Phenomenology of Digital Happiness

The concept of happiness is never unambigously defined. This paper gives a brief overview of the happiness concept from the philosophical, economic, psychological and spritual aspects. The paper explains the phenomenon of digital happiness on a polygon of digital media, which is characterized by per...

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Main Author: Tahani Komarica
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Center for Philosophy of Media and Media Research 2023-05-01
Series:In Medias Res
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Online Access:http://www.centar-fm.org/inmediasres/images/pdf/22/T.%20Komarica,%20Fenomenologija%20digitalne%20srece.pdf
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Summary:The concept of happiness is never unambigously defined. This paper gives a brief overview of the happiness concept from the philosophical, economic, psychological and spritual aspects. The paper explains the phenomenon of digital happiness on a polygon of digital media, which is characterized by permanence achieved by a booster dose of media content and the manifestation of experience illusion through media narrative. Digital happiness appears in 6 typological manifestations: pleasure, surprise, harmony, ecstasy, liberation of needs and desires and transcedence. The tipologycal manifestations of digital happiness is presented through the use of digital media and media narratives.
ISSN:1848-6304