Imagining the Digital Society – Metaphors from the Past and Present
Katzenbach, Christian; Larsson, Stefan (2018-01-29). Imagining the Digital Society – Metaphors from the Past and Present In Encore: The Annual Magazine on Internet and Society Research, 2017,, 8 - 8: The Alexander Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society
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English
Authors:
Katzenbach, Christian
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Larsson, Stefan
Department:
Lund University Internet Institute (LUii)
Real Estate Science
Abstract:
The current rapid social and technological change is giving rise to enormous
uncertainties – and a great need for explanation and sense-making. How do we
understand the digital society? When we talk about the future that we cannot know
and a present that we do not understand, we have no option but to use the conceptual apparatus of the past – with normative, social and economic implications. This primer introduces a series of essays on the politics of metaphors in the digital society. It aims to uncover the hidden assumptions and concepts within our discourses of the digital, piece by piece.
This primer introduces a series of essays on the politics of metaphors in the digital society. It aims to uncover the hidden assumptions and concepts within our discourses of the digital, piece by piece.
Keywords:
Metaphors ;
Digital ;
Conceptions
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