Interfacing with the Internet in Popular Cinema [electronic resource] /
Tucker, A.author.
The Internet is the most terrifying and most beautifully innovative invention of the twentieth century. Using film theory and close textual analysis, Tucker offers an explanation of the Internet and a brief history of its portrayal on film in order examine how it has shaped contemporary versions of self-identity, memory, and the human body.
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction:  The Robot Historian and the Internet; Chapter 1 The Cables under, in, and around Our Homes: "The Net" as Viral Suburban Intruder; Chapter 2 The Evolution of the Web Browser: The Global Village Outgrown; Chapter 3 Avatar in the Uncanny Valley: The Na'vi and Us, the Machinic Audience; Chapter 4 Hacking against the Apocalypse: Tony Stark and the Remilitarized Internet; Chapter 5 With a Great Data Plan Comes Great Responsibility: The Enmeshed Web 2.0 Internet User
Chapter 6 Don't Shoot the (Instant) Messenger: The Efficient Virtual Body LearnsChapter 7 The Reel/Real Internet: Beyond Genre and the Often Vulnerable Virtual Family; Conclusion; Notes; Works Cited; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Internet is the most terrifying and most beautifully innovative invention of the twentieth century. Using film theory and close textual analysis, Tucker offers an explanation of the Internet and a brief history of its portrayal on film in order examine how it has shaped contemporary versions of self-identity, memory, and the human body.
Communication.
Motion pictures and television.
Motion pictures—United States.
Arts.
Motion pictures—History.
Culture—Study and teaching.
Media Studies.
Screen Studies.
American Cinema and TV.
Arts.
Film History.
Regional and Cultural Studies.