New noise. A cultural sociology of digital disruption

Cover......Page 1
New Noise......Page 3
Contents......Page 7
Acknowledgments......Page 9
Foreword......Page 11
References......Page 16
1. The Double Trap......Page 17
 Beyond Technophilia and Technophobia......Page 21
 Colonies of Enthusiasts......Page 23
 Empowering Some While Disempowering Others......Page 29
 Technopolitics: Towards a Continuous Re-theorization......Page 33
2. In Search of Space......Page 35
 Interference in the Orderly Sequence......Page 37
 Opposing Machines......Page 40
 Disruption as Heterodoxy......Page 46
 Disruption as Rewiring......Page 50
3. Shapes, Relations, Structures......Page 53
 Beyond Triangulation......Page 54
 A Qualitative Approach to Quantity......Page 56
 Towards an Analysis of Practice......Page 61
4. Hacktivist Mobilization......Page 65
 The Hashtag as Settlement......Page 67
 Discursive Aspects of Mobilization......Page 69
 Social Aspects of Mobilization......Page 73
 Semiotic Dynamics......Page 78
5. Network Politics......Page 81
 The Power of Directionality......Page 85
 Oh Media! Where Are You?......Page 88
 What Is a Revolution?......Page 92
 Controlling the Flow......Page 93
6. *.Sub Culture......Page 95
 Setting the Subscene......Page 96
 Coordination, Collaboration, Regulation......Page 97
  Extract #1......Page 98
  Extract #2......Page 99
  Extract #4......Page 100
  Extract #6......Page 101
  Extract #9......Page 103
  Extract #14......Page 104
  Extract #15......Page 105
  Extract #17......Page 106
 Rival Generosity......Page 107
7. Holy Shit! it Works!!......Page 109
 Affinity, Trolling, and Hating......Page 110
 You’re Obviously Pretty . . .......Page 115
 Knowledge through Connection......Page 117
 Microcontent and Community Building......Page 122
8. Plural Reactions......Page 127
 YouTube Shootings: A Media Panic?......Page 128
 Disrupting the Panic......Page 134
9. The Subactivist Challenge......Page 141
 Digital Piracy Cultures......Page 144
 Dimensions of Pirate Praxis......Page 148
 Catching the Third Wave?......Page 152
10. A Cultural Sociology of Digital Disruption......Page 155
 New Noise?......Page 156
  Disruption......Page 159
  Power......Page 160
  Practice......Page 161
 Moving Equilibrium......Page 162
 Rewind: Objective vs. Subjective Culture......Page 163
 Fast Forward: Transgressing into Hybrid Space......Page 164
Works Cited......Page 167
Index......Page 177