Uncoding the digital: technology, subjectivity and action in the control society

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 theirdaily 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 termsof 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 onlyin new forms of social control, but also in a renewed ability for people to engage with the world and each other. INDICE: List of Tables and Figures.Acknowledgements.Introduction.PART I: THE DATABASE.The Emergence of Modulation.Dividuality.PART II: THE INTERFACE.TheHuman-machine Assemblage.Mechanical Being.Digital Being.PART III: THE NETWORK.Solid Politics.Fluid Politics.The Boundary Layer.Conclusion .Notes .Bibliography.Index.

• ISBN: 978-0-230-27815-8
• Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 256
• Fecha Publicación: 29/06/2012
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Desconocido