Kevin Healey
Biographic Data
| ID | 313638 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kevin Healey |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kevin |
| FAMILY NAME | Healey |
| SIGNATURE | HEALEY K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of New Hampshire at Manchester |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9044-8228 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Work Pray Code, by Carolyn CHEN
Journal Article Work Pray Code, by CAROLYN CHEN Get access Work Pray Code, by CAROLYN CHEN. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2022, 272 pp.; $27.95. Kevin Healey Kevin Healey University of New Hampshire, USA [email protected] https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9044-8228 Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Sociology of Religion, srad036, https://doi.org/10.1093/socrel/srad036 Published: 24 August 2023
Dreaming the Virtual
Using the grounded theory method (GTM), this article proposes an “integral” model for studying the development and use of virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR) technologies. Integral models seek holistic understanding by combining third-person, empirical perspectives with first-person, subjective experience. Here, the proposed model provides a comparative analysis of immersive virtual reality (VR) platforms and the practice of lucid dreaming (mai…
A common darkness
This article provides an ethnographic account of Goth subculture within a major metropolitan city in the northeastern United States. We situate our study in the context of previous literature in nightlife and dance subcultures, including Delgado and Muñoz's work on Latin-American dance culture, Bailey's research on drag queen culture, Saldanha's study of Goa freaks, and the Goth studies of Powell and Siegel. We expand these studies by drawing fro…
Coding the Privileged Self
Analysis of official statements from Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, as well as other representatives, demonstrates how the company appropriates moral-developmental concepts to construct relationships with users that mimic the clinical relationship between analyst and patient. This performance of psychoanalysis “outside the clinic” is ethically fraught. After identifying the company’s perspective on the nature and dynamics of the self, …
Information is not wisdom, convergence is not integrity
The techno-utopianism of Silicon Valley constitutes a quasi-religious ideology with economic and moral dimensions. While the ‘catechism’ of free market ideology has long historical roots, digital culture adds a moral dimension that equates the development of networked information systems with the achievement of human virtue. This article calls such assumptions into question by positing three guiding ‘proverbs’: Information is not wisdom; Converge…
Disrupting Wisdom 2.0
In early 2014 activist Amanda Ream and members of Eviction Free San Francisco disrupted the fifth annual Wisdom 2.0 conference, at which Silicon Valley leaders discuss the benefits of ‘mindfulness’ practices. It was another confrontation between working-class residents of San Francisco and the technology employees who have gentrified their neighborhoods. A member of the East Bay Meditation Center in Oakland, Ream’s actions garnered support from o…
Contemplative Media Studies
The psychological and socio-economic implications of digital technologies call for scholarship that engages questions about the nature of human consciousness, the construction of the self and the ethics of technical development. In this article, I outline a framework for an approach called contemplative media studies. This approach incorporates several different scholarly threads, namely: via critical political-economic media scholarship, a focus…
Coercion, consent and the struggle for social media
Looking beyond celebrants and sceptics of social media, Kevin Healey taps the potential that exists to develop social media platforms, ethical codes and regulatory policies that support democratic values and institutions. This requires rejecting the capitalist ideology that drives debates about consumer privacy, industry regulation, and national security. He puts forward a commons-based approach to argue that democratic media must have elements i…
The Challenge of Media Research Ethics
This chapter provides an overview of basic theoretical and logistical issues related to the ethical conduct of media research. A brief opening section places media studies within the broader history of research ethics, including the formation of professional codes and ethics review boards. The body of the chapter explores key concepts such as privacy, deception, and informed consent through a handful of exemplary case studies. Cases highlight iss…
The Pastor in the Basement
Applying Altheide's method of ethnographic content analysis, this article tracks competing discourses of authenticity in media coverage of Jeremiah Wright and Sarah Palin. The “pastor problems” of the last election demonstrate a bias toward issues of sincerity and authenticity in the networked public sphere. Pundits and bloggers use viral videos to construct rival representations of candidates’ backstage identities. Such debates favor “flat” noti…
For a Culture and Political Economy of the Prophetic
The 2008 election crystallized a growing tension between different understandings of the 'prophetic' element of religious faith. The contrast between Sarah Palin and Barack Obama's 'pastor problems' reflects a struggle between those who would consolidate established power and those who seek to expand democratic ideals by demanding greater integrity from the social institutions that claim to represent them. Competing discourses of the prophetic un…
Coercion, consent and the struggle for social media
Looking beyond celebrants and sceptics of social media, Kevin Healey taps the potential that exists to develop social media platforms, ethical codes and regulatory policies that support democratic values and institutions. This requires rejecting the capitalist ideology that drives debates about consumer privacy, industry regulation, and national security. He puts forward a commons-based approach to argue that democratic media must have elements i…
The Pastor in the Basement
Applying Altheide's method of ethnographic content analysis, this article tracks competing discourses of authenticity in media coverage of Jeremiah Wright and Sarah Palin. The “pastor problems” of the last election demonstrate a bias toward issues of sincerity and authenticity in the networked public sphere. Pundits and bloggers use viral videos to construct rival representations of candidates’ backstage identities. Such debates favor “flat” noti…
Information is not wisdom, convergence is not integrity
The techno-utopianism of Silicon Valley constitutes a quasi-religious ideology with economic and moral dimensions. While the ‘catechism’ of free market ideology has long historical roots, digital culture adds a moral dimension that equates the development of networked information systems with the achievement of human virtue. This article calls such assumptions into question by positing three guiding ‘proverbs’: Information is not wisdom; Converge…
For a Culture and Political Economy of the Prophetic
The 2008 election crystallized a growing tension between different understandings of the 'prophetic' element of religious faith. The contrast between Sarah Palin and Barack Obama's 'pastor problems' reflects a struggle between those who would consolidate established power and those who seek to expand democratic ideals by demanding greater integrity from the social institutions that claim to represent them. Competing discourses of the prophetic un…
The Pastor in the Basement
Applying Altheide's method of ethnographic content analysis, this article tracks competing discourses of authenticity in media coverage of Jeremiah Wright and Sarah Palin. The “pastor problems” of the last election demonstrate a bias toward issues of sincerity and authenticity in the networked public sphere. Pundits and bloggers use viral videos to construct rival representations of candidates’ backstage identities. Such debates favor “flat” noti…
For a Culture and Political Economy of the Prophetic
The 2008 election crystallized a growing tension between different understandings of the 'prophetic' element of religious faith. The contrast between Sarah Palin and Barack Obama's 'pastor problems' reflects a struggle between those who would consolidate established power and those who seek to expand democratic ideals by demanding greater integrity from the social institutions that claim to represent them. Competing discourses of the prophetic un…
The Challenge of Media Research Ethics
This chapter provides an overview of basic theoretical and logistical issues related to the ethical conduct of media research. A brief opening section places media studies within the broader history of research ethics, including the formation of professional codes and ethics review boards. The body of the chapter explores key concepts such as privacy, deception, and informed consent through a handful of exemplary case studies. Cases highlight iss…
Coercion, consent and the struggle for social media
Looking beyond celebrants and sceptics of social media, Kevin Healey taps the potential that exists to develop social media platforms, ethical codes and regulatory policies that support democratic values and institutions. This requires rejecting the capitalist ideology that drives debates about consumer privacy, industry regulation, and national security. He puts forward a commons-based approach to argue that democratic media must have elements i…
Disrupting Wisdom 2.0
In early 2014 activist Amanda Ream and members of Eviction Free San Francisco disrupted the fifth annual Wisdom 2.0 conference, at which Silicon Valley leaders discuss the benefits of ‘mindfulness’ practices. It was another confrontation between working-class residents of San Francisco and the technology employees who have gentrified their neighborhoods. A member of the East Bay Meditation Center in Oakland, Ream’s actions garnered support from o…
Contemplative Media Studies
The psychological and socio-economic implications of digital technologies call for scholarship that engages questions about the nature of human consciousness, the construction of the self and the ethics of technical development. In this article, I outline a framework for an approach called contemplative media studies. This approach incorporates several different scholarly threads, namely: via critical political-economic media scholarship, a focus…
Information is not wisdom, convergence is not integrity
The techno-utopianism of Silicon Valley constitutes a quasi-religious ideology with economic and moral dimensions. While the ‘catechism’ of free market ideology has long historical roots, digital culture adds a moral dimension that equates the development of networked information systems with the achievement of human virtue. This article calls such assumptions into question by positing three guiding ‘proverbs’: Information is not wisdom; Converge…
A common darkness
This article provides an ethnographic account of Goth subculture within a major metropolitan city in the northeastern United States. We situate our study in the context of previous literature in nightlife and dance subcultures, including Delgado and Muñoz's work on Latin-American dance culture, Bailey's research on drag queen culture, Saldanha's study of Goa freaks, and the Goth studies of Powell and Siegel. We expand these studies by drawing fro…
Coding the Privileged Self
Analysis of official statements from Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, as well as other representatives, demonstrates how the company appropriates moral-developmental concepts to construct relationships with users that mimic the clinical relationship between analyst and patient. This performance of psychoanalysis “outside the clinic” is ethically fraught. After identifying the company’s perspective on the nature and dynamics of the self, …
Dreaming the Virtual
Using the grounded theory method (GTM), this article proposes an “integral” model for studying the development and use of virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR) technologies. Integral models seek holistic understanding by combining third-person, empirical perspectives with first-person, subjective experience. Here, the proposed model provides a comparative analysis of immersive virtual reality (VR) platforms and the practice of lucid dreaming (mai…
Work Pray Code, by Carolyn CHEN
Journal Article Work Pray Code, by CAROLYN CHEN Get access Work Pray Code, by CAROLYN CHEN. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2022, 272 pp.; $27.95. Kevin Healey Kevin Healey University of New Hampshire, USA [email protected] https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9044-8228 Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Sociology of Religion, srad036, https://doi.org/10.1093/socrel/srad036 Published: 24 August 2023
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