| Description |
1 online resource (pages cm.) |
| Contents |
Amazon can read your mind: a media archaeology of the algorithmic imaginary / Simone Natale -- Information theory of the soul: spiritualism, technology, and science fiction / Anthony Enns -- The return of the sonic ghosts: phonographic revenants and digital reanimations, from paleospectography to hauntology / Simone Dotto -- I play, therefore I believe: religion and faith in digital games / Vincenzo Idone Cassone and Mattia Thibault -- Ritual magic and user generated deities on instagram / Rose Rowson -- Instant karma and internet karma: karmic memes and morality on social media / Beverley McGuire -- Disciples of the new digital religions: or, how to make your "fake" religion real / Ken Chitwood -- Plurality through imagination: the emergence of online Tulpa communities in the making of new identities / Christopher Laursen -- Augmented reality, virtual reality, and religion: past, present, and future / Joshua Mann -- Algorithm magic: Gilbert Simondon and techno-animism / Betti Marenko -- Afterword: religious and digital imaginaries in parallel lines / Carole Cusack, Massimo Leone and Jeffrey Sconce |
| Summary |
"As technologies that work by computing numbers, digital media apparently epitomize what is considered scientific and rational. Yet, people experience the effects of digital devices and algorithms in their everyday life also through the lenses of magic and the supernatural. Algorithms, for instance, are discussed for their capacity to "read minds" and predict the future; Artificial Intelligence as an opportunity to overcome death and achieve immortality through singularity; and avatars and robots are accorded a dignity that traditional religions restricted to humans. The essays collected in this volume address these and similar phenomena, challenging and redefining established understandings of digital media and culture by employing the notions of belief, religion, and the supernatural."-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Description based on print version record |
| Subject |
Civilization -- Extraterrestrial influences.
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Unidentified flying objects -- Religious aspects.
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Civilization -- Extraterrestrial influences
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Unidentified flying objects -- Religious aspects
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Natale, Simone, 1981- editor.
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Pasulka, Diana Walsh, editor
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| ISBN |
9780190050009 |
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0190050004 |
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