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Temporality of knowledg
1. Ilyas Babar AwanIlyas Babar Awan
NUMLNUML
ilyasbabar@numl.edu.pkilyasbabar@numl.edu.pk
Temporality of Knowledge: A Myth of Digital WorldTemporality of Knowledge: A Myth of Digital World
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What?What?
2. MythsMyths
Myth: A widely held but false belief or idea.Myth: A widely held but false belief or idea.
Myths are funny things……Myths are funny things……
BUTBUT
Technology is inescapable.Technology is inescapable.
5. Digital Media is making us non-criticalDigital Media is making us non-critical
readers.readers.
• Non-critical approach. The reader engages with the
material ‘on its own terms’, not commenting, challenging
or drawing comparison with other sources. The
emphasis is simply on being able to describe and explain
what the material says. The knowledge is not treated
as contestable.
6. Digital World is like Disney WorldDigital World is like Disney World
7. Third-order-simulationThird-order-simulation
“ Disneyland is there to conceal the fact that it is the ‘real’ country, all of
‘real. America, which is Disneyland (just as prisons are there to conceal
the fact that it is the social in its entirety , in its banal omnipresence ,
which is carceral. Disneyland is presented as imaginary to make us
believe that the rest is real”. Baudrillard
Where real is no longer real.
8. Social Media is a gateway drugSocial Media is a gateway drug
• Gateway drug theory is a comprehensive
catchphrase for the medical theory that
the use of a psychoactive drug can be
coupled to an increased probability of the
use of further drugs.
10. The use of digital media/The use of digital media/
Developed worldDeveloped world
The study revealed that internet has been used for majority of
the purposes such as academic, social and other recreational
activities but unfortunately there are a large number of
university students who use internet mostly for the
recreational purposesrecreational purposes in the shape of social
networking such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube etc.
(Griffiths et al., 2005).
11. The Use of digital media by PakistaniThe Use of digital media by Pakistani
studentsstudents
Source: https://www.omicsonline.org/open-access/the-effects-of-social-networks-on-pakistani-students-2165-7866-
1000203.php?aid=92869
