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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1-22 |
| Number of pages | 22 |
| Journal | Fast Capitalism |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Publication status | Published - 2012 |
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Time for a digital detox? From information obesity to digital dieting. / Brabazon, Tara.
In: Fast Capitalism, Vol. 9, No. 1, 2012, p. 1-22.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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T1 - Time for a digital detox? From information obesity to digital dieting
AU - Brabazon, Tara
N1 - Imported on 12 Apr 2017 - DigiTool details were: Journal title (773t) = Fast Capitalism. ISSNs: 1930-014X;
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - To show how a consumerist anaesthetic is masking the pain of crumbling public education, health and libraries, it is necessary to intervene in the narratives of hyper-individualism, personal choice and the digital divide. By aligning postcolonialism, internet studies and media studies, I probe the consequences of the information glut and the fetishization of the new rather than the useful. This is an article of advocacy and argument, exploring how our language, models and metaphors for the online environment have become descriptive rather than innovative and interventionist.
AB - To show how a consumerist anaesthetic is masking the pain of crumbling public education, health and libraries, it is necessary to intervene in the narratives of hyper-individualism, personal choice and the digital divide. By aligning postcolonialism, internet studies and media studies, I probe the consequences of the information glut and the fetishization of the new rather than the useful. This is an article of advocacy and argument, exploring how our language, models and metaphors for the online environment have become descriptive rather than innovative and interventionist.
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VL - 9
SP - 1
EP - 22
JO - Fast Capitalism
JF - Fast Capitalism
SN - 1930-014X
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