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“Disruptive Technology”: Addiction and Surveillance in

the Digital World

Rebecca TigerMiddlebury College

@rtigernyc #DigitalSociology

Surveillant Assemblage

“abstract[s] human bodies from their territorial settings and separate[s] them into discrete flows”

-Haggerty & Ericson, 2000

“As a physician, I remain uncomfortable aiding and abetting coercive measures like SCRAM. But this concern is overshadowed by a far greater one surrounding [John’s] long term health”

Possibility of Resistance?

“Media represent a contested space, offering some potential openings for oppositional voices…contradictions in dominant discourse. ”

-Aaron Doyle, 2011


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