{"product_id":"curating-digital-lives-consumer-cultures-digital-platforms-and-everyday-practices-9781666929997","title":"Curating Digital Lives: Consumer Cultures, Digital Platforms, and Everyday Practices","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003eCurating Digital Lives explores Chinese urban residents' lived experiences of digital platforms in their ordinary lives, mapping digital geographies of consumption at micro scales. It examines how urban residents curate their digital geographies of consumption, embrace and resist digital cultures, and the social and environmental impacts of digitalization or platformization of consumption. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 238 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 15 May 2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Lexington Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCurating Digital Lives: Consumer Cultures, Digital Platforms, and Everyday Practices delves into the lived experiences of Chinese urban residents regarding digital platforms in their daily lives, employing practice theories to explore the micro-scale digital geographies of consumption. By adopting the concept of \"curation,\" the book unravels the intricate interactions between daily practices and various digital social media platforms and devices, shedding light on the connections between local cultures and global developments in digital technologies. The empirical discussions in this book explore how urban residents curate their digital geographies of consumption across diverse urban spaces on a daily basis, how they embrace and resist the digital cultures shaped by online platforms and the data they generate, and the social and environmental impacts of the digitalization or platformization of consumption. Through these discussions, Chen Liu offers valuable insights into the practices of digitalized and platform-mediated daily life, including eating, traveling, living with smart home technologies, buying and selling goods, and utilizing social media in urban China.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 229 x 152 (mm)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781666929997\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chen Liu","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":46106427195642,"sku":"9781666929997","price":91.04,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/files\/1716579890251_book.jpg?v=1716713482","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/curating-digital-lives-consumer-cultures-digital-platforms-and-everyday-practices-9781666929997","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}