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Onlife

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Onlife is a neologism coined by philosopher Luciano Floridi in 2012.[1] The concept is a portmanteau of online and life referring to "the new experience of a hyperconnected reality within which it is no longer sensible to ask whether one may be online or offline".[2]: 1  The term has taken inspiration from Hannah Arendt's The Human Condition (1958) "to better understand and articulate the interactions of [Information and communications technology] with notions of public space in particular and our contemporary lifeworld more generally".[1]: 157  The term gained significant recognition with the publication of the 2015 Onlife Manifesto, edited by Floridi himself.[2] The manifesto brought together academics from across Europe to discuss the social effects, policy-making, ethical implications, and legal advancements related to hyperconnectivity in Europe and beyond.

Scholarly uses

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The Onlife Manifesto has since received 1.01 million accesses on the publisher's website[3][relevant?] and has concept has been used internationally by Mireille Hildebrandt in criminal justice,[4] by David Lyon within sociology and surveillance studies,[5] as well as in psychology,[6] and technology and law[7] and criminology.[8]

References

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  1. ^ a b Simon, Judith; Ess, Charles (March 2015). "The ONLIFE Initiative—a Concept Reengineering Exercise". Philosophy & Technology. 28 (1): 157–162. doi:10.1007/s13347-015-0189-8. ISSN 2210-5433.
  2. ^ a b Floridi, Luciano, ed. (2015). The Onlife Manifesto. Cham: Springer International Publishing. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-04093-6. ISBN 978-3-319-04092-9. Open access icon
  3. ^ "The Onlife Manifesto". Springer Link. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  4. ^ Hildebrandt, Mireille (2016). Smart Technologies and the End(s) of Law. Edward Elgar. ISBN 978-1-78643-022-9.
  5. ^ Lyon, David (2018). The Culture of Surveillance: Watching as a Way of Life. Polity Books. ISBN 978-0-745-67173-4.
  6. ^ Valentini, Daniele Valentini; Lorusso, Anna Maria; Stephan, Achim (2020). "Onlife Extremism: Dynamic Integration of Digital and Physical Spaces in Radicalization". Frontiers in Psychology. 11 (524): 524. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00524. PMC 7109393. PMID 32269543.
  7. ^ Turnbull, Amanda (2022). "Onlife Harms: Uber and Sexual Violence". Canadian Journal of Law & Technology. 19 (2) 4.
  8. ^ Szakolczai, Janos Mark (2023-07-14). "Exiting the captaverse: Digital resistance and its limits pre and post the Covid-19 pandemic". Criminology & Criminal Justice. doi:10.1177/17488958231184695. ISSN 1748-8958. PMC 10350582.