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Digital Proxemics: How Technology Shapes the Ways We Move (Digital Formations) New Edition

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The study of proxemics - the human use of space - is reimagined for the digital age in this book, a compelling examination of the future of the ways we move. Whereas much writing on the subject focuses on what digital technology might do for us, this book explores what the same technology might do to us.

Combining dynamic stories, cutting-edge research, and deep reflection on the role of space in our lives, Digital Proxemics examines the ways that our uses of physical and digital spaces and our uses of technology are converging. It investigates the role of digital communication in proxemics, offering explorations of the ways digital technology shapes our personal bodily movement, our interpersonal negotiation of social space, and our navigation of public spaces and places. Through the lens of information and user-experience design, it adds forbidden spaces, ubicomp, augmented reality, digital surveillance, and virtual reality to the growing lexicon surrounding proxemics. The result is a spatial turn in the study of digital technology and a digital turn in the study of proxemics.

As our culture changes, our ability to make choices about how to move will be called into question, as will our expectations for what roles technology will play in our lives. As we navigate this intersection, Digital Proxemics is at once a valuable lens through which we can view our shifting culture, a cautionary tale through which we might envision problematic outcomes, and an optimistic projection of possibility for the future of human communication and technology interaction.
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  1. ISBN-10
    1433131862
  2. ISBN-13
    978-1433131868
  3. Edition
    New
  4. Publisher
    Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
  5. Publication date
    March 30, 2016
  6. Language
    English
  7. Dimensions
    6 x 0.5 x 8.75 inches
  8. Print length
    210 pages
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John A. McArthur (PhD, Clemson University) is Associate Professor in the James L. Knight School of Communication at Queens University of Charlotte. He is a researcher, author, and speaker on the role of space, technology, and user-experience in human communication.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers; New edition (March 30, 2016)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 210 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1433131862
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1433131868
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 11.3 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.5 x 8.75 inches
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John A. McArthur is an author and researcher of the role digital technology plays in changing human interaction. Using design theories to investigate digital communication in our changing culture, Dr. McArthur studies the intersection of digital literacies, spaces (both physical and digital), and human behaviors. His first book, Digital Proxemics: How Technology Shapes the Ways We Move, offers new insights into our connections to both digital technologies and the spaces we inhabit.

Dr. McArthur serves as associate professor of communication studies at Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina and holds a Ph.D. in Rhetorics, Communication, and Information Design.

Connect with John A. McArthur online at http://jamcarthur.com

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James R Burnett
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book by an engaging young professor
Reviewed in the United States on June 25, 2016
This is a very interesting book on a topic that has gotten far too little attention over the last 50 years. Dr. McArthur's charm and wit show through in his writing - indeed you can almost picture yourself in his boyhood home playing Nintendo with him and his brother! Anyone interested in communications in the digital world should check out Digital Proxemics.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Proxemics Reloaded
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Proxemics Reloaded

John A. McArthur (Associate Professor in the James L. Knight School of Communication at Queens University of Charlotte) delivers an intriguing and readily accessible reading to reimagine the importance of proxemics - the study of the human use of space. Introduced as a concept by the anthropologist Edward Twitchell Hall ("A System for the Notation of Proxemic Behavior". In: American Anthropologist, 65: 1003-1026, 1963), the role of communication in proxemics received far too little attention over the last 50 years.

In light of the spatial turn, the author follows the question of how this concept might be used for understanding the ways we move in the digital age and on what digital technologies might do for us. He chooses a narrative approach to guide the reader onto a deeper reflection on the role and impact of digital technologies on place and space in our lives. Thereby, he follows the DILMO approach: distance, identity, location, movement, and orientation and highlights in the different chapters the user-experience design as a centrepiece for the evolution and future of researching digital proxemics. Digital Proxemics is a demanding new perspective to attempt to understand the changing physical and digital spaces in using technologies such as so-called forbidden spaces, at ubicomp, in augmented reality, digital surveillance, and virtual reality. The result is a spatial turn in the study of digital technology and a digital turn in the study of proxemics.

Despite the enlightening research presented in the book, not all expectations described in the book description were fully met. Future research needs, furthermore, to follow the valuable research perspectives in Hall's works, the explanation and interpretation of cross-cultural differences in using digital technological tools. This aspect has become more important in virtual projects and teamwork, not only since the recent pandemic. Nevertheless, this is possibly also a topic for a new book that still needs to be written.

The book is much recommended to readers that are looking for a well-grounded but lightweight introduction to the field of digital proxemics and for anybody with an interest to re-read and explore the rich compendium of references and notes at the end of the book.
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