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"We argue that the so-called Digital Humanities fail to meet conventional criteria to be an accredited field of study on a par with Literature, Chemistry, Computer Science, and Civil Engineering, or even a specialized professorial emphasis such as Ancient History or Nuclear Physics. The argument uses long-term digital preservation as an example to argue that Digital Humanities proponents' case for their research agenda does not merit financial support, emphasizing practical aspects over subjective theory." (author's abstract)

Eva Flecken geht der Frage nach, ob die Digitalisierung die Apokalypse oder die Erlösung für unser zwischenmenschliches und gesamtgesellschaftliches Miteinander bringt. Dabei wird aufgezeigt, wie der Einsatz digitaler Technologie die täglichen Selbstverständlichkeiten verändert. (ekz)

Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1: Digital Stalking -- 2: Digital Hate -- 3: Viruses -- 4: Cyber Terrorism -- 5: Digital Spying -- 6: Digital Police -- 7: In the Future -- Chronology -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Further Resources -- Picture Credits -- About the Author.

Verlagsinfo: Drohen die Heilsversprechen digitaler Technologien ins Gegenteil umzuschlagen? Wie können die verschiedenen Probleme gelöst werden, vor denen unsere Gesellschaften heute angesichts der negativen Auswirkungen der digitalen Revolution stehen? Strategen, Designer, Ingenieure, Forscher, Journalisten, Philosophen, Praktiker, Unternehmer und Künstler stellen in diesem Buch verschiedene Lösungsansätze vor. Ihnen allen ist ein konstruktiver Blick auf die digitale Welt gemeinsam, in der wir heute leben. Herausgegeben von Matthias Schrader und Volker Martens, den Veranstaltern der NEXT Conference in Hamburg. Mit Beiträgen von Virginia Dignum, Pamela Pavliscak, François Chollet, Stephan Dörner, Martin Recke, Adam Tinworth, Nika Wiedinger, Fifer Garbesi, Tobias Revell und David Mattin.

My paper argues that digitization by radicalizing structural features of reflexive modernity pushes the latter beyond its own logic. To make my case I will reconstruct self-tracking practices from interviews and thus support the thesis that self-tracking continues and transforms reflexive modernity.

In La cittadinanza digitale: La crisi dell'idea occidentale di democrazia e la partecipazione nelle reti digitali, Massimo Di Felice describes two fundamental transformations that characterize our time: the advent of digital networks and the environmental crisis. This conjunction would lead the traditional forms of politics – eminently human – to an aporia, since now, in a context of widespread connectivity, elements of other natures – nonhuman – would also act. His proposal for the crisis: to bring all together in a new and diverse common, the digital citizenship. In this regard, he recommends an epistemological review and the formulation of a new lexicon, problematizing concepts such as society, individual and politics. ; Na obra La cittadinanza digitale: La crisi dell'idea occidentale di democrazia e la partecipazione nelle reti digitali, Massimo Di Felice descreve duas transformações fundamentais que caracterizariam nossa época: o advento das redes digitais e a crise ambiental. Essa conjunção levaria as formas tradicionais do fazer político – eminentemente humanas – a uma certa aporia, já que agora, em um contexto de conectividade generalizada, elementos de outras naturezas – não humanas – passariam também a agir. Sua proposta à crise: reunir todos em um novo e diverso comum, a cidadania digital. Defende, para isso, uma revisão epistemológica e a formulação de um novo léxico, problematizando conceitos como sociedade, indivíduo e mesmo política.

Konnten wir noch vor etwa zehn Jahren die Zurückhaltung der Soziologie in Bezug auf Digitalisierung als gesunde Vorsicht vor dem Hype des "Virtuellen" und des "Cyberspace" rechtfertigen, stellt sich die Lage heute anders dar: Jenseits der gepflegten Rhetorik der Medienrevolution sind um digitale Technologien herum in nahezu allen Bereichen neue Praxis-, Organisations- und Ordnungsformen entstanden, die soziologische Theoriebildung, Methodenentwicklung und empirische Sozialforschung vor handfeste Herausforderungen stellen. Eignen sich unsere an Handeln, Kommunikation oder Praxis orientierten Theorien, um das Mitwirken von Algorithmen zu beschreiben? Sind unsere an Sprache, Bild und gedrucktem Text geschulten Methoden geeignet, um die automatische Modifikation von Text, Bild und Bewegtbild durch Filtertechnologien zu analysieren? Wie gehen wir mit der zunehmenden Konkurrenz in Bezug auf Auswertungs- und Analyseverfahren um? Diesen Fragen geht der Sonderband der Sozialen Welt (ISSN 0038-6073) nach. Mit Beiträgen von Dirk Baecker, Sascha Dickel, Tobias Wolbring, Barbara Sutter, Sabine Maasen, Elke Wagner, Niklas Barth, Katharina Kinder-Kurlanda, Roger Häußling, Udo Thiedeke, Josef Wehner, Nicole Zillien, Bernadette Kneidinger-Müller, Heike Greschke, Jagoda Motowidlo, René König, Patrik Sumpf, Christian Stegbauer, Alexander Mehler, Oliver Nachtwey, Philipp Staab, Andreas Boes, Tobias Kämpf, Alexander Zielger, Sabine Pfeiffer, Anne Suphan, Uli Meyer, Uwe Matzat, Erik van Ingen, Christian Papsdorf, Tanja Carstensen, Jeffrey Wimmer, John Postill, Victor Lasa, Ge Zhang, Evelyn Ruppert

Technology is reconfiguring the ways in which we consume, produce and disseminate literature, both within literary studies and outside of the academy. However, most importantly, the apparent breakdown of the gatekeeper function that has been triggered by technology in the distribution of both fiction and criticism leads to a form that looks, at least to some perhaps neo-liberal degree, as though it might be more democratic. In this paper, I explore the ways in which these new technologies unearth value structures within our discipline that have been present for a long time, despite the corrective efforts of cultural studies, but are now more overtly surfacing in a swing back toward Leavisite modes. How are we to strike a balance and sensitivity in our practice of reading and teaching towards a liberal model of value and a top-down authoritarian approach? How might technology enable or hinder such a balancing act?

Technology is reconfiguring the ways in which we consume, produce and disseminate literature, both within literary studies and outside of the academy. However, most importantly, the apparent breakdown of the gatekeeper function that has been triggered by technology in the distribution of both fiction and criticism leads to a form that looks, at least to some perhaps neo-liberal degree, as though it might be more democratic. In this paper, I explore the ways in which these new technologies unearth value structures within our discipline that have been present for a long time, despite the corrective efforts of cultural studies, but are now more overtly surfacing in a swing back toward Leavisite modes. How are we to strike a balance and sensitivity in our practice of reading and teaching towards a liberal model of value and a top-down authoritarian approach? How might technology enable or hinder such a balancing act?