Digitized Lives: Culture, Power, and Social Change in the Internet Era

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In a remarkably short period of time the Internet and associated digital communication technologies have deeply changed the way millions of people around the globe live their lives. But what is the nature of that impact? In chapters examining a broad range of issues―including sexuality, politics, education, race, gender relations, the environment, and social protest movements― Digitized Lives seeks answers to these central questions: What is truly new about so-called "new media," and what is just hype? How have our lives been made better or worse by digital communication technologies? In what ways can these devices and practices contribute to a richer cultural landscape and a more sustainable society? Jason Farman, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Director of the Design Cultures & Creativity Program, University of Maryland, College Park T. V. Reed’s Digitized Lives makes an important contribution to today's increasingly mediated society and culture, in which nearly every aspect of our everyday lives is touched by digital technology. This clear-eyed demystification of digital cultures’ benefits and threats functions as an indispensable guidebook for understanding the Internet today and its status as one of the most powerful communication tools of our modern age." Krüger, S. (2017a). Barbarous hordes, brutal elites: The traumatic structure of right-wing populism. E-Flux. June 2017. https://www.e-flux.com/journal/83/142185/barbarous-hordes-brutal-elites-the-traumatic-structure-of-right-wing-populism/Johanssen, J., & Wang, X. (2021). Artificial intuition in tech journalism on AI: Imagining the human subject. Human-Machine Communication, 2, 173–190. https://doi.org/10.30658/hmc.2.9 A distinguished scientist and data management expert who works at Microsoft said, “In 2035 there will be more ‘face-to-face’ (‘virtual,’ but with a real feel) discussion in digital spaces that opens people’s minds to alternative viewpoints.” Jutel, J. (2020). Post-politics. In Y. Stavrakakis (Ed.), Routledge handbook of psychoanalytic political theory (pp. 429–442). Routledge. A considerable number of these experts focused their answers on the transformative potential of artificial intelligence (AI), virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR). They say these digital enhancements or alternatives will have growing impact on everything online and in the physical world. This, they believe, is the real “metaverse” that indisputably lies ahead. They salute the possibilities inherent in the advancement of these assistive and immersive technologies, but also worry they can be abused – often in ways yet to be discovered. A number of respondents also predict that yet-to-be envisioned realms will arise.