%0 Journal Article %1 sterne_digital_2005 %A Sterne, Jonathan %D 2005 %J The Information Society %K digital disciplinarity institutional internalist internet technology %N 4 %P 249--256 %R 10.1080/01972240591007562 %T Digital Media and Disciplinarity %V 21 %X This article asks two related questions: Is digital media studies a discipline, and should scholars within the field desire to move toward disciplinarity? Drawing on the writings of Michel Foucualt and Pierre Bourdieu, as well as several Anglo-American cultural studies of disciplinarity, the essay argues that digital media studies has not yet constituted a truly novel scholarly discourse. Because of that, our reasons for disciplinizing?to the extent that it is possible to choose to become a discipline?would be largely strategic. Given that the field is already successfully reproducing itself, the symbolic benefits of becoming a discipline are relatively limited, and such a move would also have significant intellectual costs.

@article{sterne_digital_2005, abstract = {This article asks two related questions: Is digital media studies a discipline, and should scholars within the field desire to move toward disciplinarity? Drawing on the writings of Michel Foucualt and Pierre Bourdieu, as well as several Anglo-American cultural studies of disciplinarity, the essay argues that digital media studies has not yet constituted a truly novel scholarly discourse. Because of that, our reasons for disciplinizing?to the extent that it is possible to choose to become a discipline?would be largely strategic. Given that the field is already successfully reproducing itself, the symbolic benefits of becoming a discipline are relatively limited, and such a move would also have significant intellectual costs.}, added-at = {2019-08-29T01:56:31.000+0200}, author = {Sterne, Jonathan}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/24dc074675dc107f9f97a748c5db4daba/jpooley}, doi = {10.1080/01972240591007562}, interhash = {a757642c072052737b058971669e8575}, intrahash = {4dc074675dc107f9f97a748c5db4daba}, journal = {The Information Society}, keywords = {digital disciplinarity institutional internalist internet technology}, month = sep, number = 4, pages = {249--256}, timestamp = {2019-08-29T01:56:31.000+0200}, title = {Digital {{Media}} and {{Disciplinarity}}}, volume = 21, year = 2005 }