[Air-l] The internet and time

[beatrice bittarello]

  Interesting question. I am studying new religions on the Internet and the main difference with the telephone is that it has never (?) been conceptualized as space. On the contrary, the Internet--the (illusory) new frontier to be mapped)--has been primarily thought of in terms of space. A space where-ultimately-time and space end up crashing.
   
  There is an interesting article that shows how the Internet is fulfilling a (not so new) 'yearning for instantaneity':
   
  Roberts Richard H. "Space, Time and the Sacred in Modernity and Postmodernity”, International Review of Sociology 11.3, (2001): 331-355.
  
Regards,
  M.Beatrice Bittarello

Frank Thomas <news.ftr at free.fr> ha scritto:
  I would be interested whether Virilio's theories written in 1995 have 
been confirmed by empirical research. Do you have any ideas about that ?

It would also be interesting to confront today's ideas about the 
acceleration of time due to the Internet to the same theories made when 
the telegraph or the telephone were introduced. See Ithiel de Sola Pool 
for his retrospective forecasting of the changes introduced by the 
telephone. Sometimes you get funny effects when you replace the term of 
telephone by Internet. A sort of déjà vu.

Regards,
F. Thomas


beatrice bittarello wrote:
> Hi Abi,
> 
> This article by Mark Nunes focuses on time, space and the Internet. He draws upon both Virilio and Baudrillard.
> 
> Nunes, Mark, “Jean Baudrillard in Cyberspace: Internet, Virtuality, and Postmodernity”, Style 29.2 (Summer 1995): 314-327
> 
> Best Wishes,
> 
> M. Beatrice Bittarello
> PhD candidate
> SLCR
> University of Stirling, Scotland
> 
> 
> Abigail Groves ha scritto:
> Sarah,
> I am interested in the experience of time among users, but also in the effects 
> of the internet on time more broadly. Paul Virilio does seem the obvious 
> choice but surely there are others?
> Abi
>
>
> Quoting Sarah Robbins :
>
> 
>> Abigail: "Time" in what respect? perceptions of passing time? immediacy?
>> please explain.
>> Sarah
>>
>> On 12/7/06, Abigail Groves wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi all,
>>> I am writing about the internet and its effects on time. I was wondering
>>> if anyone could suggest some readings on this topic?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>>
>>> Abigail Groves
>>>
>>> PhD Candidate
>>> National Centre in HIV Social Research
>>> University of NSW
>>> http://nchsr.unsw.edu.au
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> The air-l at listserv.aoir.org mailing list
>>> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org
>>> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at:
>>> http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org
>>>
>>> Join the Association of Internet Researchers:
>>> http://www.aoir.org/
>>>
>>> 
>>
>> -- 
>> Sarah "Intellagirl" Robbins
>> http://www.intellagirl.com
>> http://secondlife.intellagirl.com
>> Yahoo: Intellagirl
>> Skype: Intellagirl
>> SecondLife: Intellagirl Tully
>> _______________________________________________
>> The air-l at listserv.aoir.org mailing list
>> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org
>> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at:
>> http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org
>>
>> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: 
>> http://www.aoir.org/
>>
>> 
>
>
> 


-- 
..........................................
Dr. Frank Thomas
FTR Internet Research
93110 Rosny-sous-Bois
France

_______________________________________________
The air-l at listserv.aoir.org mailing list
is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org
Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org

Join the Association of Internet Researchers: 
http://www.aoir.org/


 __________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Poco spazio e tanto spam? Yahoo! Mail ti protegge dallo spam e ti da tanto spazio gratuito per i tuoi file e i messaggi 
http://mail.yahoo.it