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Jarrett, Kylie (2008) Interactivity is Evil: a critical investigation of Web 2.0. First Monday, 13 (3). ISSN 1995-2013
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Abstract
Central to Web 2.0 is the requirement for interactive systems to enable the participation of users in
production and social interaction. Consequently, in order to critically explore the Web 2.0 phenomenon
it is important to explore the relationship of interactivity to social power. This study firstly
characterises interactivity in these media using Barry’s (2001) framework differentiating interactivity
from disciplining technologies as defined by Foucault. Contrary to Barry’s model though, the analysis
goes on to explore how interactivity may indeed function as a disciplining technology within the
framework of a neoliberal political economy.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | This article was first published at http://dx.doi.org/10.5210%2Ffm.v13i3.2140 |
| Keywords: | Web 2.0; interactive systems; disciplining technology; |
| Academic Unit: | Faculty of Arts,Celtic Studies and Philosophy > School of English, Media & Theatre Studies |
| Item ID: | 4580 |
| Depositing User: | Kylie Jarrett |
| Date Deposited: | 13 Nov 2013 16:37 |
| Journal or Publication Title: | First Monday |
| Publisher: | University of Illinois at Chicago |
| Refereed: | Yes |
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| URI: | https://mu.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/4580 |
| Use Licence: | This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here |
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