Trine Syvertsen is a Professor of Media Studies whose work critically examines online media, television, media policy, and media history. Her scholarship delves into audience responses to media, exploring themes of dislike, protest, and abstention. Syvertsen further investigates the broader societal implications of media technologies and their influence on our lives. Her research also addresses invasive media and digital detox, revealing her engagement with how technology shapes our behavior and society.
Against a backdrop of increasingly intrusive technologies, Trine Syvertsen explores the digital detox phenomenon and the politics of disconnection from invasive media. With a wealth of examples, the book demonstrates how self-regulation online is practiced and delves into how it has also become an expression of resistance in the 21st century.
Protest, Dislike, Abstention
This book is open access under a CC BY license. New media divide opinion; many are fascinated while others are disgusted. This book is about those who dislike, protest, and try to abstain from media, both new and old. It explains why media resistance persists and answers two questions: What is at stake for resisters and how does media resistance inspire organized action? Despite the interest in media scepticism and dislike, there seems to be no book on the market discussing media resistance as a phenomenon in its own right. This book explores resistance across media, historical periods and national borders, from early mass media to current digital media. Drawing on cases and examples from the US, Britain, Scandinavia and other countries, media resistance is discussed as a diverse phenomenon encompassing political, professional, networked and individual arguments and actions.