[Air-L] articles, references on moving across the digital/physical realms?

Fri Feb 8 18:06:54 PST 2013

Hi,

I feel this online/offline, virtual/real (or whatever) dichotomy has become
very much obsolete (if not completely false). I wrote a chapter a couple of
years ago (but it's actually been published last year) that dealt exactly
with communities. I wanted to demonstrate why and how this dichotomy is
false from a critical-theoretical point of view. I don't know if I
succeeded, but you might be interested in it nevertheless (post-print
version is available here:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/111293835/Prodnik-Jernej-Post-Fordist-Communities-
and-Cyberspace-A-Critical-Approach)

In any case, I think recent social developments (complete normalisation of
technology, which has become an 'natural' thing for most people in the
Western societies, basically an extension of our bodies and minds) confirm
this, which also goes for quite some empirical studies: that it's
increasingly difficult to separate these two dimensions/spheres because
they've become totally blurred. I can understand the fascination with
technology as being one of the crucial elements in the study though as this
interests me too, but I'd be vary of 'the medium is the message'
implications that are often inherent in analyses (an implicit
techno-determinism?).

Whether you agree with this point of view or not I'd nevertheless suggest
that we at least remain a little sceptical of this binary opposition. I'd
also be open to any criticism of course.

Best,
Jernej

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Hi Andee,

You might check out Jenny Cool's working paper (and the responses, etc to
it), available through the Media Anthropology list. I believe it was
published there in 2010. It discusses the online/onground activity around
a group called SuperOrganic in the San Francisco bay area...

Cheers,
Rob
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On 2/8/13 1:48 PM, "Stacy Blasiola" <sblasi2 at uic.edu> wrote:

>I think this speaks to what you're looking for:
>
>Baym, N.K., & Ledbetter, A. (2009). Tunes that Bind? Information,
>Communication &
>Society, 12(3), 408-427.
>
>
>Cheers,
>Stacy
>
>On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 9:44 AM, Baker, Andrea <bakera at ohio.edu> wrote:
>> Hi, everyone,
>> For a piece I'm preparing on interaction back and forth between online
>>and offline
>> or from digital to physical worlds and back, I'm looking for references
>>about
>> how that works for people, especially those who are members of online
>>communities.
>>
>> More than particular data to show this communication in process,
>>although that is good too, I want to conceptualize the
>> movement, the "flow" from one realm to another, to describe what is
>>happening.  Also,
>> how does the online communication, including that through mobile
>>phones, affect the
>> offline interaction, and how do the offline encounters affect what goes
>>on inside
>> the online communities and in other social media containing some of the
>>same people interacting offline. This project is part of my music fan
>>research
>> on fan communities, identities, and relationships.
>>
>> I'm already aware of the articles in the first issue of Mobile Media
>>and Communication (January, 2013), and of Lauren Sessions-Goulet's
>>excellent
>> paper of a few years back on offline meetings and online communities,
>>and have a few other helpful sources.  I've done
>> a body of work on romantic online relationships so I understand many of
>>the dynamics there.
>>
>> Please feel free to write off list or on.  Thanks so much in advance!
>> cheers,
>> andee (andrea baker)
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