Virality : Contagion Theory in the Age of Networks
In this thought-provoking work, Tony D. Sampson presents a contagion theory fit for the age of networks. Unlike memes and microbial contagions, Virality does not restrict itself to biological analogies and medical metaphors. It instead points toward a theory of contagious assemblages, events, and af...
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Idioma: | Inglés |
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Minneapolis :
University of Minnesota Press,
2012.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Cover; Contents; Introduction; 1. Resuscitating Tarde's Diagram in the Age of Networks; 2. What Spreads? From Memes and Crowds to the Phantom Events of Desire and Belief; 3. What Diagram? Toward a Political Economy of Desire and Contagion; 4. From Terror Contagion to the Virality of Love; 5. Tardean Hypnosis: Capture and Escape in the Age of Contagion; Acknowledgments; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z.