Uncoding the Digital: Technology, Subjectivity and Action in the Control Society

Savat, D.

ISBN 10: 0230278159 / ISBN 13: 9780230278158

Published by Palgrave Macmillan, 2012

About this Item

Examining the impact of digital media on surveillance, power and people's capacity for action, this book explores how people act, and are acted upon, in an increasingly connected world. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTC; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 139 x 24. Weight in Grams: 418. . 2012. 2013th Edition. hardcover. . . . .

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Uncoding the Digital: Technology, Subjectivity and Action in the Control Society
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0230278159
• ISBN 13: 9780230278158
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

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 their daily 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 terms of 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 only in new forms of social control, but also in a renewed ability for people to engage with the world and each other.

About the Author

DAVID SAVAT is a lecturer in Communication Studies at the University of Western Australia. He is executive editor of the journal Deleuze Studies, and co-editor with Mark Poster of the collectionDeleuze and New Technology (2009).