Crossroads in new media, identity, and law : the shape of diversity to come

Crossroads in New Media, Identity and Law is a compilation of essays on the nexus of new information and communication technologies, cultural identity, law and politics. The essays provoke timely discussions on how these different spheres affect each other and co-evolve in our increasingly hyper-connected and globalized world. This volume brings together a number of timely contributions at the nexus of new media, politics and law. The central intuition that ties these essays together is that information and communication technology, cultural identity, and legal and political institutions are spheres that co-evolve and interpenetrate in myriad ways. Discussing these shifting relationships, the contributions all probe the question of what shape diversity will take as a result of the changes in the way we communicate and spread information: that is, are we heading to the disintegration and fragmentation of national and cultural identity, or is society moving towards more consolidation, standardization and centralization at a transnational level? In an age of digitization and globalization, this book addresses the question of whether this calls for a new civility fit for the 21st century Cover 1 Half-Title 2 Title 4 Copyright 5 Contents 6 List of Tables and Figures 8 Preface 9 Acknowledgments 11 Notes on Contributors 12 1 Introduction 16 Part I: Communication, Law and Politics 28 2 From National Borders to Embedded Borderings: One Angle into the Question of Territory and Space in a Global Age 32 3 Playing around with a Few of Your Favorite Things: Freedom and Continuity on the Internet 58 4 The Networked Self in the Modulated Society 82 5 Fragments and Continuities of Law and ICT: A Pragmatist Approach to Understanding Legal Pluralism 95 Part II: New ICTs, Identity and Language 107 6 Database Identity: Personal and Cultural Identity in the Age of Global Datafication 110 7 Rethinking Belonging in the Era of Social Media: Migration and Presence 132 8 Rule Play: Negotiating Cyberspace and the Cybercultured Self in Saudi Arabia 151 9 Human-Algorithmic Scaffolding 169 Part III: New ICTs and Cultural Industries 185 10 Has the Art Market Become Truly Global? Evidence from China and India 189 11 From Metaphysics to Metadata: Tagging as a Social Practice 209 12 National Popular Culture in an Interconnected World: The Case of Pop Charts 230 Index 249 Front Matter....Pages i-xiv Introduction....Pages 1-12 Front Matter....Pages 13-16 From National Borders to Embedded Borderings: One Angle into the Question of Territory and Space in a Global Age....Pages 17-42 Playing around with a Few of Your Favorite Things: Freedom and Continuity on the Internet....Pages 43-66 The Networked Self in the Modulated Society....Pages 67-79 Fragments and Continuities of Law and ICT: A Pragmatist Approach to Understanding Legal Pluralism....Pages 80-91 Front Matter....Pages 93-95 Database Identity: Personal and Cultural Identity in the Age of Global Datafication....Pages 97-118 Rethinking Belonging in the Era of Social Media: Migration and Presence....Pages 119-137 Rule Play: Negotiating Cyberspace and the Cybercultured Self in Saudi Arabia....Pages 138-155 Human-Algorithmic Scaffolding....Pages 156-171 Front Matter....Pages 173-176 Has the Art Market Become Truly Global? Evidence from China and India....Pages 177-196 From Metaphysics to Metadata: Tagging as a Social Practice....Pages 197-217 National Popular Culture in an Interconnected World: The Case of Pop Charts....Pages 218-236 Back Matter....Pages 237-245 "This volume brings together a number of timely contributions at the nexus of new media, politics and law. The central intuition that ties these essays together is that information and communication technology, cultural identity, and legal and political institutions are spheres that co-evolve and interpenetrate in myriad ways. Discussing these shifting relationships, the contributions all probe the question of what shape diversity will take as a result of the changes in the way we communicate and spread information: that is, are we heading to the disintegration and fragmentation of national and cultural identity, or is society moving towards more consolidation, standardization and centralization at a transnational level? In an age of digitization and globalization, this book addresses the question of whether this calls for a new civility fit for the 21st century"-- Provided by publisher