Framing the human-technology relationship

How Religious Digital Creatives engage posthuman narratives

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ID2318928
AuthorsHeidi A Campbell (0000-0001-7359-2033, Texas A&M University, corresponding author)
Year2016
Volume63
Issue3
Pages302-318
Publication date2016-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial Compass (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0037-7686 • E-ISSN: 1461-7404
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0037768616652328
OpenAlexW2504494432
LanguageEN
Citations received15
References cited2

This article highlights the fact that careful study of common posthuman outlooks, as described by Roden (2015), reveals three unique narratives concerning how posthumanists view the nature of humanity and emerging technologies. It is argued that these narratives point to unique frames that present distinct understandings of the human-technology relationship, frames described as the technology-cultured, enhanced-human, and human-technology hybrid frames. It is further posited these frames correlate and help map a range of ways people discuss and critique the impact of digital culture on humanity within broader society. This article shows how these frames are similarly at work in the language used by Religious Digital Creatives within Western Christianity to justify their engagement with digital technology for religious purposes. Thus, this article suggests careful analysis of ideological discussions within posthumanism can help us to unpack the common assumptions held and articulated about the human-technology relationship by members within religious communities

Aesthetics · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Framing (construction · Humanity · Narrative · Political science · Posthuman · Posthumanism · Sociology · History · Innovative Human-Technology Interaction · Law · Media, Religion, Digital Communication · Philosophy

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