Managing Context Collapses: The Internet as a Conditioning Technology in the Organization of Practices
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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.
Original language | English |
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Journal | International Journal of Communication |
Volume | 14 |
Pages (from-to) | 2810-2827 |
ISSN | 1932-8036 |
Publication status | Published - 2020 |
- Faculty of Humanities - everyday life, practice theory, media use, Internet, context collapse
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- https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/11872
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