{"product_id":"the-social-network-youth-film-2-0-hardcover","title":"The Social Network: Youth Film 2.0 - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNeil Archer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis in-depth study of one of the twenty-first century's most acclaimed films, \u003ci\u003eThe Social Network: Youth Film 2.0 \u003c\/i\u003econsiders the contribution of David Fincher and Aaron Sorkin's film to the understanding of 'youth' in a contemporary, digital age. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book starts by situating \u003ci\u003eThe Social Network \u003c\/i\u003ewithin the contexts of 'youth film', arguing that it challenges and reshapes the boundaries of this genre by rethinking the notion of 'youth' itself in the present century. It goes on to consider in detail the aesthetics at work in the film, arguing for its critical and reflexive use of an 'accelerated' audio-visual style, in order to capture both the new visual regimes of the personal computer era, and the ethical and intellectual ambiguities of Facebook itself as a creation. Finally, it locates the film within the broader visual styles and fashion codes of a late twentieth- and early twenty-first-century consumer culture that incorporates and commodifies rebellion and dissent: qualities that underpinned Facebook's emerging, paradoxical identity as at once the epitome of 'hacker' culture and also a multi-billion-dollar global company.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReframing the meaning of youth cinema, this volume in the Cinema and Youth Culture series is ideal for students, researchers and scholars of cinema studies, youth culture and digital cultures. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNeil Archer\u003c\/strong\u003e is Senior Lecturer in Film at Keele University, UK. He is the author of seven previous books, including \u003ci\u003eCinema and Brexit: The Politics of Popular English Film\u003c\/i\u003e (2021) and \u003ci\u003eTwenty-First-Century Hollywood: Rebooting the System \u003c\/i\u003e(2019).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 120\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.38 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 17, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42158475509895,"sku":"9780367753108","price":118.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/5fdaff2f588bff721e7956494b5353d0.webp?v=1733259097","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-social-network-youth-film-2-0-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}