Power, Reason, Closure: Critical Perspectives on New Media Theory

Röhle, Theo,1976-Karlstads universitet,Institutionen för geografi, medier och kommunikation (from 2013) (författare)

Power, Reason, Closure : Critical Perspectives on New Media Theory

This article addresses the question of new media studies’ meta-theoretical premises. It is argued that the field’s exceptional openness towards theory and method is a valuable asset, which needs to be cultivated by means of a more explicit meta-theoretical debate. Drawing on critical theory, three meta-theoretical criteria concerning power, reason and closure are suggested and applied in a review of common theoretical perspectives at use in the field. A discussion of political economy and postmodern perspectives prepares the ground for an analysis of approaches inspired by Habermas and Foucault. The article concludes by advocating the theoretical concept of the dispositif or social apparatus, developed by Foucault and Deleuze. It is argued that the concept provides an effective tool to map the intricate relations of power and knowledge around the internet, as well as a possibility to analyse how processes of subjectification are fostered or circumscribed in specific settings.

Karlstads universitetInstitutionen för geografi, medier och kommunikation (from 2013) (creator_code:org_t)

Ingår i:New Media and Society: SAGE Publications7:3, s. 403-4221461-44481461-7315

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