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Digitalization of Society and Socio-political Issues 1

Author Éric George
Release Date: 2020/02/01
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Digitalization is a long and constant sociohistoric process in which all areas of society's activities are reconfigured. Digitalization of Society and Socio-political Issues 1 examines the transformations linked to the development of digital platforms and social media, which affect the cultural and communicational industries. It analyzes the formation of Big Data, their algorithmic processing and the societal changes which result (social monitoring and control in particular). Through critical views, it equally presents the various ways in which technology participates in relations of power and domination, and contributes to possible emancipatory practices.

Table of Contents

  1. Cover
  2. Acknowledgments
  3. Introduction: About the Digitalization of Society
    1. I.1. What does digital technology involve?
    2. I.2. Digital technology, Big Data and societal transformations
    3. I.3. Digital technology and changes in the cultural and communication industries
    4. I.4. Digital technology and cultural and communicational practices
    5. I.5. References
  4. PART 1: Digital Technology, Big Data and Societal Transformations
    1. 1 For an Archaeology of the Cult of the Number
      1. 1.1. Governing by numbers: an old and a new figure
      2. 1.2. The invention of the calculable individual
      3. 1.3. Control as a mass phenomenon
      4. 1.4. The techno-security paradigm
      5. 1.5. The fascination for Big Data
      6. 1.6. The shadows of the number cult
      7. 1.7. References
    2. 2 Big Data as a Device for Generalized Decoding of the Social Field
      1. 2.1. Coding, decoding and axiomatization
      2. 2.2. The role of Big Data
      3. 2.3. Semiocapitalism
      4. 2.4. Digital labor
      5. 2.5. Conclusion
      6. 2.6. References
    3. 3 Algorithmic Management, Organizational Changes and the Digitalization of HR Practices: A Critical Perspective
      1. 3.1 Digital transformations and business developments
      2. 3.2. Digitalization of the HR function: practices and tools
      3. 3.3. Which communication approach for studying these phenomena and their social consequences?
      4. 3.4. References
    4. 4 Nanotargeting and Automation of Political Discourse
      1. 4.1. On nanotargeting
      2. 4.2. On algorithmic governance
      3. 4.3. Public space and communicative capitalism
      4. 4.4. On the automation of political discourse
      5. 4.5. References
    5. 5 Digital Practices, Cultural Practices, Under Surveillance
      1. 5.1. Social acceptability of the digital injunction, monitoring devices and digital control
      2. 5.2. Dilution of cultural practices in digital technology
      3. 5.3. Conclusion
      4. 5.4. References
    6. 6 The Hypothesis of the Privacy of Ancients and Moderns
      1. 6.1. Privacy under discussion
      2. 6.2. The invention of the right to privacy
      3. 6.3. The emergence of informational self-determination and the privacy of the Modern
      4. 6.4. Conclusion
      5. 6.5. References
    7. 7 Very Precious Memories: Digital Memories and Data Valorization
      1. 7.1. The high dependency of start-ups
      2. 7.2. Tagging traffic: the response of dominant platforms
      3. 7.3. Conclusion
      4. 7.4. References
  5. PART 2: Digital Technology and Changes in Cultural and Communication Industries
    1. 8 Capital as Power: Facebook and the Symbolic Monopoly Rent
      1. 8.1. The debate on value production in social media: digital labor versus affective labor
      2. 8.2. Capital as power: accumulation through symbolic monopoly rent
      3. 8.3. The institutional transformations of advanced capitalism: the financialization of the economy and the commodification of knowledge
      4. 8.4. Conclusion: Facebook and the contradictions of capitalism in the digital age
      5. 8.5. References
    2. 9 On the “Platformization” of the Culture and Communication Industries
      1. 9.1. Towards a dilution of the specificities of the culture and communication industries?
      2. 9.2. The notion of uses of digital intermediation platforms
      3. 9.3. Strategies of digital intermediation platforms
      4. 9.4. Conclusion
      5. 9.5. References
    3. 10 Digital Audiovisual Platforms, Between Transnational Flows and National Frameworks
      1. 10.1. Industrial strategies: a trend towards the weakening of national historical audiovisual actors
      2. 10.2. Public policies: between transnational logic and national policy development
      3. 10.3. Conclusion
      4. 10.4. References
    4. 11 Scientific Publishing: Coexistence Between New Entrants and Traditional Players
      1. 11.1. Questioning, hypotheses and methodology
      2. 11.2. Scientific publishing and new entrants in the Rhône-Alpes region
      3. 11.3. Legitimacy and interactions with traditional players in Rhône-Alpes
      4. 11.4. Conclusion
      5. 11.5. References
    5. 12 A Digital Redefinition of the Pornography Industries
      1. 12.1. Socio-economics of pornography markets and industries: a brief review of the scientific literature
      2. 12.2. Mobilizing discourse analysis and socio-economic analysis to understand markets and industries
      3. 12.3. Conclusion
      4. 12.4. References
    6. 13 Cultural Policies 2.0: Rebuilding the Intervention of Public Authorities
      1. 13.1. The transformation of cultural industries; regulatory challenges
      2. 13.2. Priority issues and possible solutions
      3. 13.3. Conclusion
      4. 13.4. References
    7. 14 The Digitalization of Cultural Policies in France
      1. 14.1. Digital technology at the Ministry of Culture: a perspective
      2. 14.2. Opposing coalitions
      3. 14.3. An industry policy instead of a user policy
      4. 14.4. Conclusion
      5. 14.5. References
  6. PART 3: Digital Technology and Cultural and Communicational Practices
    1. 15 The Digitalization of Society and a New Form of Connected Sociability in Tunisia
      1. 15.1. Research purpose, hypotheses and working methodology
      2. 15.2. Research results
      3. 15.3. Conclusion
      4. 15.4. References
    2. 16 Digitalization and Knowledge at University: Study of Collaborative Student Practices
      1. 16.1. Knowledge as a result of collective work
      2. 16.2. The survey on the knowledge taught and learned at university
      3. 16.3. The discovery of digital student practices
      4. 16.4. Digital uses and collective work of knowledge
      5. 16.5. Digital exchanges, one dimension among others of students’ collective activity
      6. 16.6. Conclusion
      7. 16.7. References
    3. 17 Towards a Generalization of Digital Technology in Education?
      1. 17.1. The place of technology in education: an old issue that is still relevant today
      2. 17.2. Field and survey methodology
      3. 17.3. Towards techno-pedagogical evolutions but not without limits
      4. 17.4. The development of active pedagogies that integrate digital technologies
      5. 17.5. Non-generalized practices
      6. 17.6. Barriers and levers to the widespread use of digital technology in education
      7. 17.7. Conclusion
      8. 17.8. References
    4. 18 French Pensioners Facing the Digitalization of Society
      1. 18.1. Contemporary digital culture and its implications for the identity and social integration of retired people
      2. 18.2. E-government: a de facto obligation to use digital tools
      3. 18.3. Conclusion
      4. 18.4. References
    5. 19 From the Digitalization of Society to the Production of a Biomedicalized Food Culture
      1. 19.1. The biomedicalization of society
      2. 19.2. The emergence of a biomedicalized food culture
      3. 19.3. References
  7. Conclusion
    1. C.1. The example of digital platforms and changes at work
    2. C.2. The importance of the “long term” in research
    3. C.3. References
  8. List of Authors
  9. Index
  10. End User License Agreement