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This article investigates new forms of social control and the transformation of subjectivities made manifest in technological advances in networked media and human-computer interaction (HCI). A selection of contemporary social media platforms, including Twitter, Facebook, and online porn, are used t...

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Main Author: Erika Biddle
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Toronto Libraries 2013-11-01
Series:MediaTropes
Subjects:
biopower
control at a distance
control societies
dividuation
haptic control
haptic technologies
hyperconnectivity
information society
network culture
network societies
neuroplasticity
social control
social media
social networking
pornography
Online Access:http://www.mediatropes.com/index.php/Mediatropes/article/view/20384
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Summary:This article investigates new forms of social control and the transformation of subjectivities made manifest in technological advances in networked media and human-computer interaction (HCI). A selection of contemporary social media platforms, including Twitter, Facebook, and online porn, are used to examine how modes of performativity and participation on the Internet are put to work as evolving forms of networked control. In particular, the paper examines how haptic forms of connecting with others online co-evolve with the Internet’s capacity to control at a distance.
ISSN:1913-6005
1913-6005

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