) Android App Stores and the Appification of Everything, p.42 / Luzhou Nina Li -- Exodus International Banned Apps, App Stores, and the Politics of Visibility, p.51 / Tarleton Gillespie -- B. PRODUCTIVITY/UTILITIES -- TaskRabbit The Gig Economy and Finding Time to Care Less, p.63 / Sarah Sharma -- Carrot Productivity Apps and the Gamification of Shame, p.72 -- Sarah Murray: See Send Antiterrorism Apps and Suspicious Activity Reporting, p.82 / Greg Elmer and Bahar Nasirzadeh -- Is It Tuesday? Novelty Apps and Digital Solutionism, p.91 / Jeremy Morris -- C. HEALTH/FITNESS -- LoseIt! Calorie Tracking and the Discipline of Consumption, p.103 / Natasha Schull -- Fitbit Wearable Technologies and Material Communication Practices, p.115 / Kate O'Riordan -- D. LIFESTYLE/RELATIONSHIPS -- Tinder Swiped: A Focal Gesture and Contested App Visions, p.127 / Stefanie Duguay -- Hollaback! Harassment Prevention Apps and Networked Witnessing, p.136 / Carrie Rentschler -- The Sex Offender Tracker App Tracker Apps and the Individualization of Risk, p.146 / Sharif Mowlabocu -- Companion Personal Safety and Surveillance Apps, p.156 / Elizabeth Ellcessor -- E. SOCIAL NETWORKING/COMMUNICATION -- Yik Yak From Anonymity to Identification, p.169 / Tamara Shepherd and Christopher Cwynar -- WeChat Messaging Apps and New Social Currency Transaction Tools, p.179 / Finn Brunton -- Snapchat Phatic Communication and Ephemeral Social Media, p.188 / Jill Walker Rettberg -- Foursquare Checking In and Checking Out of Location-Aware Social Media, p.196 / Germaine Halegoua -- WhatsApp WhatsAppified Diasporas and Transnational Circuits of Affect and Relationality, p.205 / Radhika Gajjala and Tarishi Verma -- F. NEWS/ENTERTAINMENT -- This. Reader Trending Topics and the Curation of Information, p.219 / Devon Powers -- Periscope The Periscopic Regime of Live-Streaming, p.227 / Megan Sapnar Ankerson -- Tubi TV Free, Mobile, Moving Images: TV Everywhere, p.237 / Gerard Goggin -- Hillary 2016 Appified Politics in Campaign Apps, p.246 / Fenwick McKelvey -- G. MUSIC/SOUND -- Shazam The Blind Spots of Algorithmic Music Recognition and Recommendation, p.257 / Elena Razlogova -- iMaschine 2 Music-Making Apps and Interface Aesthetics, p.266 / Victoria Simon -- Here: Active Listening System Sound Technologies and the Personalization of Listening, p.276 / Mack Hagood -- H. CASUAL/GAMES -- RuPaul's Drag Race Keyboard Affect and Resistance through Visual Communication, p.289 / Kate Miltner -- DraftKings Daily Fantasy Sports Leagues, Legality, and Shifting Mobile Spaces, p.299 / Jason Kido Lopez -- Kendall & Kylie Girl Affects, Celebrity, and Digital Gaming in Millennial Culture, p.308 / Jessalynn Keller and Alison Harvey -- Neko Atsume Affective Play and Mobile Casual Gaming, p.317 / Shira Chess.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-364) and index.
Note:"Snapchat. WhatsApp. Ashley Madison. Fitbit. Tinder. Periscope. How do we make sense of how apps like these- and thousands of others- have embedded themselves into our daily routines, permeating the background of ordinary life and standing at-the-ready to be used on our smartphones and tablets? When we look at any single app, it's hard to imagine how such a small piece of software could be particularly notable. But if we look at a collection of them, we see a bigger picture that reveals how the quotidian activities apps encompass are far from banal: connecting with friends (and strangers and enemies), sharing memories (and personally identifying information), making art (and trash), navigating spaces (and reshaping places in the process). While the sheer number of apps is overwhelming, as are the range of activities they address, each one offers an opportunity for us to seek out meaning in the mundane. Appified is the first scholarly volume to examine individual apps within the wider historical and cultural context of media and cultural studies scholarship, attuned to issues of politics and power, identity and the everyday." -- Publisher's description.
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