Digital Media Metaphors : A Critical Introduction (Paperback)

1. Introduction: Why Digital Media Metaphors Matter??Part I: Infrastructure??2. Cloud Computing: Infrastructure’s Alibi? 3. Platform: A Tapestry of Meanings and Metaphors? 4. Frontier: Drifting Towards the Digital Commons? 5. Digital Town Square: From Participatory Culture to Free Speech Absolutism??Part II: Content??6. Filter Bubble: The Dumbest Metaphor on the Internet?? 7. Data as the New Oil: Extractivist Data Metaphors? 8. Rabbit Hole: Creating the Concept of Algorithmic Radicalization? 9. Information Warfare: The Blurred Boundaries of the Digital Trenches??Part III: Users??10. Toxic: Critiquing an Infectious Error? 11. Digital Native: The Myth of the Tech-Savvy Youth? 12. Troll: The Problem with Digital Tricksters and Monsters? ? ? ? ??