Uncoding the Digital

Technology, Subjectivity and Action in the Control Society
2013. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-230-27815-8
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 246 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 4287 g

Digital media are having an enormous impact on the world. From the seemingly mundane, like playing World of Warcraft, to posting a message on Twitter or Facebook, to the operation of financial markets, to transformations in science and the economy - digital media continue to revolutionize how people live their daily life. This book challenges how we understand our relationship with our digital machines, and shows how they open up a new capacity for action in the world. A capacity for action that we should no longer simply think of in terms of movement and force, but also in terms of flow and viscosity. A capacity for action that produces a politics of fluids, and finds its expression not only in new forms of social control, but also in a renewed ability for people to engage with the world and each other.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Savat, D.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Kommunikationswissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Tables and Figures Acknowledgements Introduction PART I: THE DATABASE The Emergence of Modulation Dividuality PART II: THE INTERFACE The Human-machine Assemblage Mechanical Being Digital Being PART III: THE NETWORK Solid Politics Fluid Politics The Boundary Layer Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

Über Autor(innen)

DAVID SAVAT is a lecturer in Communication Studies at the University of Western Australia. He is executive editor of the journal , and co-editor with Mark Poster of the collection(2009).