Onlife

Onlife is a neologism coined by philosopher Luciano Floridi in 2012.[1] The concept is a portmanteau of online and life referring to "the new experience of a hyperconnected reality within which it is no longer sensible to ask whether one may be online or offline".[2]: 1  The term has taken inspiration from Hannah Arendt's The Human Condition (1958) "to better understand and articulate the interactions of [Information and communications technology] with notions of public space in particular and our contemporary lifeworld more generally".[1]: 157  The term gained significant recognition with the publication of the 2015 Onlife Manifesto, edited by Floridi himself.[2] The manifesto brought together academics from across Europe to discuss the social effects, policy-making, ethical implications, and legal advancements related to hyperconnectivity in Europe and beyond.

Scholarly uses

Onlife as concept has been used internationally by scholar Mireille Hildebrandt in the fields of criminal justice[3], as well as by Surveillance Studies expert David Lyon within sociology[4]. It also significantly contributed to conceptualise the effects of hyperconnectivity in psychology,[5] and technology and law[6] and criminology.[7][8]

References

  1. ^ a b Simon, Judith; Ess, Charles (March 2015). "The ONLIFE Initiative—a Concept Reengineering Exercise". Philosophy & Technology. 28 (1): 157–162. doi:10.1007/s13347-015-0189-8. ISSN 2210-5433.
  2. ^ a b Floridi, Luciano, ed. (2015). The Onlife Manifesto. Cham: Springer International Publishing. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-04093-6. ISBN 978-3-319-04092-9. Open access icon
  3. ^ Hildebrandt, Mireille (2016). Smart Technologies and the End(s) of Law. Edward Elgar. ISBN 978-1-78643-022-9.
  4. ^ Lyon, David (2018). The Culture of Surveillance: Watching as a Way of Life. Polity Books. ISBN 978-0-745-67173-4.
  5. ^ Valentini, Daniele Valentini; Lorusso, Anna Maria; Stephan, Achim (2020). "Onlife Extremism: Dynamic Integration of Digital and Physical Spaces in Radicalization". Frontiers in Psychology. 11 (524): 524. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00524. PMC 7109393. PMID 32269543.
  6. ^ Turnbull, Amanda (2022). "Onlife Harms: Uber and Sexual Violence". Canadian Journal of Law & Technology. 19 (2) 4.
  7. ^ Szakolczai, Janos Mark (2023-07-14). "Exiting the captaverse: Digital resistance and its limits pre and post the Covid-19 pandemic". Criminology & Criminal Justice. doi:10.1177/17488958231184695. ISSN 1748-8958. PMC 10350582.
  8. ^ Szakolczai, Janos. "Onlife Criminology". Bristol University Press. Retrieved 2024-11-25.