Bits and Pieces: Experiences of Social Reality in the Midst of the Covid-19 Pandemic
Bits and Pieces: Experiences of Social Reality in the Midst of the Covid-19 Pandemic
Author(s): Iva PaskaSubject(s): Media studies, Social Philosophy, Communication studies, Theory of Communication, Social Theory
Published by: Centar za filozofiju medija i mediološka istraživanja
Keywords: pandemic; ontological security; late modernity; digital media;
Summary/Abstract: Covid19-pandemic has had a profound impact on the way we live and on the social reality in the world around us. Except for the enormous strain on public and health of individuals, it has affected social functioning to great extent, at least temporarily. It has sped up digitalization and forced social activities to transfer to the digital realm to an unprecedented level. It has simultaenously confined social actors to their geographical localities. In all of this, it has offered an opportunity of different observational point of human being in the world in the context of late modernity. It is possible to assume that this kind of social situation has the potential to affect the sense of ontological security of social actors, as well as their experience of space. The contradictory implications of the transfer of the social activitiy to the digital communicative spaces to current extent are also discussed.
Journal: In Medias Res
- Issue Year: 10/2021
- Issue No: 18
- Page Range: 2789-2802
- Page Count: 14
- Language: English