Managing Context Collapses: The Internet as a Conditioning Technology in the Organization of Practices
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Managing Context Collapses : The Internet as a Conditioning Technology in the Organization of Practices. / Pagh, Jesper.
In: International Journal of Communication, Vol. 14, 2020, p. 2810-2827.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Managing Context Collapses
T2 - The Internet as a Conditioning Technology in the Organization of Practices
AU - Pagh, Jesper
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - This article presents a study of how people use the internet as a tool in the structuring of daily life. After introducing practice theory as a lens through which to understand everyday practices, I argue for the need to take the individual as unit of analysis to better understand how practices are organized in a person’s life. The study is based on qualitative data from 17 US participants, collected through an interview-diary-interview method. I find that some people experience the internet as enabling to their way of life while others find it to be a necessary tool that must itself be managed to maintain a sense agency in the way practices are structured. Others again find it to be enabling in some practices but problematic in others. From this, I conclude that people implement different media strategies to stay in control of the organizing of their constellation of practices.
AB - This article presents a study of how people use the internet as a tool in the structuring of daily life. After introducing practice theory as a lens through which to understand everyday practices, I argue for the need to take the individual as unit of analysis to better understand how practices are organized in a person’s life. The study is based on qualitative data from 17 US participants, collected through an interview-diary-interview method. I find that some people experience the internet as enabling to their way of life while others find it to be a necessary tool that must itself be managed to maintain a sense agency in the way practices are structured. Others again find it to be enabling in some practices but problematic in others. From this, I conclude that people implement different media strategies to stay in control of the organizing of their constellation of practices.
KW - Faculty of Humanities
KW - everyday life
KW - practice theory
KW - media use
KW - Internet
KW - context collapse
M3 - Journal article
VL - 14
SP - 2810
EP - 2827
JO - International Journal of Communication
JF - International Journal of Communication
SN - 1932-8036
ER -
ID: 224549582