Risk and Hyperconnectivity: Media and Memories of Neoliberalism (Oxford Studies in Digital Politics)

Risk and Hyperconnectivity brings together for the first time three paradigms: new risk theory, neoliberalization theory, and connectivity theory, to illuminate how the kaleidoscope of risk events in the opening years of the new century has recharged a neoliberal battlespace of media, economy, and security. Hoskins and Tulloch argue that hyperconnectivity is both a conduit of risk and a form of risk in itself, and that it alters the ways in which we experience events and remember them. Through interdisciplinary dialogue and case study analysis they offer original perspectives on the key questions of risk of our age, including: What is the path to a 'balance' between individual privacy and state (or corporate) security? Is hyperconnectivity itself a new risk condition of our time? How do remembering and forgetting shape citizen insecurity and cultures of risk, and legitimize neoliberal governance? How do journalists operate as 'public intellectuals' of risk? Through probing a series of risk events that have already scarred the twenty-first century, Hoskins and Tulloch show how both established and emergent media are central in shaping past, present and future horizons of neoliberalism, while also propelling wide pressure for its alternatives on those ranging from economics students worldwide to potential political leaders cultivated by austerity policies. Risk And Hyperconnectivity Brings The Paradigms Of New Risk Theory, Neoliberalization They, And Connectivity Theory Together For The First Time To Illuminate How The Kaleidoscope Of Risk Events In The Opening Years Of The New Century Has Recharged A Neoliberal Battlespace Of Media, Economy, And Security. Probing A Series Of Risk Events That Have Already Contoured The Twenty-first Century, This Account Shows How Both Established And Emergent Media Are Central In Shaping Past, Present And Future Horizons Of Neoliberalism, While Also Propelling Pressure For Its Alternatives. Machine Generated Contents Note: 1. Introduction -- Pt. I Memories Of Neoliberalism -- 2. Cultural Memory, Premediation, And Risk Narratives: Remembering Neoliberalism In The Global Financial Crisis -- 3. Print Media And The Climax Of The Global Financial Crisis: A Case Study Of Images, Narratives, Genres, And Memories -- 4. The New Protest Movements And Dialogical Thinking: Peripheral And Connective Logics -- 5. The New Protest Movements And Mainstream Newspapers: A Case Study Of The 2009 London Anti-g20 Demonstrations -- 6. From Tabloids To Broadsheets: A Case Study Of Everyday And Premediated Journalism During The Global Financial Crisis -- 7. Defining Perception In Established Media And The Challenge From Emergence: Two Case Studies -- Pt. Ii Scarcity And Postscarcity -- 8. Memory And The Archival Event: A Case Study Of The Coroner's Inquest Into The 2005 London Bombings -- 9. The 2011 English Riots: A Case Study -- 10. The Piketty Event: A Case Study -- 11. Hacked Off: A Case Study Of The New Risk Of Emergence -- 12. On Memory And Forgetting. Andrew Hoskins And John Tulloch. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Risk and Hyperconnectivity brings the paradigms of new risk theory, neoliberalization they, and connectivity theory together for the first time to illuminate how the kaleidoscope of risk events in the opening years of the new century has recharged a neoliberal battlespace of media, economy, and security. Probing a series of risk events that have already contoured the twenty-first century, this account shows how both established and emergent media are central in shaping past, present and future horizons of neoliberalism, while also propelling pressure for its alternatives. Read more... Abstract: Risk and Hyperconnectivity brings together for the first time three paradigms of work: new risk theory, neoliberalization theory and connectivity theory, to illuminate how the kaleidoscope of risk events in the opening years of the new century have recharged a neoliberal battlespace of media, economy and security. Read more...