A Psychoanalytic Perspective of Internet Abuse

2004 ◽  
pp. 217-229
Author(s):  
Feng-Yang Kuo
Keyword(s):  
Social Systems ◽  
Past Research ◽  
The Internet ◽  
The Unconscious ◽  
Computer Abuse ◽  
Internet Abuse ◽  
Psychoanalytic Perspective ◽  
Modern Knowledge ◽  
Unconscious Mind

In this chapter I discuss Internet abuse from a psychoanalytic perspective. Internet abuse refers to the misuse of the Internet that leads to deterioration of both public and individual welfares. While past research has treated most computer abuse as the result of conscious decisions, the school of psychoanalysis provides insight into how the unconscious mind may influence one’s abusive conduct. Therefore, I argue that effective resolution of Internet abuse requires the knowledge of the unconscious mind. Although modern knowledge of this domain is still limited, I believe that this orientation is beneficiary to the construction of social systems embedding the Internet and their application to our work.

A Psychoanalytic Perspective of Internet Abuse

2008 ◽  
pp. 3366-3374
Author(s):  
Feng-Yang Kuo
Keyword(s):  
Social Systems ◽  
Past Research ◽  
The Internet ◽  
The Unconscious ◽  
Computer Abuse ◽  
Internet Abuse ◽  
Psychoanalytic Perspective ◽  
Modern Knowledge ◽  
Unconscious Mind

In this chapter I discuss Internet abuse from a psychoanalytic perspective. Internet abuse refers to the misuse of the Internet that leads to deterioration of both public and individual welfares. While past research has treated most computer abuse as the result of conscious decisions, the school of psychoanalysis provides insight into how the unconscious mind may influence one’s abusive conduct. Therefore, I argue that effective resolution of Internet abuse requires the knowledge of the unconscious mind. Although modern knowledge of this domain is still limited, I believe that this orientation is beneficiary to the construction of social systems embedding the Internet and their application to our work.

scholarly journals C, F-sharp and E-flat: The tragic, the sublime and the oppressed (with C-sharp as Nemesis): Reflections on Eine kleine Trauermusik by Milan Mihajlović

New Sound ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 131-160
Author(s):  
Miloš Zatkalik
Keyword(s):  
Harmonic Series ◽  
Piano Concerto ◽  
The Unconscious ◽  
Pitch Organization ◽  
The Sublime ◽  
Musical Structures ◽  
Pitch Structure ◽  
Psychoanalytic Perspective ◽  
Unconscious Mind

In the present paper, I will discuss tonal centers and referential sonorities in the composition Eine kleine Trauermusik (1992) by one of the leading Serbian composers Milan Mihajlović. Even though its pitch structure may appear rather straightforward with its octatonic scale and the primary tonal center in C, and with referential (quasi-tonic) chords derived from the harmonic series, I intend to highlight intricate narrative trajectories and dramatic conflicts between various tonal centers (treated as actors/characters). These narratives can be related to certain archetypal plots, with the conclusion that there exists ambiguity between the tragic and the ironic archetype. On a higher plane, similar conflict/interplay/ambiguity exists between different principles of pitch organization, i.e. the octatonic and functionally tonal. The unresolved ambiguities and simultaneity of conflicting interpretations are examined from the psychoanalytic perspective, which postulates isomorphism between musical structures and processes and the processes unfolding in the unconscious mind. Finally, the effect of these narratives, especially the overwhelming impact induced by the excerpt from Mozart's piano concerto is linked with the idea of sublime as conceived by Kant, but also including other approaches (Burke, Lyotard etc.).

Narrative, splintered temporalities and the unconscious in 20th century music

2008 ◽  
Vol 12 (1_suppl) ◽  
pp. 129-146
Author(s):  
Michel Imberty
Keyword(s):  
Narrative Form ◽  
Musical Form ◽  
The Unconscious ◽  
20Th Century Music ◽  
Narrative Structures ◽  
Experience Of Time ◽  
Psychoanalytic Perspective ◽  
Oriented Line ◽  
Narrative Process ◽  
Unconscious Mind

Narrative structures the human experience of time, but does it also organise our musical experience? Behind this question lies another one, which concerns the narrative process itself: does it belong solely to the time of consciousness or does it manifest itself through other forms of temporal organisation in the unconscious mind? Psychologists have identified a structure of the experience of time that precedes narrative itself, which can be called “proto-narrative form” and which organises the coherence and unfolding of narrative, as it does perhaps the unfolding of musical form. It may be characterised by its linearity and a strong directionality, implying a clearly perceptible and temporally oriented line of dramatic tension. However, during the 20th century, directionality and linearity have progressively given way to a-directional or poly-directional fragmented forms, implying discontinuities of the temporal flux and the superimposition of multiple lines of dramatic tension that have neither the same progressions nor the same endings. What sense can we give to these new splintered forms of time? We attempt to answer this question from a psychoanalytic perspective.

scholarly journals Illusional Marketing: The Use of Storytelling, User Experience and Gamification in Business

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adnan Ertemel
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Human Brain ◽  
The Internet ◽  
The Unconscious ◽  
Digital Platforms ◽  
Know How ◽  
Generation Z ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Unconscious Mind ◽  
Very High

Digital platforms know how to “hook” consumers and keep them glued to the screen. These products were developed based on psychologists’ research into the way the human brain works. These are new weapons in the marketing toolkit that will become even more effective when combined with nearfuture enhancements like augmented and virtual reality. As the children of Generation Z and its successor Generation Alpha meet the internet at life’s earliest stages, the likelihood they will develop addictions to such devices seems very high. These illusional marketing techniques offer new weapons for commercial brands; their efficiency has been proven over and over. They give marketing managers powers to alter behavior and to turn inclinations into habits by manipulating the unconscious mind. At this point, marketing professionals need to take significant responsibilities because illusional marketing practices that do not serve a meaningful cause may bring about dangerous outcomes. A system that is only designed for the sake of making more money will serve the interest of no party in the long run, while using the tools of illusional marketing in a positive manner could serve humanity. In our current era, exposing these techniques along with their positive and negative aspects becomes a vital and highly significant task, one best fulfilled by academia.

A MEASUREMENT TO ESTIMATE THE LEVEL OF DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION

10.6036/10173 ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 96 (4) ◽  
pp. 335-337
Author(s):  
JUAN AURELIO TAMAYO ◽  
JAVIER GAMERO ROJAS ◽  
JUAN ANTONIO MARTINEZ ROMAN ◽  
MARIA DE LORETO DELGADO GONZALEZ
Keyword(s):  
Social System ◽  
Social Systems ◽  
Industrial Sector ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Transition Stage ◽  
Multiple Parameters ◽  
Units Of Analysis ◽  
Different Types

A measure is proposed to estimate the degree of digital transformation of a social system that could be applied to different units of analysis: the organization, the industrial sector or society. The measure contemplates the existence of classic (non-digital) social systems, a transition stage and the transformation towards the digital social system. An estimate of the percentage of people who have made purchases over the Internet has been used to estimate the degree of digital transformation of different territories, regions and countries included in the INE and Eurostat statistics. The initially proposed function can serve as a basis to include panels of indicators or multiple parameters that diagnose other relevant aspects of society and the economy. In general, the measure could be useful to assess the transition and evolution of different types of systems.

scholarly journals Digital culture

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alberto Acerbi
Keyword(s):  
Digital Media ◽  
Cultural Evolution ◽  
Cultural Transmission ◽  
Past Research ◽  
Digital Culture ◽  
Cultural Dynamics ◽  
Cumulative Culture ◽  
Future Directions

Cultural evolution can provide a useful framework to understand how information is produced, transmitted, and selected in contemporary online, digital, media. The diffusion of digital technologies triggered a radical departure from previous modalities of cultural transmission but, at the same time, general characteristics of human cultural evolution and cognition influence these developments. In this chapter, I will explore some areas where the links between cultural evolution research and digital media seem more promising. As cultural evolution-inspired research on internet phenomena is still in its infancy, these areas represent suggestions and links with works in other disciplines more than reviews of past research in cultural evolution. These include topics such as how to characterise the online effects of social influence and the spread of information; the possibility that digital, online, media could enhance cumulative culture; and the differences between online and offline cultural transmission. In the last section I will consider other possible future directions: the influences of different affordances in different media supporting cultural transmission; the role of producers of cultural traits; and, finally, some considerations on the effects on cultural dynamics of algorithms selecting information.

scholarly journals Dissociation and the Unconscious Mind: Nineteenth-Century Perspectives on Mediumship

2020 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 537-596
Author(s):  
Carlos S. Alvarado
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Twentieth Century ◽  
William James ◽  
General Interest ◽  
The Unconscious ◽  
History Of ◽  
Memory States ◽  
Hippolyte Taine ◽  
Unconscious Mind

There is a long history of discussions of mediumship as related to dissociation and the unconscious mind during the Nineteenth Century. After an overview of relevant ideas and observations from the mesmeric, hypnosis, and spiritualistic literatures, I focus on the writings of Jules Baillarger, Alfred Binet, Paul Blocq, Théodore Flournoy, Jules Héricourt, William James, Pierre Janet, Ambroise August Liébeault, Frederic W.H. Myers, Julian Ochorowicz, Charles Richet, Hippolyte Taine, Paul Tascher, and Edouard von Hartmann. While some of their ideas reduced mediumship solely to intra-psychic processes, others considered as well veridical phenomena. The speculations of these individuals, involving personation, and different memory states, were part of a general interest in the unconscious mind, and in automatisms, hysteria, and hypnosis during the period in question. Similar ideas continued into the Twentieth Century.

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