{"title":"Deborah Lupton","description":"\u003cp\u003eDeborah Lupton's works explore the intersections of technology, society, and the body with a distinct focus on contemporary cultural phenomena. Her insightful analysis in titles such as \u003cem\u003eThe Internet of Animals\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Quantified Self\u003c\/em\u003e invites readers to consider how digital technologies reshape our understanding of identity and human experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRooted in education and reference, Lupton’s writing offers a thoughtful examination of the impacts of data, digital media, and animal studies from a scholarly yet accessible perspective, making her books essential for those interested in the evolving landscape of technology and society.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-internet-of-animals-by-deborah-lupton-9781509552757","title":"The Internet of Animals","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Internet of Animals\u003c\/em\u003e begins with the half-joking claim, 'The internet is made of cats'. Today, animals of all shapes and sizes inhabit our digital spaces, including companion animals, wildlife, feral animals, and livestock.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this book, Deborah Lupton explores how digital technologies and datafication are changing our relationships with other animals. Playfully building on the concept of 'The Internet of Things', she discusses the complex feelings that have developed between people and animals through the use of digital devices, from social media to employing animal-like robots as companions and carers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe book brings together a range of perspectives, including those of sociology, cultural geography, environmental humanities, critical animal studies, and internet studies, to consider how these new digital technologies are contributing to significant changes in human–animal relationships at both the micropolitical and macropolitical levels. As Lupton shows, while digital devices and media have strengthened people's relationships to other creatures, these technologies can also objectify animals as things for human entertainment, therapy, or economic exploitation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis original and engaging book will be of interest to scholars and students across the social sciences and humanities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47363118137580,"sku":"9781509552757","price":37.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/12549823482725.jpg?v=1772914850"},{"product_id":"the-internet-of-animals-by-deborah-lupton-9781509552740","title":"The Internet of Animals","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Internet of Animals\u003c\/em\u003e by Deborah Lupton explores a fascinating aspect of our digital world: the presence of animals in our online spaces. From companion animals and wildlife to feral animals and livestock, creatures of all sorts now inhabit our digital realms.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this engaging book, Lupton investigates how digital technologies and datafication are transforming our relationships with animals. Playfully borrowing from the concept of 'The Internet of Things', she examines the complex emotions that develop between humans and animals through digital interactions — from the use of social media to the employment of animal-like robots as companions and carers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe book draws from diverse perspectives, including sociology, cultural geography, environmental humanities, critical animal studies, and internet studies, to analyse how these new digital technologies are shaping significant transformations in human-animal relationships at both micropolitical and macropolitical levels. Lupton reveals that while digital devices and media have the potential to deepen our connection to other creatures, they also risk objectifying animals as mere tools for human entertainment, therapy, or economic gain.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis original and insightful work will captivate scholars and students across the social sciences and humanities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47455779684588,"sku":"9781509552740","price":119.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/51mBnm_zyPL.jpg?v=1774798113"},{"product_id":"the-quantified-self-by-deborah-lupton-9781509500598","title":"The Quantified Self","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith the advent of digital devices and software, self-tracking practices have gained new adherents and have spread into a wide array of social domains. \u003cem\u003eThe Quantified Self\u003c\/em\u003e movement has emerged to promote 'self-knowledge through numbers'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this groundbreaking book, Deborah Lupton critically analyses the social, cultural, and political dimensions of contemporary self-tracking and identifies the concepts of selfhood and human embodiment and the value of the data that underpin them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe book incorporates discussion of the consolations and frustrations of self-tracking, as well as about the proliferating ways in which people's personal data are now used beyond their private rationales. Lupton outlines how the information that is generated through self-tracking is taken up and repurposed for commercial, governmental, managerial, and research purposes. In the relationship between personal data practices and big data politics, the implications of self-tracking are becoming ever more crucial.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50519521296620,"sku":"9781509500598","price":119.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781509500598-the-quantified-self-1.jpg?v=1790161050"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/collections\/deborah-lupton.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}