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What we get from cultural reception now is not so much an “experience” or a single coherent “work of art” as an endless series of doses.

How their rise made in-fighting the norm—and how we can navigate the resulting culture war

Don’t touch, but keep in touch! The pandemic has us living in an alternate corporeality.

A great read on the shift from tactile experiences to visual ones as touching becomes the new taboo.

#senses #touch #visual #tactile

The misconception of convenience.

With his "Google Maps Hack," artist Simon Weckert draws attention to the systems we take for granted—and how we let them shape us.

What we learned from the spy in your pocket.

#smartphones

Recent advancements in communication technology have enabled billions of people to connect over great distances using mobile phones, yet little is known about how the frequent presence of these devices in social settings influences face-to-face interactions. In two experiments, we evaluated the extent to which the mere presence of mobile communication devices shape relationship quality in dyadic settings. In both, we found evidence they can have negative effects on closeness, connection, and conversation quality. These results demonstrate that the presence of mobile phones can interfere with human relationships, an effect that is most clear when individuals are discussing personally meaningful topics.

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0265407512453827

A global plan of action to make our online world safe and empowering for everyone.

A second wave of sexual tech is starting to appear, transforming how some people view their very identity, and raising the specter of a new kind of stigma.

#byline_neil mcarthur and markie twist #digisexuality

The good: AutoMod saves time and prevents potential mental health issues. The bad: Humans still have to clean up after it.

From wayfinding to wayknowing: how can smartphones improve user experience in the built environment?

When pornography becomes a “frictionless” technology, our bodies’ task is to seamlessly and endlessly circulate

The sexual freedom in the West, which I yearned for while growing up in Vietnam, turns out to be quite an illusion. The incessant circulation of pornographic images does not translate into more meaningful possibilities of pleasure and interpersonal exchange. On the contrary, it standardizes an efficient and convenient form of desire, removes the friction of social negotiation, and produces a compulsive freedom of movement that captures our bodies within the flow of capital.

A new study scanned 22,484 pornography sites and found them riddled with trackers from major technology companies.

#new media & society (journal)

Did you feel sorry for the CGI robot? If so, you’re not alone

Videogames show us how digital media in general, from YouTube to Twitter, lend themselves easily to the selfsame aesthetics of flow.

‘‘The elite culture of the twentieth century has left its mark on our current media landscape in the form of what Bolter calls “popular modernism.” Meanwhile, new forms of digital media have emerged and magnified these changes, offering new platforms for communication and expression.‘‘

Once, it was easy to be obscure. Technology has ended that.

#computers and the internet

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