Lee, Raymond L. M. (2022) Time, space, and power in digital modernity: From liquid to solid control. Time & Society, 31 (1). pp. 69-87. ISSN 0961-463X, DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/0961463X211016781.
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Zygmunt Bauman addressed spatiotemporal compression as a critical aspect of the transition from solid to liquid modernity. In this transition, speed and flexibility came to define the conditions of social life which no longer relied on spatiotemporal separation as the basis of all power relations. But digitization of these conditions raises the question of whether the present phase of modernity depicts a resolidification of capital and power that exploits the fluidity of a densely intermediated world. By treating databases as the new localities of power, the digital operations inherent to their utility and productivity render the systemic nature of intermediation as solid as the power relations of the pre-digital era. The example of mass surveillance demonstrates the solidity of a new power derived from surreptitious data gathering and collation in populations attuned to intermediation as a way of life. A new mass culture is emerging through spaces of power that have reset speed in the service of datafication. This is not simply a culture of mobility and choice but one prefabricated and utilized for advancing the redesigned solidity of a digitized modernity.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Funders: | None |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Bauman; Control; Digitalism; Liquidity; Masses; Media; Modernity; Solidity; Surveillance |
| Subjects: | G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GN Anthropology H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences > Departmen of Anthropology & Sociology |
| Depositing User: | Ms. Juhaida Abd Rahim |
| Date Deposited: | 09 Oct 2023 03:31 |
| Last Modified: | 09 Oct 2023 03:31 |
| URI: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/42457 |
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