Playing with publics: Technology, talk and sociability in Indonesia

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作者
Barker, Joshua [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 1A1, Canada
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10.1016/j.langcom.2008.01.002
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G2 [信息与知识传播];
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05 ; 0503 ;
摘要
This paper describes an analog chat network in Bandung, Indonesia known as 'interkom.' Interkom is a network that links together the homes, food stalls and farms of a segment of Bandung's urban and peri-urban underclass. Interkom is interesting because it provides the occasion for users to reflect upon and manipulate the material and ideological conditions that shape experiences of self, talk and sociality in a densely mediated world. Interviews with users reveal that interkom constitutes a public that straddles the line between an indefinite community of strangers and a known audience. In playing with this public, users also play with an image of ideal sociality. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码:127 / 142
页数:16
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