The New Media and Heterotopic Technologies in the Philippines
Pertierra, R. (2008). The New Media and Heterotopic Technologies in the Philippines. Human Technology, Volume 4 (2), pp. 169-185. URN:NBN:fi:jyu-200810245835. Retrieved from http://www.humantechnology.jyu.fi
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© 2008 Raul Pertierra and the Agora Center, University of Jyväskylä
Information overload is perhaps the most common frustration of our age. It
strikes everyone: young and old, educated and uneducated, rich and poor, first world
and third world. Human communication has taken on the qualities of the supernatural.
Indeed it has surpassed it! Zeus could only rely on Mercury’s speed to convey his
commands; presently electronic messages zip around the globe and the universe at the
speed of light. No wonder that new communication technologies often evoke notions of
the supernatural. This paper deals with some of the unexpected effects of the new
communication technologies, in particular for mobile phones. While the mobile has
become the icon of connectedness, it also serves as the index of our disconnectedness
with mundanity. This apparent contradiction generates inevitable anxieties often linked
to the supernatural or the otherworldly.
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