The Analogue Idyll

Disconnection, Detox, and Departure from the Digital World

Buch | Hardcover

304 Seiten

2026
Bristol University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5292-3370-4 (ISBN)

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Once the internet was hailed for its liberating capabilities, but it is now blamed for a host of societal ills. This volume pushes the boundaries of digital disconnection studies by exploring the significance of the "analogue" in our increasingly digital world, shedding light on its sociocultural and economic impacts.

Once upon a time, in a golden age before the internet, social media and smartphones, there existed an analogue world where people lived slower, simpler and healthier lives that were more authentic, natural and meaningful. This is the analogue idyll: a compelling narrative within contemporary culture celebrating the virtues of analogue media and offline experiences.

Exploring the significance of the ‘analogue’ in our increasingly digital world, this timely contribution to studies about digital disconnection raises critical questions about the meaning of technology in our lives and societies, as public debates about the addictions, distractions, and harms of digital culture accelerate.

A.R.E. Taylor is Senior Lecturer in Communications at the University of Exeter.

Foreword: The Analogue Idyll

Trine Syvertsen

1. The Analogue Idyll: A New Myth for the Post-Digital Age?

A.R.E. Taylor

2. Analogue Labour: The Mass Craft and Post-Digital Logistics of Making and Selling Vinyl Records

Michael Palm

3. ‘We Don’t Have Wi-Fi, Talk to Each Other’: Digital Disconnection in the Hospitality Industry

Alexandra Kviat

4. Digital Representations on the Appalachian Trail: Wilderness as a Post-digital Experience

Dave McLaughlin

5. Finding Digital Distance: Digital Detox and Conspicuous Disengagement

Paul O’Connor

6. Analogue Celebrity: Digital Refusal Among the Rich and Famous

A.R.E. Taylor and Neil Ewen

7. Selling the Promise of Presence: How Companies Promote Digital Detox ‘Products’ in Denmark

Malene Hornstrup Jespersen, Annika Isfeldt, and Kristoffer Albris

8. ‘I meditate because my mind has numerous tabs open’: Dis/connecting (in) Mindfulness Apps

Linda Kopitz

Erscheint lt. Verlag	26.2.2026
Zusatzinfo	Not illustrated
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik
	Naturwissenschaften
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft
ISBN-10	1-5292-3370-4 / 1529233704
ISBN-13	978-1-5292-3370-4 / 9781529233704
Zustand	Neuware