63 research outputs found
Undoing Networks
Contemporary societies are often described in terms of network metaphors and theories informed by an ‘ethos of connectivity’. Many contemporary social theories (from Luhmann’s systems theory to Deleuze/Guattari’s rhizome analysis to Actor Network Theory) operate with a normative bias toward networking. In recent years, however, diagnoses of over-networking (hyperconnectivity) have increased alongside the search for, and experimentation with, practices and infrastructures of de-networking. The lecture will present some exemplary cases of these phenomena and inquire into the social and media-theoretical relevance of disconnection. What conceptual challenges might be associated with thinking in terms of de-networking? Putting problems of passivity, inactivity, and withdrawal at the centre of theoretical interest, the lecture aims to conceive de-networking not as a romanticizing exit from the network, but rather as a paradoxical operation at the boundary of networking processes. Urs StĂ€heli is Professor of Sociological Theory at the University of Hamburg. His research areas include poststructuralist and neo-materialist social theory, the sociology of the list, cultural economy, and digital cultures. Publications include: Soziologie der Entnetzung (2021); Spectacular Speculation (2013).Urs StĂ€heli, Undoing
Networks, lecture, ICI Berlin, 13 June 2022, video recording, mp4, 42:41 <https://doi.org/10.25620/e220613
âșOccupy Populismâč
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The Rhythm of the Stock Exchange. A Case Study on the Stock Ticker and its Effects on Inclusion
Der Aufsatz zeigt am historischen Fallbeispiel des Börsentickers, auf welche Weise Verbreitungsmedien fĂŒr Inklusionsprozesse in Funktionssystemen relevant werden. Die Geschichte des Börsentickers ist sowohl in der Mediengeschichte wie auch in der Mediensoziologie vernachlĂ€ssigt worden, obwohl der Ticker eines der ersten auf Echtzeit beruhenden Medien ist. Der Beitrag unternimmt eine Analyse der Semantiken, die sich mit dem Ticker und seinen Effekten beschĂ€ftigen. Dabei wird vorgeschlagen, zwischen der MedialitĂ€t und der ZugĂ€nglichkeit tickerbasierter Kommunikation zu unterscheiden. In einem ersten Schritt akzentuiert der Beitrag die durch das Tickermedium gewonnene ZugĂ€nglichkeit und zeigt auf, welche Bedeutung die Etablierung des Tickers fĂŒr die Verbreitung finanzökonomischer Kommunikation hat. In einem zweiten Teil wird die MedialitĂ€t des Tickers betont und aufgezeigt, dass der Ticker nicht nur ein unsichtbares Verbreitungsmedium ist, sondern dass seine Mitteilungsweise selbst in den Vordergrund rĂŒckt. Im letzten Teil wird das VerhĂ€ltnis der durch den Ticker vergröĂerten ZugĂ€nglichkeit zur Faszination durch seine MedialitĂ€t diskutiert.Using the case of the stock ticker, this paper shows how the media are relevant to processes of inclusion in functional systems. The history of the ticker has been neglected in the history of media as well as in media sociology even though the ticker was one of the first real-time media. The paper analyses the semantics which has been used to describe the ticker and its effects. The article suggests distinguishing between the mediality and the accessibility of ticker-based communication. First, the paper shows the importance of the ticker for financial communication and emphasizes the new possibilities for accessing financial communication which were generated by the ticker. Second, the paper focuses on the mediality of the ticker. It shows that the ticker is not simply a transparent medium, but that its mode of communication has become visible and fascinating. The concluding part discusses the relation between accessibility and mediality
Infrastrukturen des Tourismus
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