Infinite Distraction Pettman Hardback Polity Press 9781509502264

Infinite Distraction\nby Dominic Pettman\nHardback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Dominic Pettman\nTitle: Infinite Distraction\nFormat: Hardback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Media studies: internet, digital media and society\nPublisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd\nPublication year: 2016\nISBN-13: 9781509502264\nISBN-10: 1509502262\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\n\nIt is often argued that contemporary media homogenize our thoughts and actions, without us being fully aware of the restrictions they impose. But what if the problem is not that we are all synchronized to the same motions or moments, but rather dispersed into countless different emotional micro-experiences? What if the effect of so-called social media is to calibrate the interactive spectacle so that we never fully feel the same way as oth.