[Air-L] Recommendations for short literary fiction and films on "digital culture"?

[Liana Gross Furini]

Hi Emma,

Although not properly "digital" culture, I always like to indicate the
movie "The Imitation Game" to the students.

If you are seeking fictional stuff, there is the series "Mr. Robot", which
addresses the digital culture and also the hacking culture. It's awesome!

Other possibilities are "TPB AFK: The Pirate Bay Away From Keyboard", a
documentary based on the trial of the three founders of The Pirate Bay, and
"Zero Days", a documentary about a malware used against the Iran and
addresses the influence of cyber attacks on people's lives.

I hope it helps. Good luck!
Liana.


On Tue, Dec 20, 2016 at 9:52 AM, Thomas Ball <xtc283 at gmail.com> wrote:

> This BBC documentary titled *The Joy of Data* is a pretty good overview of
> digital culture...
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xgp7BIBtPhk
>
>
> A recent *New York Times Magazine* article titled *AI: The Great Awakening
> *has
> a nice, kind of breathless portrait of how digital networks and AI are
> changing culture...
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/14/magazine/the-great-ai-awakening.html
>
>
> Ted Mooney's book *Easy Travel to Other Planets* contains many digital
> motifs focused around, e.g., information sickness and overload.
>
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 20, 2016 at 12:37 PM, Emma Stamm <stamm at vt.edu> wrote:
>
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I am putting together a syllabus for an interdisciplinary arts/humanities
> > course that will include a unit on art and culture of the digital age. I
> am
> > currently seeking short literary fiction and films/video clips I can use
> to
> > introduce college students (mostly freshmen and sophomores) to "digital
> > culture" in its various forms and guises.
> >
> > I am particularly interested in works published after 1980, although if
> > anyone can recommend their favorite short stories by Philip K. Dick,
> > William Gibson, women writers and writers of color, I'd be very
> > appreciative.
> >
> > Thank you so much!
> >
> > All the best,
> > Emma Stamm
> >
> > *Emma Stamm, MS*
> > *PhD Student & Instructor, Department of Religion and Culture*
> > *Virginia State Polytechnic University*
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-- 
Liana Furini