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Media practices in the making of an "other space": Communicating inclusion, exclusion, and belonging in a controversial heterotopia
Karlstad University, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (starting 2013), Department of Geography, Media and Communication (from 2013).
2020 (English)In: New Media and Society, ISSN 1461-4448, E-ISSN 1461-7315, Vol. 22, no 12, p. 2166-2182, article id UNSP 1461444819888399Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

New age practitioners and other alternative groups seek to create a heterotopia at a distance from mainstream society, and this necessitates some control over the use of media practices. To theorize the role of digital media in the making of a heterotopia, I have studied angsbacka, a community for alternative lifestyles, in a small mid-Swedish town. Using the concept of heterotopia as a starting point to understand how angsbacka functions as a space outside of mainstream society, I then use media theories about disconnection and the avoidance of context collapse in the analysis of their media practices. The analysis shows that the community has an ambivalent set of both explicit and implicit rules and norms aiming at both inclusion and exclusion of digital media. Studying the role of media use in the construction of a heterotopia adds new layers to the ongoing discussion about the use and non-use of digital media.

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Sage Publications, 2020. Vol. 22, no 12, p. 2166-2182, article id UNSP 1461444819888399
Keywords [en]
Context collapse, disconnection, heterotopia, media practices, New Age, reluctant use, sexuality, social media
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Media and Communications
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Media and Communication Studies
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-75969DOI: 10.1177/1461444819888399ISI: 000499500400001OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kau-75969DiVA, id: diva2:1378701
Available from: 2019-12-13 Created: 2019-12-13 Last updated: 2020-12-21Bibliographically approved

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