Sooner or later we will melt together: Framing the digital in the everyday

Authors

  • David Beer

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5210/fm.v10i8.1268

Abstract

Digital technologies are increasingly pervading our everyday lives. Many of our everyday practices involve the appropriation of digital technologies. The aim of this piece is to discuss two central issues surrounding this digitalisation of everyday life: (i) what constitutes digital culture?; and, (ii) how do digital technologies transform ownership? These questions are considered in this work with the intention of creating a benchmark from which future explorative (empirical) case studies can be developed. The central argument of the piece is that the study of digital technologies should be framed within everyday life. In other words, the study of digital technologies should be redefined as the study of the digitalisation of everyday life.

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Published

2005-08-01

How to Cite

Beer, D. (2005). Sooner or later we will melt together: Framing the digital in the everyday. First Monday, 10(8). https://doi.org/10.5210/fm.v10i8.1268