Leak Early, Leak (More Than) Often: Outlining the Affective Politics of Data Leaks in Network Ecologies
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Resumo: | Data leaks have become one of the most ubiquitous weapons in the arsenal of digital media dissent. However, often such processes of mediation exceed a rational understanding of the information revealed. Acting in the domain of the accident, the mediations of leaks operate in the dimension of the event: an immanent and particular set of relations that is provoked by the encounter and collision of various forces, virtually becoming their productive potential. This article advances the question of how data leaks―as a form of media dissent―operate beyond representation, touching upon the vital realm of affect. Intensively enabling a transformation in the state of the forces at play, affect generates possibilities within the emergent world that is constantly in creation. In this article, I argue that the politics of leaks in contemporary network ecologies works in such an affective register, possessing the capabilities to trigger and activate subjects differentially. Exploring the 2012 leak by Anonymous Italia, consisting of around 3,500 Italian police documents, mostly concerning the NoTav movement, I propose that the mediations of data leaks need to be studied and apprehended via their inductive capacities, as a question of affective politics, or alter-politics. |
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Leak Early, Leak (More Than) Often: Outlining the Affective Politics of Data Leaks in Network Ecologiesaffect; affective politics; affect theory; Anonymous; data leaks; media theory; nonrepresentational theory; NoTav movementData leaks have become one of the most ubiquitous weapons in the arsenal of digital media dissent. However, often such processes of mediation exceed a rational understanding of the information revealed. Acting in the domain of the accident, the mediations of leaks operate in the dimension of the event: an immanent and particular set of relations that is provoked by the encounter and collision of various forces, virtually becoming their productive potential. This article advances the question of how data leaks―as a form of media dissent―operate beyond representation, touching upon the vital realm of affect. Intensively enabling a transformation in the state of the forces at play, affect generates possibilities within the emergent world that is constantly in creation. In this article, I argue that the politics of leaks in contemporary network ecologies works in such an affective register, possessing the capabilities to trigger and activate subjects differentially. Exploring the 2012 leak by Anonymous Italia, consisting of around 3,500 Italian police documents, mostly concerning the NoTav movement, I propose that the mediations of data leaks need to be studied and apprehended via their inductive capacities, as a question of affective politics, or alter-politics.Cogitatio2018-09-11info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://doi.org/10.17645/mac.v6i3.1440oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/1440Media and Communication; Vol 6, No 3 (2018): The Turn to Affect and Emotion in Media Studies; 48-592183-2439reponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAPenghttps://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/1440https://doi.org/10.17645/mac.v6i3.1440https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/1440/1440https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/downloadSuppFile/1440/318https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/downloadSuppFile/1440/319Copyright (c) 2018 Alberto Micalihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessMicali, Alberto2022-12-20T10:59:08Zoai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/1440Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T16:21:14.871751Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Leak Early, Leak (More Than) Often: Outlining the Affective Politics of Data Leaks in Network Ecologies |
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Leak Early, Leak (More Than) Often: Outlining the Affective Politics of Data Leaks in Network Ecologies |
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Leak Early, Leak (More Than) Often: Outlining the Affective Politics of Data Leaks in Network Ecologies Micali, Alberto affect; affective politics; affect theory; Anonymous; data leaks; media theory; nonrepresentational theory; NoTav movement |
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Leak Early, Leak (More Than) Often: Outlining the Affective Politics of Data Leaks in Network Ecologies |
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Leak Early, Leak (More Than) Often: Outlining the Affective Politics of Data Leaks in Network Ecologies |
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Leak Early, Leak (More Than) Often: Outlining the Affective Politics of Data Leaks in Network Ecologies |
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Leak Early, Leak (More Than) Often: Outlining the Affective Politics of Data Leaks in Network Ecologies |
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Leak Early, Leak (More Than) Often: Outlining the Affective Politics of Data Leaks in Network Ecologies |
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Micali, Alberto |
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Micali, Alberto |
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Micali, Alberto |
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affect; affective politics; affect theory; Anonymous; data leaks; media theory; nonrepresentational theory; NoTav movement |
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affect; affective politics; affect theory; Anonymous; data leaks; media theory; nonrepresentational theory; NoTav movement |
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Data leaks have become one of the most ubiquitous weapons in the arsenal of digital media dissent. However, often such processes of mediation exceed a rational understanding of the information revealed. Acting in the domain of the accident, the mediations of leaks operate in the dimension of the event: an immanent and particular set of relations that is provoked by the encounter and collision of various forces, virtually becoming their productive potential. This article advances the question of how data leaks―as a form of media dissent―operate beyond representation, touching upon the vital realm of affect. Intensively enabling a transformation in the state of the forces at play, affect generates possibilities within the emergent world that is constantly in creation. In this article, I argue that the politics of leaks in contemporary network ecologies works in such an affective register, possessing the capabilities to trigger and activate subjects differentially. Exploring the 2012 leak by Anonymous Italia, consisting of around 3,500 Italian police documents, mostly concerning the NoTav movement, I propose that the mediations of data leaks need to be studied and apprehended via their inductive capacities, as a question of affective politics, or alter-politics. |
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