The tools we created to facilitate our lives now control us and our lives. More and more we rely on digital connection to attempt to fulfil our needs, but so many of our human needs cannot be met by a smart phone. Skype and Facetime have taken the place of meeting with people; instead of playing with children, we use digital devices to entertain them; smart phone messages of no real importance …
The concept of “the metaverse” has exploded in the public consciousness, but its contours remain elusive. Is it merely an immersive virtual reality playground, one that Facebook and other platforms will angle to control? Is it simply the next generation of massive multiplayer online games? Or is it something more revolutionary? As pioneering technologist Herman Narula shows, the metavers…
Perkembangan teknologi dan informasi berpengaruh besar dalam diri kaum muda muslim Indonesia. Hal ini bisa dilihat dari tren hijrah dan halal, ngaji digital, fashion muslimah, musik positif, dan muslim traveller. Beberapa tren ini mengubah cara hidup kaum muda muslim menjadi lebih modern. Namun, tantangan keterbukaan akses, kebebasan berekspresi, penyalahgunaan internet, dan berkurangnya emp…
Referencing key contemporary debates on issues like surveillance, identity, the global financial crisis, the digital divide and Internet politics, Andrew White provides a critical intervention in discussions on the impact of the proliferation of digital media technologies on politics, the economy and social practices.