The Digital Age and Its Transformations

This paper explores the significance of digital technology in the contemporary world. After briefly discussing the effects of earlier technologies on everyday life, the paper assesses the consequences of interacting in a world where virtuality and simulacra often replace the real. Anthropology as a...

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Main Author: Pertierra, Raul
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Published: Archīum Ateneo 2020
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spelling ph-ateneo-arc.socialtransformations-11392024-11-06T15:06:03Z The Digital Age and Its Transformations Pertierra, Raul This paper explores the significance of digital technology in the contemporary world. After briefly discussing the effects of earlier technologies on everyday life, the paper assesses the consequences of interacting in a world where virtuality and simulacra often replace the real. Anthropology as a discipline is particularly effective in describing the changes experienced in a rapidly transforming social world. 2020-05-31T07:00:00Z text application/pdf https://archium.ateneo.edu/socialtransformations/vol8/iss1/3 https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/socialtransformations/article/1139/viewcontent/ST_208.1_203_20Article_20__20Pertierra.pdf Social Transformations Journal of the Global South Archīum Ateneo algorithms anthropocene disinformation locutionary mundanity simulacrum technologically mediated relationships total awareness society umwelt
institution Ateneo De Manila University
building Ateneo De Manila University Library
continent Asia
country Philippines
Philippines
content_provider Ateneo De Manila University Library
collection archium.Ateneo Institutional Repository
topic algorithms
anthropocene
disinformation
locutionary
mundanity
simulacrum
technologically mediated relationships
total awareness society
umwelt
spellingShingle algorithms
anthropocene
disinformation
locutionary
mundanity
simulacrum
technologically mediated relationships
total awareness society
umwelt
Pertierra, Raul
The Digital Age and Its Transformations
description This paper explores the significance of digital technology in the contemporary world. After briefly discussing the effects of earlier technologies on everyday life, the paper assesses the consequences of interacting in a world where virtuality and simulacra often replace the real. Anthropology as a discipline is particularly effective in describing the changes experienced in a rapidly transforming social world.
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title The Digital Age and Its Transformations
title_short The Digital Age and Its Transformations
title_full The Digital Age and Its Transformations
title_fullStr The Digital Age and Its Transformations
title_full_unstemmed The Digital Age and Its Transformations
title_sort digital age and its transformations
publisher Archīum Ateneo
publishDate 2020
url https://archium.ateneo.edu/socialtransformations/vol8/iss1/3
https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/socialtransformations/article/1139/viewcontent/ST_208.1_203_20Article_20__20Pertierra.pdf
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