Janey Umback
Biographic Data
| ID | 5153732 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Janey Umback |
| GIVEN NAMES | Janey |
| FAMILY NAME | Umback |
| SIGNATURE | UMBACK J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Curtin University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2311-417X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The viral turn
This paper (re)conceptualizes the ecology of virality, which has now become central to TikTok-driven short-form video cultures. By mapping out this virality ecology of TikTok, we provide an up-to-date explanation of how the attention economy in social media pop cultures is reconfigured through algorithmic logics centring on virality. As widely discussed in media studies, the concept of virality is by no means novel, yet it has evolved alongside t…
Situating Emotion In Digital Culture
This introduction to this issue works to map how emotion is situated in contemporary digital culture. It is derived from an international online symposium led by the authors and including leading scholars in this area of study and investigation from more than 5 countries in November 2021. The article works to identify and summarise the material generated by each of the scholars and further links it to the complex domain of persona and digital per…
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Situating Emotion In Digital Culture
This introduction to this issue works to map how emotion is situated in contemporary digital culture. It is derived from an international online symposium led by the authors and including leading scholars in this area of study and investigation from more than 5 countries in November 2021. The article works to identify and summarise the material generated by each of the scholars and further links it to the complex domain of persona and digital per…
The viral turn
This paper (re)conceptualizes the ecology of virality, which has now become central to TikTok-driven short-form video cultures. By mapping out this virality ecology of TikTok, we provide an up-to-date explanation of how the attention economy in social media pop cultures is reconfigured through algorithmic logics centring on virality. As widely discussed in media studies, the concept of virality is by no means novel, yet it has evolved alongside t…
Aesthetics (1 work) · Art (1 work) · Asian Culture and Media Studies (1 work) · Communication (1 work) · Copyright and Intellectual Property (1 work) · Digital culture (1 work) · Digital Games and Media (1 work) · Digital Media and Philosophy (1 work) · Government (linguistics (1 work) · Media studies (1 work)