{"product_id":"the-internet-of-animals-human-animal-relationships-in-the-digital-age-hardback-9781509552740","title":"The Internet of Animals; Human-Animal Relationships in the Digital Age (Hardback) 9781509552740","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Internet of Animals\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eHuman-Animal Relationships in the Digital Age\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDeborah Lupton (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781509552740, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 24 March 2023\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e224 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.8 x 14.2 x 2.3 cm, 0.363 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Deborah Lupton is a brilliant guide to animal–human–digital assemblages.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBill Adams, University of Cambridge\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Lupton takes us on a fascinating journey into the past and the future to help us grapple with our intimate relations with animals. We are confronted with how the digital mediates our emotional need to care for and control the creatures that we have come to see as extensions of ourselves.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePayal Arora, Erasmus University, and author of \u003ci\u003eThe Next Billion Users\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Lupton asks: 'How are human-animal relationships changing?' and 'How are digital media and devices contributing to this change?'. Her wide-ranging exploration broaches many insightful responses to this question, with a useful attention to both pros and cons, though an inevitable weighting toward more regrettable and insidious ramifications.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRandy Malamud, \u003ci\u003eJournal of Animal Ethics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The internet is made of cats' is a half-jokingly made claim. Today, animals of all shapes and sizes inhabit our digital spaces, including companion animals, wildlife, feral animals and livestock.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \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. The 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 major 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 \u003cp\u003eThis original and engaging book will be of interest to scholars and students across the social sciences and humanities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1 Conceptualising Humans, Animals and Human-Animal Relations\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 2 Animal Enthusiasts, Activism and Politics in Digital Media\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 3 The Quantified Animal and Dataveillance\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 4 Animal Cuteness, Therapy and Celebrity Online\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 5 Animal Avatars and Zoomorphic Robots\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: Reimagining Human-Animal Relations\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Appendix\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Society \u0026amp; culture: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Society \u0026amp; culture: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Society%20\u0026amp;%20culture:%20general%20%5BJF%5D%22\"\u003eJF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52501203976472,"sku":"9781509552740","price":40.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781509552740.jpg?v=1786217022","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-internet-of-animals-human-animal-relationships-in-the-digital-age-hardback-9781509552740","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}