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Goriunova, Olga (2013) New media idiocy. Convergence, Volume 19 (Number 2). pp. 223-235. doi:10.1177/1354856512457765 ISSN 1354-8565.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1354856512457765
Abstract
The article explores the concept of new media idiocy – both a new kind of idiocy and an idiocy performed in new media networks. The paper argues that instead of being neglected, idiocy needs to be appreciated if we are to enquire into the current forms of techno-human subjectification. Idiocy, following Deleuze, is interpreted as distinct from stupidity (a base mode of thinking); it is a mode of living that explores the true through the false. In new media, idiocy acquires a performative character; it is crafted, practiced and re-enacted collectively. Many forms of aesthetic expression, and especially those produced and circulated through social networks, such as memes and viral videos, have such performance of idiocy at their core. Moreover, it is through such expressive creation and performance of the idiot that the new forms of subjectification take place. Network culture’s allowance for participatory creativity enables new media idiocy to establish new forms of visibility and availability in relation to digital networks. The process of becoming an individual or the formulation of political discontent are dynamically expressed and documented online as they happen. Such order of visibility problematizes the processes of subjectification and the emergence of the cultural as well as the political on the Internet. The article uses YouTube videos and subcultures of webpage production as its case studies.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Convergence | ||||
Publisher: | Sage Publications Ltd. | ||||
ISSN: | 1354-8565 | ||||
Official Date: | 25 May 2013 | ||||
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Volume: | Volume 19 | ||||
Number: | Number 2 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 223-235 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1177/1354856512457765 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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