Abstract
The mania for customization is built not only into the commercial
model for the provision of everything from news and information to marketing and advertising; it is hard-wired into the infrastructure of personalized devices.
The processes of ongoing specification, individualization, and customization raise the populational problem of governance at the same time as they offer a potential solution. This chapter explores the dimensions of the attempt to manage the problem posed by the fragmenting population by drawing on automated forms of environmental governance that operate, at least tendentially, at the individual
level.
model for the provision of everything from news and information to marketing and advertising; it is hard-wired into the infrastructure of personalized devices.
The processes of ongoing specification, individualization, and customization raise the populational problem of governance at the same time as they offer a potential solution. This chapter explores the dimensions of the attempt to manage the problem posed by the fragmenting population by drawing on automated forms of environmental governance that operate, at least tendentially, at the individual
level.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | The Viral Politics of Covid-19: Nature, Home, and Planetary Health |
| Editors | Vanessa Lamm, Miguel Vatter |
| Place of Publication | Gateway East Singapore |
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Chapter | 7 |
| Pages | 208-220 |
| Number of pages | 18 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9789811939419, 9789811939426 |
| Publication status | Published - 14 Jul 2022 |