Interfacing Ourselves: Living in the Digital Age

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
List of Tables
Editor’s Note on the Contributors
Introduction: This is an Invitation
	Theoretical Orientations
	Part Focus
	References
PART I: Digitizing Identity
	1. Offline as Misaligned: Millennials Coping with the Loss of Digital Presence
		Relative Deprivation and Internet Intensity
		Co-Presence as More Than an Either/Or Proposition
		Well-Being at Three Levels
		Coping Strategies
		Social Integration and Collective Consciousness
		Conclusion
		References
	2. Digital Ink: Social Media and Tattoo Culture in Consideration of Gender
		Tattoo Popularity
		Tattoos in Changing Historical Context
		Tattoo Culture and the Media
		Social Media and Tattoo Culture
		Online Patterns and Gendered Images
		Conclusion
		References
	3. Powering Down: Theoretical Lenses to Examine the Agency of Our Smartphones
		Relative Power and Social Agency
		Technological Determinism
		Social Construction of Technology
		Actor–Network Theory
		Social Shaping of Technology
		Conclusion
		References
	4. From Backstage to Digital Front Stage: Online Queer Community, Identity, and Emotion Management
		Relative Marginalization and the Queer Community
		Findings and Discussion
		Identity Formation
		Self-Presentation
		Mental Health
		Community
		Conclusion
		References
	5. Digital Dependency Interrupted: Profiles of Withdrawal for Self-Described Internet Addicts
		For Your Consideration
		The Unbearable Torture of Disconnect
		What We Know
		How It Compares
		Bright Dings of Pleasure
		So Now What?
		References
		Preface
PART II: Mediated Relationships
	6. How Do I Love Thee? Let Me Text the Ways: Interfacing Intimacy
		Texting Background
		Data
		Texting Norms Among Intimates
		Is More Better? More of What?
		Digital Abstinence
		Does Digital Absence Make the Heart Grow Fonder?
		Intimacy—Digital, Physical, or Both?
		Affection? We Have an App for That
		Conclusion
		References
	7. La Familia in Digital Space and Face-to-Face: Millennial Latinx Navigating, Customizing, and Reconfiguring Familismo
		Focus
		Why Look at Latinx Millennials as a Group?
		Familismo
		Interfacing Family
		The Gap Between Intention and Interaction
		Last Word
		References
	8. Is Unmediated More? When Physical Presence Does Not Equate to Digital Presence
		Introduction
		In the Company of Multi-Presence
		Text or Talk? That is the Question
		Quality of Communication: Quality of Relationships
		Beyond Communication—What to Do When Offline
		Escape into Digital Space: Over-Reliance
		What Now?
		References
	9. Interfacing Conflict: Advice Columns and Digital Life
		The Origin of Advice Columns
		The Persistence of Advice Columns
		Digital Distress
		Conclusion
		References
		Preface
PART III: Virtual Agency and Digital Dystopia
	10. Islands in the Stream: How Digital Music Piracy Became a Normal Activity
		The Tech and the Law
		What Does Piracy Really Mean?
		Economics—Product? Creator? Knowledge?
		Corporate Legality
		Deviance Theory (or Not) to Predict and Prevent
		The Current Music Piracy Study
		Discussion
		References
	11. Community or Catharsis? Online Activism, Digital Community, and Social Agency
		Activism and Social Networks
		Activism and Digital Space
		Loss of Local Community and Activism in Physical Space
		Back to Digital Connectivity
		Filtered Activism
		Attraction and Distraction
		Final Word
		References
	12. Power and Money: Explaining the Rise of Digital Media through Surveillance Capitalism
		The Internet: Origins Matter
		A Militarized Economy and the Internet
		Expanding State and Corporate Power Through Surveillance
		Conclusion
		References
	13. Knowing You Better than You Know Yourself: Manufacturing Perceptions
		The Questions
		How They Know You
		Attention-Seeking Economy
		A Post-Modern Narrative on Digital Democracy
		Implications and Advice
		References
		Preface
PART IV: Capping It Off
	14. Why We Care: Netizenship and Informed Choice
		Interfacing Ourselves Through Mindful Co-Presence
	15. Annotated Methodology – Investigative Process: Research Reflections
		Overview
		The Methodologies
		References
Index