Capitalism Ate My Sleep but ASMR Brought It Back. Sleep as a Manageable Commodity in the Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response Online Community

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ID21985019
AuthorsJoanna Łapińska (0000-0002-6634-1778, University of Vienna, corresponding author)
Year2022
Issue13
Pages34-59
Publication date2022-06-15
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueZoon Politikon (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2082-7806 • E-ISSN: 2543-408X
PublisherUniwersytet Jagiellonski - Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellonskiego (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.4467/2543408xzop.22.003.15949
OpenAlexW4293053683
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited14

This article focuses on the perception of sleep in the digital culture of autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR), examining both viewer-listeners’ online discussions about the impact of ASMR videos on their sleep and the content of audiovisual materials published on YouTube. The paper posits that sleep is viewed in two ways in the ASMR community; on the one hand, in a capitalist sense as a manageable and controllable object, and, on the other, as an element that escapes this discourse. The ASMR culture, while affirming contemporary normative sleep patterns, simultaneously invites its enthusiasts to slow down, unwind, and relax, thereby aligning itself with the slow movement

Aesthetics · Art · Capitalism · Cognitive psychology · Commodity · Economics · Market economy · Normative · Perception · Political science · Politics · Sensory system · Sociology · Cinema and Media Studies · Computer Science · Law · Music History and Culture · Posthumanist Ethics and Activism · Psychology

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