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Infinite Distraction


Infinite Distraction


Theory Redux 1. Aufl.

von: Dominic Pettman

16,99 €

Verlag: Wiley
Format: PDF
Veröffentl.: 27.05.2016
ISBN/EAN: 9781509502288
Sprache: englisch
Anzahl Seiten: 140

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<P>It is often argued that contemporary media homogenize our thoughts and actions, without us being fully aware of the restrictions they impose. But what if the problem is not that we are all synchronized to the same motions or moments, but rather dispersed into countless different emotional micro-experiences? What if the effect of so-called social media is to calibrate the interactive spectacle so that we never fully feel the same way as other potential allies at the same time? While one person is fuming about economic injustice or climate change denial, another is giggling at a cute cat video. And, two hours late, vice versa. The nebulous indignation which constitutes the very fuel of true social change can be redirected safely around the network, avoiding any dangerous surges of radical activity.</p> <p>In this short and provocative book, Dominic Pettman examines the deliberate deployment of what he calls �hypermodulation,� as a key strategy encoded into the contemporary media environment. His account challenges the various narratives that portray social media as a sinister space of synchronized attention, in which we are busily �clicking ourselves to death.� This critical reflection on the unprecedented power of the Internet requires us to rethink the potential for infinite distraction that our latest technologies now allow.</p>
Acknowledgments<br />Preface: There is Nothing Outside the Texting<br />Chapter 1: Hypermodulation (or the Digital Mood-Ring)<br />Chapter 2: The Will-to-Synchronize<br />Chapter 3: Slaves to the Algorithm<br />Chapter 4: NSFW: The Fappening, and Other Erotic Distractions<br />Conclusion: Chasing the Unicorn<br />Notes <br />Bibliography
"The social media of 'Web 2.0' distract us to death, yet they also demand and absorb all our attention. They make us all interchangeable with one another, yet they also divide us into tiny groups that never meet or interact. In <i>Infinite Distraction</i>, Dominic Pettman takes the measure of these odd paradoxes and cuts the Gordian knot of perplexity in which they leave us."<br /> <b>Steven Shaviro, Wayne State University</b> <br /><br /> "Infinite Distraction offers a critical analysis that is itself attentive to the various nuances of how a new kind of selfhood is being synchronized in screen-based networking. this provocative text is written with flair; it functions as a necessary manual to understand the massive grey zone somewhere between the preprogrammed and the accidental." <br /> <b>Jussi Parikka, University of Southampton</b>
<b>DOMINIC PETTMAN</b> is Chair of Liberal Studies, New School for Social Research, and Professor of Culture and Media, Eugene Lang College. He has held previous positions at the University of Melbourne, the University of Geneva, and the University of Amsterdam. He is the author or co-author of a large number of publications on technology and society.

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