Making Time for Digital Lives - Beyond Chronotopia (Paperback)

It is said that the ontology of data resists slowness and also that the digital revolution promised a levelling of the playing field. Both theories are examined in this timely collection of chapters looking at time in the digital world. Since data has assumed such a paramount place in the modern neoliberal world, contemporary concepts of time have undergone radical transformation. By critically assessing the emerging initiatives of slowing down in the digital age, this book investigates the role of the digital in ultimately reinforcing neo-liberal temporalities. It shows that both "speed-up" and "slow down" imperatives often function as a form of biopolitical social control necessary to contemporary global capitalism. Problematic paradoxes emerge where a successful slow down and digital detox ultimately are only successful if the individual returns to the world as a more productive, labouring neoliberal subject. Is there another way? The chapters in this collection, broken up into three parts, ask that question.

General

Imprint:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	June 2022
Editors:	Anne Kaun
Dimensions:	219 x 153 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	218
ISBN-13:	978-1-5381-4985-0
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > Media studies Promotions
LSN:	1-5381-4985-0
Barcode:	9781538149850

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