Organising during the Coronavirus Crisis

The Contradictions of Our Digital Lives

AvMike Healy

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

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Beskrivning

This book investigates the use of digital technologies for social organisation during the Covid-19 pandemic, interrogating the specific relationship between digital technologies and social movements. Drawing upon Marx’s theory of alienation and Antonio Gramsci’s concepts concerning common-sense, good sense, hegemony and praxis, the author examines the effectiveness of digital technologies in filling the social void created by the pandemic.A series of in-depth interviews across a spectrum of areas – from community activism, mental health, trade union organisation, the creative arts, and resistance movements – reveal how digital technologies flourished during the pandemic crisis, facilitating new ways to communicate. However, the interviews also throw into sharp relief the inadequacies of digital technologies. The book challenges conventional wisdom concerning the beneficial impact of digital machines on our lives. This book will have a broad appeal to anyone researching or teaching the societal, ethical and political implications of digital technologies, particularly from a qualitative perspective. It also has relevance for a wider readership concerned about the influence of social media.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2023-05-05
Mått:148 x 210 x 15 mm
Vikt:351 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:251
Förlag:Springer Verlag, Singapore
ISBN:9789811919442

Utforska kategorier

Medievetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Samhälle och kultur inom Samhälle och politik
Sociologi inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Dr Mike Healy, formerly a senior lecturer at the Westminster Business School, University of Westminster, is an independent researcher with 20 years of experience researching and teaching the ethical and societal implications of digital technologies. He has published widely on ethics and ICT, diversity and employment in the ICT sector, ICT and teaching, the development and problems of e-government in Europe and Africa, and the relationship between alienation and dignity in the IT sector. His previous book, Marx and Digital Machines explored the relation between alienation and digital technologies.

Recensioner i media

“One of the strengths of the book, then, is that it provides a repository of first-hand accounts of how people organized and fostered community during this time of crisis. It stands as a lasting time capsule of the lived experience of political and social organizers, and as such constitutes a valuable resource for scholars continuing to wrestle with the social, political and economic dynamics of COVID-19.” (Jordan Liz, Marx & Philosophy Reviews of Books, marxandphilosophy.org.uk, June 4, 2025)

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter 1: COVID-19, Digital Technologies – a challenging time.- Chapter 2: COVID-19, digital technologies, and labour organisation.- Chapter 3: Digital technologies, Covid and mutual aid.- Chapter 4: COVID-19, digital technologies and coping with mental health.- Chapter 5: COVID-19, digital technologies, and the creative arts.- Chapter 6: Covid-19, digital technologies, and protest movements.- Chapter 7: Conclusion.