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Jessica Mullen
11-19-09
INF 390N.1
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Abstract
can begin to visualize our lives as data, more easily measure the
effect of splitting the self into two: the observed and observing. This
struggle for power within the self may lead to breakdowns in mental health,
A look at governmental studies and how they can be applied to the concept
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Lifelogging is an inevitability (Kevin Kelly, lifestream camera). Self-tracking
allows one's life to be turned into hard data that can be analyzed and
very active editing and curating of experience for publication. The important
things to remember about lifestreaming are that it is shared with the public,
aggregates one's online presence into a cohesive 'data double' (Los, 2006:
We must be concerned about this level of intrusion into privacy and the
being observed. Since it is self observing self, it splits the person into two
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parts: the observed and observer. Though lifestreaming is a conscious
choice, one cannot escape the observing self and thus surveillance becomes
LIT REVIEW
"It may be predicted that 'taking care' of our virtual double(s) will develop
into a major preoccupation, de-centering the earlier focus on the Self and its
collected about them by third parties and the government, thus giving the
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lifestreamers may collate their data to find patterns to benefit their own
community, as opposed to third parties doing the same for more effective
marketing.
KEY ISSUES
Stakeholders
the lifestreamer herself. The lifestreamer self-tracks for many reasons, some
reference and for sharing with the world. A seemingly very selfish enterprise
can be seen as quite altruistic when one considers the vast amount of data a
With lifestreaming comes those who wish to profit on the data provided at
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no cost by lifestreamers and enable an easier sharing of data with products
and services. These stakeholders are companies that host, curate and
manipulate data, such as Google, Facebook, and Twitter. Also invested are
are examples. A third category of entity that profits from lifestreaming is the
internet service providers all have a vested interest in being the conduit for
The third category of stakeholder in lifestreaming is the public. These are the
may seek out victims or vulnerabilities in lifestreams. And let us not forget
the figure who might take most interest in one's lifestream: one's mother.
panopticon with self split into two: observed and observing. In the
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mutilation – one that deliberately and repeatedly hits his hands on a stone
throwing and smearing within and beyond their cells. Such prisoners are
actually produces more than this. As she says, the 'perfection' of the
mechanism actually calls forth its opposite (1998: 286). This resistance may
In some ways, the acting out of one under too much surveillance can be
surveillance? Lifestreaming may lend power to the observing self over the
However, the rebellion of the observed self against the observing may
conscious. Either way, so far from displacing the spectacle with self-
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body before audiences. But the audiences differ, as well. While in the
sharp end these are asserted through desperate acts, while at the soft
Los gives us insight into loss of self: "Moreover, once the hollowed-out self
whatever system rationality shapes and fuels that surveillance" (Los, 2006:
91) Lifestreaming may try to change or edit too much of the self at one
CONCLUSION
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applicable to the specific goal or problem, as in governmental projects:
2006: 40).
"One of the the most important connections relates to the fact that the
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tendencies and inclinations. This emphasis on the operation of
projects. Such a focus can also mitigate the tendency towards forms of
41).
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lifestreaming in the above paragraph, the connections between
website, for example), and (3) taking deliberate action to track goal-related
voluntary, and the chosen goal can be assumed publicly valuable enough to
become personal lifelogs, as they do not benefit from the eyes and voices of
References:
lifelogging_an.php
Los
Lyon
Koskela
Haggerty
Ball
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