Media Technology Risk Governance in A Sensory Society: A Critique of “Suspended” Data
LIU Jing1, XU Heng-hong2
1. Digital Rule of Law Research Center,Hubei University, Wuhan,Hubei,430062; 2. National Training and Research Center for Ideological and Political Work Teams,Central China Normal University, Wuhan,Hubei, 430079
Abstract:The concept of “suspension” involves temporarily setting aside the perspective of data technology. “Suspended” data implies questioning what remains beyond the network media, and subsequently exploring what human perception undergoes in the current media environment. This exploration reveals that network media is also linked to sensory technologies related to vision, hearing, and touch, constructing a media environment associated with human perception. Therefore, the morphological structure of media society is not necessarily just a diverse, accelerated, and computational society but also an ever-fragmented, hallucinated, and sensual society. Under the influence of sensory media technologies, the sensory society encounters a transparent, fragmented, and oversaturated living world. It becomes an entertainment-driven, symbolic, and commodified economic system while also fostering a competitive, fragile, and highly complex public life. However, on the flip side of this technology, some risks erode human subjectivity, diminish cultural vitality and charm, and disrupt public discourse. Therefore, future governance should establish the concept of sensory justice, provide timely care for the survival status of vulnerable groups, rectify the shortcomings of immunizing commercial governance through an incentive-based governance paradigm, and prioritize empathetic narratives in public discourse over traditional promotional paradigms to seek innovation in risk governance.
刘京, 许亨洪. 感官社会下媒介技术风险治理:一种“悬置”数据的批判[J]. 《深圳大学学报》(人文社科版), 2024, 41(2): 141-151.
LIU Jing, XU Heng-hong. Media Technology Risk Governance in A Sensory Society: A Critique of “Suspended” Data. , 2024, 41(2): 141-151.