Digital media as ambient therapy the ecological self between resonance and alienation / Francis Russell.
| Author/creator | Russell, Francis |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2024. |
| Description | 1 online resource |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Series | Routledge studies in new media and cyberculture |
| Contents | From "mental illness" to "environmental illness" -- Mute instruments and resonant relations -- The agonies of freedom and control -- QAnon : from the resonant to the digitally sublime. |
| Abstract | "Digital Media as Ambient Therapy explores the ways mental illness can emerge from our relationships (with ourselves, others, and the world), to address the concern around what kind of relationality is conducive for mental health and what role digital technologies can play in fostering such relationality. Exploring the rise of ambient-that is to say, ubiquitous, surrounding, and environmental-technologies and their impact on our understanding of health, sanity, and therapy, this book critically examines the work of influential contemporary social theorists such as Hartmut Rosa, and investigates case studies that reveal new modes of digitally mediated intimacy and attention, such as ASMR and QAnon. It also poses the question of what "mental health" and "mental illness" mean for subjects increasingly faced with a maddening sense of interconnectedness. This book offers new perspectives for cultural studies academics and postgraduates interested in critical discussions of alienation, digital technology, and contemporary social theory"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Source of description | Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Russell, Francis (Researcher). Digital media as ambient therapy London ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2024 9781032101347 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2023055877 |
| ISBN | 9781003215202 (ebook) |
| ISBN | (hardback) |
| ISBN | (paperback) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |