"disruptive technology": addiction and surveillance in the digital world
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“Disruptive Technology”: Addiction and Surveillance in
the Digital World
Rebecca TigerMiddlebury College
@rtigernyc #DigitalSociology
Surveillant Assemblage
“abstract[s] human bodies from their territorial settings and separate[s] them into discrete flows”
-Haggerty & Ericson, 2000
“As a physician, I remain uncomfortable aiding and abetting coercive measures like SCRAM. But this concern is overshadowed by a far greater one surrounding [John’s] long term health”
Possibility of Resistance?
“Media represent a contested space, offering some potential openings for oppositional voices…contradictions in dominant discourse. ”
-Aaron Doyle, 2011
