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Juxtaposing contemporary art against familiar features of the Web such as emoticons, Kris Cohen explores how one can be connected to people and places online while simultaneously being alone and isolated. This phenomenon lies in the space between populations built through data collection, and publics created by interacting with others.

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“Never Alone, Except for Now would make a good addition to collections at academic and museum libraries that serve patrons interested in the cultural and social machinations of the internet as they relate to critical theory and contemporary art.” -- Linden How * ARLIS/NA Reviews *

“Never Alone, Except for Now [is] an essential contribution to our evolving cultural study of who we are and what, in the tightening embrace of computational superintelligence, we will come to be.”

-- Steven Henry Madoff * Critical Inquiry *

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments vii
Introduction 1
1. Group Form 15
2. Between Populations and Publics 29
3. Broken Genres 41
4. Toneless 79
5. Search Engine Subjectivities 105
Appendix 135
Notes 139
Selected Bibliography 179
Index 189

Never Alone Except for Now

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      Publisher Duke University Press
      Published 27 October 2017
      ISBN-13 9780822369400
      978-0822369400
      ISBN-10 0822369400
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      Internet, digital media and society

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Juxtaposing contemporary art against familiar features of the Web such as emoticons, Kris Cohen explores how one can be connected to people and places online while simultaneously being alone and isolated. This phenomenon lies in the space between populations built through data collection, and publics created by interacting with others.

      Trade Review
      “Never Alone, Except for Now would make a good addition to collections at academic and museum libraries that serve patrons interested in the cultural and social machinations of the internet as they relate to critical theory and contemporary art.” -- Linden How * ARLIS/NA Reviews *

      “Never Alone, Except for Now [is] an essential contribution to our evolving cultural study of who we are and what, in the tightening embrace of computational superintelligence, we will come to be.”

      -- Steven Henry Madoff * Critical Inquiry *

      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgments vii
      Introduction 1
      1. Group Form 15
      2. Between Populations and Publics 29
      3. Broken Genres 41
      4. Toneless 79
      5. Search Engine Subjectivities 105
      Appendix 135
      Notes 139
      Selected Bibliography 179
      Index 189

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