Presenter Information

Jaffre Aether, SUNY GeneseoFollow

Submission Type

Poster

Start Date

4-26-2021

Abstract

Media, and specifically, social media, is playing an increasingly central role within American political discourse. This poster will attempt to explain the reasoning behind why social media is taking up so much space in our discourse and what that means for American democracy. In attempting to answer these questions, this poster will rely utilize the works 24/7: Late Capitalism and the Ends of Sleep and New Dark Age: Technology and the End of the Future by Jonathan Crary and James Bridle respectively. In addition to that fact, this poster will pay attention to the central point of Bridle’s book- technology is not a neutral force and should not be framed as one.

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Apr 26th, 12:00 AM

077— Social Media and Hypervigilance: A Survey

Media, and specifically, social media, is playing an increasingly central role within American political discourse. This poster will attempt to explain the reasoning behind why social media is taking up so much space in our discourse and what that means for American democracy. In attempting to answer these questions, this poster will rely utilize the works 24/7: Late Capitalism and the Ends of Sleep and New Dark Age: Technology and the End of the Future by Jonathan Crary and James Bridle respectively. In addition to that fact, this poster will pay attention to the central point of Bridle’s book- technology is not a neutral force and should not be framed as one.

 

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